BB: UMAC: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

[paulisdeadman]

Lost 2 close ones, kicked it around a little bit, staff looked good again, not sure how many of the runs were earned.

[BaseballFan]

CSS sweeps Muhlenberg to start their spring trip in Florida

[BaseballFan]

CSS collects another 2 wins today, beating Mount St. Vincent and Rutgers Camden

[BaseballFan]

CSS lost yesterday 3-2 to Gettysburg, then swept Stockton College today

*side note* CSS now uses a new system for live stats which has been disappointing in my opinion. It does not work half the time plus you cant look up in game stats of each player.

[schmolph]

I would agree on the live stats...terrible.

[MNbaseball]

CSS and Bethany are scheduled to take the field again this weekend in Rockford, Illinois to play Rockford and Augsburg in double headers.  Rockford shared their regular season league title last year and Augsburg fell in the MIAC playoff championship so these games should be a good test for both and solid victories for the UMAC against good competition.

[biggio34]

CSS and Bethany are scheduled to take the field again this weekend in Rockford, Illinois to play Rockford and Augsburg in double headers.  Rockford shared their regular season league title last year and Augsburg fell in the MIAC playoff championship so these games should be a good test for both and solid victories for the UMAC against good competition.

The weather forecast looks very cold... highs in the upper 30's.  Pack the warm weather gear!

I would expect all these games to be fairly close as I'm not sure any of these teams offenses have really hit their stride yet, and I wouldn't expect it to happen in such cold weather.

[MNbaseball]

well it looks like BLC and CSS will be forced to stay indoors for a while longer with this weekends games cancelled in Rockford.

[biggio34]

Looks like some of the UMAC series this weekend will be postponed.  Does anyone know if Bethany and Presentation are playing?

[scrapper]

looks like bethany and presentation games are going to be played as of noon today.

[scrapper]

Bethany got their game in.  After presentation hit a grand slam in the 1st inning Bethany won 14-6 in a 9-inning game.

[biggio34]

UMAC results from Tuesday...
Bethany thumped Martin Luther 22-5,
Northwestern swept Crown, 3-1 and 12-3,
CSS v Northland Postponed
Morris v Presentation Postponed

The UMAC is shaping up to be a 3 horse race in the early goings with Northwestern (5-0), Bethany Lutheran (4-0), CSS (3-0) all undefeated.  Based on how bad some of the lower tier teams appear to be, I'm guessing that the conference will more or less be decided this weekend when CSS plays Bethany in a Friday/Saturday series.  The field in Duluth is not ready so the series has been moved to Mankato.

[BaseballFan]

BLC jumps out early on CSS with 3 runs in the first, sound like 2 unearned as there was an error on the RF. 

side note* I think there is some poor score keeping out there, for example noticed that they give Woodsire 2 RBIs on an error.

[Just Bill]

BLC jumps out early on CSS with 3 runs in the first, sound like 2 unearned as there was an error on the RF. 

side note* I think there is some poor score keeping out there, for example noticed that they give Woodsire 2 RBIs on an error.

Could happen. If it was second and third and he hit a single to right and the RF booted it, the scorekeeper might determine that both runs would have scored anyway regardless of the error. In that case, it would still be two RBIs. Hard to know without seeing it or having all the details.

[BaseballFan]

BLC jumps out early on CSS with 3 runs in the first, sound like 2 unearned as there was an error on the RF. 

side note* I think there is some poor score keeping out there, for example noticed that they give Woodsire 2 RBIs on an error.

Could happen. If it was second and third and he hit a single to right and the RF booted it, the scorekeeper might determine that both runs would have scored anyway regardless of the error. In that case, it would still be two RBIs. Hard to know without seeing it or having all the details.

But since he was not awarded a hit it cannot be 2 RBIs, the scorer ruled E9. The only way it could be 2 RBIs and an E9 would be that if the batter recieved a hit advanced to 2nd on th error. You cannot rule that if the runner would of still scored and give him an error (say if he botched the ball a little bit, then its a 2RBI hit with no error)...i wont lose sleep over it so not that big of a deal

CSS now up 7-5 bottom of 6