Baseball Finish
Matthew Kardos
Issue date: 4/29/09 Section: Sports
"My job as a pitcher is to give us a chance to win every time I take the mound," said Curtis, "I feel like so far I've been doing that, as a pitcher though, you can only control so much."
Mickley, the team's offensive spark plug, was batting .220 just two weeks ago, but since then has raised his average all the way up to a very respectable .293 mark, and it has shown in the team's performance at the plate. It is no secret for the Colts to perform well they need Mickley to be on base with regularity.
"I've gone up to the plate more relaxed and confident," said Mickley, "I think I went on a six game multi-hit streak to raise my average. I know it's very important for the team that I get on base because it gets us all going, I just go up there and look for my pitch."
In addition to Mickley, Arena has taken the lead claiming the highest batting average on the squad, hitting a stellar .403 on the season with one homerun to go along with 12 RBI's. Sophomore outfielder Bryan Elvina, who lost his team-high batting average lead to Arena, is batting .393, also with a homerun and a team-high 27 RBI's. Additionally for the Colts, freshman first baseman CJ Mooney has batted .375 on the season with 14 RBI. As the playoffs approach, the recent success of the offense must sustain consistency that they have struggled to find all season long in order to make a deep post season run.
"If we piece everything together at once that we have had sporadically, we will be fine," said Curtis.
Arena added, "It's very important that we finish out the year strong because we have to finish over .500 in either the conference or overall, there is no more room for losing."
Mickley, the team's offensive spark plug, was batting .220 just two weeks ago, but since then has raised his average all the way up to a very respectable .293 mark, and it has shown in the team's performance at the plate. It is no secret for the Colts to perform well they need Mickley to be on base with regularity.
"I've gone up to the plate more relaxed and confident," said Mickley, "I think I went on a six game multi-hit streak to raise my average. I know it's very important for the team that I get on base because it gets us all going, I just go up there and look for my pitch."
In addition to Mickley, Arena has taken the lead claiming the highest batting average on the squad, hitting a stellar .403 on the season with one homerun to go along with 12 RBI's. Sophomore outfielder Bryan Elvina, who lost his team-high batting average lead to Arena, is batting .393, also with a homerun and a team-high 27 RBI's. Additionally for the Colts, freshman first baseman CJ Mooney has batted .375 on the season with 14 RBI. As the playoffs approach, the recent success of the offense must sustain consistency that they have struggled to find all season long in order to make a deep post season run.
"If we piece everything together at once that we have had sporadically, we will be fine," said Curtis.
Arena added, "It's very important that we finish out the year strong because we have to finish over .500 in either the conference or overall, there is no more room for losing."
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