BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[Hobbesy]

Dartmouth and Eastern split

Corsairs tie game one with a two-run homer in ninth and win it in the eleventh.

Leaves Eastern and Keene tied atop standings with two to play

[hockeyfan77]

Keene State Sweeps Southern Maine, 12-10 and 12-6...USM is now 17-16-1 (6-5 in the LEC)...


Next up:

Huskies Host UMass Boston on Sunday (1:00 p.m.)

[wordsmith]

Was able to attend both games between USM/KSC. Day started off with a bad omen as the USM bus broke down in Maine.

Bad Day continued as USM was swept by the Owls. Owls played well, even solid if I must say so. USM struggled in most all phases of the game. Defense in the infield has to be a concern. Pitching struggled to get the big out when they needed it.

The the Coach was tossed out for arguing Balls & strikes, an argument that had been ongoing in the first game.

But the highlight of the day was the entire event-like day that KSC put on. The day was marked by benefits, raffles and games to raise money to combat breast & prostrate cancer. I tip my hat to the college for a job well done.

At any one time a fan could watch a womens' lax game, a women's softball game and of course our dearly beloved baseball. All the games were against USM. So cool.


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[Stump]

Was able to attend both games between USM/KSC. Day started off with a bad omen as the USM bus broke down in Maine.

Bad Day continued as USM was swept by the Owls. Owls played well, even solid if I must say so. USM struggled in most all phases of the game. Defense in the infield has to be a concern. Pitching struggled to get the big out when they needed it.

The the Coach was tossed out for arguing Balls & strikes, an argument that had been ongoing in the first game.

But the highlight of the day was the entire event-like day that KSC put on. The day was marked by benefits, raffles and games to raise money to combat breast & prostrate cancer. I tip my hat to the college for a job well done.

At any one time a fan could watch a womens' lax game, a women's softball game and of course our dearly beloved baseball. All the games were against USM. So cool.


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HOF Ed got tossed for arguing balls and strikes? Finally? never noticed him doing that   ok so maybe once or twice or ...

[hockeyfan77]

Was able to attend both games between USM/KSC. Day started off with a bad omen as the USM bus broke down in Maine.

Bad Day continued as USM was swept by the Owls. Owls played well, even solid if I must say so. USM struggled in most all phases of the game. Defense in the infield has to be a concern. Pitching struggled to get the big out when they needed it.

The the Coach was tossed out for arguing Balls & strikes, an argument that had been ongoing in the first game.

But the highlight of the day was the entire event-like day that KSC put on. The day was marked by benefits, raffles and games to raise money to combat breast & prostrate cancer. I tip my hat to the college for a job well done.

At any one time a fan could watch a womens' lax game, a women's softball game and of course our dearly beloved baseball. All the games were against USM. So cool.


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HOF Ed got tossed for arguing balls and strikes? Finally? never noticed him doing that   ok so maybe once or twice or ...

It's been a long year:  cut him some slack!!!!   

[Stump]

hockeyfan:
true enough. just an observation that I had to throw out there

[Jcon8958]

2 big wins for UMB vs PSU yesterday. Dalton just keeps shutting teams down. Gomez pitched well in the 2nd game. Hitting was there all day long. Got another big game today vs. USM. They will hand the ball to Andriano to make it a clean sweep this weekend.

[santeezy06]

Jconn,

I can't believe your calling  a sweep of Plymouth State  1-11 LEC  7-25 overall a big win, the whole conference swept them, except for one fluke. Your team will be tested from here on out and they might want to step up there game.

[ecfaninri]

LEC tourney site comes down to this weekend. I am not to sure how the tie breakers go but I am sure if Eastern sweeps and Keene splits with UMD it goes to Eastern. However, in the topsy turvey kind of way the seedings are just as important this year because all the teams have had their signature wins on the road as well as some upsets at home.

Eastern lost a golden opportunity to sweep yesterday with a 6-5 loss in 11 innings to the Corsairs. Leading 5-3 going into the bottom of the ninth and Musson in to close, seemend like a done deal until he hit Talis and Ryan launched one to tie the game. Little surprised they didn't go with Dutton or Roveto inthe ninth and save Tingley for longer relief in the 2nd game.Wojick came in and pitched well for 3 innings in relief of Schult.

Another game with an ump with a short fuse and rabbit ears in game one, made the game a lot longer than it should have been. For the second year in a row the Warriors had a double play end an inning late in the game where the ump ruled the baserunner was out on batter's interference on the catcher's throw to 2nd base. Same play in the second game with UMD at the plate - different call. Just wondering.

Fontaine seems to be back on track and threw a complete game. Looks ready for the post season. Castillo tossed in the first game for arguing a 3rd strike, but probably more for his flinging his bat in disgust. It cost the Warriors because he missed two at bats later in the game when they could have used him. He made up for it in the 2nd game launching a 2 run homer to give the Warriors a 5-2 lead. The Warriors hung on despite some costly outfield errors in the 8th and Fontaine ended the game by getting Talis looking. Now with a record of 5-1 and an ERA under 4, it seems like the Warriors are setting up their tournament rotation with Musson, Fontaine, Schult and Church. With theoffensive firepower they have, it looks like they may have the upper hand with starters, but they won't have the luxury of using Musson and Fontaine out of the pen in the tourney like they did in the regular season.

Good games.... something like this will probably be the norm at the LEC tourney.

[ecfaninri]

Santeezy,
I can't say anything about a comment concerning big wins vs. Plymouth because Eastern did blow a BIG That might haunt them if they don't host it. Oddly, Plymouth is the one team that showed no fear to Eastern in their games. I was hoping they would show the same fight with the Beacons yesterday, but that's the way it goes.

[Jcon8958]

Santeezy,

Any wins in the little east are big wins to improve seeding for the tourney. Am I wrong in thinking that? Dont worry RIC will get there chance to get battered around next week by UMB bats. I guess those wouldnt be considered big wins either.

[kscer]

Keene State wins 7-5 over Wheaton. They are playing much better, with some good defensive plays in all three games. They should win two against UMD to finish out if they play the way they did yesterday and today. Could be tournament time in the swamp again this year.

[santeezy06]

Jcon,

Just bring your A-game this weekend. A win against RIC is huge for a scrub team like the Beacons. Only thing I hear about the Beacons is the crap that you speal. Get some good wins under your belt and get back to me. OH and goodluck next week...............

[wordsmith]

Saw most of the KSC/Wheaties tilt today.

Some random thoughts:

This could have been a game that KSC mailed in, sweep of USM yesterday in a typical USM marathon session. They did not only not mail it in they played with high energy and passion.

Defense has improved markedly since the opening of the New England campaign. Infield D is better with Patnode moving to 2nd; Outfield D is better as well although limited range compared to past Owl outfields.

I really like what I am seeing out of the young pitching staff. There are some serious arms on that staff.

Overall, 7 straight wins, including Husson, Wheaton, USM (2), Suffolk; 11-4 since the ugly tie to Williams,  with losses to WNEC, RIC, TEE, & UMB.  

So I have to believe KSC is now a legit contenders for an LEC title run. It would help if they could get home field and force The Evil Empire to mount their deathstar for a ride into Rebel country.

One final note: I have it on good authority that a broken clipboard was found by the clean-up gang in the vistor Dugout after the Sullen Maine games yesterday. It had USM Logo on it.

An one final final note about yesterday's dbl dip. Remember how I related that the USM bus broken down on the way down to Keene? Well the bus would not start for the trip back. Now USM had Men's & Women's Lax & softball & Baseball all playing in the swamp. The bus that would not start was the Lax bus, so those poor kids had to wait around until late last evening for a replacement bus to drive down from Maine.

And to boot USM teams went 1-5 vs KSC. What a day. And the pain continues for USM as today they let a 5-2 lead in the ninth slip away as UMB takes a 9-6 win. JConn is dancing today. BobbyBeacon is all smiles


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[KSCfan]

Fellas the owls seem to be playing thier best baseball right now with a win streak , some good pitching, and an offense that is rolling. Keene got some ne votes last week should be interesting to see if they can move up the ne poll. I think correct me if I am wrong the first tie breaker is head to head and then I think it's record against next best team. We have to go down three or four teams for a tie breaker. Keene controls their own destiny which is really all you can ask for going into the final weekend.

If Keene sweeps umd and makes it to the finals of the LEC, Are they a pool c contender??  Does the win over Wheaton who hAs thier Mansfield ticket punch show the NCAA something or does one to many early season losses force the owls to have to win the tourny?

Jcon good win for your beacons today and hockeyfan tough weekend for coach F and the huskies