"You just embrace it, it's next man up," Gallahar said after Oxford's first-round sweep. In Game 2, Gallahar continued his success, pitching the first six innings and allowing seven hits and three runs (two earned) while walking one and striking out six.Īs Oxford prepares to face off against Cullman in the semifinal round of the Class 6A playoffs, Gallahar will continue to embrace the opportunity presented to him as a leader on Oxford's pitching staff. "I felt like just another left-hander that can throw strikes could hold them in check," Brooks said. Most recently against Hartselle, Harrison provided a complete-game gem in Game 1 as he allowed just five hits and earned one run while walking one and striking out four. Since the sweep of Center Point, the two have been a 1-2 punch for Oxford, with either Harrison or Gallahar pitching 23 of Oxford's last 26 innings of baseball. "He goes out there and fills up the zone, it's a different look, it's a submarine lefty." "He's our go-to guy as far as like, if we're down a couple of runs or if we're ahead by a few runs to hold the game where it's at," Brooks said after the first-round sweep. That's how it is."īrooks said that while being a lefty helps confuse batters, Gallahar's submarine pitches also give opponents a hard time.
I'm gonna make you hit it and I'm gonna make you put it in play and let my defense make a play for me. "Throw a lot of strikes, fill it up," Gallahar said after the sweep. The southpaw needed just 35 pitches to get through nine batters, eight of which he struck out. After the Yellow Jackets gained a 6-0 lead, Harrison was pulled from the mound. The Northwest-Shoals Community College signee went on to pitch two hitless innings and struck out three.
The playoff success for the two southpaws started with Harrison's first batter faced in Oxford's first-round swee of Center Point, which he struck out on three pitches. The two have also kept minimal batters from reaching bases on balls, with Harrison logging one walk so far in the playoffs and Gallahar allowing just two. In Gallahar's 14 innings, he boasts a 1.00 ERA averaging 9.5 strikeouts per seven innings. In his 14 innings, Harrison has a 0.50 ERA and is averaging eight strikeouts per seven innings.
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