The stretch run

We have reached the final week of the season. The Copperheads sit at 14-13. Here are some tidbits prior to a double dip with the defending champs, the Cincinnati Steam, Monday:

• Greg Frederick will start game one against Cincinnati. Game two's starter has yet to be determined.
• Mike Florak was ejected in the seventh inning of game two. One ejection does not yield a penalty or a suspension from the league. If he is ejected again, he will be suspended for the next game.
• The Copperheads are now four games up on Lake Erie, the 7th place team, and two-and-a-half games up on 6th place Xenia. The magic number to clinch a playoff spot is five.
• This means that any combination of Copperheads' wins and Monarchs' losses that adds to five gives the Snakes their fourth ever playoff appearance.
• Southern Ohio is 2-10 against the top four teams in the league and 12-3 against the bottom five teams. Shockingly, the Copperheads find themselves nestled in 5th place.
• The Copperheads only mustered nine hits in the two games today, but they walked 11 times. The problem was getting guys in, which the Copperheads only did two times.
• The GLSCL playoff schedule was announced yesterday. It will follow the traditional NCAA six-team, double-elimination format. What is important right away is the Copperheads' first game. All six teams will play on the tournament's first day, Tuesday, Aug. 4. The #1 and #6 seeds will play at 12:00 p.m. The #2 and #5 seeds will follow at 3:30 p.m. Finally, the #3 and #4 seeds will round out the day with a 7:00 p.m. start.
• The games will be streamed online at copperheadbaseball.com. Radio information will be ironed out over the next week, and I will keep you updated.

We take the air at 3:50 p.m. for a 4:05 start at Western Hills High School. Tune in on copperheadbaseball.com. E-mail us at copperheadsradio@copperheadbaseball.com. 

- Brian