The Broom, The Broom, The Broom Is Back

The infamous broom is back for the third time this year. This time I post it with great emotion and a happy feeling inside, as the Rebels were able to sweep the LSU Tigers this weekend in Oxford. It was great to see brooms in Swayze for the first time this season.

The Rebels defeated the Tigers 10-5, 11-3, and 11-8. On Saturday the Rebels played great baseball and the crowd was even better. It could not have been a better day outside. Craig Rodriguez and Brett Bukvich both pitched well and Stoney Stone and Will Kline came out of the bullpen to pick up saves. At the plate Mark Wright was excellent going 7 for 9 with five RBI's.

On Sunday, it was a another beautiful day outside and perfect weather for baseball. The Rebels started strong and it looked like the game would not be a problem. However the Tigers came around in the fifth inning and scored five runs. These runs were made possible by several walks and some stupid mistakes in the field. Justin Brashear's solo home run in the eigth tied the game and got the bats fired up. We eventually increased the lead to 11-8 to wrap up the series.

The umpiring today was pretty bad. A batter interference call and a called out at second base were pretty ridiculous and got the Rebel fans fired up. Another note on today was the decisions Rebel players were making. Multiple times our base runners were not paying attention to the coaches and costs us some valuable plays. I do not know what to attribute this too, but for several innings, no one seemed to know what was going on in our dug out and on the field.

It was the first sweep of the Tigers since 1982 and could not have come at a better time.