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Friday, April 9, aoio | The Rep * Black
Pair of pitchers refining arsenals
By DREW KANN
The Red & Black
Though it may not be evident
from the score line of the
Diamond Dogs' 14-6 loss
Wednesday to the Clemson
Tigers. Georgia head coach
David Pemo was encouraged by
the performances delivered by
two members of the Bulldog
bullpen: sophomore right-hand
er Cecil Tanner and senior left
hander Alex Mcßee.
So far this season, Mcßee
and Tanner, the two biggest
players on the Georgia (10-19,
2-7 SEC) squad, measuring in at
6-foot-7 and 6-foot-6, respective
ly, have had even bigger prob
lems finding the strike zone.
In 14 appearances this sea
son, Tanner has posted a lofty
14.18 ERA, including 26 walks
and 10 wild pitches, both team
highs.
Mcßee has fared little better
in his 11 appearances, recording
an 8.18 ERA with 15 walks and
five wild pitches.
But Wednesday, Pemo saw
something from the pair in their
brief relief appearances that he
hadn’t seen all season.
“Strikes, and a lot them, and
they were a long time coming,"
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Pemo said.
In his 1.1 innings of scoreless
relief against the Tigers, Mcßee
struck out two batters, but per
haps more importantly, he
issued no walks.
Tanner also showed a marked
improvement from his several
previous outings, delivering 1.1
innings of relief, and only blem
ishing the outing with a two-run
home run surrendered by the
big right-hander.
The duo has worked hard in
the last week of practice to
improve their pitching mechan
ics, with an emphasis on getting
back to the basics.
“I’ve been working with our
pitching coach and coach
(Pemo] to shorten up my back
side a little bit and just try to
forget about it because it had
gotten in my head and I was
having trouble releasing the ball
well so I just went out there
[Wednesday night] and just let
it go,” Mcßee said.
Pemo gave Tanner a big vote
of confidence Wednesday against
Clemson, when he kept the
sophomore on the mound to
close out the inning even after
the home run.
“He told me, ‘l’m going to let
you work through it,’ and I
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wanted to work through it. I
didn’t want to come out,”
Tanner said. “I’ve been trying to
control what I do and not what
the hitter does."
With Mcßee and Tanner
seemingly making progress
toward returning to the domi
nant form they displayed in the
fall, there was a buzz of excite
ment around the Diamond Dogs
practice Thursday, as Georgia is
set to take on the No. 15 Ole
Miss Rebels (21-9, 5-4 SEC) this
weekend.
“Both of those guys are such
big pieces of the puzzle that
we’re trying to put together that
it’s really good to see them com
ing back,” senior right-hander
Jeff Walters said. “Asa team
we’re confident. We know we
can hit, we’ve just got to as
pitchers keep us in the game to
give the hitters confidence so
they can come back and sup
port us with some runs.”
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▲ Sophomore right-hander Cecil
Tanner has taken the mound 14
times for Georgia but has
struggled, posting a 14.18 ERA.
REGION: Gym Dogs drop
wanning up at practice
► From Pago 3
Courtney McCool said. “We can’t focus on the scores
because we can’t control those things. We have to stay
even-keeled and keep the blinders on to blow up region
als and go to nationals feeling great. At SECs we were
feeling great, but we competed not to lose instead of
competing to win.”
The Gym Dogs have begun using anew
practice technique of not warming up and
jumping right into an intersquad competi
tion, which has given them the confidence
they need to have in themselves.
“The change in practice really helped
us. It taught us to be efficient and to
warm up quickly,” sophomore Kat Ding
said. “Being able to do a routine basically
cold is tremendous and if you can do that
in practice, we can do it in regionals."
As for Worley who has not competed
since Feb. 19 due to a sprained ankle Clark said he is
leaning toward sitting her out in Missouri “if she’s not
100 percent and I can’t see that fire in her eyes that she
believes she can hit. I’m keeping her out.”
“We want her in there, but it’s not necessary because
we can win without Shayla,” Clark said. “We are a confi
dent bunch right now and feel real good about where we
are.”
Two Lady -
Dogs taken
indraft
By RACHEL Q. BOWERS
The Red & Black
Senior point guard
Ashley Houts and senior
center Angel Robinson
were taken in the first
round of the 2010 WNBA
Draft Thursday.
Houts —who was named
to Lowe’s Senior Class All-
American first-team squad
Tuesday was drafted
16th overall to the New
York Liberty.
Robinson who aver
aged 7.6 points per game
and 7.6 rebounds per game
in her senior campaign
was drafted 20th overall to
the Los Angeles Sparks.
“(Houts and Robinson]
have been tremendous
contributors to our basket
ball program here at
Georgia, and I look forward
to watching them continue
their playing careers at the
next level,” head coach
Andy Landers told Georgia
Sports Communications.
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