Ten groundballs to the left side of Wichita State’s infield on Saturday afternoon never met the law of diminishing returns.
Each of seven assists by shortstop Trey Vickers seemed more athletic and crowd-pleasing than the one before and offered the next-best thing to prolific offense – run prevention.
Vickers helped the Shockers avoid a late-inning letdown and provided backup to WSU’s solid pitching in a 3-2 win over Valparaiso at Eck Stadium. Vickers had assists on six of WSU’s final 18 outs, and third baseman Alec Bohm had three assists.
“The offense hasn’t been doing what we need to do, so we’ve been playing close games,” Vickers said.