BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

Ralph Turner · March 15, 2009, 05:23:05 PM

A couple of good games in Abilene today!

McMurry will video stream the rest of the West Region home games!

McMurry won 3-2 on a walk-off HR in the bottom of the 9th (the proposed 7-inning game was extended to 9). In the second (7-inning) game, McMurry won 3-1.

Macklin had a good game at 3b for TLU. The West will be tight this year.

Ralph Turner · March 15, 2009, 05:30:19 PM

Schedule change for McMurry...

Trinity dropped McMurry, and McM has filled that hole with two games in LeTU tomorrow and then to Austin College on Tuesday.

McM plays UMHB in Abilene next weekend.

dp643 · March 15, 2009, 08:25:51 PM

UMHB Beat Hardin Simmons 11-4 today. Jarred Hopper gets the win for the CRU striking out 10 in 7 innings.

Villegas and Draeger had big games today. Any word on how Concordia did today?

ballme · March 15, 2009, 09:19:48 PM

Quote from: Dawgsdad on March 15, 2009, 09:30:46 AM
Staggs did a good job overall going 6 or 7 innings.

Staggs did a great job for TLU. He was great to watch. McM is still testing the water as to a third starter. Kyle Martin and Cody Curry are becoming consistent with their location and focus. Today's games where so much more entertaining as some really solid baseball was played by both sides. The errors where under control on both sides. Nights can make it hard to judge the ball when you do not play many night games.

Good luck to TLU the rest of the season. Hope you guys make it home safe.

BaseballFreak · March 15, 2009, 09:23:35 PM

UTT 10 - ETBU 2 in game one. Holland gets the complete game.

BaseballFreak · March 15, 2009, 09:56:40 PM

UTT 11 - ETBU 6 in game two.

TexasBB · March 15, 2009, 10:49:22 PM

UTT will go for the sweep with Booher on the mound tomorrow. Ziegler was not needed today so he is fresh and can go 2-3 innings if necessary.

UP AND IN · March 16, 2009, 12:36:06 AM

HPU wins both in Austin today... first game was 4-2

Game 2 was an extra innings loss for CTX 6-5...

Ralph Turner · March 16, 2009, 12:54:43 AM

Quote from: UP AND IN on March 16, 2009, 12:36:06 AM
HPU wins both in Austin today... first game was 4-2

Game 2 was an extra innings loss for CTX 6-5...

It sure looks like we are headed towards a 4-way tie in the West for first place at 11-10 and a four-way tie for last place at 10-11!

dp643 · March 16, 2009, 08:12:57 AM

I am baffled to say the least. Whats going on in Austin?

dp643 · March 16, 2009, 01:11:29 PM

Barton on the bump for HSU in game two of the series against UMHB. Should be a good game.

TexasBB · March 16, 2009, 04:12:40 PM

The entire ASC West appears to have consistancy issues on offense, defense and pitching. I can't get a read on any of the teams. Someone has to emerge as the leader. But to do that they have to show they are better than just a .500 club. Last year I thought the West was strong and they just beat each other up but when I see HPU taking 2 from CTX? That performance just seems to point to mediocrity. As Big Poppa said the mark of a good team is that they win the games they are supposed to win. Nobody in the West thus far has shown they can do that - thus the bunching at or near .500 winning record.

Ralph Turner · March 16, 2009, 04:18:09 PM

I think that mediocrity may be a concern as well.

dp643 · March 16, 2009, 04:28:18 PM

Hardin Simmons won game one 5-4. Live stats are down for game 2 today.

Lets keep things in perspective before we call the whole west mediocre. The east hasnt won the conference tourney in quite some time. And if I remember correctly, the last week of crossover's the West won a good majority of the games. Also, Concordia dropped 2 of three to Howard Payne last year before making a huge comeback at the end of the season.

tloc14 · March 16, 2009, 05:05:44 PM

inconsistency might be a better term than mediocracy. I have no doubt that the west side is more talented than the east side this year, but it seems like none of the teams in the west can seperate from the pack due to inconsistent play. The ASC tourney winner gets an automatic bid, but if most of the teams in conference are stuck around the .500 level, there will be no 2nd bid. Even if UTT has a great record and fails to do much this year in the tourney, they would likely get snubbed because the conference appears to be weak if all you look at are records.