“Capital, I mean, they are bottom of the OAC right now, but we have to come out and play our game,” he said. today when Capital invades for a doubleheader.Ĭarson ended Saturday’s second game with a dramatic opposite-field walk-off homer The Pioneers are back in action at 4 p.m. He’s also punched out 51 batters with 18 walks in 38 2-3 innings. In 11 appearances and six starts, Carson is 3-2 with two saves and a 2.56 ERA. When he’s not tracking down balls in center field, Carson has been more than solid on the mound. I thought I was going to spend my career there, but God placed something else in my life and told me to come here and I did. At that point it was four years down the road before COVID happened. “I’m not looking four or five years ahead. “When you go in as a freshman, I mean, even when I was at Muskingum, you know, I mean everything is up in the air. “That’s just crazy to think about,” said the two-time first team all-OAC selection, who has swiped eight bases, is second in the conference with 46 runs and has walked 18 times while going down on strikes 18 times. “This is my fifth year of college and second at Marietta,” admitted Carson, who leads the Ohio Athletic Conference with 50 runs-batted-in and is tied for second in average (.410), home runs (11) and doubles (19).ĭuring the twinbill sweep of the Student Princes, Carson recorded his 250th career hit, which would rank him fifth all-time at Marietta College if they’d all came in an Etta Express uniform. “I knew when I wanted to come here that I wanted to be part of a tradition, and also like being able to see that and also feel it firsthand, it’s very awesome to be a part of.”Ĭarson spent his first three years at Muskingum University before finding his way to the friendly confines of Don & Sue Schaly Field at Pioneer Park.
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