BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

[tloc14]

UTTyler seems to be having a down year this season.  Their pitching seems extremely weak this year.

I dont know why they were voted to repeat as East champs.

[dbat]

RE: TLU Bats

I watched TLU this weekend against ETBU and I know that ETBU is not a big competitor in the East, but TLU swung well I thought this weekend.  Ok, in regards to why they have gone quite.  In the past 5 or so years every time TLU plays at Trinity or McMurry they always seem to struggle hitting the night games. Now I am not trying to be a skeptic, but from past experiences not really ever playing at night, and then having to see good pitching at night can mess with you.  Now this is no excuse, but ya they kinda went quiet against UD and Trinity.  I think that the west will be decided between the two teams coming up next weekend.  McMurry and TLU. 

As many of you know, and Ralph will testify to this, this is a HUGE rivalry.  Three years ago we had that big brawl.  Year after that McMurry came to Seguin and just crushed the ball!  Last year TLU went up to Abilene and played some good ball there! So I EXPECT McMurry to come in ready to try and reclaim the west title!

My pick for series of the week (McMurry vs. TLU!)

[dbat]

tloc14:

The reason Tyler was voted to repeat as East Champs is because they are an established program that has proven over the years even under probational years that they are big time.  They have lost some people, but have also returned quite a few and gained a couple key players from ETBU.

[Voorhees]

Louisiana came to Abilene and lost the series for the 4th time in 5 years. (HSU ended their season in '06, McMurry ended their season in '07 & '08, and this weekend McM takes 2 of 3).

I'm going to go ahead and throw it out there that Abilene is not their favorite vacation destination.

[dp643]

The top 4 in the west from last year all square off against each other the first week of ASC play. Should be a great weekend of baseball.

HSU vs UMHB
TLU vs McMurry

Itll be interesting to see which teams get a head start in the standings. Good luck to everyone next weekend.

[swbaseball3]

UMHB shuts out Southwestern 7-0 last night.

Trinity knocks off TLU 4-2. TLU bats have gone silent. Klimesh has had two very good outings against the ASC thus far.

Any insight dbat and swbaseball3 at where the bats have gone?

Coach Burnett is really tinkering with the lineup and the player positions.  Harvey was moved from leadoff to 9, Green moved from 7th to leadoff.  They are also switching out 3rd and catcher.  The net result is they are just struggling to find the mix.  Wheaton and Curtis are killing it but playing every other game.  I think this weekend, Burnett settles on a line-up and you should expect more of what happened at the ETBU series.

[swbaseball3]

RE: TLU Bats

I watched TLU this weekend against ETBU and I know that ETBU is not a big competitor in the East, but TLU swung well I thought this weekend.  Ok, in regards to why they have gone quite.  In the past 5 or so years every time TLU plays at Trinity or McMurry they always seem to struggle hitting the night games. Now I am not trying to be a skeptic, but from past experiences not really ever playing at night, and then having to see good pitching at night can mess with you.  Now this is no excuse, but ya they kinda went quiet against UD and Trinity.  I think that the west will be decided between the two teams coming up next weekend.  McMurry and TLU. 

As many of you know, and Ralph will testify to this, this is a HUGE rivalry.  Three years ago we had that big brawl.  Year after that McMurry came to Seguin and just crushed the ball!  Last year TLU went up to Abilene and played some good ball there! So I EXPECT McMurry to come in ready to try and reclaim the west title!

My pick for series of the week (McMurry vs. TLU!)

As always, I also look for this series to be a fun one.  I can't see McMurray beating Orosey so for them to win the series, they have to sweep (in theory) on Saturday.  That is going to be a tall task as TLU is pretty tough at home.  Steinert and Staggs  were pretty good this weekend with the exception of pitching to Leftwich.  FYI, that kid can flat out hit!!  I think that Steinert wins on the tail of an Orosey win and the 3rd game is a shoot out.  Flip a coin on the winner.

[swbaseball3]

UTTyler seems to be having a down year this season.  Their pitching seems extremely weak this year.

I dont know why they were voted to repeat as East champs.

UTT is really an interesting deal.  They have legit 1-4 maybe 5 in the line-up.  They seem a little suspect later in the order but to score 2 runs at SR this past Friday, what the heck is up with that?  Now, pitching, yes, it looks down but in person, it doesn't look like it's amiss.  Candidly speaking, it's impressive in person.

Now, the deal, I think is simple.  They walk way too many guys and they end up having to throw fat pitches in predictable counts.  That's never a good thing.

If they figure out how to throw some more strikes, they could be dangerous later in the year.  No one will want to meet them in the conference series if they get the engine started.

[Ralph Turner]

Marietta 18 UTTyler 5

Pitching by committee by UTT.

[mideastfan2]

Marietta once again plays some tough ASC competition in their annual spring trip to Texas.

Marietta - 18
UT-Tyler - 5

Marietta - 1
UT-Dallas - 2 (won on a walk-off HR in 9th)

Marietta - 12
HSU - 10

Marietta vs McMurry tonight.
Marietta vs MHB tomorrow afternoon.

[Ralph Turner]

McMurry has livestats for the Marietta game.

http://www.sidearmstats.com/mcmurry/baseball/index.htm

Marietta 10-10-2
McMurry 2-4-3

[dbat]

Ralph,  Now that a couple of us have given our thoughts about this Mcmurry vs. TLU weekend, I want to hear what your thoughts are.

[Ralph Turner]

Ralph,  Now that a couple of us have given our thoughts about this Mcmurry vs. TLU weekend, I want to hear what your thoughts are.

Too much rebuilding by McMurry.  McM is still trying to build a pitching staff.  I wish that the TLU series were in mid April.   

TLU wins the series, 2-1.

[golden_dome]

Another good win for Mississippi College (13-1) tonight beating NAIA Belhaven College (16-4) by a 3-2 score. Terrell Prescott and Daniel Cowart gave up just three hits in nine innings dropping the team ERA to 2.50. MC outhit Belhaven 10-3 and Bo Bell hit his 5th homer.

[swbaseball3]

Ralph,  Now that a couple of us have given our thoughts about this Mcmurry vs. TLU weekend, I want to hear what your thoughts are.

Too much rebuilding by McMurry.  McM is still trying to build a pitching staff.  I wish that the TLU series were in mid April.   

TLU wins the series, 2-1.

Like most crazy baseball guys, I scour the websites for stats and records and information.  Looking at McM pitching lines, they have thrown a BUNCH of guys for a few of innings.  Per Ralph,  they are searching which is not a good thing heading to TLU for the weekend.

With TLU finiding their bats since the Dallas weekend, lots of runs are probably in store.  We'll see but I, like Ralph, see a 2-1/3-0 for TLU with Orosey and Steinert winning and a shootout in game three, winner TBD.