BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

Dr. Acula · April 06, 2008, 06:26:19 PM

It may be too early to tell, but there's a chance that a truly good baseball team is going to finish 5th. Anyone who follows this conference knows there have been years where the 4th team in the tourney was above average at best. That certainly doesn't seem to be the case this year. Hopefully this will result in an exciting regular season finish and tourney.

p.s. With road trips to Marietta Wed. and Heidelberg Sat. we are about to find out what Mount is made of. Big week for them if they want to make a statement.

Dr. Acula · April 06, 2008, 08:31:03 PM

Finals from New Concord:

Musky 14, Wilm 0
Wilm 12, Musky 9

The Muskies are now 2-4 in the OAC and Wilmington is 1-5, so as mideastfan2 said...pretty much out of it.

Musky catcher Brock Whiteman had a great day going 7 for 11 w/ 5 doubles and 7 RBI. Wow. Haven't looked at many other box scores, but that looks like OAC hitter of the week numbers to me.

mideastfan2 · April 06, 2008, 09:58:19 PM

^^^^ sounds like a great day for the Musky catcher.

Muskingum has always been a great hitter's park. I remember back in '99 when we (Marietta) played there and set a record with 11 doubles in the first game of the double-header (plus 2 HR's), and had 5 more extra-base hits in game two. A total of 37 runs on the day, with 18 extra base hits. That was fun.

Dr. Acula · April 09, 2008, 06:19:29 PM

So far today...

Wilmington 2, ONU 1
Wilmington 8, ONU 5

Who knows what to make of this. I don't know what to think of ONU right now. Sweep at BW. Get swept by Wilm at home?

Mount Union 4, Marietta 1

I said this would be the week for MUC to make a statement and this is obviously a good step. Mariotti goes the distance moving to 5-0. Knowlton drops to 5-2. Appeared to pitch very well every inning but 1.

Heidelberg 5, Capital 1

Poor Cap needs to get a W before JK yells at mideastfan2 and I for picking them to break out! He's an army guy...I don't need that kind of trouble!

BW/Ott and Musky/JCU were both PPD.

mideastfan2 · April 09, 2008, 08:19:50 PM

big win in game one for Mount Union over Marietta.

The Etta Express is bouncing back nicely, leading game two 11-2 after 5 innings.

Dr. Acula · April 09, 2008, 09:37:32 PM

Quote from: mideastfan2 on April 09, 2008, 08:19:50 PM
The Etta Express is bouncing back nicely, leading game two 11-2 after 5 innings.

The Pios kicked a field goal and won 14-2. Cimino drove in 7 for Etta and Merryman was solid.

Heidelberg ended up sweeping Capital by a 5-3 count in the second game. Wentworth finished 6 for 8 on the day for Berg.

Bronko7 · April 10, 2008, 11:38:30 AM

Does anyone want to take a crack at a top 5 in this region? It will be tough to rank them.

a spectator · April 10, 2008, 04:54:57 PM

Marietta
Heidelberg
Otterbein
John Carroll
Mount Union

Dr. Acula · April 10, 2008, 05:47:41 PM

Quote from: BRONKO7 on April 10, 2008, 11:38:30 AM
Does anyone want to take a crack at a top 5 in this region? It will be tough to rank them.

Region or conference? Not that either one is easy...

fundamentalswin · April 10, 2008, 05:55:36 PM

Otterbein drops a pair to BW 1-0 and 7-2

I'm surprised to say the least

p.s. Hopefully this is the first of many posts on here

Dr. Acula · April 10, 2008, 06:07:30 PM

Welcome aboard fundamentalswin! We need more posters around here.

I was a little taken back by that BW/Ott result as well. It seems to me that there is more quality pitching in the league right now than I remember in the past. Maybe not the top tier raw talent (I haven't seen any games so I can't say), but from box scores and stats it seems there are a lot of quality starts every week.

The other make up..
JCU 8, Musky 5
JCU 11, Musky 2

The Streaks are in that 6-2 log jam for 2nd right now.

lhpdiggy · April 10, 2008, 10:05:04 PM

2 great games today at Berea. Great pitching by both teams. The 1st game lasted 1hr 20min's...and the 2nd was the same pace until the 8th. Hopefully the Jacket's will build on this big day.

While I am new to this board it is good to see the interest from others. Lets keep it going.

BW faces Capitol on Saturday and I have to think they are better than there record right now....good luck to all...I wish the OAC conference stats were updated in real time...it is fun to follow. Does anyone know a quick way to get the scores?

Take care

Dr. Acula · April 10, 2008, 11:51:43 PM

How was that Williams kid that threw game 1 for Otterbein, lhpdiggy? He has sick numbers (ERA below 1).

I'll tell you what is NOT the quickest way to get scores...the OAC web site. I usually go to the school's site (some are quicker than others to get things posted and you'll quickly figure out which). If anyone has a better option I would love to hear it also. That being said, this board is a decent bet since there are several people that are pretty good about posting scores.

mideastfan2 · April 11, 2008, 09:10:21 PM

the OAC standings as of April 11th:

Mount Union (7-1)
Marietta (6-2)
Heidelberg (6-2)
John Carroll (6-2)
Baldwin-Wallace (4-4)
Wilmington (3-5)
Otterbein (2-4)
Ohio Northern (2-4)
Muskingum (2-6)
Capital (0-8)

this weekend's matchups:

Mount Union at Heidelberg, 1p.m.
John Carroll at Ohio Northern, 1p.m.
Marietta at Wilmington, 1p.m.
Baldwin-Wallace at Capital, 1p.m.
Otterbein at Muskingum, 1p.m.

feel free to update the games as the day goes along....should be a big OAC weekend, with some upsets over the last few weeks.

Dr. Acula · April 12, 2008, 09:02:27 AM

Mount at Heidelberg is PPD until Sunday. This is obviously the big match up of the weekend. As was the case at Marietta Wednesday, I feel like a split would be a good day for Mount.

I would say that it's pretty safe to think that Otterbein and Marietta will take care of business today. I would have thrown JCU in that statement as well, but I'm scared which ONU squad will show up. If it's the one that got swept at home by Wilmington, then I would feel confident. If it's the one that swept BW on the road, then I'm not so confident.