BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Congrats to Zach Carlino who tossed the first CG shutout in Syracuse Salt Cats history this week.  Carlino has made 2 starts in the NYCBL.  1-0, 15.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 11 H. 

Also glad to see Connor Mathis hitting pretty well up there (.333).  He's 10 for 30 in 11 games.

Congrats to Zach Carlino for being named to the Second Impact All Star team for the New York Collegiate team.

http://nycbl.com/files/uploaded_documents/813/2013_all-star_selections_-_All-star_Selections.pdf

[EttaFan1]

So Haley resigned at Wilm a month ago.  They hired Asst Coach Dan Cleaver as the new HC last week. All I can say is good luck with that. It's no secret that Wilm doesn't exactly flood athletics with support. Hell, for years Haley had a job outside of Wilm. Tough to compete like that when other schools have a HC and an Asst who work on campus full-time.  Throw in sub par facilities and it's not a recipe for success.

I believe Haley worked for ODOT for a number of years and retired from that job not long ago. 

He was an interesting pregame interview prior to their game with Marietta College.  He wouldn't stop talking!

Cleaver has a monumental task just to get the Quakers competitive.  I'm not sure what value Wilmington brought to the conference when they replaced Hiram.  They are not close to any other schools, and are not particularly competitive in the bigger sports. 

[motorman]

Chris Thomas of Heidelberg is 2-0 in 6 starts for the Chillicothe Paints of the Prospect League. He is among the league leaders with a 1.50 ERA, .178 BA Against and a 1.0 WHIP. In 30 innings he has 15Ks and 12BB.

Jack Peck of Depauw is 2-1 in 6 starts for the Paints. he has an ERA of 2.53 in 32 innings pitched with 25Ks and 9BB.

Ben Glishinski of Ohio Northern is 0-1 in 6 appearances, 5 starts for the Paints. He has a 4.76 ERA in 22 2/3 innings with 17Ks and 16BB.

Zach Mathie of Wooster is hitting .319 with 4HR and 12RBI in 32 games and was selected to the mid season All Star team from the Paints.

Alex Grove of Heidelberg played 6 games for the Paints and hit .059

[Dr. Acula]

So Haley resigned at Wilm a month ago.  They hired Asst Coach Dan Cleaver as the new HC last week. All I can say is good luck with that. It's no secret that Wilm doesn't exactly flood athletics with support. Hell, for years Haley had a job outside of Wilm. Tough to compete like that when other schools have a HC and an Asst who work on campus full-time.  Throw in sub par facilities and it's not a recipe for success.

I believe Haley worked for ODOT for a number of years and retired from that job not long ago. 

He was an interesting pregame interview prior to their game with Marietta College.  He wouldn't stop talking!

Cleaver has a monumental task just to get the Quakers competitive.  I'm not sure what value Wilmington brought to the conference when they replaced Hiram.  They are not close to any other schools, and are not particularly competitive in the bigger sports.

At the time they came over they were good at football.  Unfortunately it turned out to be largely linked to Adam Ryan at QB and they've been dismal ever since.  They're always pretty good at hoops.  But at this point I think we can all agree that replacing Hiram with Wilm was not an upgrade.  Just based on geography alone they'd have been better off if Hiram was still around. 

[Dr. Acula]

Update on the Mount guys in NY:

SS Lee Grosscup has played in 31 games.  He's hitting .312, good for 2nd best on the team.  He's also 2nd on the team in OBP and slugging.  His 6 2B and 3 3B are both team highs.

OF Connor Mathis is also 2nd highest on his team hitting .348 in 33 games.  He leads the team with 6 2B.

P/1B Zach Carlino has started 5 games throwing 29 innings.  He's 1-1 with a 4.34 ERA.  At the plate he is hitting .263 in 22 games.

[motorman]

The Prospect League is just about done, the Chillicothe Paints lost 2 games to none in the first round to the defending League Champion West Virginia Miners.

Heidelberg SR Chris Thomas was 2-0 in 7 appearances, all starts. 32 2/3 IP, 1.60 ERA, 19Ks, 14BBs, .191 OBA, 1.09 WHIP
Depauw JR Jack Peck was 2-1 in 6 appearances, all starts, 32 IP, 25 Ks, 9BBs, .250 OBA, 1.22 WHIP
Ohio Northern SO Ben Glischinski was 2-1 in 10 appearances, 9 starts, 40 2/3 IP, 31Ks, 24 BBs, .252 OBA, 1.53 WHIP

Wooster SR Zach Mathie hit .298 in 51 games with 5 HR and 22 RBI and was a mid season All Star selection

There were a couple of other NCAC players (Depauw) that played with Richmond in the Prospect League, but I am not ambitious enougn to post their stats here.

Looking forward to fall baseball and a much better year in the Berg.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Nick Eltzroth from ONU played in the Valley league for the Covington Lumber Jacks

Pitching: 0-1 in 8 games, all in relief, 13 innings pitched, 4.15 ERA, 12 k's, 4 BB, .302 BAA, and a WHIP of 1.54.

He also batted in a few games but not enough to give e representative sample.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

The Prospect League is just about done, the Chillicothe Paints lost 2 games to none in the first round to the defending League Champion West Virginia Miners.

Heidelberg SR Chris Thomas was 2-0 in 7 appearances, all starts. 32 2/3 IP, 1.60 ERA, 19Ks, 14BBs, .191 OBA, 1.09 WHIP
Depauw JR Jack Peck was 2-1 in 6 appearances, all starts, 32 IP, 25 Ks, 9BBs, .250 OBA, 1.22 WHIP
Ohio Northern SO Ben Glischinski was 2-1 in 10 appearances, 9 starts, 40 2/3 IP, 31Ks, 24 BBs, .252 OBA, 1.53 WHIP

Wooster SR Zach Mathie hit .298 in 51 games with 5 HR and 22 RBI and was a mid season All Star selection

There were a couple of other NCAC players (Depauw) that played with Richmond in the Prospect League, but I am not ambitious enougn to post their stats here.

Looking forward to fall baseball and a much better year in the Berg.

I posted these on the NCAC board, but since they were brought up, here are the numbers for the two on the River Rats.
Name               POS     College Team                             League               W  l  S ERA
Michael Chiaro:    P      Depauw  Richmond River Rats    Prospect             1  6  0 5.28
Alexander Sroka:  P     Depauw  Richmond River Rats     Prospect            0  1  0 148.50 *Alexander only pitched .2 innings so these numbers are skewed.

There were several NCAC players in the Great lakes and PGCBL as well. If you interested those numbers are posted on the NCAC board.

[motorman]

Off to watch game 2 of the Berg Fall Series and then the baseball banquet tonight. Not a big believer in reporting on what's happening in fall scrimmages, but can see some positives to take into the spring. Can't believe that after they finish Sunday it is 5 long cold months till we get baseball back in Florida. Guess the rumored big fall scrimmage against a D1 school fell through.

Also heard rumor of a rotation pitcher from Marietta from last year transferring. Anybody from down south that can confirm?

[motorman]

Only got in 4 innings Friday before the downpour hit. Did want to tell Dr. A that Berg has a freshman catcher from his alma mater that hit a grand slam in the game Friday. Freshmen definitely look to be bigger physical specimen than the past year. Hope it translates to more production at the plate this spring. Time to hibernate now.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Good to hear you guys got some innings in. No go in Delaware. They had a game yesterday though.

[Dr. Acula]

Only got in 4 innings Friday before the downpour hit. Did want to tell Dr. A that Berg has a freshman catcher from his alma mater that hit a grand slam in the game Friday. Freshmen definitely look to be bigger physical specimen than the past year. Hope it translates to more production at the plate this spring. Time to hibernate now.

Nice!  I'm assuming it's Swan.  Never seen him play, but he seemed like a nice player from following their games online last year.  Hopefully he has a good career in Tiffin.

[motorman]

Berg has revamped athletic web page up and it includes baseball schedule except for Florida games. Interesting to note the OAC games start a week earlier than last year. Results in only 2 midweek OAC series as long as weather doesn't get as crazy as last season. Probably part of the reason, so that we don't have teams playing 6 league games in 4 days like this year.

Mount also has partial schedule up. Sucks for them that one of their midweek league DHs is Marietta after playing Berg the previous weekend.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Glad to see OWU on the schedule again!

[Dr. Acula]

Same old same old for Mount's OoC. W&J, Behrend, Thiel, Hiram, Allegheny, Witt, Westminster.  They generally play a lot of the same teams every year.   The cool thing is they're hosting St. John's (MN) for 2 days.  Definitely not everyday a MIAC team stops by.