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Post by Trojan Warrior on May 20, 2014 4:52:28 GMT -6
By Jeremy Wise jwise@dothaneagle.com TROY – While most accolades that a teenage baseball player collects may come from the high school ranks, it may be the summer baseball he plays that matters most to his career. Troy’s Marc Skinner is an example of that. Despite being a starting pitcher for Smiths Station High, the freshman has had incredible success as a Trojan reliever in 2014. He has thrown 60 innings out of the Trojans’ bullpen this season, posting a 1.50 earned run average – best in the Sun Belt Conference. Skinner also leads the teams in wins and saves at five each – successes that go beyond even his wildest dreams. “My first game in, I was just hoping to get out there and get some innings under my belt,” he said. “I didn’t expect to have the lowest ERA.” Skinner posted a 9-2 record and 0.48 ERA as a starter for Smiths Station but the all-state shortstop closed games for some of his summer league teams, he said. That was enough experience for Troy head coach Bobby Pierce to want to use him as a reliever. “That has been his background,” Pierce said. “He was an all-state shortstop, but we did recruit him as a pitcher with the idea that he could be the next of a long line of really successful end-game type guys.” Pierce, of course, was concerned about how a freshman would handle the pressure of being a late reliever on college baseball’s biggest level, but Skinner has succeeded in the role. ( Full Article) iconTroy3
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