After more than five decades as a player or coach, very little surprises Baylor baseball coach Gene Etter. For a guy who has seen or done most all of it, the veteran skipper was pleasantly surprised Tuesday.
His Red Raiders hit the ball well, especially in the middle of the lineup, and opened their season with 10 hits in a five-inning, 14-2 victory at Boyd-Buchanan.
“Oh, no, we haven’t hit well at all,” Etter said. “Our preseason games were all low-scoring, so this was a welcome sign.”
Boyd-Buchanan pitchers struggled at times to find the strike zone and walked seven, but when they hit the strike zone, Baylor was ready.
“It was both,” Buccaneers coach Josh Rider said. “They’re a good team and they’re going to win a lot of games. They had a plan and hit the ball hard.”