My comments from the game
First let me say this was a great college baseball game. I love good pitching, defense, and timely hitting.
Crowd was pretty good at > 3300, but I expected even better against FAU on a Friday night and perfect weather. I thought some may choose the Friday night game to go to with the game being on TV tomorrow and going up against the Final 4.
Hubbel set the pace on the mound with the 1st batter for FAU and I knew he had his command.
Fontenot has gotten much better each season and will be a 1st team all conference player and I would not be surprised to see him get some consideration for All-American. He is now batting close to .400 and always seems to hit in the clutch.
Since the addition of Marvel and Nichols in the line up we have more physical presence and the team has some swag right now. Still not a big HR hitting team especially at home but we are now swinging with confidence and hitting the ball much better.
Porrier is getting better on defense but I think he is still a liability. I am not sure what was wrong with Porrier at the plate last night but he looked awful on every at-bat. There were numerous times he swung horribly by letting go with the top hand, then letting go with the bottom hand
, and took a 3rd strike, and in the last at-bat he just flipped his bat at strike 3 and missed.
Marvel is faster then he looks.
Bourque has been magnificent on defense at 3rd base and makes every play look easy on some really hard hit balls. I was very impressed with his D. Also glad to see him hit the double, maybe he is getting his bat going.
I really like the future with Strentz.
Satriano's home is in the bullpen. He is a stud in relief.
For a small ball team, we do not bunt real well. Fuse popped one up last night.