Friday doesn't look any better (even if there were to be two)

BW up 3-1 after 5.  Played in just 1:15

Capadona for BW

Fortunato for CWRU replaced after 5.  Curious choice of little used reliever.

Pen gives up three more.  Jackets get clutch DPs and prevail 6-1.  Capadona went seven giving up seven hits. 

Spartans got no hits in final two innings.

Marietta won their first game of the day 4-0 in an hour and 26 minutes.

Sounds like a pretty good one between Case and BW. Mount Union got 11 in the 3rd and is plowing W&J.

BW @ CWRU postponed today not gunna try tomorrow.

Host Westminster Sat DH and Etta 2 Sunday.

Marietta and Case Western with a pretty solid split. Case got a big lead in game 1 and held on to win 10-5, then Marietta dominated the getaway game, 9-1.

Two good teams, I think.

Hopefully the last three games are a sign of things to come for the Marietta offense.

Obviously two good teams.

I'd like to see us bounce back with a win over JCU.  Anytime we can beat our cross-town foes, it feels good!

Wooster vs. Baldwin Wallace already postponed for today.  Baldwin Wallace plays at John Carroll (DH) tomorrow and Wooster has a home game against Case Western tomorrow.  Case is supposed to play John Carrol today, but no word on that game yet.

CWRU @ JCU moved to Thurs

OK.  Nice shutout against a pretty good Wooster team.

Now..............I sure hope that we can beat our cross-town rivals!

Freshman Shields' last two starts:   11 IP  0 R  4 H   3 BB   15 K

UGH!!!  That JCU game didn't go so well!

I hope we beat 'em at Progressive Field later this season!

Good news on the move of the Bethany DH to Nobby's Ballpark on Sunday.  We'll now have 10 of our last 13 games at home!

Of the games coming up, I'm looking forward to the Oberlin DH, as well as the next JCU game.

John Carroll has really caught a tail wind lately. This is more like what I expected from them this year, but that they're doing it basically without last year's ace pitcher is that much more impressive.

Just goes to show that if you're a good team, the train keeps going even if you have to do without a key player or two for a spell.

The Streaks got 5 2/3 of no hit pitching from a 1B/DH against a .350 hitting team.  He last pitched in Feb.  Meanwhile Spartans #4 got rocked and the pen wasn't any better.

Spartans sweep W&J.

Game one was a matchup of both teams' aces.  Fortunato went 9-1/3 giving up 1 ER on 10 hits.  Nogay for the Prez went 8 and also gave up only 1 run.

Final was 3-2 and the Spartans had to win it twice.  With two out in the 10th Swisher popped one over the left field fence, but was ruled out on appeal for not touching home!  Three straight singles in the 11th gave CWRU the win.

Game two was less dramatic with the Spartans winning 8-2.  Swisher got redemption by sending another ball over the left field fence and touching home.  Sondag, a junior, up to now used only in relief, got his first career start and went 6 giving up one run on three hits.

This next series against Bethany will really test our pitching depth.

Having to play back to back double-headers is quite a strain on the rotation and bullpen.

If we can pull out back to back sweeps, then I'll feel very good about our pitching depth when it comes time for any possible post-season play.

Y'all seemed to do fine with it with Westminster/Marietta last weekend! I'm guessing Bethany will be no problem. The UAAs format is tougher than playing 4 in a weekend I would think.

The first regional rankings should be interesting. Not sure there's much to choose between Case, Marietta, Heidelberg, BW and John Carroll.