College Baseball: A few changes to the Bobcats' rotation

Texas State head coach Ty Harrington is fiddling around with his pitching rotation in an attempt to find the best possible combination. Harrington only had three possible starters from which to pick (Brian Borski, Lee Colon and Michael Russo) before Carson Smith proved he belonged in the mix with his start against No. 3 Texas.

Smith dominated the Longhorns through seven innings. He scattered five hits, struck out eight and only allowed one runner to cross the plate.

So Harrington went back to the drawing board with a big early-season clash with Sam Houston State on the horizon. The Bobcats meet up with the Bearkats tonight in a rematch of the 2009 Southland Conference championship game.

First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight with the final two games of the series set for Saturday and Sunday.

Harrington chose to leave Borski (1-2, 6.53 ERA) out of the rotation and slide Smith (1-2, 3.38 ERA) into the opening. Michael Russo (2-0, 3.16 ERA) and Lee Colon (2-1, 3.20 ERA) will both stay in the mix with Russo pitching Saturday and Colon throwing Sunday.