The team gathers around Head Coach Brian Harvey for a pep talk / Credit: Matt Hiscox
The Fanshawe baseball team finished their season on Saturday when what was scheduled to be their final two contests, got cancelled due to rain. The two games were to be played against Seneca College at Pulham Park in London after a disappointing outing at Pulham against Humber just three days prior.
The two losses against Humber wound up being how the Falcons’ regular season ended, having gone into the doubleheader riding a seven-game winning streak. The Falcons finished 7-5, meaning all seven wins came during that streak.
Fanshawe third baseman Liam Carson believes that losing the two games against Humber did not hurt the team’s momentum and was actually beneficial for them, as they got to face some adversity.
“Those games really didn’t matter,” said Carson. “It just [changed] who we were playing [in the playoffs]. I think it was a reality check to be honest, Humber is one of the best teams out there and for us to win seven straight, I think we needed to get humbled a little bit. We all know we’re capable of winning.”
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Fanshawe starts their playoffs on Thursday against the host team Durham, a team they split 1-1 during the season. Durham is a good team and Carson did not dismiss the challenge his team faces if they want to achieve their goal of winning the provincial tournament.
Fanshawe’s Liam Carson fielding a routine ground ball and making the throw to first for the out / Credit: Matt Hiscox
“We can win OCAA’s,” said Carson. “Playing Durham in Durham is going to be tough but we beat them before and we can beat them again… There’s obviously tougher teams [at OCAA’s]. Humber and Seneca are crazy good teams but I think we still stand a chance.”
The task in front of the Falcons is daunting, but it is not insurmountable. In order to climb to the top of the OCAA mountain, the team needs to be locked in, playing their best ball. Carson said the team knows what they have to do to win.
“The only thing I see holding us back is errors. There’s obviously going to be errors, there’s no baseball game without them but I think we can’t let them get in our head. We have to let it go and be ready for the next play. You want the ball to be hit to you so you can bounce back from [the last error] and carry momentum into the next inning.”
The young Falcons squad will look to limit the errors when they travel to Durham in their win-or-go-home quest for OCAA gold.
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