BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cubs]

Boushley really gives lacrosse a solid 1 2 punch with cejka.  Point always seems to struggle with cejka.  Who will point throw out tomorrow I'm guessing prebelski and Erickson.

I would venture to guess McHugh and Erickson, with Miller in long relief and Walder in short relief if either Mchugh or Erickson go deep in their starts.

[badgerwarhawk]

Game One:

Superior: 1
WARHAWKS (11-1, 1-0): 9

Superior opened the scoring with a two out solo home run in their first at bat but the WARHAWKS answered that in the bottom of the inning when Mikole Pierce hit his first of three home runs on the day a two run shot to right.  Pierce drove in his third run of the game in the fifth with an RBI double putting the WARHAWKS on top 3-1.  Casey Power drove in the fourth WARHAWKS run in the seventh when he singled.  RBI singles by Kyle Jones, Daytona Bryden and a YellowJacket throwing error followed by Pierce's second two run home run accounted for five runs in the eighth and ended the scoring.

Pitching: Lake Bachar (W, 2-0): 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K; John Olejniczak (S, 1): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K.

Hitting: Daytona Bryden: 2x4, 3 RS, 1 RBI; Mikole Pierce: 3x5, 2 RS, 5 RBI, 2B, HR (2); Casey Power: 3x5, 1 RBI; Mike Mierow: 3x4, 1 RS; Kyle Jones: 1x2, 1 RS, 1 RBI; Alex Hallenbeck: 1x2, 1 RS, 2B.


Game Two:

Superior: 2
WARHAWKS (12-1, 2-0): 7

As was the case in game one Superior opened the scoring with a two out home run in their first at bat though on this occasion it came with a runner on base and staked them to a 2-0 lead.  The Yellow Jackets held that lead until the bottom of the fourth when the WARHAWKS strung together four hits highlighted by a RBI double by Casey Power that drove in a pair and an RBI single by Adam Gregory that drove in another run putting the WARHAWKS on top 3-2.  The WARHAWKS increased their lead to 5-2 with a pair of runs in the sixth on Mikole Pierce's third home run of the day and added two more in the seventh scoring on a pair of RBI fielders choice. 

Pitching: Heath Rentz (W, 1-0): 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K; Andrew Lowe: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K.

Hitting: Daytona Bryden: 1x3, 1 RS; Steve Chamberlain: 2x4, 2 RS, 1 RBI; Mikole Pierce: 2x4, 2 RS, 3 RBI, 2B, HR; Casey Power: 2x4, 1 RS, 2 RBI; Adam Gregory: 1x3, 1 RBI;

[badgerwarhawk]

Game One:

Superior: 5
WARHAWKS (13-1, 3-0): 6

The WARHAWKS opened the scoring in the first inning when Steve Chamberlain scored from second on a throwing error off Mikole Pierce's infield grounder.  Pierce advanced to third on the error and scored when Casey Power singled up the middle to make the score 2-0.  The lead was expanded to 5-0 in the fourth on Kyle Haen's RBI single and a Chamberlain double that drove in a pair.  At this point it appeared the WARHAWKS] were on cruise control but the Yellow Jackets changed that quickly in the top of the fifth with a three run home run and after that it was anything but cruise control.  The WARHAWKS did get one of those runs back in the sixth when Chamberlain picked up his fourth RBI with a single.  After a pair of walks put Yellow Jacket runners on first and second in the seventh the WARHAWKS escaped without allowing a run by picking off the runner at second and rolling up a double play.  However the Yellow Jackets came right back in the eighth when they scored a run courtesy of a pair of walks and a throwing error cutting the lead to 6-4.  After two outs in their ninth inning the Yellow Jackets bunched a double and an infield single together and reduced the lead to a single run when they scored on another throwing error in a failed pick off attempt.  The game ended with an infield pop up with the tying run at third.

Pitching: Curtis Morgan (W, 2-0): 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K; Ankur Shah: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K; Matt Roberts: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K; Donnie Manke: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K; Mike Nompleggi (S, 3): 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K.

Hitting: Steve Chamberlain: 3x4, 1 RS, 3 RBI 2B; Adam Gregory: 2x4, 1 RS; Kyle Haen: 1x2, 2 RS, 1 RBI; Kyle Haen: 1 RS; Dane Burman: 2B; Casey Power: 1 RBI

Game Two:

Superior: 0
WARHAWKS (14-1, 4-0): 10

Things went much easier for the WARHAWKS in game two shortened by the run rule.  Adam Gregory led off the second inning with a triple and scored the first run on  Mike Mierow's ground out.  Casey Power's RBI single and another run on a passed ball pushed the lead to 3-0 in the third inning.  Five runs on six hits in the fifth made it 8-0.  Steve Chamberlain scored the first one on passed ball and Mikole Pierce scored the second on a wild pitch.  Kyle Jones drove in a pair with a single and Kevin White's fielders choice plated the fifth run.  The WARHAWKS added a ninth run in the sixth on another Yellow Jacket throwing error and Pierce's RBI single ended the game in the seventh with the bases loaded and no outs.

Pitching: Colin Grove (W, 4-0): 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K; Mike Langlie: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.

Hitting: Daytona Bryden: 2x4, 1 RS; Steve Chamberlain: 3x5, 2 RS 2B; Mikole Pierce: 2x3, 1 RS, 2 RBI;  Casey Power: 2x3, 2 RS, 1 RBI; Kyle Jones: 2x4, 2 RS, 1 RBI; Kyle Haen: 2x4; Adam Gregory: 1x4, 1 RS, 3B; Mike Mierow: 1x4, 1 RS; Kevin White: 1 RS

[badgerwarhawk]

Game One:

WARHAWKS (15-1, 5-0): 8
Oshkosh: 0

Steve Chamberlain's RBI single in the top of third inning put the WARHAWKS first run on the scoreboard and three more were added in the fourth when Adam Gregory scored on a balk and Nick Kuhlmannn's return to the lineup was highlighted by driving in a pair with a single.  Kyle Haen's RBI single in the fifth drove in Casey Power for a 5-0 lead.  The WARHAWKS plated single runs in the sixth, eighth and ninth innings on RBI hits by Chamberlain and Power along with Kevin White's ground out.  The WARHAWKS collected fourteen hits.

Pitching:
Curtis Morgan (W, 3-0): 6 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K; John Olejniczak (S, 2): 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K.

Hitting: Nick Kuhlmann: 1x6, 2 RBI; Steve Chamberlain: 2x5, 2 RBI; Mikole Pierce: 2x4, 1 RS, 2B; Casey Power: 3x5, 2 RS, 1 RBI, 2B; Mike Mierow: 2x4, 3 RS; Kyle Haen: 2x3, 1 RS, 1 RBI; Kevin White: 1x4, 2 RS, 1 RBI, 2B; Adam Gregory: 1 RS

Game Two:

WARHAWKS (16-1-6-0): 4
Oshkosh: 0

Colin Grove pitched a complete game three hit shutout to lead the WARHAWKS to a win in game two.  Mikole Pierce's solo home run in the first inning provided the only run the WARHAWKS would need.  The second run was scored in the fourth.  Adam Gregory walked, then stole second, advance to third on Mike Mierow's single and scored when the Titan's turned a double play.  The third run came in the eighth when Mikole Pierce led off with a double and scored when Gregory singled.  The fourth and final run came in the ninth.  Mierow walked, advanced to second on a balk, third on a wild pitch and scored on Kyle Jones' sacrifice fly. 

Pitching:
Colin Grove (5-0): 9 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K.

Hitting:
Mikole Pierce: 2x3, 2 RS, 1 RBI, 2B, HR; Adam Gregory: 2x3, 1 RS, 1 RBI; Mike Mierow: 1x2, 1 RS; Kyle Haen: 1x2, 2B


The WARHAWKS pitching staff has thrown 27 consecutive shut out innings. 

[ShineTime]

How can a wiac team not score a single run in 18 innings I know whitewater is virtually a lock to repeat but even the great wiac teams from the past gave up a few runs every game.  Is whitewaters staff that incredible or oshkoshs offense that bad or combination of both?

[BigPoppa]

Think Oshkosh is missing Lechnir yet?

[cubs]

Think Oshkosh is missing Lechnir yet?

Of course not.....   

Just give it a couple years and Sims will put baseball on the chopping block just like he did with Men's Soccer and Tennis yesterday.

[cubs]

How can a wiac team not score a single run in 18 innings I know whitewater is virtually a lock to repeat but even the great wiac teams from the past gave up a few runs every game.  Is whitewaters staff that incredible or oshkoshs offense that bad or combination of both?

That's what happens when you play a bunch of "tomato cans" down in Florida and don't see much in terms of quality pitching...

[BigPoppa]

Suddenly, Carthage's three wins vs UW-O don't look as impressive as I once thought they did.

[badgerwarhawk]

The Titan's loaded the bases with one out on two hits and a walk in the first inning of the first game yesterday.  Fortunately Morgan got a ground ball double play to get out of the inning after that.  In the fifth inning a Titan runner was thrown out at home.  Defensively the Titans committed five errors in the game.  They really only threatened once in game two and that was in the bottom of the ninth when the first two batters each singled.  However Grove got a fly out and ground ball double play to keep them off the scoreboard.  Messenger didn't pitch all that badly in game two but you can't win when your offense isn't supporting you.

Grove is pitching well.  He has 16 straight shut out innings.  Morgan is settling in after a somewhat shaky start.  The real question is how the rest of the staff, particularly Bachar and Rentz, will do against the better hitting conference schools like Point, LaCrosse and Stout.  We've got a pretty decent team but I'm hesitant to say anything is a "lock" at this point in the season.  IMO that just silly.  There are too many games left and many of them are against the better conference teams.     

[ShineTime]

I'm basing my lock prediction based on the way whitewater dismantled an awesome st Thomas team.  No one embarrasses st Thomas the way the hawks did.  I just don't see a pitching staff other than perhaps linfield that can hold whitewater under 5.

[badgerwarhawk]

I'm basing my lock prediction based on the way whitewater dismantled an awesome st Thomas team.  No one embarrasses st Thomas the way the hawks did.  I just don't see a pitching staff other than perhaps linfield that can hold whitewater under 5.

I'm not sure what schedule you've seen but the one posted on our website indicates that St Thomas did, St Scholastica did it twice and even Oshkosh just did it.  LaCrosse has a team ERA of 2.80 so their staff is pretty decent.  Let's see how this weekend turns out.

Our double header with Ripon, originally scheduled March 28 and then rescheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed again. 

[cubs]

Just another sign of how times have changed in the UWO baseball program....

Today's game vs Lawrence was postponed because "water got under the tarp and there were puddles on the infield."  Were rakes and diamond dry cut out of the budget too along with Men's Soccer and Tennis? 

I can remember a time where players spent three hours removing 3-4 inches of snow off the field so that they could get a non-conference DH in..... 

[ShineTime]

We'll at least messenger got his dream of playing for Oshkosh.

[BigPoppa]

Someone at Oshkosh HAS to be wishing Lechnir was still around....