By GABRIELLE MARTIN, Staff Reporter.
The 2015 Delta College Men’s Baseball team helped make history for the program on Friday, April 3 in their games against the SVSU Club. The 9-4 wins in both games of the double-header brought gave the program their 99th and 100th wins. Thirteen of those wins were made by this year’s team.
“I told them to make sure they didn’t allow that to be the highlight of their season,” says head coach, Danny Smith.
The team went on to play Kellogg Community College, a team that Smith says is ranked 13th in the nation and first in this conference, on Saturday April 4. While the team did lose the first game of the double-header 9-1, they came back for the second game with a 7-2 win.
“In the second game, we just outplayed them,” says Smith. Earlier in the season, Smith said that one of the team’s biggest challenges would be learning to slow the game down – something that he now says the team has accomplished.
“We got past that hurdle,” he says. “Now we just need to stay motivated.”
Tuesday April 7, the team played at home against Macomb Community College losing the first game 3-1 and the second 16-5.
2015 Pioneer Baseball schedule:
April 14 Home – Mott Community College- 2pm and 4pm
April 16 Away – Northwood JV- 5pm
April 18 Home – Glen Oaks Community College – 1pm and 3pm
April 19 Away – Cuyahoga Community College – 1pm and 3pm
April 20 Away – Cornerstone University JV – 5pm and 7pm
April 21 Home – Tiffin University JV – 2pm and 4pm
April 25 Away – Muskegon Community College – 1pm and 3pm
April 27 Away at Dow Diamond – Northwood JV – 5pm and 7pm
April 28 Home – St. Clair County Community College – 2pm and 4pm
May 2 Away – Ancilla College – 1pm and 3pm
May 5 Away – Jackson College – 2pm and 4pm
May 7 Home – Henry Ford College – 2pm and 4pm
May 9 Home – St. Louis – 1pm and 3pm
