3/4/2011 12:20:37 PM
2012 SS
Alex Bregman (LSU commit) couldn't have gotten his 2011 campaign off to a better start. After leading Team USA to gold at the COPABE 16U Pan American Baseball Championship last season, expectations for 2011 are very high. The pressure didn't seem to get to him though, as Bregman crushed a 3-run Home Run to center in his first at bat of the season as Albuquerque Academy pummeled Valley 13-1.
The Chargers racked up 13 hits, a good sign for a team whose biggest question mark entering the season was how much protection Bregman would have in the lineup. The pitching staff is expected to be a strength for this team and if they can continue to pile up runs like they did on opening day, it is not entirely out of the question that they challenge La Cueva as the top team in New Mexico--though that will be a tall order.