Jeremy Farrell is a sophomore infielder for Virginia who will contribute a journal to CollegeBaseballInsider.com in 2007. Farrell, a native of Monmouth, N.J., who grew up in Westlake, Ohio, was named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American after batting .324 with two homers and 32 RBI. He started 45 of the 48 games he played in 2006, primarily at third base. Farrell, who was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 41st round of the 2005 Major League Draft, is the son of John Farrell, pitching coach of the Boston Red Sox.

 

 

March 1, 2007

Inching Closer to ACC Play

 

It was another good week as we beat Coppin State on Tuesday and swept Bucknell over the weekend.

 

We continued our long homestand, defeating Coppin St. 12-0. It was a good day for us because not only did we explode for 12 runs and throw a shortened 7-inning shutout, but several guys also made their Cavalier debuts. On the mound, Brad Grove and Shane Warren combined for four perfect innings. David Caldwell, Greg Lamp and Will Campbell all got their first Cavalier at-bats with Campbell notching a single.

 

The weekend series with Bucknell was good for us in that we played two close ballgames. Friday afternoon, Sean Doolittle gave another impressive performance on the hill, and Casey Lambert was able to convert his first save of the season. Offensively, runs were a little harder to come by as the Bison pitcher threw on both sides of the plate and changed speeds effectively. However, we were able to manufacture two runs with bunts and situational hitting – something that will become imperative to our success as we get into ACC play.

 

Due to bad weather forecast for the area on Sunday – we played a doubleheader on Saturday. Game 1 was very similar to Friday’s, as we won 3-0 behind Brandon Guyer’s three doubles and Jacob Thompson’s ability to throw strikes and overpower the Bucknell hitters. In Game 2, Matt Packer gave another solid start with Jake Rule and Robert Poutier closing the door out of the ‘pen. Offensively, we were paced by Beau Seabury and Mike Mitchell, who had three hits a piece.

 

We’ll look to continue the winning ways this week as we finish up our first homestand against VMI on Tuesday and Delaware over the weekend. League play is fast approaching, and we have a little under two weeks to fine tune the details.

 

Go Hoos!


Jeremy Farrell

 

Previous Entries

Treating GW to a Presidents' Day Sweep (2/21/07)

Kicking Off the Season (2/14/07)

Great Expectations (2/8/07)

 

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