Listen to Shane Dennis discuss Shocker baseball.
Wichita State coach Eric Wedge says every game tells a story. The story of the season's first 16 games foreshadowed a sad baseball ending, written by unconvincing curveballs and changeups.
Then the Shocker pitchers talked after returning from a trip to Florida. The team's foundation in the abbreviated 2020 season had fallen into bad habits in 2021. They gathered as a group with a 6.04 earned run average and an average of 4.1 walks per nine innings.
"After we got back from Florida, we had a couple different skull sessions, mental talks," Pelfrey said.