Changeups. Fastball control. Strikes.
Ted Silva has a simple philosophy about pitching. Do all of the above and the new Husker baseball pitching coach will be happy.
Silva, who coached at UC Irvine and Loyola Marymount before joining Darin Erstad's staff last summer, finds himself doing more tinkering than remaking the NU pitching staff.
"We have a bit of a different approach," Silva said. "Slight adjustments and constant checking on ‘How does that feel?' is what I'm doing right now."
Erstad said at a recent news conference that he'd probably give a high-five to any pitcher who gives up 12 straight hits, even 12 straight home runs.
"That means he's throwing strikes and it's hard to give up that many hits in a row," Erstad said.
Silva agreed, to an extent.
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