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Southern Miss pitching ahead of hitting

by Brian Foley
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Two weeks into the Southern Miss fall baseball practice, the pitching is ahead of the hitting.

“No question about it,” Golden Eagle coach Corky Palmer said.

That’s because of a couple of factors. One, most of last season’s top pitchers are returning, plus a couple of newcomers have looked good in the past two weeks.

And two, a couple of last season’s top hitters who are back are hurt.

“I’m real impressed with Josh Billeaud,” Palmer said about the 6-foot-4, 210-pound right-hander from LSU-Eunice Community College. “We knew he threw hard, but didn’t know he had such a good curve and changeup. He will help us.”

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