MONTGOMERY- The Alabama State baseball team closed out its first week of practice Friday, in preparations for the 2014 season opener against Eastern Kentucky.
Head Coach Mervyl Melendez has been making sure that his team has been concentrating on pitching and different defensive aspects.
“Two of our biggest components are pitching and defense,” Melendez said. “Those two parts have to be sharp for us. Today was a perfect example of what happens when our pitchers throw strikes and play solid defense, overall today I was pleased with what we were able to accomplish.”
A big focal point of the team this year is making sure the team grasps all of the game time defensive situations.
“We’ve covered a lot of defensive situations and today’s practice showed, that the things we’ve have been working on will pay dividends,” Melendez said.
Two parts to a winning system are team chemistry and togetherness and with the season still young the Hornets are gelling well.
“That’s an important aspect of a team, how well the guys gel together,” Melendez said. “This is a very tight unit, our players believe in each other and when you do that you tend to play harder not only for yourself, but for everyone else. It has been this way the whole year and I expect it to continue that way.”
