The University of Mississippi Athletics
Pitchers Gain Experience As Fall Ball Continues
10/7/2010 | Baseball
Oct. 7, 2010
OXFORD, Miss.- The Ole Miss baseball team is three weekends into fall practice and the squad is seeing progress all-around through drill work, team practices and intra-squad scrimmages - three of which will be held this weekend at Swayze Field.
The Diamond Rebs will hold a scrimmage on Friday at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at noon and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Saturday's scrimmage will follow the "Dash For Hash", a 5k to raise money for the Hashman family to cover medical expenses and the costs of rehabilitation treatments for the former Rebel following an injury over the summer.
With three weekend scrimmages under their belts, one of the areas that has seen the Rebels gain experience has been the pitching staff.
"This fall has been exciting with a lot of new faces in the program and on the mound," said assistant coach Carl Lafferty. "It's always nice to get going and be able to evaluate guys in the scrimmages.
"From the new guys to the returners, everyone has looked good and the staff has looked strong thus far," Lafferty said. "The fall is big for returners to come back and work on a new pitch and focus on refining their pitches and getting better. The new guys get more experience and it's a chance for us to see them more and more and get acclimated to Ole Miss before the season."
The Rebels will continue fall practice for the next three weeks, concluding with the Red-Blue World Series/Pizza Bowl the final week of October. It will be a best of three series beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 27.