I'd expect Carthage to throw Nate Odahl in one of the two games today. I see him as their #1 and he did not throw in their first two games.

While still early and guys are still adjusting to being outside, the Carthage pitchers did not fare well yesterday allowing 20 runs to Wabash and Aurora in a pair of games. Let's hope the Redmen settle in an play some baseball the rest of the way.... I projected a total of two losses on the trip (with one of those being Aurora, the other vs Bemidji State).

Let's get back on track, Big Red.

Redmen pile up the runs in a 14-0 drubbing of North Central (MN) on Tuesday afternoon in Arizona. An off day today with a run of four of the next five games versus teams from the MIAC (with the one outlier vs D2 Bemidji Sate, also from MN). A nice run of Ws here could prove the Redmen as contenders  upon thier return to the Carthage (The Harvard of Eastern Kenosha County) campus next week...

Updated CCIW standings (not sure it means a lot at this point as no one has gone head to head and all are playing vastly different strength-of-schedules).

Ill. Wesleyan      2-0
North Central   3-0
Wheaton      2-0
Augustana      7-1
Carthage      3-2
Elmhurst      1-1
North Park      2-4
Millikin      1-3
Carroll      0-3

May we infer, then, that UW-Parkside is the William & Mary of eastern Kenosha County?

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 06, 2019, 02:06:10 PM
May we infer, then, that UW-Parkside is the William & Mary of eastern Kenosha County?

That would be a correct assumption:)

Redmen drop one to St. Olaf 3-2 after taking a 2-1 lead into the 9th... a two-out single won it for the Oles.

Carthage drops to 3-3 on the season... I'm guessing this is NOT the way they expected this trip to go. At least it gives me something to follow during the school day.

Quote from: BigPoppa on March 07, 2019, 01:40:35 PM
Redmen drop one to St. Olaf 3-2 after taking a 2-1 lead into the 9th... a two-out single won it for the Oles.

Carthage drops to 3-3 on the season... I'm guessing this is NOT the way they expected this trip to go. At least it gives me something to follow during the school day.

You call Carthage the Harvard of Eastern Kenosha County, then you get the opponent wrong in your recap....Poppa, you're killing me!

The Gusties beat us 3-2 yesterday, not St. Olaf.

Carthage beats Bemidji State 12-11 in a game that features 23 runs and 40 hits.  Vince Schwartz goes 4-6 with 4RBIs to lead the Red Men. 

IWU is about half-way thru their Florida trip, and are currently 4-2.  They swept Greenville on F 27 (6-3 and 12-2), had games in Greenville (2 against Central, 1 against Greenville) cancelled (no definite word yet if they will get rescheduled), and in Florida, have lost to Illinois College (9-12) and Saint Joseph's College of Maine (7-9, while beating Marymount (8-2) and New Jersey City (12-11).  The scores look like 3 good outings for the pitchers, and 3 very bad.  Nick Figus is starting hot, batting .474 and slugging .789.

Carthage moves to 6-4 with a pair of wins over Bethany Lutheran College, 27-14 and 20-2.  In game one, Carthage scored 12 in the first and 10 in the 5th to break this one open.  In the second, they had innings of 5, 7, and 6.  Klein is hitting .591 through the first 10 games and slugging .864.  Schwartz is hitting .488 while slugging .756.  Quite worried about the pitching however, as Odahl has an early ERA of over 16 and the staff ERA is 6.25 overall.  Might be a season where we have to put up crooked numbers to win games.

NPU is now 5-4 and has won its first three games down in Florida, topping SUNY Maritime on Sunday, 6-5, beating Gettysburg yesterday, 10-6, and Northwestern this afternoon, 12-6. In the games yesterday and today the Vikings overcame four-run deficits. This is indicative of an ongoing problem, as the Park still has to figure out how to avoid giving up the big inning; the Bullets and the Eagles each tallied a six-run frame in those two games. But aside from those worrisome half-inning hiccups, the pitching and the fielding are beginning to come around.

Meanwhile, the Vikes' position players are finally starting to hit, and they're also playing good Lukeball -- stretching out at-bats, taking walks and HBPs, stealing lots of bases, and making copious use of the bunt. Cullen Gilbertson has been the mainstay of the lineup, as expected, as he currently sports a slashline of .444/.728/.675 and has a pair of homers and nine RBI to his credit. Newcomer Ranko Stevanovic has been as good as advertised, as he's at .417 at the moment and is one of three Vikings everyday starters who is slugging northwards of .580. The other newcomer who was expected to have a big impact, Augie transfer Jake Reinhardt, is off to a slow start at the plate, but he hit a three-run inside-the-park homer today against Northwestern.

The Vikings now get two days to decompress in the sunshine before they're back at it on on Thursday against Delaware Valley.

Carthage ends the southern swing of it's season by scoring two touchdowns against Wesleyan U and winning 14-8.  Wesleyan went for the 2 pt conversion at the end of this one.  The RedMen head back north sporting a 7-4 record. 

Klein ends the trip with a 5/5 to move his batting average to a staggering .633 and OB% to .673.  Those are the kinds of numbers you love from your lead-off hitter!

A wild finish today in Florida.  IWU and UMass-Dartmouth finished tied at 6 after 9.  In the top of the tenth, IWU scored SIX - game over?  Not quite - UMD came back with SEVEN in the bottom of the tenth!   Titans fall to 4-3.

Redmen pitching staff has me worried....