BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[inthecrease]

That being said, I think approaching 150 is a little much regardless of any other factors. 

150 is crazy. i threw 165 in hs and my 72 mph fastball put 0 strain on my arm. i slept with my arm over my head and woke up the next morning with my arm stuck over my head. so stiff i couldnt move it down. i can only imagine how he is going to feel the next couple of days.

[OAC baseball fan 3]

Dr. Acula,
I see your point and agree with it.  If the pitcher had been warmed up, i would completely agree.  The pitcher was the Right Fielder, who had warmed up only a handful of pitches in the bullpen.  That was my biggest concern with everything.   

[Gramps]

Berg swept Otterbein 3-2 and 15-8.  I'm waiting on Gramps for the details as I'm assuming he was in attendance. Quote from Dr. Acula

I can't disappoint Dr. Acula.

Game 1 was a pitchers duel with D. Paddock coming away with his 5th W of the season and gaining 9 Ks along the way. A Lowe came in the last inning for his 4th Save .

G. Keene started the scoring by driving in J. Wentworth who had walked than R. Lizcano, DH, drove in Keene and B. Boytim, on base with a walk, with a 2 RBI double.


Now game 2 was a different story as Otterbein started off the 1 st inning with a 6 run opening before E Williams was called upon to quench the flames. Releiving for the 5th & 6th innings was S. Nino, 1 Run, 3 Ks.  Closing was B. Koehl with 2 Ks. E. Williams got the W for his 3rd of the season.

The Berg came back with 3 runs in the 1st, 9 runs in the 2nd and 3 more runs along the way.
J. Wentworth, 3-5, 2 Runs and B. Boytim, 3-5, 4 RBIs, 3 runs, with one of his hits being a HR, led the comeback.  G. Keene, 2 Hits, L. B. Emrhein, 2 Hits, with one of them being a 3 Run HR in the 2nd inning. J. Lash scored 4 Runs. R. Lizczno added 2 RBIs.

Next for The Berg: Capital for a Conference Doubleheader on Weds. 4-8-09 

GO BERG!!!

[JK]

I was in Columbus, so I caught the last few innnings of the second game of Cap-MUC.  It was 10-6 in the top of the 5th when I got there.  MUC got their leadoff guy on but cap got two outs before giving up three more runs.  Then MUC started plating runs in bunches as Cap's pitching and defense went to hell.  The final ended up 21-7 in 9.

It was 21-7 going into the bottom of the 9th.  I made the joke that I didn't think we could score two touchdowns that late, since we were playing Mount.  Everyone laughed.  (I only WISH the score of the football game was that close, actually).

Disappointed I didn't get to see Mariotti pitch in the first game...

Cap has some issues.  They have some experience in the field, but their staff, especially their relief corps, is young and it really showed yesterday.  Once they got close, Cap's pitchers couldn't keep them close.

MUC, especially their position players, look like MEN.  They have some big guys.  And they can swing the stick.  A pretty significant wind was blowing in yesterday, but there were a couple of guys that hit some balls that might have been real deep on a calm day that only went to the warning track or off the fence.  In fact, when I made my joke with the reference to MUC football, one of the Cap parents said "I think some of these guys play football too, at least they look like it."

Cap doesn't have anyone big.  They're all kind of skinny, lanky kids or short stocky kids.  Tommy Stevison was really the only Cap player who looked like he could have been sitting in the MUC dugout.  Some weightroom time might not hurt.

I should qualify this by saying I haven't seen any other OAC baseball teams, but, much like their football team, when MUC gets off the bus, I bet more than a few folks say "Wow."

[Dr. Acula]

Dr. Acula,
I see your point and agree with it.  If the pitcher had been warmed up, i would completely agree.  The pitcher was the Right Fielder, who had warmed up only a handful of pitches in the bullpen.  That was my biggest concern with everything.   

I noticed it was Katana that came in.  Tough to bring a guy into a situation where he HAS to throw strikes if he's not loose.  I'm sure all Katana was doing was making sure he got it over the plate...don't walk in the run, at least make Kidd beat you with a 2 out base hit.       

[Dr. Acula]

MUC dropped a 9 inning non-conference affair to Walsh U. today 9-6.  Walsh is now 2-0 against MUC and 9-19 against everyone else.  I always hated losing to Walsh because I felt like they always nickel and dimed us to death.  You'd leave thinking "How'd they score X runs?  Their lineup stinks.  They have 6 kids hitting below .300"   

[Dr. Acula]

Musky swept Wilmington today 8-4 and 12-10.  Fish are 4-2 in conference, Quakers are 0-6.

[Gramps]

Congrats to Andy Lowe on being named the OAC "Pitcher of the Week"

The Berg Plays Capital Weds. 4-8-09.  Games are at 1:00PM and 4:00PM

GO BERG!!!

[a spectator]

Congrats to Cam Cimino of Marietta on OAC Hitter of the Week also. 

[Dr. Acula]

Predictions for Wednesday:

ONU @ Wilm:  ONU sweeps
Etta @ MUC:  Etta sweeps
BW @ Ott:  Ott sweeps
Cap @ Berg:  Berg sweeps
JCU @ Musky:  Split

Considering this is the OAC we're talking about, the fact that I have only 1 split is absurd.  I wanted to pick MUC to split, but my reverse jinx worked last time at Cap so I have to ride it out.  Next closest in my mind was BW.  If they were playing in Berea I take a split. 

[fundamentalswin]

Marietta @ MUC has been postponed to tomorrow at 1pm

[Dr. Acula]

Berg is up 12-0 on Cap in the 7th.

[Dr. Acula]

Of course as soon as I post they give the score of this game...

Ott 7, BW 5 after 5.

[Dr. Acula]

FINAL--Ott 8, BW 7.

Kreisher hits a 2 run HR in the 7th w/ 1 out, but Ott holds on.

[Dr. Acula]

Wilmington sweeps ONU 12-3 and 14-13.  Scored 3 in the bottom of the 9th to win the 2nd game. 

Berg sweeps Cap, winning the 2nd game 8-3.

BW gets a big road split at Otterbein.