The Trinity Baseball team couldn't have asked for a better start to their season. The Tigers are already 7-1 and cruising towards the beginning of conference play. Perhaps the biggest contribution to the team's early success is the way they have performed at the plate. Hitters from the top and bottom of the lineup seem to be getting clutch hits every night. "I think it really shows how much depth we have this year," said starting catcher Kyle Felix. "We're approaching this year with the mentality that any 9 guys on our team can go out their and compete with the best in the country." Rankings from D3baseball.com have not been updated recently, but when they do, the Tigers can expect a spot among the Top 25 teams in the country. Another part of the Tigers game that has been stellar so far is their starting pitching. Noah Solomon, last year's SCAC pitcher of the year as a sophomore, already has a 2-0 record with a total of 5 earned runs allowed. Another pitcher performing well for the Tigers right now is junior Mike Panozzo, who is also off to a 2-0 start. "Pitching is a lot easier when your team is constantly putting runs to support you on the board early", said Mike. While Trinity baseball has seen so many positives this early in the season, there are also some things that they know they have to get better at before the start of conference play. While the starting pitching has been phenomenal so far, the relief pitching has been below par. In a couple of the games so far this year, the Tiger relief pitchers have blown big early leads. Also, while the defense has been good, the Tiger infielders know that it has to be better against conference favorites like Millsaps College. Even with these little flaws, the Tigers and their fans couldn't be happier with the way they've started off the 2010 season.
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