BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

[Ralph Turner]

Here is the boxscore for the last 3 innings of the McM CTX game.

McMurry 8th - Beasley to 3b. Runnels to 2b. Yeager to 1b for Spelbring. Dibiasi grounded out to ss (2-2). De Leon reached on an error by p (1-1). Mullin walked (3-1); De Leon advanced to second. D. Saltzgabe reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a throwing error by ss (1-2); Mullin out at second p to ss; De Leon scored on the error, unearned. Durst pinch ran for D. Saltzgabe. Jackson doubled to left field, RBI (0-0); Durst scored, unearned. Thompson lined out to ss (1-0). 2 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB. 


Concordia Tornados 8th - Bogard flied out to rf (2-2). P. Smith singled, bunt (0-0). Beasley grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (2-2); P. Smith out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. 


McMurry 9th - Bell singled to center field (0-0). Falcone grounded out to p, SAC (0-1); Bell advanced to second. Boswell pinch hit for Moench. Boswell struck out swinging (3-2). Dibiasi singled to left field, RBI (3-2); Bell scored. Rangel to p for Whiteley. De Leon flied out to lf (3-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. 


Concordia Tornados 9th - Baker to 2b for Boswell. Davis to p for Maldanado. R. Brown struck out looking (0-2). Maldonado struck out swinging, grounded out to c unassisted (2-2). Yeager lined out to ss (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. 


McMurry 10th - Durst to dh. Mullin grounded out to ss (1-0). Durst singled up the middle (0-2). Durst advanced to second on a wild pitch. Jackson walked (3-0). Johns to p for Rangel. Thompson reached on a fielder's choice (2-0); Jackson out at second 1b to ss; Durst advanced to third. Thompson advanced to second on a wild pitch; Durst scored on a wild pitch. Bell flied out to rf (1-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. 


Concordia Tornados 10th - Runnels struck out looking (0-2). Al. Carter walked (3-1). Woods pinch ran for Al. Carter. Pearce reached on a fielder's choice (1-1); Woods out at second 2b to ss. Pearce stole second. Bogard struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. 

[SandGnats]

The error by CTX in the eighth that allowed De Leon to reach was a flip from the first baseman to Whiteley who was running over to cover the bag.  It looked like whiteley had it then bobbled it and lost it alltogether.  Tough break for CTX, but give McMurry credit for fighting back and taking advantage of their opportunities.

What a great start to the game we had with a solid pitcher's duel between Hewitt and Whiteley.

[Just_Some_Guy]

TLU wins the rubber match 3-2 in 11 innings.

TLU: 3-10-1
SRSU: 2-8-0

WP: Tom Hembree

Chris Green's 2-out single scores pinch runner Daniel Harvey in the bottom of the 11th for the win.


JSG

[dp643]

UMHB wins 9-6.

[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	8-4	21-8	at SU, HSU, at CTX	Favorite
#3 McMurry	6-4**	12-13	at CTX**, HPU, at SRSU, HSU	Big series in Austin this weekend
#4T Sul Ross State	6-6	14-12	at HSU, McM, at UMHB	Has hard schedule ahead
#4T Concordia	5-5**	11-15	McM**, at UMHB, SU, TLU	Favorable home schedule
#4T Mary Hardin-Baylor	6-6	13-13	CTX, at HPU, SRSU	Favorable schedule

#7 Howard Payne	4-6**	13-12	HSU**, at McM, UMHB, at SU	Favorable home schedule
#8 Schreiner	2-10	3-24	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.

TLU and UMHB won single games today.

[Just_Some_Guy]

Hardin Simmons completes the sweep of Howard Payne 8-5 and 10-6 to overtake TLU for first in the West.

JSG

[Ralph Turner]

McM 8 CTX 5 in game 1

CTX 5 McM 4 in game 2

[Ralph Turner]

Here are the schedules for the rest of the season.

#1 Hardin-Simmons	9-3	15-11	SRSU, at TLU, at McM	Controls destiny
#2 Texas Lutheran	8-4	21-8	at SU, HSU, at CTX	Pre-season Favorite
#3 McMurry	7-5	14-15	HPU, at SRSU, HSU	Big series in Austin this weekend; McM took 2 of 3.
#4T Sul Ross State	6-6	14-12	at HSU, McM, at UMHB	Has hard schedule ahead
#4T Concordia	6-6	13-17	at UMHB, SU, TLU	Favorable home schedule
#4T Mary Hardin-Baylor	6-6	14-14	CTX, at HPU, SRSU	Favorable schedule

#7 Howard Payne	4-8	13-14	at McM, UMHB, at SU	Chance to gain ground in the next 2 weeks.
#8 Schreiner	2-10	3-24	TLU, at CTX, HPU	Has key win over HSU

[swbaseball3]

TLU wins the rubber match 3-2 in 11 innings.

TLU: 3-10-1
SRSU: 2-8-0

WP: Tom Hembree

Chris Green's 2-out single scores pinch runner Daniel Harvey in the bottom of the 11th for the win.


JSG

The wind this weekend was pretty crazy.  The advantage was definitely to the pitcher .  SR played very well.  The big knock by Childress was a bomb.  TLU had three consecutive innings with a runner on third to win it after that and finally cashed in in the 11th.


As for earlier comments onthis board about SR, here is my assessment.  They are not quite the hitting team that 5,000 foot above sea-level can make you but they are good.  Smith and Arrietta were held in check some by pitching and some by the wind.  Arrietta hit a ball that would have been 50 feet out of dead center without the wind.  Probably would have been 150 feet out of SR!


Their pitching was better than expected and therefore their pitching ERA is reflected by the light air in Alpine, too.


All-in-all, I would expect that SR will do what it takes to make the playoffs and they will certainly be a force to recon with.

[Ralph Turner]

TLU wins the rubber match 3-2 in 11 innings.

TLU: 3-10-1
SRSU: 2-8-0

WP: Tom Hembree

Chris Green's 2-out single scores pinch runner Daniel Harvey in the bottom of the 11th for the win.


JSG

The wind this weekend was pretty crazy.  The advantage was definitely to the pitcher .  SR played very well.  The big knock by Childress was a bomb.  TLU had three consecutive innings with a runner on third to win it after that and finally cashed in in the 11th.


As for earlier comments onthis board about SR, here is my assessment.  They are not quite the hitting team that 5,000 foot above sea-level can make you but they are good.  Smith and Arrietta were held in check some by pitching and some by the wind.  Arrietta hit a ball that would have been 50 feet out of dead center without the wind.  Probably would have been 150 feet out of SR!


Their pitching was better than expected and therefore their pitching ERA is reflected by the light air in Alpine, too.


All-in-all, I would expect that SR will do what it takes to make the playoffs and they will certainly be a force to recon with.

Great post.  So the Sul Ross Lobos are the Colorado Rockies of the ASC!  

I think that we have a real horse race for the last 3 weekends of the season.

(The top 2 teams host in the first weekend, and the ASC-West hosts this season.)

[golden_dome]

An update from the East Division. MC completed a sweep of ETBU this weekend but needed a walkoff three-run homerun from pinch hitter Jacan Warren to win the last one 13-11 after trailing 11-7 after 6 1/2.

The pitching staff was roughed up this week, but the offense is starting to produce. Stuart Magee went 11-11 in the ETBU series with two homers, two doubles and 10 RBI from the 7-hole. The team batted .470 this weekend and is batting .407 over the last 11 games with 30 doubles, 34 stolen bases and 135 runs scored.

He hasn't been mentioned much but Bo Bell has put together another great season. He's batting .462 with 13 doubles, 7 homers and 37 RBI despite not seeing much to hit. He might see more with Shane Bennet swinging well behind him now, Bennett has driven in 19 in the last 11 games with 6 doubles, a couple homers, and .486 average. During those 11 games, 7 regulars in the lineup are batting over .400.

MC still trails Tyler though in the standings. It could be a huge weekend in a couple weeks, but MC can't look passed Ozarks this weekend or it won't mean much, especially with the series at Ozarks

[Ralph Turner]

at UT-Dallas 8, UT-Tyler 7 (non-division game)

[Ralph Turner]

McM 5 UTD 4

Hunter Lane gets the win; Cory Davis gets the save.

Mason Thompson gets the loss.

[swbaseball3]

TLU 22 Southwestern 10 in a non-division game.  TLU hits 3 home runs highlighted by a grand slam by DJ Haines.  Gamed ended after 8 innings due to lightning.

[golden_dome]

MC lost 13-10 to NAIA #16 Belhaven tonight. Belhaven hit a 3-run homer in the ninth to win it. It was a good chance for MC to see some really good arms, Belhaven threw a couple of weekend starters and closed with a kid who was MS player of the year a couple years back.