On Monday, Titusville head coach Roy Schweitzer was frustrated. The Rockets were hitting their stride when they went on a three game losing streak headed toward the playoffs. They were about to take the field against Conneaut, a team in a similar place who also beat up on the Rockets earlier in the season.
They needed a win.
"In the worst way," Schweitzer said.
And in the fourth inning, down 2-0 they got that into their heads and made things happen. They got runners on base and Schweitzer was making the hit and run signal. Mason Titus even got an RBI on bunt that was bobbled on a fielders choice.
Bloop hits were all of a sudden about two inches forth than the outstretched glove of the Eagles.
Suddenly they were up 4-2 and hungry for more.
Defensively they took it up a notch and even a long fly ball that seemed would score a run, was snuffed out with strong throws from the outfield and cutoff to home plate.
"In the worst way," Schweitzer said.
And in the fourth inning, down 2-0 they got that into their heads and made things happen. They got runners on base and Schweitzer was making the hit and run signal. Mason Titus even got an RBI on bunt that was bobbled on a fielders choice.
Bloop hits were all of a sudden about two inches forth than the outstretched glove of the Eagles.
Suddenly they were up 4-2 and hungry for more.
Defensively they took it up a notch and even a long fly ball that seemed would score a run, was snuffed out with strong throws from the outfield and cutoff to home plate.
They added a couple more in the fish and another in the sixth. After a brief rain delay they held CASH back for the 7-4 senior night win.
| Prior to the Conneaut game Schweitzer said they had a really good practice after their tough loss to Sharon. “We need to get some things cleaned up, we’re in the stage of the season where these (errors) shouldn’t be happening. That is squarely on me. I take full responsibility for that.” Titusville had lost to Conneaut earlier in the season where Schweitzer said the team was just flat and they were looking forward to the rematch. “We are swinging the bats well, we hit the ball pretty decent today (against Sharon). Maybe not in the right situations with runners on base and in scoring position. We need some guys to step up and make big plays. We need to be better, we need to execute.” In the game against CASH, Titus was always on the base pads. The team didn't make many mistakes and when Conneaut looked like they were wearing down the Rocket's Jaxon Covell came in to shut them down. Big hits from Brett Schmidt who also did most of the heavy lifting all game on the mound. Hunter Obert, Ian McDonald, Cam Mong,Coleman Knapp, Nate Stearns and Jackson Oviatt all had big hits in the game. "We played well today. You know we played hard against Slippery Rock last week and just came up short. We faced a good Sharon team Monday and we didn't play as well as we thought we would, but still played decent. It's just we made some mistakes and you can't do that against good teams," the coach said. "Tonight we stayed focussed, even though we were down we had good quality at-bats and guys were dragging out the counts wearing down their pitcher until he had nothing left in the tank." Schweitzer realized that Schmidt's effort on the mound kept them in the game especially pitching out of a bases loaded situation in the second with minimal damage. "I can't say enough about Brett and Jaxon (on the mound) tonight. and Coleman Knapp did really great job behind the plate." |      |
The following day they took it to Corry with a huge five-inning 12-2 win. Mong, Stearns and Titus combined for eight hits and eight of the 12 runs.
The Rocket's who began the week on a downward path are now riding a two-game win streak into the District 10 playoffs where they will face Oil City, who they have lost to in both outings this season. The game is expected to begin at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Allegheny College.
The Rocket's who began the week on a downward path are now riding a two-game win streak into the District 10 playoffs where they will face Oil City, who they have lost to in both outings this season. The game is expected to begin at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Allegheny College.
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