ALBANY, Georgia — Michael Reddick and his Albany State teammates were a little miffed when the SIAC all-conference baseball team was released Wednesday.Of the six top awards the conference issued, five went to representatives from Miles, the Western Division regular-season champion. Albany State, the Eastern division regular-season champion, was shut out.
With Reddick, the Albany State staff ace, going up against SIAC Starting Pitcher of the Year Dylan Johnson for a spot in the championship round of the SIAC Tournament, he felt he had something to prove.
The effort Reddick came up with was nothing short of a gem of a performance. The sophomore from Lee County had a complete game four-hitter, striking out seven and walking one in an 8-3 victory.
“We were a little upset with the awards the other night,” Reddick said. “We had been playing just as well. We wanted to take them on. Everybody was hyped up for this game.”
Albany State earned a spot in Sunday’s 2 p.m. SIAC championship game against the winner of Saturday’s late Miles-Kentucky State contest. The Golden Rams will have two chances to win the title, with a second game at 6 p.m. should they lose the first championship game.
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