Winston-Salem Dash players took on the Wilmington Blue Rocks Friday in Winston-Salem while temperatures were in the 90s. Relief pitcher Bennet Sousa loves playing baseball, but playing in 90-degree temperatures throws a curve ball at his preparation. "You definitely need to hydrate early in the day. If you wait until game time, it will be too late," Sousa said. Sausa said he's never gotten to the point of heat exhaustion but he has come close."Last weekend, it was a 1 o'clock game and the sun was crazy. It was like 100 degrees outside and it was tough on the mound," Sousa said.Sousa has to take the heat into consideration, because if he’s dehydrated, he’s not on his game. "They are professional players, and sometimes they focus in on the game and forget about those things," said Hyeon Kim, an athletic trainer with the Dash.Kim said anytime temperatures are above 85 degrees, his job suddenly becomes much more important. "Their face is all red and full of sweat, and they have no energy. What we will do is try to tell them to cool their body temperature down," Kim said. Players are told to keep their fluids up a day before a game in these temperatures for good reason. "Obviously, it can impact your performance. If you’re tired, you just have to fight through it. That’s just part of summertime baseball," Sousa said.Trainers said heat exhaustion is a real possibility if players aren’t prepared, but it all comes down to common sense. "It’s going to be miserable, to be honest. We do have some ice towels, cold fluid and we have to try to cool them down during the game," Kim said. Trainers said the conditions Friday night were miserable and it’s hard to watch the players out in the sun that long.