As the Lancer baseball team approaches its upcoming 2013 season, Head Coach Evan O’Meara expects the team to improve in all areas for his ninth season at PCC.
After a very disappointing 2012 season in which the team finished with six wins and 30 losses, Coach O’Meara is optimistic about the starters and noted some impact players who are returning for the 2013 season
“David Halstead was an all-conference first baseman last year and we look for him to step up again this year. Third baseman Danny Gomez was with us last year. He’s a terrific student and is kind of the elder statesman on the ball club,†O’Meara said
Also expected to make an impact on the field are middle infielders Bobby Fraijo and Josh Clark, catchers Cameron Silva and Corey Richards, and outfielder Charles Smith.
“As of now we just found out who our team is since we just got down to the final cuts,†said sophomore shortstop Josh Clark.
On the mound, noted pitchers Evan Stransky, Spencer Stute and Trevor Gleason are returning and will help turn around a pitching staff that struggled mightily last season.
“I’m excited. We thought we had a really good team last year too but we lost so many guys to grades, but this year we have a better infield than I’ve seen and our pitching staff is really coming around†said sophomore pitcher Gleason.
O’Meara is optimistic.
“The overall depth of the team is actually stronger this year than it was last, especially defensively and offensively. We’re not as deep pitching-wise as we were last year, but we weren’t very successful on the mound last year anyway so it didn’t really matter if we were deep or not,†said O’Meara
“My assistant coach David Walters is tasked with the responsibility for turning around the pitching staff and he has done a tremendous job this year in getting the pitchers ready. They will be steadier pitchers on the mound,†O’Meara added.
The baseball team will open the season playing host to Antelope Valley College on Feb. 1, at 2 p.m.. The game will be held at Brookside Park’s Jackie Robinson Memorial Field.
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