There is a buzz in the St. Edmond dugout.

First-year head coach Jordan Miller and the Gael baseball team made their debut at Rogers Park on Tuesday night, and they didn’t disappoint.

SEHS posted a dominant 14-4 victory over Alta-Aurelia.

“Our guys were ready to go,” Miller said. “We have made practice faster than the games, so when we step on the field, the game seems slower.

Miller’s message is simple in his first season: “We control our own gas pedal.”

The Gaels did exactly that, not hesitating on wild pitches or passed balls to take the extra base. They also swiped eight bases on the evening.

After their cancellation on Monday against North Central Conference foe Humboldt, the Gaels were ready to hit the field and show what they’ve been working on in the early going.

“It’s been a crazy last 24 hours,” Miller said. “We were ready to go on Monday and then thought we might not have a game, but Alta-Aurelia stepped in (when North Union wasn’t able to make the trip to Fort Dodge) and was ready to go.”

From pitching, defense, base running and in the batter’s box, the Gaels were focused.

St. Edmond took an early 2-0 lead before the Warriors went up 4-2 in the top of the third.

The Gaels then erupted for a six-run third inning, as all six runs came with two outs . They sent 11 batters to the plate and grabbed an 8-4 advantage.

“We’ve talked about how much happens with two outs,” Miller said. “We want to see extend an inning as much as possible and own it.”

St. Edmond kept tacking on runs, plating two and three in the fourth and fifth, respectively, before ending the contest in the sixth with one more.

The momentum-changing hit came in the third from Griffin Laufersweiler. With Carson Bargfrede on the bases, Laufersweiler delivered a single up the middle that the centerfielder misplayed.

Laufersweiler got on his horse and scooted all the way around the bases with two outs. Grant Galles and Jack McElroy then later added RBI singles.

“Sometimes the turf is your friend and sometimes it’s not,” Miller said. “You can be on both sides of it and nobody can control it.

“Grant just got going and never hesitated. Carson did the same.”

With a big cushion, pitcher Blake Bartlett rode the tide, setting the side down in order in the fourth and sixth frames.

After a Bartlett strikeout in the fifth, the Warriors had three straight hits to load the bases. Bartlett got out of the jam, though, with a pair of Ks.

Bartlett finished, allowing 10 hits with zero walks, while striking out seven batters.

“We need to get ahead a little earlier,” Miller said. “Blake pitched well and was great at the plate. It’s early in the season and he doesn’t have his best stuff yet, but he pitched well.”

Bartlett reached in all five of his plate appearances. In the final frame, he took an offering off the green monster for a triple.

Bartlett had two hits and three walks. Courtesy runner Jackson Calvert scored three runs.

McElroy was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Julian Blanco had a hit and drove in a pair, while Laufersweiler recorded two hits and an RBI. Henning also plated one.

Bargfrede reached base in all four trips. The senior was hit by a pitch three times and picked up an RBI in his last at bat with a walk.

The Gaels are back in action on Wednesday when they host Humboldt in a make-up contest at Rogers Park. The twinbill starts at 5 p.m.