BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Dr. Acula]

JCU leads 2-1 after 5 in game 2. 

[Dr. Acula]

JCU sweeps Mount 2-1 in game 2.  Raiders hit into bases loaded DP in 8th and have tying run thrown out at home by the CF in 9th.

Game 1 Carlino pitched decently (7 IP, 2 ER) but they made 4 errors resulting in 5 unearned runs. 

Game 2 I feel bad for Clarke.  He gives up 2 runs on 2 hits in the 1st, a single to lead off the 2nd...and not another hit for the rest of the game.  Goes the distance and takes the loss.  Such is baseball.  Just hate to p*ss away a start like that, especially when you really needed the split and he clutched up and gave you a quality start.

[Spence]

Here's something I used to do with ACC basketball when I lived in Virginia and they had a double round robin schedule. Road wins are a +, home losses are a minus. For the OAC you have to add road games scheduled though I think because its not equal. Scheduled home games that are moved are still counted as home for the team scheduled as home.

OAC standings (a bit different way)
Team                  OAC       +-        Away left
Marietta              2-0   +2       8
Ohio Northern     2-0   0         8
John Carroll      2-0   0         10
Heidelberg      1-1   +1       6
Capital              1-1   +1       8
Baldwin Wallace  1-1   -1        8
Muskingum      1-1   -1        10
Mount Union      0-2   0         8
Wilmington          0-2   0         6
Otterbein            0-2   -2        8

EDIT: How the heck do you get these things to line up? They line up when I type them but not when they post.

[motorman]

Marietta still #11 in this week's poll, Mount Union falls 1 spot to #18 and Heidelberg debuts in the top 25 at #23. Nice showing for the OAC with 3 ranked teams.

[EttaFan1]

Team	OAC	+/-
MAR	2-0	+2
JCU	2-0	0

tables tables tables.  Learn your html

[Spence]

OK how did you do that?

[EttaFan1]

When you do the reply thing, there is a little button below the "font face" and "Font size" that looks like a sheet of notebook paper. 

You click that and it will put in something which says

<table>
<tr><Td></TD></TR>
</table>

excpet the brackets are the "[" and not the "<". 

TD is for the columns, TR is for the row.

It can be a PITA to do with a large amount of stuff though.

[Spence]

So you just highlight everything and hit that? I feel like I tried this before and it didn't work the way I expected.

[EttaFan1]

Don't know about the highlighting and hitting a button,  I typed the td and tr stuff in manually, which was a real PITA.

[Spence]

Oh the hell with it, it's not that complicated a chart. Y'all can follow it.

Basically it's a par system with a home win/road loss as par.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

When you do the reply thing, there is a little button below the "font face" and "Font size" that looks like a sheet of notebook paper. 

You click that and it will put in something which says

<table>
<tr><Td></TD></TR>
</table>

excpet the brackets are the "[" and not the "<". 


TD is for the columns, TR is for the row.

It can be a PITA to do with a large amount of stuff though.

This look right? I created a template and just pasted Spences info in.
OAC standings (a bit different way)

Team	OAC	+/-	Away left
Marietta	2-0	+2	8
Ohio Northern	2-0	0	8
John Carroll	2-0	0	10
Heidelberg	1-1	+1	6
Capital	1-1	+1	8
Baldwin Wallace	1-1	-1	8
Muskingum	1-1	-1	10
Mount Union	0-2	0	8
Wilmington	0-2	0	8
Otterbein	0-2	-2	8

[EttaFan1]

Looks good to me! 

Anyhow...on to this weekend's league matchups and predictions for those who dare....

Best matchup of the weekend:  BW @ Marietta.  The only two of the "big six" who meet this weekend.  Can Byers and Herstine continue to provide the strong pitching against a strong hitting BW squad.  Marietta isn't hitting like a typcal Pioneer squad.  This could be an interesting matchup.  Because it is in the tropical confines of southeastern Ohio (and based on weather reports will likely get pushed to Sunday, when it will be sunny and a BALMY 58 degrees  ) I like the Pioneers to take two. 

Suprisingly better matchup than expected:  Ohio Northern @ Mount Union.  Nobody here really picked ONU to be part of the "big six," but they are off to a decent start this spring.  They could give the Raiders a decent battle, but I look for Carlino and Clarke to bounce back and have strong outings against the Bears.  Mount takes two.

Cross town show down:  The annual Otterbein/Capital Matchup.  Big question mark here:  Will Collier return for the cardinals?  If not this could get more interesting.  I like Otterbein in both of these, but won't be suprised by a high scoring split. 

Fishing in peaceful Valley:  Muskingum travels to Tiffin.  Muskingum isn't very good.  Berg really needs to make sure they take two to keep pace on the lead pack.  I think Berg sweeps.

The weekly Wilmington Gimmie:  John Carroll heads to Wilmington.  Seems like it might be a waste of diesel. JCU with two solid and convicing wins. 

Last week:  I picked a Marietta sweep (2-0), a 'Berg sweep (1-1) and a Raider sweep (0-2)  That makes me 3-3 in the big games of the weekend.  I didn't pick the other two seires, becuase I didn't care, and still don't believe those teams will be in the race for the tournament.   

[Spence]

Ohio Northern has a pretty good ERA. We'll find out this weekend if it's real or not against Mount's bats. Mount really needs to get back on track here with what they have coming.

Muskingum lost their first 5 with a ridiculously young team, but since then have won 6 of 8 including wins over some pretty decent programs. Very unpredictable team right now.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Yeah wins against salem St and Haverford. Yet 2 losses to Hiram. OWU's game against the Muskies today, was postponed to the 16th.

[Dr. Acula]

Ohio Northern has a pretty good ERA. We'll find out this weekend if it's real or not against Mount's bats. Mount really needs to get back on track here with what they have coming.

Muskingum lost their first 5 with a ridiculously young team, but since then have won 6 of 8 including wins over some pretty decent programs. Very unpredictable team right now.

Yeah, with JCU, Berg and Etta as 3 of their first 4 their conference schedule definitely appears front loaded now.  Losing 2 winnable games against JCU has the heat turned up already.  They need a sweep to get back on track.  I think they get it.  If they emerge from the Etta DH sitting at 4-4 I'd take that and run.

I like that BW got in a tune up with Dayton today to get ready for Etta.  I think Etta takes 2, but BW is definitely dangerous.  Without question the headliner this weekend.