Czerwiec, Bell propel Fairfax
The hotter it is, the better Fairfax's Austin Czerwiec seems to pitch.
And it would have been hard to be any sharper that Czerwiec was during Sunday's Iowa Valley League contest against Red Top.
"I love the heat," the former Mount Mercy and Muscatine High School standout said Sunday after he allowed just one hit in a 7-0 win over the defending IVL champions at Herkleman Field on the Kennedy High School campus. "It helps keep my arm nice and relaxed and I don't have to worry about it tightening up at all."
Fairfax forfeited the second game because they did not have an umpire available. Both teams are now 3-1.
Czerwiec allowed a single to lead-off hitter Cal Clark in the first inning and little else the rest of the way. He struck out nine, walked one and hit another. He was able to keep Red Top's hitters off balance with his variety of deliveries.
"I had my curveball working, my slider working and I was locating my fastball well," he said. "If I have all my pitches working, it seems like everything else is working too."
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