BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[fundamentalswin]

Its never surprising when the team that wants it more sweeps a lifeless unfocused team... things might end up terribly disasterous for MUC

[Ryder16]

after this weekend , anyone wanna revise their picks for the OAC tournament... I am thinking I might !

[mideastfan2]

Marietta, Heidelberg, Otterbein (those 3 like always).....and John Carroll

[ScotsFan]

Marietta, Heidelberg, Otterbein (those 3 like always).....and John Carroll

Those look like the four I would favor at this point as well.  Amazing what a difference a weekend makes.  Just last week, there was a lot of speculation that Ott might not even make the OAC Tournament.  And why not with a DH at Marietta looming for them.  So, what do the Otters do?  They go and sweep the 'Etta Express.  And with MUC and B-W getting swept, they are once again in the tournamen picture. 

That's the OAC for ya'! 

So, Heide is all alone in 1st now after their sweep of B-W.  They are followed by Marietta and JCU who are 1 game back.  And Ott is now alone in 4th.

It should be fun to see how many more changes we have at the top as the regular season winds down.

[Dr. Acula]

Its never surprising when the team that wants it more sweeps a lifeless unfocused team... things might end up terribly disasterous for MUC

Talk about a back breaker to my tournament prediction.  Honestly, how does this happen?  I know it's baseball, that's why they play the games and all those other cliches.  But how do you score 30 runs in a DH and then 3 days later put up 3 against Musky?  When I was looking at the remaining schedule to make my picks I remember thinking "Musky basically has 3 guys hitting over .300 and their top 2 pitchers have ERA's around 5.  At worst a split for MUC and that would be a bad day."   

[old scot]

Can Northern capture the 4 seed? If I read the schedule correctly they have  a DH with Cap and Etta. A sweep would get them in?

I guess Etta answered my own question over the weekend. It sounds like their defense let them down in the first game against Otterbein. They gave them extra outs and it came back to hurt them.
The second game seems like their  ERA is true but, give credit their team for not packing it in after being down 14 or 15 to nothing. The best thing about baseball is you have to get 27 outs before the game is over.

[mideastfan2]

Can Northern capture the 4 seed? If I read the schedule correctly they have  a DH with Cap and Etta. A sweep would get them in?

I guess Etta answered my own question over the weekend. It sounds like their defense let them down in the first game against Otterbein. They gave them extra outs and it came back to hurt them.
The second game seems like their  ERA is true but, give credit their team for not packing it in after being down 14 or 15 to nothing. The best thing about baseball is you have to get 27 outs before the game is over.

Ohio Northern needs A LOT of help.  They have doubelheaders with CAP, MUSKY, and on the road against OTT and MARIETTA.

[Dr. Acula]

Does anyone have any thoughts on who the front runners are for the Special Awards?  I'll throw in my 2 cents...

Rafeld:  1) Whiteman, Musky 2) Lash, Heid 
Tekulve:  1) Evanko, JCU 2) Remenowsky, Ott
Schaly:  1) Thibeault, JCU 2) Palm, Heid

I will say that I think Remenowsky has a better chance of actually winning the Tekulve, but I think Evanko deserves to win it.     

[lhpdiggy]

Evanko deserves it for sure

[Dr. Acula]

It seems like the JCU/Mount DH tomorrow will be the one to keep an eye on.  If MUC has any hopes of making the OAC tourney they need at least a split (and even then they would have to sweep Ott).  Unfortunately they come in having lost 8 of 9 while JCU is riding a 5 game winning streak.   

With Otterbein playing Cap anything could happen, but I'm not counting on it.  If I'm MUC or BW I'm expecting a sweep in Bexley so I better take care of business tomorrow.

With Etta sitting a game back I think they need a sweep at BW to keep realistic hopes of hosting alive (Heid's got Wilm).  Heid closes w/ JCU, so no easy task.  Then again, neither is sweeping at BW.  Should be fun.   
 

[mideastfan2]

Marietta takes game one at Baldwin-Wallace 5-4.  Game two is under way.


*** oy yeah, and the Chiefs are on the clock with the 5 pick in the NFL draft.....I love draft day!

[mideastfan2]

Otterbein SWEEPS Capital.

Marietta now leads game two over B-W 10-7 in the 8th.

any other OAC scores from today out there??

[mideastfan2]

Marietta swept B-W
Otterbein swept Cap
Heidelberg swept Wilm
Mount Union swept John Carroll (big sweep)

current standings:

Heidelberg (13-3)
Marietta (12-4)
Otterbein (11-5)
Mount Union (10-6)
John Carroll (10-6)

the fight for the four tournament spots will come down to next weekend's games. It's going to be good with JCU at Heid & Mount Union at OTT.  Marietta will host Ohio Northern.

[fundamentalswin]

It is going to be a fun final week in the OAC... Mount finallly started playing with enthusiasm and they look like they looked about 3 weeks ago... If they can overcome some injuries and keep the enthusiasm I not only think they will make the tournament but will also have a chance to compete in the tournament.  If the enthusiasm is there this team can even play through their managerial issues

[Dr. Acula]

It absolutely is going to be a fun weekend in the OAC.  JCU and MUC battling for the last spot.  Heid and Etta battling for home field.  And the match ups couldn't have worked out better to set the stage for a great finish.