BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

[McM Insider]

McMurry (12-14) loses to Southwestern (11-17) today 19-12. McM threw 8 different pitchers, giving up 8 walks and 22 hits. This is a rather disappointing loss to a team who finally seemed to be on track. The intensity and competetive edge were missing from our side today, whether from showing up an hour prior, looking past our opponent, or a mixture of other intangibles, McM shot itself in the foot and gave the game away.

McMurry             200 002 062    12 13  0
Southwestern   004 013 47X    19 22  1

On another note, I am rather surprised that no one talks about Jake Mullin. This kid puts up numbers the way Arietta does for SRU. Mullin went 3-5 today with two homeruns. He is hitting .430, 6 HR, 23 RBI.

[golden_dome]

Vilade has once again shown to be the top recruiter in the conference.

TexasBB

No doubt they do a great job recruiting every year, and getting three of ETBU's best players has made this season so far. Cody Jones (.390, 7 HR, 31 RBI) has been their best bat all year, Chase Willard (6-0, 3.08 ERA, 49 1/3 innings) has been their best starter, and Matt Schimpf (2-0, 1.57 ERA, 23 innings) has been great out of the pen. To give an example of how big those additions were, the Tyler pitching staff ERA jumps from 5.83 to 7.36 without Willard and Schimpf. If you substitute those numbers back to ETBU for three of their worst guys with similiar innings, their team ERA drops from 9.03 to 6.40.

That's far from scientific but it gives an idea how much that changed the East division. Willard and Jones have put up similiar numbers to a year ago, but you have to give credit to Tyler for what they've done with Schimpf. He struggled as a starter at ETBU giving up 83 hits in 47 innings, but he has been dominant this year as a reliever.

MC's pitching staff was in a similiar position to Tyler, we only returned one proven pitcher from last year in Tyler Seaman. All of the other guys are new players.

[swbaseball3]

On another note, I am rather surprised that no one talks about Jake Mullin. This kid puts up numbers the way Arietta does for SRU. Mullin went 3-5 today with two homeruns. He is hitting .430, 6 HR, 23 RBI.
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There are a number of players that fall into this category, Mullin just happens to be one.  Not sure why.  Maybe, it's the guys on this board.  Hell, there's three kids at TLU hitting .400+ and they never get a mention.

How about the kid from ETBU leading the conference in hitting?  Heck, I can't even remember this name.  He's good, though.

[Just_Some_Guy]

It's not Orosey I'd worry about, it's the TLU offense getting complacent under the assumption that Orosey is going to dominate every outing. It almost happened against UMHB this weekend.

SRSU 2 - TLU 1 heading into the top of the 6th. (I believe of a 7 inning game)

SRSU's starting pitcher, Nathan Molina, entered the game with a 6.92 ERA w/ opponents hitting .336 against him.

There's still plenty of time left, but the start of this game and the Bulldogs results against U of Dallas indicate that they have trouble adjusting against this type of pitching.

*Update: SRSU 3 - TLU 2 headed into final inning.

Sul Ross adds a run on a 1 our sac fly to right. TLU answers on a 2 out double by Cody Miller scoring Darwin Lucero from first.

*Update 2: SRSU 3 - TLU 2 -- Final. Orosey's first loss on the season.

JSG

[Just_Some_Guy]

I know I've harped on this before, and I know universities are doing the best they can with limited resources, but it drives me NUTS to watch a game with commentators who don't understand the game.

Case in point:
> He did NOT just hit and run with two strikes
> You can NOT take a full swing, make contact with the ball and be hit by a pitch - It was clearly fouled off his foot.
> The batter didn't place the ball anywhere. It doesn't exactly work like that.
> Chances are Lucas Garza is not starting next game consider he has 0 starts on the year. He's probably warming up to close just in case.

JSG

[dbat]

Wow! Well there you go, SRSU comes out and takes the first one.  TLU better come out these next two and play some serious ball.  Congrats SRSU you are making me eat my words about your program so far.

[dbat]

And yes, it sounds like the TLU announcers are students, but wow hopefully they will get better. Kind of annoying to listen to someone who sounds like they don't know a whole lot about baseball.

[dp643]

UMHB loses game 1 to Schreiner 2-0. 2 unearned runs did the trick.

[Ralph Turner]

Molina goes to 5-3 on the season for SRSU with his win over Orosey and TLU.

That is a big win for the Lobos in their quest to get a playoff bid.

Schreiner splits the DH with UMHB, a 2-0 win and a 6-2 loss.

That certainly tightens up the race.

[Ralph Turner]

The West seems to be the most balanced that I can remember.

Here are the schedules for the rest of the season.

#1 Hardin-Simmons	7-3**	13-11	at HPU**, SRSU, at TLU, at McM	Controls destiny
#2 Texas Lutheran	7-4*	20-8	SRSU*, at SU, HSU, at CTX	Favorite
#3 McMurry	6-4**	12-13	at CTX**, HPU, at SRSU, HSU	Big series in Austin this weekend
#4 Sul Ross State	6-5*	14-11	at TLU*, at HSU, McM, at UMHB	Has hard schedule ahead

#5 Concordia	5-5**	11-15	McM**, at UMHB, SU, TLU	Favorable home schedule
#6 Mary Hardin-Baylor	5-6*	12-13	SU, CTX, at HPU, SRSU	Favorable schedule
#7 Howard Payne	4-6**	13-12	HSU**, at McM, UMHB, at SU	Favorable home schedule
#8 Schreiner	2-9*	3-23	at UMHB*, TLU, at CTX, HPU	Has key win over HSU  and UMHB

(*) Updated thru the DH's of Apr 1st.  TLU and SRSU split as did UMHB and Schreiner.
(**)  HSU 23 HPU 0 today.  DH tomorrow.  McM 4 CTX 3 (10) DH tomorrow in Temple.
HSU is in first place by one-half game by my calculations.

[swbaseball3]

The TLU/SR game today was tough to watch.  The wind was blowing in at 30+ MPH.  SR got credited with 5 hits in game one but there was a questionable bobble that was called a hit.  TLU lined into 2 DP's.  Not a lot of hitting.  SR deserved the game and won it straight up.  Miller's ball was out of the park on any other day and that would have tied it up.  Baseball....

Game 2, Steinert was on his game.  Should have been a shutout but for 2 errors with 2 outs in the 2nd.

Femath was on fire today with 5 hits.  TLU pitvhing kept the bats of SR really at bay.

Assessment on the day...neither team hit well.  SR had 11 hits in 16 innings, TLU 18 hits in 15 innings.

Before the weekend, I was expecting 2-1 TLU but with a lot more hitting/scoring.  Tomorrow will be interesting.

[Ralph Turner]

For Sully to make the playoffs, they had to get one game in Seguin to hold their position among the contenders for the "4th" bid.  The Lobos already should consider this a good road trip and a win tomorrow would just be "gravy".

[swbaseball3]

For Sully to make the playoffs, they had to get one game in Seguin to hold their position among the contenders for the "4th" bid.  The Lobos already should consider this a good road trip and a win tomorrow would just be "gravy".

Agreed.

[Ralph Turner]

The TLU/SR game today was tough to watch.  The wind was blowing in at 30+ MPH.  SR got credited with 5 hits in game one but there was a questionable bobble that was called a hit.  TLU lined into 2 DP's.  Not a lot of hitting.  SR deserved the game and won it straight up.  Miller's ball was out of the park on any other day and that would have tied it up.  Baseball....

Game 2, Steinert was on his game.  Should have been a shutout but for 2 errors with 2 outs in the 2nd.

Femath was on fire today with 5 hits.  TLU pitvhing kept the bats of SR really at bay.

Assessment on the day...neither team hit well.  SR had 11 hits in 16 innings, TLU 18 hits in 15 innings.

Before the weekend, I was expecting 2-1 TLU but with a lot more hitting/scoring.  Tomorrow will be interesting.

Yeah, that wind was bad.  So bad that it blew your typing finger off the "c" and onto the "v"!          

Shades of Candlestick Park in San Francisco for the 1961 All-Star Game.

[Ralph Turner]

McM 4 CTX 3 (10)  (at Temple College in Temple.)

Cory Davis gets the win after 2 innings in relief.  Zack Hewitt had a quality 6-inning start for McM.

Ben Whiteley had a great outing for CTX. 8 2/3 innings, 3 runs 1 earned, no decision.  Jason Rangel gets the loss in relief.

Thanks to Kyle Robarts, McM SID, for the email updates.