Baseball:
With Luken out of the lineup, the onus falls on the pitching - especially the starters - more than ever before. The Frogs won’t be able to mash their way to Omaha, but will instead need Howard, Janczak, Traver, and Lodolo to keep pitching at a high level. Identify some consistent options in the pen would help, too.
“When you do well, obviously it builds confidence, and you can build off of that, and when you do things positively, you just continue to get better,” Traver said after his seven-inning outing in a semifinal elimination game against Texas.