Berkeley’s baseball group is the hunted and a bit wounded in the meanwhile however continues to be doing what the Stags usually do.
Coach Landy Cox’s bunch improved to 7-1 on the season with a unusual victory over visiting Bluffton March 15. On show within the 11-1 win was Berkeley’s resilience and explosiveness. Cox mentioned he did not suppose he coached his finest sport and credited his group for coming by means of within the clutch.
Trailing 1-0 going into the underside of the sixth inning, the Stags erupted for 11 runs to shut out the upset-minded Bobcats at Jim Bradley Discipline. Berkeley loaded the bases with no one out and McCrae Driggers delivered a two-run single to proper area to spark the explosion. Berkeley stored piling it on with some assist from errors within the area and wayward pitching by Bluffton.
The defending Class AAAAA champions have needed to rally a number of occasions.
“It’s robust enjoying how we’re enjoying,” Cox mentioned. “We’re getting individuals’s finest shot each single time we play them. Whether or not it’s a superb group or a median group, we get their A sport. That’s totally different. That’s robust. For those who don’t carry it, you’ll get beat, and we’re very able to being overwhelmed.”
Berkeley completed 4-0 to win the Worldwide Paper Traditional, scoring two within the backside of the seventh to edge Blythewood, and likewise rallied from seven all the way down to beat Lexington to spotlight its early-season success. Nevertheless, the Stags are coping with the harm bug and have needed to transfer individuals round and shuffle the lineup.
“We’re very banged up,” Cox mentioned. “We’ve acquired some guys within the lineup that haven’t been there earlier than. It’s not the group that left Georgetown. We’re attempting to determine it out as we go and get wholesome.”
The Stags have scored not less than eight runs in 5 of their seven wins and reached double digits 4 occasions. Berkeley’s pitching has restricted six groups to 3 runs or much less.
“We’re pretty much as good as anyone once we do all of it,” Cox mentioned.
The Stags open protection of their area title towards Goose Creek (March 20, 22, 24), with video games one and three at Bradley Discipline. They comply with with a sequence towards Wando (March 27, 29, 31), with the center sport at residence.
After some extra non-region and match video games to kick off April, the Stags full the area slate towards Stratford (April 17, 19, 21) and Cane Bay (April 24, 26, 28). Berkeley hosts video games one and three versus the Knights and sport two towards the Cobras.
Cox mentioned the area slate presents challenges.
“Stratford has a brand new coach and could be very a lot improved,” he mentioned. “They’ve finished a fantastic job with them. Cane Bay has nearly all of their starters again and a bunch of lefties who do a fantastic job. Goose Creek has most of their pitching workers again and Wando is all the time Wando.”
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