Griffs Bomb South Carolina, Part 2

Lizzy Gatto Had To Take Her Time Getting Home Because Of All The Traffic In Front Of Her

What is Coach Rappl feeding his players?
The Griffs' offense has exploded this season: another grand slammer (by Lizzy Gatto), another run rule game victory (third in last six games), homers by Katie Lancellotti, Paige Freiberger (again) and Michelle Fridey (again). Michelle was 3 for 3 in the 10-1 win over Coastal Carolina, and she's on pace to smash the Canisius single season RBI record (which she almost broke in 2008). She's not letting her foot off the gas this season.

Wow, the Griffs have 8 homers this weekend (so far). Paige has 2 of them, she also had a triple against DePaul (a game which the Griffs lost 8-0 in 5 innings, but were really in the game until a tough 5th). Canisius is suddenly getting the offense they lacked in 2009 (when they had no .300 hitters). The Griffs had the Coastal Carolina pitchers dizzy in a second inning that lasted for what seemed 2 hours. After that, they went into cruise control led by freshman pitcher Amanda Baun who seems to me to be getting better each game. She seems to have conquered the walking problem she had, issuing only 1 in her last 2 starts. Her ERA is down to 2.17 now; she's only started 6 college games in her life (4-2). Caroline Main had the tough assignment of going against a very good DePaul team, and was doing quite well holding down the fort (2-0) until a difficult 5th inning where I think she was shaken up a bit by a home run. This was a great team she pitched against, and she gave the Griffs a chance. Offensively a number of chances were there, but they couldn't cash in.

The Griffs are now 3-1 in this tournament; and will leave with at least a .500 record after beginning the season 0-5. They will face that tough DePaul team before coming home, at 9am ET Sunday morning.