BB: CC: Centennial Conference

[RSSmith]

Swat is 3-2

My bad!  With good wins over Presentation and Pitt-Bradford.  Puts them in third place.

[RollTide]

why hasnt Markel pitched for F&M yet?

[RSSmith]

Hopkins starts their Arizona swing by drubbing Robbie Hinkle (two-time pitcher of the week in the Midwest Conference) and Monmouth College.

[RSSmith]

Nightcap win for Hopkins over Concordia (IL), the 2009 NAC champions.

[RollTide]

Hopkins striking out 21 times? The strike zone must have been huge. RSSmith do you know anything about this because I cannot imagine how such a great hitting team could be shut down like that

[OshDude]

Hopkins striking out 21 times? The strike zone must have been huge. RSSmith do you know anything about this because I cannot imagine how such a great hitting team could be shut down like that

James Murrey is pretty good. No shame in him handling your team. Nice to see Murrey giving another regions fits. He might be the best in the Midwest Region, but there are about four others in that conversation.

[RollTide]

Theres no doubt Murrey is a great pitcher but even the reliever had 3k's in 2 innings. As a pitcher that faces Hopkins i know that they are not a team that strikes out much, especially against the harder throwing guys.

[RSSmith]

Hopkins striking out 21 times? The strike zone must have been huge. RSSmith do you know anything about this because I cannot imagine how such a great hitting team could be shut down like that

I didn't see the game, but one of the guys said that the strike zone was a little large off the outside corner from both left- and right-handed hitters.  A total of 34 strikeouts in the game makes me think that it might be the case.  That being said, however, 14 of Murrey's strikeouts were against very good, veteran Hopkins hitters, who can hit pitches off the plate, so I'd say the kid's the real deal.

[RSSmith]

Hopkins pitchers yesterday deserve some serious kudos also.  In game 1, converted ("redeemed") infielder Sam Eagleson threw a 3-hit shutout, and in game 2 Greg Harbeck scattered 5 hits over 7.1 innings allowing no runs (but apparently hitting his pitch count) and Aaron Schwartz was the hard luck loser in his second quality relief appearance.  The pitching staff is off to a solid start against decent hitters in their first six games, compiling a team ERA of 2.96 and OBA of .198.

[RSSmith]

March 14

Johns Hopkins    5-1     Good wins over defending NWC champ Concordia (IL),
            Monmouth with two-time Pitcher of the Week, Robbie Hinkle, on
            the mound, split pitching gems with Macalester (both teams were
            undefeated going into the DH).
Haverford    6-2    Good win over North Park (record 5-2), beat Coast Guard, lost
            to Fredonia State.
Muhlenberg    4-3   Lost to a decent Oneanta State; split with Daniel Webster in DW's
            season openers   
Gettysburg    5-4    Won last four games over Moravian, New Jersey City, Wisconsin
            Lutheran, and Central.  Only Central has a winning record.
Washington    3-3    Lost two to Mt. Aloysius (Mt. A's only two wins of the young
            season), beat winless Drew and Gordon (record 2-3)
Ursinus       4-5    Lost two to Elizabethtown, split with Westminster (PA, record 2-7)
            and Northwestern (MN, record 3-6)
Dickinson       2-3    Lost last three games including DH with a good Brockport State
            team (record 3-2 with one-run losses to Rowan and Kean)
Swarthmore    3-5    Lost last five games, three to Wesleyan and two to Pitt-Bradford
            (Wesleyan is 8 and 0, P-B is 3 and 4)
Franklin & Marshall    1-2    One-run losses to Kean and Rowan and a one-run win over
            Rutgers-Camden.
McDaniel      0-1   One-run loss to Stevenson, arrive in Florida tomorrow

[OshDude]

Re: JHU. No big deal, but Mac had lost to UW-Superior.

[RSSmith]

Re: JHU. No big deal, but Mac had lost to UW-Superior.

Sssshhhhhhh.  I'm trying to make my team look good.

[RSSmith]

Re: JHU. No big deal, but Mac had lost to UW-Superior.

Sssshhhhhhh.  I'm trying to make my team look good.

Looks like they also lost to Monmouth.  I shouldn't rely on the Presto Sports stats, but it's so much easier than flipping around through all the official web pages.  Thanks for keeping me honest.

[d3baseballnut]

I wouldn't focus on who MAC lost to without Murray pitching.

As you all know, a team with their ace on the mound is a totally different team for those 12-15 games of the season.

[RollTide]

That is very true baseballnut.

Rumor has it that Haverford ace Stefan Pappius-Lefebvre may not be able to pitch the rest of this year. I heard he warmed up to pitch the other day but was scratched because his elbow was in too much pain. If this is true Haverford will lose those 12 starts that make them a much better team.