BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[motorman]

Berg up on OWU 8-0 after 2 innings. We'll make a believer out of you eventually Spence. More offense than the 9th best batting average in the league Marietta sports.

[motorman]

Berg now up on OWU 17-0 after 6. Gonna call their opponents a rec league team again Spence?

[Dr. Acula]

Good day for the OAC against the NCAC so far.  Berg stomps OWU.  Cap is up 7-0 at Witt currently too.  I was a little surprised Berg started Fluharty today.  Who is starting against BW?  Huber?  I assumed it would be Thomas/Fluharty Saturday I guess.     

[motorman]

Yes Dr, I imagine it will be Thomas/Huber Sat.

Marietta split with Laroche. Wonder how Byers gets the win only pitching 3 innings? I assume he started, know he wasn't the last pitcher.

NCAA has finally posted D3 stats through games of 3/16.

Berg leading the country in triples with 23, next closest U Dallas has 14 in 10 more games.

[Dr. Acula]

Cap shuts out Witt 12-0.  Witt only had 1 hit through 8 innings (think they finished with 2 or 3).

[Bishopleftiesdad]

First two innings OWU walked 10 batters. Not many hits, but they hit when it counted. Grand slam after walking the bases full. That put it out of reach. OWU got all of 8 hits.

[Spence]

Yes Dr, I imagine it will be Thomas/Huber Sat.

Marietta split with Laroche. Wonder how Byers gets the win only pitching 3 innings? I assume he started, know he wasn't the last pitcher.

Byers gets the win because he was on a predetermined pitch count that was known to the scorer prior to the game. They said on the radio that everyone from MC was on pitch counts.

I asked a D2 SID friend of mine about that very question when Byers was taken out.

Oh, and grow up. Northland is 1-8 against mostly non power teams. Kenyon swept them. So yes, they are pretty much a rec program. That's all I was saying.

Gloat in late May or early June when you have a wooden plank in your hands. In March, it just looks small time.

[Spence]

First two innings OWU walked 10 batters. Not many hits, but they hit when it counted. Grand slam after walking the bases full. That put it out of reach. OWU got all of 8 hits.

Happens. Sometimes you have to decide when to pull the plug on a game too, especially when you have 4 against a very good opponent this weekend. OWU will certainly have a good idea of what they've got after this weekend!

[Dr. Acula]

Mount is (hopefully) hosting Thiel at 3:30 today.  According to Twitter "weekend schedule still unsettled."  Fingers crossed.

[Dr. Acula]

My look at the stats heading into the first weekend of OAC play found a few interesting things:

JCU is dead last in team ERA at 7.36 despite not walking many guys.  They're just giving up a lot of hits so far.

3 staffs have fewer hits allowed than IP...Etta (comfortably) along with Musky and Mount.  Etta's 1.11 WHIP is also tops.

Wilm doesn't have a guy in the top 50 for batting average in the OAC.  #50 on the list is hitting .303 so I checked...Wilm doesn't have any regular starting hitting above .282 currently.  Team average is .204.  As you'd expect there's a lot of youth there.  It's going to be a looong season for the Quakers.

Mount leads conference with a .377 team BA, but Berg leads in team OBP and slugging.  That 23 triples motorman mentioned is crazy.  Hug has 6 in 63 AB!  The kid is 6'3" 230!  No wonder he plays WR on the football team.

Ott freshman David Lemley is hitting an OAC best .558 (24-53).  With Kettering and Pitzer they could have a nice little middle of the order.  But their staff has struggled so far.  They need Collier to be better going forward.  Not pitching against Big Ten teams will help some I'm sure.

[Dr. Acula]

Mount's SID posted a pic of snow on the ground in Alliance today.  Game with Thiel is PPD yet again.  Who knows about tomorrow @ JCU.  It's 60 and sunny in Columbus right now so I hope somebody outside of NE Ohio takes advantage!

View from the MAAC today.  Baseball weather?

[Spence]

Mount's SID posted a pic of snow on the ground in Alliance today.  Game with Thiel is PPD yet again.  Who knows about tomorrow @ JCU.  It's 60 and sunny in Columbus right now so I hope somebody outside of NE Ohio takes advantage!

View from the MAAC today.  Baseball weather?

Even if the snow melts, is the field going to be dry enough to be playable?

Any chance you're going to Otterbein tomorrow?

[Dr. Acula]

I'm worried because they've been punting this Thiel game for days which means the field was unplayable before the snow.  According to my family up there it snowed an inch, but it was melted within a couple hours so at least it's warmed up some.  Not sure what shape JCU is in though.

A trip to Westerville is unlikely sadly.  Unfortunately my profession all but forbids me from seeing any baseball until after April 15th.  I'll be doing the 2nd most American thing behind watching baseball...taxes. 

[Spence]

I'm worried because they've been punting this Thiel game for days which means the field was unplayable before the snow.  According to my family up there it snowed an inch, but it was melted within a couple hours so at least it's warmed up some.  Not sure what shape JCU is in though.

A trip to Westerville is unlikely sadly.  Unfortunately my profession all but forbids me from seeing any baseball until after April 15th.  I'll be doing the 2nd most American thing behind watching baseball...taxes.

Fair enough. Better you than me. I'm sure you'd be rooting for the bad guys anyway.

[Dr. Acula]

I only root for Ott outside the OAC.  I'm not a fan of Powell after that hazing incident so it's easy for me to root against them.