After a dissapointing effort on thursday night in 7-0 loss at East Peoria, we came out with a little more energy today at Canton. Drake Sykes started the day off right with a leadoff homerun that he had to sprint around the bases for because there is no outfield fence at Canton's sophomore field. Sykes also did a nice job on the mound only giving up 2 runs in 6 innings of work. We struggled offensively with the curveball and a moving strike zone. We need to get better at fighting off the tough pitches and jumping on fastballs early in the count. This will help us score more than just 2 runs off of very average pitching. We lost game one 3-2 when Canton put together 3 consecutive singles to break a 2-2 tie in the 7th inning.
We were more aggressive in game 2. We pounded out 14 hits including homeruns by Chans Sugden, Ian Milligan, Ryan Carl and Drew Nall in a 16-6 mercy rule win. Carson Cheesman threw well for most of his 5 innings of work before Tanner Guss finished with a scoreless sixth inning. This team has had more than its fair share of adversity playing the last 6 games on the road. It will be good to get back home and play at our own park Tuesday against Limestone.
