The third week of Excelsior Springs’ varsity baseball season left something to be desired, Tigers coach Aaron Holst acknowledged.“We were not very good last week,” Holst stated Monday via email.The Tigers went 1-2 for that week. After cruising past North Kansas City 12-1 in five innings March 31 on the road, they lost to Lee’s Summit West 12-7 April 1 and Park Hill 13-0 in six innings April 2. Both losses were at home.Specifically, pitching and defense were concerns last week, according to Holst.“ Henry Crowley was a bright spot out of the bullpen again, but we struggled to command the strike zone for the most part and did a lousy job as a group at managing the opponents’ running game,” he wrote. “We have tried to address that over the past few days.”Pitchers Kota Triplett, Brody Querry and Kaden Verdi commanded the strike zone well enough to fan a combined seven ...