BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cubs]

Superior knocks off Point in Game #1 of today's DH 8-3....  Seidl starts suspended game and gives up 6 runs in 6 IP, giving up 10 hits while striking out nine.

Whitewater leads La Crosse 5-1 in the 6th inning...

Platteville and Oshkosh PPD to tomorrow in Mauston....

[badgerwarhawk]

Break up the Yellow Jackets.  Sweep Point with 4-3 win in game two.  Fairbanks 2 run home run and grand slam home run in game 1. 

WARHAWKS postponed until tomorrow.

[ShineTime]

Well it's a one team race for sure now this ranks right up there with losing to Lawrence a few years back.  Bottom line is point can't hit on consistent basis and now pitching is failing too.  Another night of no sleep for me I take losses like this very hard.

[formman]

Thank you. How about any WW fans who were there ?

The field itself is very nice. Field Turf infield with grass outfield. Had to use the lights for Saturday evenings game and they were very good. The amount of room behind home plate is a little short.

Overall dimensions are short. 325 to left field foul pole but there is a higher wall so it probably plays a little longer. Not sure about the other distances as they are not posted.

Not sure how I feel about running the game like a Northwoods league game rather than a WIAC game...Announcer was great and the sound system was adequate.

The wife says that the bathrooms need some updating but they are better than a porta-potty!

[badgerwarhawk]

Well it's a one team race for sure now this ranks right up there with losing to Lawrence a few years back.  Bottom line is point can't hit on consistent basis and now pitching is failing too.  Another night of no sleep for me I take losses like this very hard.

Don't you think it's a bit early to be writing off the season?  Point still has quite a few games to play including four with us. 

[Just Bill]

Well it's a one team race for sure now this ranks right up there with losing to Lawrence a few years back.  Bottom line is point can't hit on consistent basis and now pitching is failing too.  Another night of no sleep for me I take losses like this very hard.

Don't you think it's a bit early to be writing off the season?  Point still has quite a few games to play including four with us.

You're not familiar with our friend Chicken Little?

[badgerwarhawk]

Yesterday's double header with LaCrosse originally pushed back to today has been canceled due to weather and will not be made up.  That's disappointing considering we were up 5-1 with bases loaded and one out away from a completed game.  I think the Superior/Point double header scheduled for today has also been canceled.  Unless things change it looks like Oshkosh and Platteville will play their double header in Mauston. 

Yes, I am familiar with Shine Time's tendency to overreact and I appreciate the fact he expects us to walk away with the league.  However I couldn't help but point out that it's premature particularly in light of the fact that it could be completely turned around by Friday.  I doubt anyone down here is looking at it that way. 

Edit:  I guess the game yesterday is official though the conference website hasn't included it in the standings.  I've been told that the rule is the same as that in MLB.  A game has to go at least 4 1/2 innings if the home team is winning and 5 complete innings if the visiting team is winning.  Yesterday's game went 5 2/3 innings so LaCrosse did bat in the fifth making the game complete.  At least that's what I've been told.  I'm not sure why the conference website hasn't updated it when they have updated everything else that happened yesterday.

Edit:  Today's Platteville/Oshkosh doubleheader has also been canceled and will not be reshcheduled.

[badgerwarhawk]

The conference website has been updated to include the game.

WARHAWKS: 3
LaCrosse: 1

The game was scoreless after two innings when a double and four walks put the WARHAWKS up 2-0.  LaCrosse cut the deficit in half with a run in the bottom of the inning on three consecutive singles and an infield groundout.  The WARHAWKS matched that run with one in the fourth inning on three singles and a stolen base.  LaCrosse threatened in the bottom of the inning but Michael Gonzalez threw out an Eagle runner at the plate ending the threat.  Scott Plaza (4-1) was credited with the win pitching scattering 8 hits, surrendering a single earned run with 3 strikeouts and a walk in five innings.  Casey Power had 2 RBI and Gonzalez had 1.  Each team left 8 runners on base.  Ben Cejka took the loss for the Eagles. 

[cubs]

Yesterday's double header with LaCrosse originally pushed back to today has been canceled due to weather and will not be made up.  That's disappointing considering we were up 5-1 with bases loaded and one out away from a completed game.  I think the Superior/Point double header scheduled for today has also been canceled.  Unless things change it looks like Oshkosh and Platteville will play their double header in Mauston. 

Yes, I am familiar with Shine Time's tendency to overreact and I appreciate the fact he expects us to walk away with the league.  However I couldn't help but point out that it's premature particularly in light of the fact that it could be completely turned around by Friday.  I doubt anyone down here is looking at it that way. 

Edit:  I guess the game yesterday is official though the conference website hasn't included it in the standings.  I've been told that the rule is the same as that in MLB.  A game has to go at least 4 1/2 innings if the home team is winning and 5 complete innings if the visiting team is winning.  Yesterday's game went 5 2/3 innings so LaCrosse did bat in the fifth making the game complete.  At least that's what I've been told.  I'm not sure why the conference website hasn't updated it when they have updated everything else that happened yesterday.

Edit:  Today's Platteville/Oshkosh doubleheader has also been canceled and will not be reshcheduled.

It should return back to the score after the last completed inning, in which case Whitewater would win 3-1.  My guess is you will see that score posted on the WIAC site at some point today.

It will be interesting to see if that "extra" game affects the standings at the end of the year for La Crosse.  When you have so many teams hovering around the .500 mark right now, La Crosse might have been better off just having the game canceled instead of picking up an additional loss.

At the same time if you are Oshkosh, you are probably a tad bit irritated that you lose out on two games (and two more possible wins) against the last place WIAC team. 

Hopefully we don't see a repeat of 2003 when not getting games in cost one team the chance at a WIAC Championship.  That year Oshkosh finished 17-3 and took second place to Whitewater's 19-5.  Oshkosh missed out on two games against 3-18 Superior (who they outscored 35-0 in the two games they did play) and would have won the tiebreaker with Whitewater as they took three out of four against the Warhawks in the head-to-head match-ups.

[ShineTime]

When's the last time point didn't make the conference tournament?  Does anyone think this May be the year they don't make it? 

[cubs]

When's the last time point didn't make the conference tournament?  Does anyone think this May be the year they don't make it?

Give it a rest already....   

[mr_b]

Superior knocks off Point in Game #1 of today's DH 8-3....  Seidl starts suspended game and gives up 6 runs in 6 IP, giving up 10 hits while striking out nine.

I looked at the box score of this game.  Feyereisen started, gave up two runs in an inning-plus of work.  Seidl relieved and gave up six runs in six innings.  Point never held the lead or even tied.  Why was Seidl charged with the loss?

[badgerwarhawk]

When's the last time point didn't make the conference tournament?  Does anyone think this May be the year they don't make it? 

LMAO, you do take it hard Shine.

No, I don't think this is the year that they don't make it.

[ShineTime]

Just saying point is playing less than stellar ball and it didn't just start vs superior.  They were extremely lucky to get 3 against lacrosse and played terrible game 2 against st Norbert.  I think my concern is legit especially if they can't win at least 1 or 2 at whitewater.  I think whitewaters offense is one of best the Wiac has seen in some time fon and pierce are locks for all America.

[ShineTime]

I think trivia got the best of some of the players this weekend.  It's embarrassing to admit but I probably take the losses harder than most of the players.  Losing to superior is unacceptable especially for teams like point and whitewater.