BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Gramps]

Game 2 will be played at 9:30 in the morning.  They are still discussing about Game 3.

[Dr. Acula]

Glad to hear.  Worst case they have to bump the games back and play a game at 9:30 Saturday morning.

[Gramps]

With today's Win, Coach Matt Palm reached the Magic Plateau of 300 wins over his 10 year career. A  tip of the battered top hat to Coach Palm, may there be many more wins in his duffle bag.

[Dr. Acula]

In other mideast conference tournament action...

Franklin (29-9) and Rose Hulman (29-11) held serve as the top 2 seeds in the HCAC tourney today defeating Anderson and Mt. St. Joe's, respectively. 

Top seeded W&J (30-11) and 3rd seed Thiel (28-13) won the opening games in the PAC tournament today.  Grove City (17-18) gave W&J a scare falling 2-1.

Wooster (33-8) and Kenyon (24-19) square off tomorrow night at 6pm in game 1 of the NCAC championship.

And Adrian won the MIAA.  I didn't even realize they didn't have a post-season tournament.  Shows how much I know about the MIAA.

[mideastfan2]

They just posted on the tournament website that the first game (Game Two: Marietta/Otterbein) will start at 11:00am.

That would push game Three to about 2:30, and a possible game Four would start around 6:00.....unless the first couple are quick ones, I don't see them getting all three games in today...we'll see!!!

[Dr. Acula]

Marietta/Otterbein has been pushed back to 12:15. 

[mideastfan2]

wooohooooo, finally we're under way in Tiffin!!!  Marietta (Gasser) vs Otterbein (Williams).

crazy first inning.  both teams loaded the bases with NO outs, then they each ended up hitting into double-plays.  Otterbein won the inning though.

End of 1
MAR - 2
OTT - 4

[mideastfan2]

Otterbein had a huge 2-out rally in the bottom of the 3rd.  They scored 5 runs with 2 down, topped off by a 3-run HR by Rudman.

top of 4th

Mar - 2
Ott - 9

[ScotsFan]

I might have to change my stance on whether or not Ott deserves a Pool C more than Marietta if they keep pouring it on like they are today.  Going 0-3 head to head could be tough to overcome for Marietta.  And then add the fact that Ott finished the season ahead of Marietta in the OAC regular season standings.

[Dr. Acula]

It's 10-4 Ott in the top of the 5th, but Marietta is battling back.  They've scored 2 already in the 5th and have chased Cards starter Jeremy Williams w/ runners on 2nd & 3rd and nobody out.  This is far from over.

[mideastfan2]

I might have to change my stance on whether or not Ott deserves a Pool C more than Marietta if they keep pouring it on like they are today.  Going 0-3 head to head could be tough to overcome for Marietta.  And then add the fact that Ott finished the season ahead of Marietta in the OAC regular season standings.

understandable.....side note though, they finished the regular season tied in the OAC standings at 12-6.

[mideastfan2]

It's 10-4 Ott in the top of the 5th, but Marietta is battling back.  They've scored 2 already in the 5th and have chased Cards starter Jeremy Williams w/ runners on 2nd & 3rd and nobody out.  This is far from over.

couldn't have said it better....

MC scores a few more, including a huge 2-run HR by Beatty.  Score is now 10-9 OTT heading to the bottom of the 5th. 

This will be a bullpen game and a lot of runs could be scored.

[mideastfan2]

Otterbein came back with 3 in the bottom of the 5th, all with 2 outs.  They have now scored 10 runs with 2 outs today....crazy.  MAR scored 1 in the 6th, but OTT answerred with one (again, with two outs).

Top of 7th
MAR - 10
OTT - 14

[Dr. Acula]

Ott adds 4 in the bottom of the 7th...18-10 Cards in the 8th.  That 7th may be too much to overcome with only 6 outs to play with.

[mideastfan2]

Game Three: Heidelberg vs Otterbein - 4:05pm

HEID better come out fast, b/c OTT has been swinging some hot bats today, and they already have about 5 or 6 at-bats a piece under their belt for the day.