Junior Nick Christiani gave up one run on five hits in 6.2 innings while striking out six and walking three to lead the Commodores (20-10, 5-6 SEC) past Western Kentucky 5-1 Tuesday night at Hawkins Field. David Macias went 4-for-5 and Dominic de la remained locked in, finishing 3-for-5, to pace the offense.
After the game, Christiani sat down with The Sports VU to talk a little about his performance.
Sports VU: How important was it to come out tonight and make a statement after losing three over the weekend?
Nick Christiani: Any time you get swept, you come out the next game and you’ve still got that feeling a little bit from the weekend so it was good to hit well, to pitch well and play good defense. It was a good win…I had that one inning where I lost it a little bit, but I just tried to throw strikes and let our defense make plays.
SV: What was working well for you?
NC: I was able to throw my off-speed pitches for strikes. I started throwing the curve ball in, and sliders and changeups, and locating the fastball too, but keeping hitters off balance with the off-speed was great.
SV: For you individually, what your goals going forward?
NC: I just want to be consistent and know that I can go out there and give a good outing every single time and help the team.
SV: With some of the younger pitchers struggling somewhat recently, what advice have you given them being a junior who has gone through it all?
NC: It’s more of a resilience and mentality thing, just going out there and competing your nuts off.
SV: Confident the staff will get the point that it needs to be at for you guys to achieve your goals?
NC: I think we’re going to click sooner or later and be really good. We’ve got a talented staff.
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