Georgia Tech enters its 24th NCAA tournament appearance at 7 pm on Friday against the Louisville cardinals. If they win they would very likely end up matching up against the Mutts on Saturday. I know that not a lot of Jacket fans know much about this Louisville team so here’s some info.
1. Starting Rotation
- Justin Marks, 9-1 record, 2.21 ERA, Sophomore. He has been very good for the Cards. Only loss was a 1-0 loss to the Citadel.
- Zack Pitts, 6-5 record, 4.74 ERA, Senior. Was very good last year, but hasn’t lived up to the hype this year. He got roughed up in the BET going only 2 innings and giving up several runs.
- Matt Lea, 5-0 record, 2.72 ERA, Sophomore. Transfer from Mississippi State.
- Bob Revesz, 1-0 record, 3.90 ERA, Freshman. Pitched well in BET.
2. Bullpen
Lots of freshmen. Senior BJ Rosenberg is the closer after taking last season off for Tommy Johns Surgery. He came into the season expecting to be the Sunday starter but would collapse after a few innings so he has converted into the closer role where he has been solid. He throws in mid 90s with a good slider.
3. Offense
The Cards run a pretty good hitting team. They are Francouer-ish in that they are a free-swinging team and hack away at a lot of first pitches. The top hitters for average are Justin Mcclanahan who had 7 RBIS in game 3 of the BET and Chris Dominguez who has hit 20 HRs. Both these guys hit .369 and hit in the 3 and 4 hole. As a team, Louisville hits .313.
4. Defense
Solid defense with a very good glove at the SS position in John Dao.
5. Speed
Aggresive baserunners although they certainly don’t produce the blinding speed we’ve seen from Miami.
6. Coach
Dan McDonnell is another Perno and Leggett that will complain about anything. If you are headed to Athens get ready to boo something other than the mutts.
6. Experience
This is an EXTREMELY young team overall. The lineup:
John Dao SS Jr
Josh Richmond LF Fr
Justin McClanahan 2B Sr
Chris Dominguez 3B So
Stuart Ijames RF Fr
Jeff Arnold C So
Andrew Clark 1B So
Phil Wunderlich DH Fr
Drew Haynes CF Fr
This team is young, but has won something like 25 out of its last 31 so they are very dangerous. Granted, the Big East is nothing close to the ACC or SEC, but they are still going to be tough. GT actually has an advantage in experience so hopefully that will help us pull out the win on Friday and face off against the Lipscomb Bisons or the mutts on Saturday. I expect that David Duncan will be on the mound for the Jackets and hopefully he can last some innings and recover from the HR derby we had against Miami in the ACCT. I have a wedding to attend in Athens on Sunday so hopefully the time will work out for me to see the Jackets take the regional.
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