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Marquette survives late scare to sweep Putnam County in 3-2 pitchers’ duel · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Marquette survives late scare to sweep Putnam County and three
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  to two pitchers duel. Written by Bill Frescos, this article
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  is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  by Everlet. It wasn't the Marquette baseball team's prettiest game
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  at the plate or defensively, but the crew did just
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  enough to hold on laid against Putnam County on a
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  windy Thursday night at Mazanelli Field in Ottawa. With the
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  game tied one to one heading into the bottom of
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  the sixth inning, Marquette twenty three to one twelve to
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  one took the lead after third baseman Caden Durden grounded
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  out to score a run before catcher Jackson Higgins singled
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  to extend the lead to three to one. However, Putnam
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  County fourteen nine seven seven made things interesting in the
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  seventh inning, loading the bases with nobody out before crew
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  head coach Todd Hopkins opted to use a mound visit.
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  During the visit, but Hopkins said he told senior closer
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  Anthony Couch to simply relax and trust his stuff. Despite
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  the tense situation. That advice paid off, as Couch got
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  a ground out for the first out before striking out
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  the next two hitters to earn the save. After he
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  settled down a bit, I thought Anthony Couch did a
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  good job of locating, got a ground ball, and Caden
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  Durden made a good play at third. Hopkins said, we
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  get the first out, now they've got second and third,
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  and Anthony just came up big to avoid any contact.
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  He trusted his stuff and kept competing, and that was impressive.
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  Although conditions were not ideal for right handed pitching, with
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  temperatures in the low sixties and heavy wind blowing out
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  to right center field, both starting pitchers were in command
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  throughout their outings. Marquette starting pitcher Griffin Dauberstein allowed one
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  earned run and struck out ten over six innings. Hopkins
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  Saidauberstein's first two innings were more workmanlike than expected, but
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  he eventually settled in Despite taking the loss, Panthers sophomore
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  starter Maddox Pool was impressive on the mound, allowing two
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  earned runs on five hits while striking out five. Putnam
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  County head coach Chris Newsom praised the sophomore's performance, emphasizing
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  Pool's pitch mix and sequencing to keep the crew's hard
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  hitting lineup off the board for more than four innings.
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  I thought he did a really good job to keep
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  them off balance. Newsom said he was able to throw
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  multiple pitches front to back, almost backwards, with off speed
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  stuff first, and mixing the fastball and off that to
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  get soft contact after committing just one error. Newsom also
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  credited the defense behind Pool for finishing innings and stranding
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  multiple crusaders on base. Hopkins also praised Pool for his
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  deception on the mound as well as his ability to
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  field his position. I was real impressed with him. Hopkins said.
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  He made a heck of a play on Dauberstein's bunt too.
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  Griff laid down a great bunt, but he was like
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  a cat off the mon He's a good ballplayer. While
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  praising Pool, Hopkins felt his lineup was impatient early in
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  the game, but started to settle in and pick up
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  Pool's stuff after seeing it. I thought we were impatient
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  the first four innings, Hopkins said, we started working counts
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  and drew a couple big walks in the innings we scored.
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  Sometimes you have to kickstart things a little bit by
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  running and doing stuff. Maybe you don't always do. After
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  beating the Panthers eight zero earlier in the week, Hopkins
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  said he reminded his players not to become complacent after
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  the win. In our league, we play everybody back to back,
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  and just because you beat somebody one night doesn't mean
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  it's going to be handed to you the next. Hopkins said,
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  I think tonight's game was a good example of that. Conversely,
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  Newsom said he was pleased with how his team responded
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  after the loss. Maddox did a great job of setting
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  the tone early. Newsom said, you've got to have a
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  quick memory in baseball, whether it's pitch by pitch or
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  game by game. I was proud of the way we
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  played tonight