Despite losses, senior wins GSAC Player of the Week
Despite struggles for Biola baseball, the team showed signs of life this past weekend.
Senior Boone Farrington received GSAC baseball player of the week for his consistently great performance on the field. | Nick MacNeill/THE CHIMES [file photo]
March 19, 2014
In the midst of losing 12 of their last 13 games, Biola baseball found a bright spot over the weekend to hold on to.
Senior Boone Farrington has a stellar performance in the five games the Eagles played last week, good enough to earn him the Golden State Athletic Conference baseball player of the week.
Farrington hit 10-15 over the five games, adding three RBIs. The infielder entered the Monday, March 10 game against Vanguard with a .303 batting average. Over the five-game span, Farrington raised his average and is now hitting .342, the best on the team.
His 10 recorded hits puts him in a tie for 20th in the nation in total hits with teammate senior Michael Annunziata.
The Eagles’ 6-4 win against the Mustangs on Saturday snapped a 10-game losing streak for Biola. Farrington went 3-3 with a walk and a run scored.
Other individual performances from Farrington’s teammates have given the Eagles a boost at times.
Fellow senior David McNeill hit his first home run of the season in last Monday’s game against Vanguard, just the third homer this entire season for the Eagles.
NO WHERE TO GO BUT UP
However, individual sparks have not been enough to carry the team to wins in 2014.
The Eagles have lost 25 games so far this season, losing games by an average of 3.9 points per game. However, eight of Biola’s losses have come from just one run.
At this point, there is not much that can be done to salvage the season. Even if the Eagles win every game the rest of the season, they would be unable to reach .500 and would finish one game under.
For many players, this is potentially their last season playing baseball as the Eagles have seven seniors on the current roster.
Farrington and the other seniors will look to finish out the season with as much push as they have over the next month. Biola travels to Santa Barbara this weekend to take on Westmont College in a two-game series.
Just one game over GSAC bottom-dweller Arizona Christian University, a win or two this weekend could be just the spark the Eagles need to start climbing the conference ranks.
