BB: CC: Centennial Conference

[RSSmith]

Top of the 7th, Hopkins 16--Gettysburg 4.  All of G'burg's runs are unearned.

[RSSmith]

Top of the 7th, Hopkins 16--Gettysburg 4.  All of G'burg's runs are unearned.

Final 18-6.  Eliopoulos went 6, no earned runs (5 errors behind him), struck out 6, walked 2, had some minor issues with a balk, a hit batter and a wild pitch.  Matt Karis, the Gettysburg workhorse took a beating giving up 14 earned runs in 5.1 innings.  As expected, Hopkins hit the daylights out of it.

[RSSmith]

Elsewhere:

Haverford 11, Ursinus 3
Washington 9, F&M 4

[RSSmith]

Top of the 7th, Hopkins 16--Gettysburg 4.  All of G'burg's runs are unearned.

Final 18-6.  Eliopoulos went 6, no earned runs (5 errors behind him), struck out 6, walked 2, had some minor issues with a balk, a hit batter and a wild pitch.  Matt Karis, the Gettysburg workhorse took a beating giving up 14 earned runs in 5.1 innings.  As expected, Hopkins hit the daylights out of it.

Whoops.  GameTracker quit before the game was over.  Final was 18-8.

[RSSmith]

Here are the weekend matchups.  Any observations/predictions?

Friday, March 26
Gettysburg at #19 Johns Hopkins
Dickinson at McDaniel
Washington at F&M
Ursinus at Haverford
Swarthmore at Muhlenberg

Saturday, March 27
#19 Johns Hopkins at Ursinus (2)
F&M at Dickinson (2)
Muhlenberg at Gettysburg (2)
Haverford at Washington (2)
McDaniel at Swarthmore (2)

[Hammer Ball]

Here are the weekend matchups.  Any observations/predictions?

Friday, March 26
Gettysburg at #19 Johns Hopkins  -   O/U on JHU run total is 20
Dickinson at McDaniel -
Washington at F&M - F&M's choice of starter for opener unexpected.  Will rebound.
Ursinus at Haverford - Hav's #1 apparently out.  P depth will be tested fri/sat all season.
Swarthmore at Muhlenberg - Swat looking much improved. Nice midweek win.

Saturday, March 27
#19 Johns Hopkins at Ursinus (2) - These could get ugly.
F&M at Dickinson (2) - DC's pitching must step up.
Muhlenberg at Gettysburg (2) - Battle of the Bergs/Burgs will be high scoring
Haverford at Washington (2)
McDaniel at Swarthmore (2) - Depth of Swat's P tested.  Bats will carry them.

[RSSmith]

Here are the weekend matchups.  Any observations/predictions?

Friday, March 26
Ursinus at Haverford - Hav's #1 apparently out.  P depth will be tested fri/sat all season.

Pappius-Lefebrve had a good outing in the season opener, then didn't pitch for two weeks--giving up 5 runs in 2 innings--and hasn't been heard from since.  If he's not hurt, he's got plenty of rest.

[RSSmith]

Haverford 10--Ursinus 1 (no surprise)
Washington 2--F&M 1 (when will the Dips get it going?)

[RSSmith]

Dickinson 4--McDaniel 2 (coin toss)

Swat--Muhlenberg and JHU--Gettysburg PPD

[RSSmith]

Here are the weekend matchups.  Any observations/predictions?

Friday, March 26
Ursinus at Haverford - Hav's #1 apparently out.  P depth will be tested fri/sat all season.

Pappius-Lefebrve had a good outing in the season opener, then didn't pitch for two weeks--giving up 5 runs in 2 innings--and hasn't been heard from since.  If he's not hurt, he's got plenty of rest.

If anybody besides four Hopkins fans ever read these boards, we might be able to find out.

[RollTide]

Dickinson and McDaniel were PPD today, the 4-2 score was from Tuesday. Also, Pappius-Lefebrve is out for the season, he needs TJ.

[d3baseballnut]

Here are the weekend matchups.  Any observations/predictions?

Friday, March 26
Ursinus at Haverford - Hav's #1 apparently out.  P depth will be tested fri/sat all season.

Pappius-Lefebrve had a good outing in the season opener, then didn't pitch for two weeks--giving up 5 runs in 2 innings--and hasn't been heard from since.  If he's not hurt, he's got plenty of rest.

If anybody besides four Hopkins fans ever read these boards, we might be able to find out.

[bulldozer]

RSSmith, what do you think about Swarthmore's strong start?

[RSSmith]

RSSmith, what do you think about Swarthmore's strong start?

Actually, they started pretty slow (3-6 with a lot of losses to Wesleyan and Pitt-Bradford, not your top tier programs), but they went on an 8-game winning streak against Vassar (seldom a winner), Maine Presque-Isle (which should be a club sport) and McDaniel.  Nonetheless, winning 8 in a row is nothing to be scoffed at.  They did beat Widener, which is a very good team in the MACC, and they split with Muhlenberg.  I still think they'll finish in the bottom half of the Centennial Conference, but I also think that nobody should count on Swarthmore as an easy win.  I'm looking forward to the DH this weekend.  I'll be there.

[Hammer Ball]

My pre-season Guess for 2010 was:
1. F&M - Strong all around
2. Hopkins - Will score alot of runs
3. Haverford - Will contend to the end
4. Washington - Pitching may carry them
5. Swat - On the upswing
6. Gettysburg - Do not count out
7. Muhlenberg - Must recover from offensive losses
8. Ursinus - Huge loss at No. 1
9. Dickinson - Sweep of JHU in '09 cannot be forgotten
10. McDaniel - May be rebuilding

My pre-conference guess is :
1. Hopkins -  May win each conf game by avg 10+ runs.
2. F&M  - Will benefit from very tough pre-conference slate.  Solid 1 thru 9.
3. Muhlenberg - SS can rake
4. Washington - Pitching will keep then in most games
5. Haverford - If #1 P is out 5th may be a reach.  Butera's numbers insane
6. Gettysburg - Speedy CF and resurgent 3b make dangerous combo
7. Dickinson - Tough pre-conf sched.  Can't forget JHU sweep.
8. Swat - Top 2 P's tough and hitters gaining experience
9.   Ursinus - Big losses tough to overcome.
10. McDaniel - Someone has to be last.

I should have kept Swat in the top half where I had them originally.  Great start for the Garnet.