BB: SLIAC: St Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[ready2win]

Here are the Eureka vs Mac stats:
Game 1:
Eureka's Offensive stats:
Moore, Keith cf  1-3  1 RBI  2 BB  1 R
Cashdollar, Benji rf  0-3 1 BB
Eeten, Nick lf  3-4 HR 4 RBI 2 R
Wagner, Mike dh  1-4 1 R
Knoblauch, Nick c  2-4 2 2B 1 RBI 1 R
Koerner, Kyle ss  2-4 2 2B 1 RBI 1 R
Songer, Shawn 3b  1-4 1 R
Glaub, Tyler 2b  0-3
Cashdollar, Tim 1b  3-4 2 R
 
Mac's Offensive stats:
Sellers, Mikie lf  2-4 2B 1 RBI 2 R 
Schindler, Scott 2b  0-2 1 BB
Missey, Jordan 3b   0-2 1 BB
  Bourne, Caleb 3b 1-1 2 RBI
Lowe, Jamison rf  0-4 1 RBI
Backstein, James c  0-4
Schmidt, Nick dh   0-3
  Kay, Marcus dh   0-1
Cantrel, Curtis 1b  1-4 
Forthenberry, Avion cf  1-3 2 R
Butler, Joe ss 2-3 2B 1 RBI 2 R   

Game 2:
Eureka's Offensive stats:
Moore, Keith cf  3-4 HR 2 RBI 1 BB 2 R
Glaub, Tyler 2b 1-4 1 R
Eeten, Nick rf 2-4 2B 1 RBI 1 R
Wagner, Mike dh 1-3 2 RBI
Knoblauch, Nick c 2-4 2 HR 2 RBI 2 R
Koerner, Kyle ss   4-4 2B 2 R
Songer, Shawn 3b 2-4 2B 1 RBI 1 R
Fravell, Justin lf 1-4 2 RBI
Cashdollar, Tim 1b 0-3 1 BB 1 R

 
Mac's Offensive stats:
Sellers, Mikie lf 4-5 3 2B 1 RBI 3 R
Forthenberry, Avion cf 0-3
  Missey, Jordan 3b   1-1 HR 2 RBI
Bourne, Caleb 3b/cf 2-4 2 R
Lowe, Jamison rf  3-4 2B 4 RBI 1 R
Backstein, James dh 1-4 1 R
Cantrel, Curtis 1b 2-3 HR 2 RBI 2 R
Katterhenry, Tyler c  2-3 1 RBI
Baxter, Dante 2b 0-2
  Helmerichs, Ryan 2b  1-2 1 RBI 1 R
Butler, Joe ss 1-3

[VideoDawg]

Sellers looks like a good leadoff man.

[#1PantherFan]

Monday, March 16th - Wisconsin Stevens Point (DH) 2:30P @ Lake Myrtle #4 (Auburndale)
Game 1: Lost 8-2
Game 2: Lost 13-3
Tuesday, March 17th - Franklin & Marshall (DH) 9:30A @ Lake Myrtle Main (Auburndale)
Game 1: Lost 10-3
Game 2: Lost 9-0
Tuesday, March 17th - JV vs. Fontbonne JV 1:00P @ Lake Myrtle #4 (Auburndale)
Cancelled
Thursday, March 19th - Millikin (DH) 9:45A @Chain Lakes #2 (Winter Haven)
Game 1: Lost 18-7
Game 2: Won 8-4
Friday, March 20th - Edgewood (DH) 2:30P @ Lake Myrtle #3 (Auburndale)
Saturday, March 21st - St. Norbert 10:00A @ Chain Lakes #4 (Winter Haven)

[JAdaPrince]

Brief preview and Game Notes for the Webster vs Westminster series are available .... CLICK HERE

[VideoDawg]

It is going to be interesting to see the standings after this week end. There are several key match ups. Who cares about NCAA basketball when you have sliac baseball?

[ready2win]

Mac beat St. Louis Christian yesterday but they lost Sellers in the process. He was sliding into home and hurt his ankle very seriously left the game in the 3rd inning. As of right now he is out indefinitely.

[theoneandonly]

Thats rediculous. St. Louis Christian always has a terrible program. This should have been an expierence for the younger players and let the regulars play only a couple of innings. I honestly dont think they should have put the kid in that situation in the first place. Most conference teams start this weekend and losing Sellers is going to HURT MAC. Thats a pricetag that im just not willing to pay. To bad Mac didnt feel the same way. on the other hand some other guys for mac are going to have to step up to continue their good start. In all honesty though, i think this is a HUGE hit for the Highlanders.

[flyonthewall]

webster picked up a big win today against westminster. corey shaeffer hit 2 home runs for the gorloks and webster only scored 1 of their 8 runs off of a non home run. GCS stadium continues to not only be a left handed hitters park, but a righties park as well. 2 of the home runs were hit to rightfield by right handed hitters. the only home run that would get out at any other park would be shaeffers bomb to leftfield. he hit it about 400 feet. the other 3 home runs were probably between 305-315. the one that little hit was a line drive that barely cleared the wall. it must be nice to have your home field at a minor league park, which encourages home runs for entertainment to the fans.

Webster may have lost catcher John Combs for a while... he attempted to throw a runner out, and when he threw, hit his arm into the batter and went down in pain right away. I heard be may of dislocated his shoulder. who knows how long he will be done for. could be costly to the gorloks, HOWEVER, shaeffer looked great catching tonight. his arm looked good on throws to second and he never really seemed out of place behind the dish.

i said coming into the season that westminster is going to be one of the top teams, but after watching them play tonight I am starting to second guess myself. they seemed like they didnt care and didnt seem to play with any fire. the way fontbonne is playing, they definitely have a reason to contend for the top spots.

[peripheral1]

News from the Ville:

Blackburn will play Eureka at home Saturday in a 1pm DH. Then travel Sunday for a nine inning tilt. Also, catcher Zach Wilhelmi is out for the season (knee). Eilerman goes game 1. Ward game 2. Ozee game 3.

[flyonthewall]

Maryville split with MACMURRAY???!!!!?? I saw Maryville play Westminster and they looked like they are the team to beat in the SLIAC this year, but splitting with MacMurray, whoa... anybody know what happened?

[ready2win]

Yea Mac jumped on Murfin early with a 3 run HR from their catcher Backstein. Also, their team came to play. Without Sellers in the lineup they didn't want to lose any ground. Looks like the SLIAC race is wide open. Just because Maryville lost to Mac doesn't mean anything good teams lose all the time and how does anybody know Mac isn't a decent team. Just because last year they were terrible doesn't mean a thing. On another note Westminster is 0-6 in the conference wow who would have thought that.

[JAdaPrince]

I must say that Westminster's record is a lil bit deceiving ... Opening up with Maryville and Webster isn't the easiest road ...Plus, they could have very easily taken 2 of 3 from the Gorloks.

[theoneandonly]

Alright, lets break down this descrepency between the westminster start and Mac start.

First obvious point, they have BOTH played Maryville. At this point mac is 1-1 vs. Maryville so even if they lose the makeup game.. they played better against Maryville than westminster did. Maryville outscored westmin 36-9. they are outscoring Mac 21-11 BUT Mac did take one of those games like stated before.

Second point is, Macmurray is proving themselves. Common defense for westmin would say, well they just played the top two teams. BUT THE POINT IS they were pre-season 3rd, and didnt take a single game from the top two, when pre-season last place Mac took one the 2nd ranked and 4th ranked teams in the conference.

SO what it boils down to. Mac is playing much better than westmin in this early conference season there is no doubt about that. BUT no excuses for any team. If you play the top two teams and go 0-6 you dont deserve to be number 3.

The upcoming games for both of these teams will be the true test. Both teams play fontbonne (preseason 5th) and then Mac plays Principia. After that Mac and Westmin face one another. I guess that will be the true test for westmin, because the way they are playing, its possible for them to go into their games against mac 0-9 or maybe 1-8

[#1PantherFan]

Monday, March 16th - Wisconsin Stevens Point (DH) 2:30P @ Lake Myrtle #4 (Auburndale)
Game 1: Lost 8-2
Game 2: Lost 13-3
Tuesday, March 17th - Franklin & Marshall (DH) 9:30A @ Lake Myrtle Main (Auburndale)
Game 1: Lost 10-3
Game 2: Lost 9-0
Tuesday, March 17th - JV vs. Fontbonne JV 1:00P @ Lake Myrtle #4 (Auburndale)
Cancelled
Thursday, March 19th - Millikin (DH) 9:45A @Chain Lakes #2 (Winter Haven)
Game 1: Lost 18-7
Game 2: Won 8-4
Friday, March 20th - Edgewood (DH) 2:30P @ Lake Myrtle #3 (Auburndale)
Game 1: Lost 7-6
Game 2: Lost 5-3
Saturday, March 21st - St. Norbert 10:00A @ Chain Lakes #4 (Winter Haven)
Game 1: Lost 3-2 (10 Innings)

We continue to beat ourselves with poor defense. In the 1-8 Florida trip we had a total of 36 errors. Of the 77 runs we gave up in the 9 games, 33 were unearned. Hopefully what happened in Florida, stays in Florida as we prepare to start conference play this weekend against Webster.

[theoneandonly]

Monday, March 16th - Wisconsin Stevens Point (DH) 2:30P @ Lake Myrtle #4 (Auburndale)
Game 1: Lost 8-2
Game 2: Lost 13-3
Tuesday, March 17th - Franklin & Marshall (DH) 9:30A @ Lake Myrtle Main (Auburndale)
Game 1: Lost 10-3
Game 2: Lost 9-0
Tuesday, March 17th - JV vs. Fontbonne JV 1:00P @ Lake Myrtle #4 (Auburndale)
Cancelled
Thursday, March 19th - Millikin (DH) 9:45A @Chain Lakes #2 (Winter Haven)
Game 1: Lost 18-7
Game 2: Won 8-4
Friday, March 20th - Edgewood (DH) 2:30P @ Lake Myrtle #3 (Auburndale)
Game 1: Lost 7-6
Game 2: Lost 5-3
Saturday, March 21st - St. Norbert 10:00A @ Chain Lakes #4 (Winter Haven)
Game 1: Lost 3-2 (10 Innings)

We continue to beat ourselves with poor defense. In the 1-8 Florida trip we had a total of 36 errors. Of the 77 runs we gave up in the 9 games, 33 were unearned. Hopefully what happened in Florida, stays in Florida as we prepare to start conference play this weekend against Webster.

After a rough spring break, coming home to play Webster could be a tough way to start conference, hopefully those guys keep their heads in it and play ball. Because Webster is a good team and weather they play good or bad against them there are 18 more conference games after that series that and that is a really good thing for them to focus on. But BEAT WEBSTER!