Got a few questions as to why Texas State head coach Ty Harrington brought in junior pitcher Carson Smith in the ninth inning Sunday afternoon against Texas.
Spoke with Smith after the 4-3 loss in which he allowed the game-winning hit to the Longhorns' Kevin Lusson and he told me he was always going to come in, especially if the Bobcats had a ninth-inning lead. Smith said Harrington told him he wanted him to get the last three outs of the game.
It still raises a question as to whether or not it was a smart move, since Smith was just one day removed from throwing 124 pitches in last Friday's loss to Kent State. Smith's pitches against Texas lacked any movement and six of the nine he threw were balls.
"I felt good in the 'pen, got the call with two men on and went in," Smith said. "I was a little tired, but it was nothing I hadn't thrown through before. I was just missing by two inches every time."
It was a tough way for Smith to end his career at Texas State, as he will most likely be a high draft pick in tomorrow's continuation of the MLB First-Year Players Draft.
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