BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

[ScotsFan]

What is more of a concern is Matt Barnes. The box score states he went 2/3rds of an inning, facing 5 batters, giving up 2 earned runs, 2 hits, and striking out 2. It seems like that would be a very short leash barring any injury?

Heard he was removed due to an ankle injury of some sort...   

Haven't heard the severity of it.  Lets hope its nothing too serious.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

New photos of the Wabash baseball field have just been posted. The Little Giants open their new stadium on Saturday, March 19 against Bluffton.

View the photos at http://www.wabash.edu/news/displaystory.cfm?news_ID=8766.

Looking forward to the inaugural games next Saturday.  Has a name been selected for the stadium/field, or is that information under wraps?

As per this link from the NCAC site it is to be named Wabash Ballpark:
http://www2.northcoast.org/sites/default/files/baseball/Baseball%2003-14-2011.pdf

[countyroad]

Wooster lost to Rhodes 3-2 in 11 innings.  Wooster held to 7 hits.

The clean-up spot went 1-5 in the game for Wooster.  No much production out of the 4 hole.  Old Scot mentioned it after game 1 and it's held true so far for the first 4 games.

[old scot]

14 K's by Woo hitters is not a good sign. Hopefully, this is early season rust and not something that will be haunting all season. Not being able to put the ball in play takes pressure of the defense and limits the hit and run.

[countyroad]

14 K's by Woo hitters is not a good sign. Hopefully, this is early season rust and not something that will be haunting all season. Not being able to put the ball in play takes pressure of the defense and limits the hit and run.

I was real curious as to how the bat rules would effect this team with how much Wooster has relied on offense in year's past.  I think it's still hard to tell at this point.  It would be an easy thing to point the finger at, but the opponents are playing under the same rules. 

[old scot]

Scots take Rhodes in 12,  3-2. Woo K'd 9 times and had 6 errors, Lucky to win with those stats.
Matt Barnes came back to pitch 1 and 1/3 with 3 K's.

[old scot]

Scots lose today to Montclair St 3-2. Woo out hits their opponents 10-8. Woo hitters also K'd 8 times

Scots play a DH with Kenyon tomorrow to open NCAC play.

[mideastfan2]

Even as a Marietta alum, I have developed a sort of fandom for Wooster over the years (as well as other mideast top teams like Heidelberg, Adrian & Otterbein).

It's been tough to see Wooster have such a slow start in FL, but even worse to see them losing all these games in such a CLOSE matter.

Do you think it has something to do with the new bats, and Pettorini's long-time philosophy of hitting, hitting, and hitting some more??  Defense and pitching has become even more important this year.

I'm sure Pettorini has the talent to succeed; and he always seems to find a way to make that talent work.  Hopefully they are just working through some growing pains, and come May they will be ready to battle MC and the BERG for the Region once again.

Good luck Scots!

[countyroad]

I too was curious about how the bat rules would impact Wooster this year as I've mentioned in other posts.  I'm not ready to point to that as the reason for Wooster's slow start.  They've been playing some young guys.  I'm not sure how their youth compares to MC or HC.  In yesterday's game with Montclair St. they had 3 freshman in the line-up plus the pitcher (Washinski).  Washinski pitched a pretty good game.  They also pinch hit with a freshman. 

While it's a little difficult as a Wooster fan to see them losing these games, it could be one of those years where the team really comes together as the season progresses and some young guys make a name for themsevles.  Hopefully they grow enough to be in contention for a regional birth come season's end.

[Joe Wally]

Anyone headed to Crawfordsville tomorrow for the opening of the new baseball stadium?

[old scot]

Woo takes game 1 over Kenyon 5-2, McDowell goes 6 giviing up 8 hits and 2 runs.

Woo takes game 2, 10-6. Barnes gets hit hard giving up 10 hits and 5 runs in 3 and 2/3rds.

[countyroad]

Wooster lost 3 straight to Wisconsin Oshkosh.  Ugh.  

[Joe Wally]

Anyone headed to Crawfordsville tomorrow for the opening of the new baseball stadium?

Acknowledging my bias from the outset, the new park is a great venue, which will be made even better when the grass fills in on the berms along the outfield wall providing a Victory Field type atmosphere, for those familiar with Indy's AAA ballpark.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Anyone headed to Crawfordsville tomorrow for the opening of the new baseball stadium?

I was there. It was honor scholar weekend and my son was there. So I watched both games Saturday. Nice park. Still looks kinda soft around home plate though.

[old scot]

Scots take Plymouth St. and Scranton to up their record to 7 W and 6 L.

I too was curious about how the bat rules would impact Wooster this year as I've mentioned in other posts.  I'm not ready to point to that as the reason for Wooster's slow start.  They've been playing some young guys.  I'm not sure how their youth compares to MC or HC.  In yesterday's game with Montclair St. they had 3 freshman in the line-up plus the pitcher (Washinski).  Washinski pitched a pretty good game.  They also pinch hit with a freshman. 

While it's a little difficult as a Wooster fan to see them losing these games, it could be one of those years where the team really comes together as the season progresses and some young guys make a name for themsevles.  Hopefully they grow enough to be in contention for a regional birth come season's end.

I think the the new bats definately have something to do with the offense.Stats thru 11 games show Woo has a team BA of .284 with 19 extra base hits and only 1 HR. Most alarming is the 86 K's.

I too think it will take this team some time to jell and hopefully can peak near playoff time.