BB: ODAC: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[NCWC]

NCW took a little exception to their 3-0 shut out loss at home two weeks ago by thumping the Tigers 11-3 today at Yank Bernier field. Matt Smith went 4-5 and Pecora had 3 hits and 4 rbi's for Wesleyan. Sr ss T Harrell and fr Harrelson had 2 hit each for the Tigers. Catcher David Toney hit his 5th homer for the year.

Do you know why H-SC pulled their first pitcher, was it pitch count?

I did not attend the game...I have a couple of parents that I talk to after each game to get a feel for what happen. It was apparent to them the Bishops wanted it real bad...they really played with a lot of emotion. Hodges is a freshman who has had some good outings in short situations but hasn't pitched a whole lot. Before this game he had 2 starts, 3 relief appearance for a total of 7 innings...He went 5 today so I would say it may have been pitch count, but Wesleyan did hit him hard in the 3rd and 5th. He's a freshman, pitching againts one of the top D3 college teams and add the fact you guys were obviously on a mission...he may have had a good outing......I hear a lot of good things about the kid...maybe mm77 could share some thoughts on what occured.

I think there was some strong feelings about being shut out at home.  To top it off Hodges is from Rocky Mount.  I'm sure that was enough fuel for the fire.

[mm77]

NCWC is by far the best hitting  team that HSC has faced.  If you looked at their stats going into the game, they had a team batting avg of .331 with 10 different palyers hitting over 300.  Also, they have 10 different players that have hit home runs.  They are extremely fast and used that ability against HSC and had several bunts for hits.  Overall, Hodges pitched pretty well.  He has seen limited action in part because he missed 2 weeks with a sore arm.  The other two starts he made, he pitched only 3 inn in one game and 1 inn in the second game.  That was predetermined before the games started.  I think he was limited to the five innings yesterday to try to get his arm strenght back up to where it was before he hurt his arm.   He left a few pitches up in the zone yesterday and NCWC took advantage of that.   

[NCWC]

Thanks for the summary.  Sometimes the box score doesn't tell the whole story.

[HighHeat]

vwc plays at salisbury tommorow and i know salisbury is looking to avenge the outcome between the two's season opener. 

for vwc, you can count on a whole staff day

[h-sc bball]

H-SC 8 CNU 4.....Toney hit # 6...my man soph righty J West went 7 innings, 1 run 6 K's...I hope Kinne sticks with Swiney in LF....that is his place...he is the only legit lead off hitter that will go deep in the count and will start hitting if the coach will stay with him and finally Preito ( 2 hits) is starting to come around since Kinne quit playing musical chairs. Another good outing by Soph Price in CF. With E&H coming up this weekend the Tigers should have a good shot at getting rid of good game...bad game...good game...bad game.

[A.G.]

This IS about the time of the season H-SC usually starts hitting their stride.

[h-sc bball]

The Tigers won their 4th and 5th consecutive conference game and evened their conference record at 5-5 with a 5-2 and 15-6 victory over Emory & Henry. In game one Daniel Hadra pitched his 5th complete game of the year. Todd Harrell went 7-10 on the day with 3 doubles and a 3 run shot in the game two. D Prieto and H Toledano added 4 hits each. Robbie Bailey up his record to 5-3 with a 7 inning performance in game two.

[A.G.]

Ahhhhhh.  Wednesday could shape up to be a very good game....will be interesting to see how both teams set up their pitching.

[HighHeat]

Lynchburg 9-1 0.900
Randolph-Macon 8-2 0.800
Virginia Wesleyan  7-3 0.700
Hampden-Sydney  6-5 0.545
Washington & Lee  7-6 0.538
Bridgewater 5-5 0.500
Guilford 4-6 0.400
Roanoke  4-6 0.400
Eastern Mennonite  3-7 0.300
Emory & Henry  0-12 0.000

the mediocrity of this conference is terrible. it looks as if only 3 teams are doing anything about it.

[A.G.]

It is called competitive balance...the teams in the middle have been beating up on each other and the teams at the top have not played each other or most of the teams in the middle.

[Jeremybozz]

 BC 10
EMU 2      FINAL

[h-sc bball]

Lynchburg 9
H-S Tigers 0 Final....I was told it was ugly...I'll let A.G. beat on his chest.

mm77...whats the deal with Breedlove going 8 innings? A 15 hitter...great confidence builder! Are all the young arms sore?

[mm77]

I have no idea why Breedlove pitched 8 inngings.  I don't think any arms are sore.   West was in the bullpen throwing  for about five innings.   

[A.G.]

It was not as ugly of a 9-0 game as you would think.  Personally, I thought Breedlove threw pretty decent and certainly was not struggling.  Nichols simply kept the H-SC bats off-balance all game.

R-MC stays on the Hornets' heels with an 8-5 win over VWC.

[h-sc bball]

Methodist 4 H-S Tigers 2. Methodist broke a 2-2 tie with 2 runs in the 9th. Both runs were scored after 2 outs. Looks like Bailey has found his stuff and really pitched well of late. He went 5 innings and gave up 2 unearned runs. With no conference games this weekend it looks like Kinne really went after the win bringing in Hadra in the 6th. I know Narch and myself would like to see the tigers win out from here.