Spring Break
'Hawks soar in midweek route
Miami finally able to complement offense with solid defense and pitching
Tess Waldburger
Issue date: 4/11/08 Section: Sports
The ability to match solid pitching with consistent hitting was certainly refreshing to the 'Hawks, who had been struggling with doing just that in recent games. Leading into Wednesday, Miami dropped two games by the score of 13-7. In each contest the Red and White were able to lead formidable offensive attacks but were let down by suspect pitching.
Against Western Michigan this past weekend in the series rubber match, Miami wasted Nadeau's first career home run as it had to send eight pitchers to the mound, none of who saw much success. The Broncos swatted 16 hits and four home runs.
After this exhaustive use of nearly their entire bullpen, the RedHawks then fell to UC just two days later by the same score and a similar headline. A week removed from their loss to MU in front of their own fans, the revenge hungry Bearcats also slammed four home runs as the Miami pitching staff failed to support yet another wasted offensive effort.
"Right now our philosophy is we just want to continue to get better and we are just, it may seem cliché, but we are just taking one game at a time and we are trying to improve each and every game," Simonds said.
Though the RedHawks may have started their season off shaky, they still have high hopes for the future. Miami is now at the midpoint of their season, with exactly half of the games now in the books.
"Right now, today officially started the second half of our season and we still have got a lot of baseball to be played and our guys realize that we do have a few who need to step up and some other guys that are really coming around right now," Simonds said. "We'll see what happens. I think we're going to make it very interesting when it is all said and done."
Miami will hit the road for a three-game series against Central Michigan this weekend, with the first pitch at 3 p.m. Friday.
Against Western Michigan this past weekend in the series rubber match, Miami wasted Nadeau's first career home run as it had to send eight pitchers to the mound, none of who saw much success. The Broncos swatted 16 hits and four home runs.
After this exhaustive use of nearly their entire bullpen, the RedHawks then fell to UC just two days later by the same score and a similar headline. A week removed from their loss to MU in front of their own fans, the revenge hungry Bearcats also slammed four home runs as the Miami pitching staff failed to support yet another wasted offensive effort.
"Right now our philosophy is we just want to continue to get better and we are just, it may seem cliché, but we are just taking one game at a time and we are trying to improve each and every game," Simonds said.
Though the RedHawks may have started their season off shaky, they still have high hopes for the future. Miami is now at the midpoint of their season, with exactly half of the games now in the books.
"Right now, today officially started the second half of our season and we still have got a lot of baseball to be played and our guys realize that we do have a few who need to step up and some other guys that are really coming around right now," Simonds said. "We'll see what happens. I think we're going to make it very interesting when it is all said and done."
Miami will hit the road for a three-game series against Central Michigan this weekend, with the first pitch at 3 p.m. Friday.
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