Baseball’s fall Steak Series prepares team for spring

Encouraging some internal competition and preparing for the upcoming spring season, the baseball team held its annual fall World Series, also known as the Steak Series, where team members played against one another.

The fall World Series was inter-squad, meaning the team was divided into two competing teams. Each team was led by an assistant coach, one team was led by Coach Moritz, the other team was headed up by Coach Pirillo.

The two coaches picked their teams through a draft. In the Steak Series, there was a lot on the line.

This inter-team competition consisted of a total of six games. The Steak Series kicked off at the John Kurtz field at West Campus on Friday, Nov. 4, and went all the way to Saturday, Nov. 12.

After a strong battle between two stacked teams, team Moritz came up with the win.

The two teams brawled it out and team Moritz won 4 games, team Pirillo winning 2 games.

The reason this fall World Series gets its other name, the Steak Series, is because the winning team’s grand prize is a steak dinner served by the losing team. The losing team receives a dinner of cold hot dogs.

This was not Coach Mortiz’s first appearance at the Steak Series. Last year, Mortiz’s team lost out to Coach Ammons’ team.

“Victory feels very satisfying,” Moritz said. “Winning is obviously a lot more fun than losing.”

Senior Josh Young was also happy with the victory, after having to serve the winning team dinner last year.

“It was a combination of pitching and offense, we played really well as a team, and had a lot of two-out-hits,” Young said. “I’m looking forward to not eating hot dogs this year. I heard the steak was pretty good last year.”

This was Coach Pirillo’s debut in the fall World Series.

“Besides the whole losing part, it went fine,” Pirillo said. “We know now what we have to accomplish for the spring season. We’re getting ready for the springtime, that is the main goal.”

Senior Walker McKinven was on team Pirillo.

“I think our defeat was mainly the fact that the other team was playing well,” McKinven said. “We had some lapses that they took advantage of and they just played really well as a team.”

“It was exciting to see the guys play each other in a real, game-like atmosphere,” Pirillo said. “It will be exciting to see both teams playing together as one.”

The coaches are not the only ones excited about the spring season.

“I am absolutely excited to play with everyone, not just half the guys,” McKinven said.

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