BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

Bishopleftiesdad · March 02, 2015, 07:50:35 PM

Dr. Could it be because it is early and he hit his pitch limit? Being up north most pitchers may not be streched out yet.

Dr. Acula · March 04, 2015, 07:37:53 AM

I don't think that's what it was. He finished the first inning in relatively short order. I'd be shocked if he had more than 20-25 pitches when he came out.

Dr. Acula · March 04, 2015, 07:48:48 AM

Ott (6-0) beat up on Finlandia twice yesterday. They won game 2 by a score of 18-1 and Finlandia walked 15 guys the first 5 innings. Yikes. ONU gets a turn at this punching bag today.

Mount (3-2) came back from down 4-0 to claw out a 6-4 win over Eastern Mennonite. Congrats to freshman Noah Skladan who got his 1st ever start and went 7 to pick up his 1st collegiate win.

JCU (2-3) wasted a great start from Libertini (7 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 6 K) when the pen gave up 2 each in the 8th and 9th to lose 4-2 to Northlands.

Dr. Acula · March 05, 2015, 07:25:21 AM

ONU (3-1) blasted Finlandia 21-2. The Bears had 20 hits.

Dr. Acula · March 05, 2015, 12:18:28 PM

Good test for Mount this afternoon against #9 Concordia. Hopefully they pick up a quality win.

Dr. Acula · March 05, 2015, 10:28:41 PM

Mount gets a 6-4 win over Concordia behind a solid start from Soph Beau Taylor (5.2 IP, 2 ER).

ONU, Ott and JCU all won as well today so a good day for the OAC in FL.

Dr. Acula · March 06, 2015, 02:16:44 PM

Mount sweeps Trine today 7-3 and 7-3. Raiders look to finish the spring trip 8-2 tomorrow with a DH against Ursinus before they hit the road north.

Dr. Acula · March 08, 2015, 09:49:09 AM

Round 1 of the OAC tour down south concluded and it went pretty well. Ott (9-1), ONU (7-1), Mount (7-3) and JCU (6-3) all posted solid results. Only Cap (3-4) finished with a losing record. The grain of salt is that reviewing the schedules it doesn't look like anyone played a brutally tough schedule.

It looks like BW, Etta, Berg, Musky and Wilm all get underway today or tomorrow. Good luck to all.

motorman · March 08, 2015, 02:51:00 PM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on March 08, 2015, 09:49:09 AM
Round 1 of the OAC tour down south concluded and it went pretty well. Ott (9-1), ONU (7-1), Mount (7-3) and JCU (6-3) all posted solid results. Only Cap (3-4) finished with a losing record. The grain of salt is that reviewing the schedules it doesn't look like anyone played a brutally tough schedule.

It looks like BW, Etta, Berg, Musky and Wilm all get underway today or tomorrow. Good luck to all.

It remains to be seen if the JCU loss to a team that ONU beat 17-3 and Berg throttled 37-2 last year is symptomatic or just a hiccup.

Dr. Acula · March 08, 2015, 03:19:13 PM

Ehh, I don't make much of any one win or loss in FL. I think JCU is fine. They have good starting pitching so they'll be a factor in the OAC again this year, IMO.

If Ott is back up it's just going to create an even bigger battle royal for those 4 spots. I'll put it this way...there is going to be at least one, possibly more, legit good teams that don't even make the OAC tourney. This conference is very competitive currently and that's awesome as a fan.

Bishopleftiesdad · March 09, 2015, 10:45:16 AM

Musky gets a win against a historically good Montclair State team. 2-1. Not al lot of offense. 8 hits for Montclair and 6 for Musky.

Looks like Musky will be a young squad, No seniors and 5 Jr, 12 Sophs, and 9 Freshman.

Bishopleftiesdad · March 09, 2015, 10:52:39 AM

I have to agree with the Dr. on this one. Spring trip losses sometimes are hard to judge. JCU might have faced that teams Ace, while the ONU may have faced a starter lower on the list. Especially with this years weather and teams playing their first games down south, they may have not seen enough time outside to work out everyone role.

motorman · March 10, 2015, 05:15:29 PM

I might agree if it was virtually any other team. They had nothing on the mound last year and their last 2 games against OAC schools they allowed more than an avg of 25 runs per game. I did say though it remains to be seen if it was just a hiccup by the JCU offense.

Berg went to 4-0 with an 8-3 thumping of Wabash today. Wabash has a tough pair tomorrow with Marietta and Baldwin Wallace.

Sir Battlescars · March 11, 2015, 06:56:03 AM

I agree, great start to the season for Heidelberg, and they started a Freshman against Wabash. The lefty had a shaky first but settled down to pick up the win. Should be a very competitive year over all for the OAC.

Dr. Acula · March 14, 2015, 12:03:16 PM

Mount's DH with SJF has been rained out. It was originally pushed from today to tomorrow, but it is now cancelled. Their Monday DH at Westminster is also off. March in Ohio. What a joy.