Atlantic Sun: Rise and Shine
By Bryan App - May 23, 2007
Judging by the scant crowd at Melching Field for the A-Sun Tournament opener between second-seeded Mercer and fifth-seeded Gardener-Webb, not too many are thrilled about baseball at 11 a.m. And it seems like Mercer starter Brantley New had a problem wiping the sleep from his eyes as well.
Eight of New's first nine pitches were balls, as the senior right-hander walked the leadoff hitter and hit the following batter.
New fell behind 3-0 to No. 3 batter Daniel Cooke before recovering with a strikeout. And after clean-up hitter Nate MacDonald singled to load the bases, New got another strikeout and a groundout to escape the inning.
Posted by Bryan App at 11:29 AM on May 23, 2007
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