Social media videos of Georgia pitcher Christian Mracna's activity in the bullpen and during a dominant performance on the mound in a weekend game at top-ranked Texas A&M has led Aggies coach Jim Schlossnagle to suspect the pitcher was putting a foreign substance on the ball in violation of the rules.
"Certainly appears that way," Schlossnagle said in a text to The Associated Press on Tuesday."It's part of the game ... wish we would've caught it."Mracna, a graduate transfer from George Mason in his first season with the Bulldogs, pitched the last two innings of a 5-4 win in College Station, Texas, on Saturday. He allowed a single to the first batter he faced and struck out six in a row to end the game for his first save.
A 30-second video of Mracna in the bullpen, posted by Barstool Texas A&M, showed Mracna appearing to work on his glove in a corner. He reached for something near or behind a post, but otherwise the view was largely blocked. Another video, taken from the SEC Network telecast, showed Mracna touching the thumb area of his glove with his right fingers between pitches against Texas A&M.