BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

[Ralph Turner]

CTX hosts SU for a single game on Saturday and the DH on Sunday.

HSU at TLU; DH on Saturday Sunday; the single game on Sunday has been canceled.

UMHB at HPU; DH on Saturday Monday, single game on Sunday.

[TexasBB]

MC defeats UTT 7-3 behind 8 solid innings by Tyler Seaman who is now 8-0 on the season.  The Choctows need a sweep tomorrow to win the ASC East. (MC still has one series left as they are 10-2 while UTT is 14-1). Shane Bennet was the big hitter going 3 for 3 with a home run. Stuat McGee also had 3 hits for the Choctows.

[Ralph Turner]

Here are the schedules for the rest of the season.

#1 Hardin-Simmons	11-4	17-14	at TLU, at McM	Controls destiny
#2T Texas Lutheran	10-5	24-9	HSU, at CTX	Pre-season Favorite. Won series over McMurry
#3 McMurry	11-7	19-17	HSU	Losses are to UMHB (2), TLU (2), CTX(1)  SRSU (2)
#4 Mary Hardin-Baylor	8-7	16-16	at HPU, SRSU	Favorable schedule. Can you imagine a four way tie for 1st?
#5T Sul Ross State	9-9	17-15	at UMHB	Season comes down to the UMHB series
#5T Concordia	8-8	15-19	SU, TLU	Lost series to UMHB

#7 Howard Payne	4-11	15-17	UMHB, at SU	*
#8 Schreiner	3-13	5-28	at CTX, HPU	Has key win over UMHB, HSU and TLU

[Ralph Turner]

CTX 5 SU 2.  DH tomorrow.

[golden_dome]

Good weekend for MC even though a sweep would have nice. They took 2 of 3 with two convincing wins and the third game could have gone either way. Tyler Clakley had a huge 3-run homer in the 9th to win the final game 11-8 after MC came back to tie it 8-8 in the 8th. MC put 4 runs on Chitwood, but he's one of the hardest throwers I've seen in the ASC.

The injury bug has hit MC lately with guys banged up. Early season #2 starter Brandon Martin has been out most of the year, but Terrell Prescott also wasn't available this weekend. Big loss considering he was leading the ASC in ERA entering the weekend, and MC still managed to take the series. Hopefully he'll be back healthy next weekend.

[TexasBB]

UTT wins the East, but had to do it by winning the last game as MC took 2 out of 3. That is the Patriots 4th ASC East title in a row and 5 since Vilade began the program in 2004. UTT will host at least one series in the ASC championship. MC looked to be the better team overall but needing a sweep was just too much to ask for.

[golden_dome]

UTT wins the East, but had to do it by winning the last game as MC took 2 out of 3. That is the Patriots 4th ASC East title in a row and 5 since Vilade began the program in 2004. UTT will host at least one series in the ASC championship. MC looked to be the better team overall but needing a sweep was just too much to ask for.

Congrats to Tyler. That last game was a good one. MC kept putting pressure on them late in the game and they could have folded, but they kept answering with big hits. They put six runs on our closer in the last two innings and he's been very good all year, then the 9th inning homer was clutch.

Tyler can still swing the bat, and their arms at the end of the game are still good, especially Chitwood. They don't have the starters they usually have though. If they can get a few good starts in the postseasom they will be tough.

[Just_Some_Guy]

TLU 8 - HSU 2 - Game 1 Final. HSU threw their #3 in game 1.

UMHB 11 - HPU 2 - Final. A Sweep tomorrow would likely put UMHB in the playoffs barring a Sul Ross sweep during the final weekend.

TLU 7 - HSU 2

Steinart was very efficient. He's (apparently) threw less than 90 pitches through 8 innings.

The commentary is still embarrassingly bad. :/

JSG

[Ralph Turner]

CTX is playing a DH versus Schreiner at Tornado Field.  The series was scheduled to start at 11AM.  We don't have a score yet.

[str8]

Schreiner sweeps CTX today  6-4 and 4-3

[Ralph Turner]

Schreiner sweeps CTX today  6-4 and 4-3

+1! str8!

I surmise that you are a Schreiner!  I am really glad to have you on the boards.  

Was that the opening series for CTX on their new field?

[Just_Some_Guy]

Schreiner sweeps CTX today  6-4 and 4-3

Looks like we're likely down to a 5 team race for the 4 playoff spots with the HSU vs. McM and the UMHB vs. SRSU series having huge implications. Not only is the 1 seed a big advantage because the West is hosting this year, but the East's #4 this year should be a pretty significant drop off from the likely 3, UT Dallas.

JSG

[Ralph Turner]

JSG, I am confused about the TLU series.

Are they planning on playing the full three-game series?

Did the TLU SID err in using the word "cancel" for the game yesterday?

[Just_Some_Guy]

JSG, I am confused about the TLU series.

Are they planning on playing the full three-game series?

Did the TLU SID err in using the word "cancel" for the game yesterday?

I believe they're planning on playing the full three game series with the final game tomorrow, but I'm not knowledgeable about all the details.

JSG

[str8]

Yes this was the first series played at Tornado Field.  It's not quite complete yet, no electricity so the scoreboard was inoperative,  construction still going on, etc. ,but when it is finished the facilities will be second to none in the ASC