Millersville’s baseball team hit the road to begin the 2010 season, spending the weekend in a four game series against The Georgia College and State University’s Bobcat’s in Milledgeville, Georgia. The Marauders got off to a rough start getting swept in the series in four straight games.
After weeks of having snow-covered fields at home, the Marauders were slow getting started against their Georgia opponents. In the first inning of Friday’s game Millersville gave up three runs on four hits.
Millersville struggled to find rhythm at the plate and were unable to score any runs. The team was lead by senior Miles Gallagher who went 2-3 and drew a walk.
The Marauders gave up two more runs, one in each of the seventh and eighth innings to give the Bobcat’s a 5-0 win.
On Saturday the two teams took the field for a double header. In game one Millersville was able to improve from their opening day shut out by scoring 6 runs. However, Georgia College and State proved once again too much for the Marauders as they took the game with a 12-6 score.
In game two of the double header Millersville again gave up three runs in the first inning, a lead that the Bobcat’s would hold on to for the rest of the game.
In the second inning, Millersville scored their only two runs of the game, both unearned. Gallagher scored from third on a throwing error by the Bobcats. Later in the inning, junior Keith Spencer stole home on a double steal.
Millersville would be held to only three hits in the entire game. The Bobcats on the other hand scored at least one run in four of the six innings they were at bat. The Bobcats put up eight runs on only six hits and four walks.
On Sunday, the Marauders played the fourth and final game in the opening series of the season. The Marauders exploded at the plate scoring 14 runs in the game, but the Bobcats were able to have their own impressive day at the plate putting up 19 runs.
Of those 19 runs that the Marauders allowed to cross the plate, 10 were unearned. Millersville also committed four errors in the field. Proving that the team still has a lot of room for improvement.
Despite not pulling away with a win the team should be impressed with their dramatic turnaround at the plate in only a few games. Gallagher had another impressive day at the plate going three for four with a walk. Sophomore right fielder Chris Edger also went three for four with a walk.
The Marauders will travel again for their next series against Alderson Broaddus College in Phillippi, West Virginia for two double header games on Saturday and Sunday.
The team will be looking to put up their first win of the season on the road before playing their first home game on March 12 against West Chester, which is also the first divisional match-up of the season. Prior to the start of the season Millersville was placed fifth in the PSAC Eastern division.
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