The Tigers got great pitching Saturday and Sunday. DJ Mitchell went seven solid innings in Saturday's game before turning things over to Matt Vaughn. Matt looked like the closer Jack Leggett thought he could by throwing two shutout innings. No relief was needed on Sunday as red-shirt freshman Graham Stoneburner was something special throwing a two hit shutout. This was the second impressive start in a row for Graham. Against Boston College he went six innings allowing just three hits. The outing was impressive enough for Coach Leggett to alter the rotation next weekend at Maryland. DJ Mitchell will go on Friday, Stoneburner on Saturday and Ryan Hinson on Sunday. Hinson has been giving the Tigers a good five or six innings, but has fallen victim to one bad inning. He has got number one stuff, he just has to believe in himself to get the job done.
Other notes:
Stan Widmann missed Sunday's game with a sore neck. In Saturday's game, Stan was his most physically active this season. Several times he went back into first base diving and on his double down the left field line he went into second base head first. It was on this play that he whipped his head a bit and seemed to have caused the stiff neck. I don't think Stan will miss any of the games coming up, but coming off what he has been through over the last year we will all just have to wait and see.
Mike Freeman continues to make an impression with both his bat and glove. He delivered a single in the seventh on Saturday that plated the first run of the day and then made a great over the shoulder catch for the first out in the ninth. He is hitting well over .300 and has quickly blended in with his new teammates.
Chris Epps has been out of the line-up for more than a week because of a swollen knee. the staff is watching it closely. He did seem to be moving better Saturday and Sunday, but minor surgery has not been ruled out.
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