BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

DoubleSteal · April 21, 2012, 12:21:15 AM

Quote from: Ricky Nelson on April 21, 2012, 12:03:53 AM
Quote from: tigerfan_2001 on April 20, 2012, 10:43:26 PM
TLU beats Concordia 1-0. No box score or stats, but sounds like Orsey was on tonight.
Watched online, so I'll leave it to others who were there. But my observation was that he was effectively wild.

Good feed and fantastic facility, by the way.

That would be a good way to describe Orosey tonight (he walked 6), however he did seem to have that extra something that allowed him to bear down when he got in trouble. Concordia had some chances, but couldn't come through with the hits, not to mention TLU made some really good plays in the field.

To be honest, Scott Hays may have pitched a better game. He gave up one unearned run and struck out 9. Both pitchers went the distance.

Ralph Turner · April 21, 2012, 04:05:53 PM

Too much drama...

McMurry gets a bases-loaded DP in the bottom of the 7th (of a 7/9 DH) to beat UMHB 2-1 and clinch the berth in the ASC tourney.

This ends a 6-game losing streak going back to the second game in the HSU series.

McMurry loses game 2, 6-5 (10 innings).

HSU swept HPU 5-4 (10), yesterday; 5-4 (8) and 2-0 today to capture 3rd.

Ralph Turner · April 21, 2012, 06:54:06 PM

Real drama,

TLU and CTX are tied in first at 16-4...

and tied in the top of the 10th 2-2. Ullman in relief for the Tornadoes.

Bottom of the 10th...

Pre-season HM AA C/UTL Collin Janssen leads off with a single. Sean Kistler in relief for TLU. Janssen goes to second on a SAC bunt by Tyler Grygar and onto third on an error by 1B. After an intentional BB to load the bases, Kistler gets 3 outs: swinging K, foul out to 1b and a grounder to 2b.

Going to the 13th... tied at 2.

Bottom of the 15th...

Lead-off batter Kyle Rodriguez singles to RF.
Andrew Burns SAC bunts him to 2b.
Quinn Guest grounds to second base to push Rodriguez to thrid.
Brent Schaekel singles to right to bring home Rodriguez.

Beautiful "small-ball" inning.

Final CTX 3, TLU 2.

TexasBB · April 21, 2012, 10:24:41 PM

In the East, UTD split with ETBU. After dropping the first game they found themselves trailing going into the 9th in danger of dropping the double header. But they rallied and scored 4 in the top of the 9th and won 9-8. They are now tied with UTT at 13-4 for first in the east as the Patriots swept a double header with Louisiana College. ETBU still has a chance at the playoffs they need to beat UTD and have UTT beat Lousiana College. If that happens then they get in and Louisiana college stays home. That would also hand the Patriots the East title. So it all comes down to the last games of the last week of the season. That is the way it should be!

Texas BB

TexasBB · April 22, 2012, 05:19:46 PM

UTT beat La College 14-5 to sweep the series and gain at least a Co-Championship with UTD. UTD is still playing and if they beat ETBU win they will be the top seed from the east due to winning the tie breaker. UTT finished the regular season 31-9 and 14-4 in the conference. This is the 7 time since 2005 that they have won at least 30 games and also the 7th time that they have won or shared the East Championship.

Texas BB

Ralph Turner · April 22, 2012, 05:27:50 PM

ETBU doesn't have LiveStats.

Ralph Turner · April 22, 2012, 06:05:38 PM

The UTT schedule on the conference website gives the record of 32-9, one more than the allowable 40 regular season games.

Does anyone know what the correct season outcome is for UTT?

I think that the problem is the UMHB 03/13 game which is doubly entered on the ASC website.

Corrected...

TexasBB · April 22, 2012, 06:50:28 PM

UTT finished 31-9.

UTD beat ETBU and secured the top seed in the East.

The east teams in the playoffs

UTD
UTT
Mississippi College
Louisiana College

Texas BB

CrashDavisD3 · April 23, 2012, 06:50:45 AM

UTD 27-13

UTT 31-9

Mississippi College 18-21

Louisiana College 14-22

TexasBB · April 23, 2012, 01:22:44 PM

As I said in an earlier post the East really is only a 2 team division this year. Mississippi College is the third seed but its program is down from the last couple of years. Lousiana College made it in despite being swept by UTT and thus backed in.

I am not as familiar with the West but they also don't seem as balanced as they had been in the past.

Concordia is a very good team and including TLU, UTT and UTD the conferece has 4 solid teams. I hope we can get 2 of those teams to the regionals this year and make some noise!!

Texas BB

CrashDavisD3 · April 23, 2012, 03:14:42 PM

Quote from: TexasBB on April 23, 2012, 01:22:44 PM
As I said in an earlier post the East really is only a 2 team division this year. Mississippi College is the third seed but its program is down from the last couple of years. Lousiana College made it in despite being swept by UTT and thus backed in.

I am not as familiar with the West but they also don't seem as balanced as they had been in the past.

Concordia is a very good team and including TLU, UTT and UTD the conferece has 4 solid teams. I hope we can get 2 of those teams to the regionals this year and make some noise!!

Texas BB

I also see 2 teams in the West Regional from ASC. NWC, SCIAC, SCAC will only see 1 team each with Pool A bids. This leaves 1 team I believe coming from outside the Region going to West Regional in Oregon in 2012

BigPoppa · April 23, 2012, 03:21:36 PM

I see a Midwest Region team being shipped in... either La Crosse or St. Thomas... but a lot can change before selection Sunday.

dbat · April 23, 2012, 06:53:52 PM

The series of the week was definitely TLU @ CTX. Friday was by far the best game with two stud pitchers coming out under the lights. I agree with the earlier post that Hays was the better pitcher Friday, but some how Orosey was able to fight off some rallies by CTX. An untimely error by a sure handed Guest was the only run Hays allowed (unearned). By the way Harvey in center saved the game for TLU with a diving playing and doubling up the runner at second. GREAT GAME all around.

Saturday Spillane and Grygar continued where Orosey and Hays left off. Another great pitching match up that came down to the pin for CTX where they lost it. If you can't tell I am a big fan of pitching and defense. The last game of the series started to get a little sloppy for both teams. You could tell the intensity was slipping in both dugouts. TLU made some crucial errors that allowed CTX to take the lead. As always TLU comes back with some hay makers in towards the end to tie it up. Concordia ended up stringing together some good hitting, small ball, and a timely gap hit to win it. They outplay TLU in the end.

One thing I did find strange was the fact that CTX dog piled after game 3. Don't get me wrong. They won the conference with that hit and they should be excited, but they also did lose a conference series that day. Again I am not saying they shouldn't be excited just found it a little out of the ordinary for a division title and series loss.

My predictions is CTX will take 2 straight from LC. TLU will take 2 straight from MC. UTD will win in 3 games. I am going to taker MCM again this year to upset UTT but it will be in 3 games.

BamColt · April 24, 2012, 11:27:23 AM

Winning the game in extra innings I wouldn't have expected anything less than a dogpile to wrap up the West. Im sure if it was a 5-1 win it wouldn't have happened. Losing that series gives TLU bragging rights, but i'm sure Boggs will take hosting by any means.

Ralph Turner · April 24, 2012, 12:04:06 PM

Quote from: dbat on April 23, 2012, 06:53:52 PM
The series of the week was definitely TLU @ CTX. Friday was by far the best game with two stud pitchers coming out under the lights. I agree with the earlier post that Hays was the better pitcher Friday, but some how Orosey was able to fight off some rallies by CTX. An untimely error by a sure handed Guest was the only run Hays allowed (unearned). By the way Harvey in center saved the game for TLU with a diving playing and doubling up the runner at second. GREAT GAME all around.

Saturday Spillane and Grygar continued where Orosey and Hays left off. Another great pitching match up that came down to the pin for CTX where they lost it. If you can't tell I am a big fan of pitching and defense. The last game of the series started to get a little sloppy for both teams. You could tell the intensity was slipping in both dugouts. TLU made some crucial errors that allowed CTX to take the lead. As always TLU comes back with some hay makers in towards the end to tie it up. Concordia ended up stringing together some good hitting, small ball, and a timely gap hit to win it. They outplay TLU in the end.

One thing I did find strange was the fact that CTX dog piled after game 3. Don't get me wrong. They won the conference with that hit and they should be excited, but they also did lose a conference series that day. Again I am not saying they shouldn't be excited just found it a little out of the ordinary for a division title and series loss.

My predictions is CTX will take 2 straight from LC. TLU will take 2 straight from MC. UTD will win in 3 games. I am going to taker MCM again this year to upset UTT but it will be in 3 games.

Thanks, but we go to UTD this season. HSU plays the Patriots.