BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

Dr. Acula · March 27, 2015, 07:23:37 PM

Etta's Ryan Hanahan was 6-6 with 3 doubles and a triple in a 19-1 win over Denison. Good lord.

As for tomorrow, as of now only Mount @ ONU is still on. All others are already pushed to Sunday. Marque match up this weekend is Etta @ BW. BW needs to snap their 3 game skid after getting swept by Berg and losing to OWU. Etta followed up their pounding of Denison with a 7-0 loss to W&J yesterday.

Dr. Acula · March 28, 2015, 02:56:20 PM

Kemp has had an almost identical outing against ONU today as he did against JCU last Saturday. He stumbled in the 1st allowing 3 runs, but settled in again and has posted 6 straight goose eggs to keep the Raiders in the game.

Unfortunately, in another case of deja vu the Raider bats are being shut down by Eltzroth. He's allowed 1 unearned run on 2 hits through 8 dominant IP.

Dr. Acula · March 28, 2015, 04:43:52 PM

ONU tacked on 3 insurance runs late and won 6-1.

Mount leads game 2 in the 3rd 4-3.

Dr. Acula · March 28, 2015, 08:44:00 PM

Mount holds off ONU 5-4 to get a big road split. Just like last year the Raiders' schedule is front loaded. They needed to escape Ada with a win and they did.

Dr. Acula · March 29, 2015, 03:08:50 PM

Boy, there's some interesting stuff going on today.

First off, Etta is hammering BW 10-1 in game 1. They scored 6 in the first and haven't looked back.

Berg and Musky are scoreless going to the 10th.

But the surprise of the day is Wilm and JCU knotted 5-5 in the 8th.

Dr. Acula · March 29, 2015, 03:54:09 PM

JCU and Berg both escape near upsets from the bottom dwellers. Musky lets the leadoff man reach on an E3 and he comes around to score the game's only run in the 12th. Crushing loss after Barker gave the Fish 10 shutout innings. You can't waste that start. Have to find a way to push across a run and get a huge win at home.

Dr. Acula · March 30, 2015, 02:57:39 PM

Yesterday went pretty much as most would have predicted...Berg, JCU and Ott all swept. BW and Etta split. Nothing there that's newsworthy. Just kind of keeping up the status quo.

motorman · March 30, 2015, 08:45:39 PM

Dr, as long as it isn't freezing I am going to Alliance to watch Berg play Mount on Friday. Really missed not going to FL this year.

Dr. Acula · March 31, 2015, 08:40:23 AM

I am assuming Musky receiving 16 votes in the top 25 poll this week is a typo. Either that or they beat the Reds and I just missed it.

Dr. Acula · March 31, 2015, 08:43:38 AM

Quote from: motorman on March 30, 2015, 08:45:39 PM
Dr, as long as it isn't freezing I am going to Alliance to watch Berg play Mount on Friday. Really missed not going to FL this year.

I think the temp is supposed to be pretty good at the end of the week. No idea about rain though. And a trip to Alliance is hardly a fair trade for FL!

Jim Dixon · March 31, 2015, 02:58:56 PM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on March 31, 2015, 08:40:23 AM
I am assuming Musky receiving 16 votes in the top 25 poll this week is a typo. Either that or they beat the Reds and I just missed it.

Indeed it was a typo.

Sir Battlescars · April 01, 2015, 12:29:41 PM

An impressive showing for the OAC in this week's top 25 poll, 3 in the top 25 and 3 more receiving votes.

It's hard to believe that the day has come where the OAC has three in the top 25 none are named Marietta.

Dr. Acula · April 01, 2015, 01:01:42 PM

The OAC is very competitive right now. And with the quality of the coaches in the conference it probably will continue to be until there's a shake up. It's a lot of fun as a fan.

Another thing that shouldn't be glossed over is that the new blood in Tiffin seems to be re-energizing the program. Berg is 16-1 with a good chance of being 19-1, 6-0 at Easter. Pretty impressive start for Fitzgerald.

motorman · April 01, 2015, 03:55:37 PM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on April 01, 2015, 01:01:42 PM
The OAC is very competitive right now. And with the quality of the coaches in the conference it probably will continue to be until there's a shake up. It's a lot of fun as a fan.

Another thing that shouldn't be glossed over is that the new blood in Tiffin seems to be re-energizing the program. Berg is 16-1 with a good chance of being 19-1, 6-0 at Easter. Pretty impressive start for Fitzgerald.

Don't know that I would call or re-energizing so much as keeping the ball rolling. At this point last year Berg was 14-3 and ranked #23. Only lost 3 position players and 1 pitcher to graduation.

Dr. Acula · April 01, 2015, 04:25:07 PM

I certainly didn't mean that they had fallen apart. I just meant it as a compliment to Fitzgerald considering how the last couple weeks of the 2014 season went. Not exactly heading into the off season with positive momentum.