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TexasBB · March 28, 2009, 09:56:12 AM

Due to poor field conditions the UTT - UTD series has been pushed back to a Sunday and Monday. They will play 2 on Sunday and a single game on Monday. Sounds like a conflict with classes for the players. I am sure that Comet field must really be wet with all the rain we have had and must not drain well. The good news is that the wind is supposed to die down tomorrow and the sun will be out. Today in Dallas it is overcast, cold and very windy.

Ralph Turner · March 28, 2009, 10:59:35 AM

Quote from: TexasBB on March 28, 2009, 09:56:12 AM
Due to poor field conditions the UTT - UTD series has been pushed back to a Sunday and Monday. They will play 2 on Sunday and a single game on Monday. Sounds like a conflict with classes for the players. I am sure that Comet field must really be wet with all the rain we have had and must not drain well. The good news is that the wind is supposed to die down tomorrow and the sun will be out. Today in Dallas it is overcast, cold and very windy.

Current temperature in Dallas is 39 degrees.

Wind is from the WNW at 27-35 MPH (straight out to left field at UTD's field) and wind chill is 28.

Ralph Turner · March 28, 2009, 05:35:53 PM

McMurry won game 2 in the series, 6-5.

Colton Hermes got the loss for the Mountaineers.

It looks like Dakota Smith gets the win in relief and not the save. (Curry started.)

http://athletics.schreiner.edu/Baseball/Results/Results09/32809bs1.htm

Gaona get the win in game 3 on 7 strong innings.

Davis pitched 2 innings in relief.

http://athletics.schreiner.edu/Baseball/Results/Results09/32809bs2.htm

yuckmonkey · March 28, 2009, 05:55:11 PM

any score from the tlu/umhb 1st game

ps indian how about some chicken E

Just_Some_Guy · March 28, 2009, 07:09:26 PM

UMHB defeats TLU 15-13 in Game 3 of the series (Haven't heard about game 2).

Neither starter (Garza & Hull) can get through two innings.

VanHoozer, how hadn't given up an ER all year, pitched 7.1 of 6 H, 2 ER baseball for the win for UMHB. I like the move by the UMHB staff to go for broke with VanHoozer here after TLU puts up an 8 spot in the bottom of the first. The Cru didn't go away.

Nice games from Villegas 2-6, HR, 3RBI, and Draeger 305, HR, 5 RBI.

Down 15-14 in the bottom of the 9th. Femath hits a 3-run home run to bring the Dogs within 2. He was 3-5, 2 2B, 2 runs and 7 RBIs. Macklin follows with a solo shot of his own to cut the lead to one.

I think it's possible Steinert is starting to get overworked. He's been throwing some mid-week innings and been the go-to guy out of the pen on weekends. It's time to cut the cord on Hull, and give Steinert that spot in the rotation.

It's great to have a couple of reliable guys out of the pen, but you can't stick with a guy that can't give you some innings the way they did with Segura last year.

JSG

yuckmonkey · March 28, 2009, 07:11:57 PM

tlu took 2 of 3 final in game 3 was 15-14 tlu

mcm sweeps

yuckmonkey · March 28, 2009, 07:12:35 PM

my bad 15-14 umhb not tlu sorry about that

Ralph Turner · March 28, 2009, 08:00:03 PM

1.    Texas Lutheran      8-4    19-11 at SRSU, Schreiner, at HSU
2.    Hardin-Simmons      6-4    15-11 DH on Sunday. HPU, at SRSU, TLU
3.    Mary Hardin-Baylor      7-5    16-11 Schreiner, at CTX, HPU
     McMurry         7-5    16-12     CTX, at HPU , SRSU
5. Schreiner         6-6    13-14 at UMHB, at TLU, CTX
6.    Howard Payne      5-7    12-15 at HSU, McM, at UMHB
7.    Concordia         4-6    14-14 DH on Sunday. at McM, UMHB, at SCHR
8.    Sul Ross State      3-9    4-26 Pending; TLU, HSU, at McM

Lots of baseball left to be played.

How few wins can you have in divisional play and place first? make the playoffs?

My guess is that 16-5 takes first and that 12-9 gets the 4th place slot. (Big series with HSU and CTX!)

CTX's back is against the wall on Sunday.

Ralph Turner · March 28, 2009, 08:34:44 PM

HSU 1 CTX 0 after 2; CTX hits into a 4-6-3 DP with the bases loaded to kill the threat.

Sully won the first 11-8; HPU the nightcap 11-10.

HSU 1-0, going to the bottom of the third.

HSU 3-0, end of the 4th. (Sam Walker on the mound for HSU.)

HSU 3-0, end of 5. Cowboys had another DP in the 5th. CTX left 2 on base (after two outs).

HSU 4-1, going to the 7th.

HSU 5-1, on a single, an error that allowed the runner to go to 3rd, who came home on 3 unassisted grounder. Bottom of the 7th.

CTX had a runner thrown out at home on a wild pitch ball four. HSU 5-1. Out number three came on a flyball to RF. HSU's Sam Walker has gone 7 strong innings. CTX Sr. RHP Matt Coburn went 7 innings and struck out 14. He is on the hook for the loss. Rangel in relief for CTX in the 8th.

HSU 5-1, going to the bottom of the 8th. Sam Walker back to the mound.

Leadoff batter singled. Walker relieved by LHP Reinhardt. He faces Thielepape who hit a solo HR in the 6th. Thielepape on due to an error on the infielder. The grounder bounced into the fielder's shirt and got stuck where the fielder could not dig it out in time to throw out Thielepape. Next batter walks. Kyle Barton comes in with the bases loaded. CTX scores on a SAC FLY by . Szkotak up, runners on first and second. Out Swinging on a curve. Justin Beasley out swinging. HSU 5-2, going to the ninth.

HSU in the top of the 9th fails to score. HSU leads 5-2 going to the bottom of the 9th.

HSU 5-8-2 Walker 4-1; Save Barton 5.
CTX 2-8-2 LOB 11 Coburn gets the loss but strikes out 14 in 7 innings.

(Good broadcast by HSU's Al Pickett and Chad Grubbs)

dp643 · March 29, 2009, 11:32:54 AM

Ralph,

How were you getting updates from CTX and HSU yesterday?

Just_Some_Guy · March 29, 2009, 12:14:05 PM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 28, 2009, 08:00:03 PM
1.    Texas Lutheran      8-4    19-11 at SRSU, Schreiner, at HSU
2.    Hardin-Simmons      6-4    15-11 DH on Sunday. HPU, at SRSU, TLU
3.    Mary Hardin-Baylor      7-5    16-11 Schreiner, at CTX, HPU
     McMurry         7-5    16-12     CTX, at HPU , SRSU
5. Schreiner         6-6    13-14 at UMHB, at TLU, CTX
6.    Howard Payne      5-7    12-15 at HSU, McM, at UMHB
7.    Concordia         4-6    14-14 DH on Sunday. at McM, UMHB, at SCHR
8.    Sul Ross State      3-9    4-26 Pending; TLU, HSU, at McM

It's fun to speculate so I'll say that the playoff field in my opinion is pretty much set if HSU takes 1 of 2 from CTX today. Those teams being TLU, UMHB, HSU and McM, not necessarily in that order. Getting swept by Howard Payne will cost CTX the playoffs.

Why people ever buy into the Schreiner hype, or whoever gives them first place votes in the preseason poll (SID?) amazes me. I'm impressed they have some guys swinging it pretty well this year, but playoff teams don't have 8.00+ ERAs.

The thing is that the teams at the top have the easiest remaining schedules. SU, HPU and Sul Ross have really tough remaining schedules, and CTX's is no cake walk either. Anything can happen. CTX could sweep UMHB in the last regular season series and sneak if they snag a couple here and there and UMHB drops a couple to SU or HPU, but it's doubtful.

I think 15-6 could definitely do the trick for 1st, and I'll agree with Ralph that 12-9 should do the trick for the 4th spot. I should jot down a few scenarios, but I'm lazy so I'll just glance.

Looking forward to the outcome of the CTX/HSU DH today.

JSG

dp643 · March 29, 2009, 01:10:30 PM

The TLU/UMHB series is tough to guage anything off of, except for the fact that TLU is now in the driver seat for one of the top 2 seeds.

I compared stats before the series to see if there were any matchups that favored either team, and the offensive, pitching, and defensive stats were almost identical.

The one thing that stood out to me (which hugely gave an advantage to TLU this weekend given the 30 MPH winds blowing out), was the fact that they have a 1.1 Flyout to groundout ratio, and UMHB had a .7 Flyout to groundout ratio. On the flipside, TLU pitchers had a .8 Flyout/groundout ratio, while UMHB pitchers had a 1.1 ratio.

This may not look like it has a huge impact on a series, but I think it may have in this series. UMHB's pitchers give up alot of flyball outs, and TLU pitchers get more groundouts. That played right into TLU's lap as they have a flyball hitting team and UMHB is a groundball hitting team. Throw in the 30 MPH winds, and you have 2 fairly evenly matched teams with one team earning an advantage.

I am not making any excuses for UMHB, but I think it did play a role in this weekend's series. TLU only grounded out roughly 4-5 times in 15 at bats.

Hope I didnt confuse anyone....

Ralph Turner · March 29, 2009, 02:14:46 PM

Quote from: dp643 on March 29, 2009, 11:32:54 AM
Ralph,

How were you getting updates from CTX and HSU yesterday?

HSU was webcasting the game on their website.

One of the benefits of having two strong programs in Abilene is that there is a respectful "arms race" between HSU and McMurry to provide quality coverage for the athletic programs.

Abilene does a great job of supporting its schools, and so there is a fertile market for such innovation.

McMurry has moved its video-stream link to the front page of the sports page. HSU has its links on its front page.

I am grateful for the job that HSU's Chad Grubbs and McMurry's Ben Dobson do as SID's. (Also the other ones whom I have met, UTD's Bruce Unrue and MissCollege's Chris Brooks.)

Ralph Turner · March 29, 2009, 05:51:11 PM

Final from Austin...

CTX 5-2 in Game #2 of the series
HSU 4-0 in Game #3.

1.    Texas Lutheran      8-4    19-11 at SRSU, Schreiner, at HSU
2.    Hardin-Simmons      7-5    16-12 DH on Sunday. HPU, at SRSU, TLU
   Mary Hardin-Baylor      7-5    16-11 Schreiner, at CTX, HPU
     McMurry         7-5    16-12     CTX, at HPU , SRSU
5. Schreiner         6-6    13-14 at UMHB, at TLU, CTX
6.    Howard Payne      5-7    12-15 at HSU, McM, at UMHB
   Concordia         5-7    15-15 DH on Sunday. at McM, UMHB, at SCHR
8.    Sul Ross State      3-9    4-26 TLU, HSU, at McM

CTX has dug themselves a deep hole.

It is very easy to see the West ending up in a 4-way tie, again, but all 8 teams are still in the race, mathematically.

Dawgsdad · March 29, 2009, 05:56:50 PM

HSU takes 2 of 3 from CTX

1. Texas Lutheran 8-4 19-11 at SRSU, Schreiner, at HSU
2. Mary Hardin-Baylor 7-5 16-11 Schreiner, at CTX, HPU
Hardin-Simmons 7-5 16-12 HPU, at SRSU, TLU
McMurry 7-5 16-12 CTX, at HPU , SRSU
5. Schreiner 6-6 13-14 at UMHB, at TLU, CTX
6. Howard Payne 5-7 12-15 at HSU, McM, at UMHB
7. Concordia 5-7 15-15 at McM, UMHB, at SCHR
8. Sul Ross State 3-9 4-26 TLU, HSU, at McM