It was bound to happen. Austin Ledbetter showed on Wednesday that he is human after all. The Bryant sophomore did not pitch poorly, but Grambling made some better swings on good pitches. Ultimately Ledbetter was unable to get out of the third inning after allowing 3 earned runs on 5 hits in just 2 1/3 IP. The bright spot for Ledbetter is that he did not issue a walk in his 43 pitches.
Zack Morris came on in relief and shut down a Grambling rally, tossing 2 2/3 scoreless relief en route to a win.
Tuesday’s pitching performance was far more dominant, but Ledbetter, Morris, Heston Tole, and Nick Griffin combined to shut down a frisky Grambling offense. And they were all largely efficient, with all four combining to only thrown 134 pitches.