BB: LEC: Little East Conference

Jcon8958 · May 11, 2011, 03:31:30 PM

Like I said earlier word they BOTH think they can steal game 1.

wordsmith · May 11, 2011, 04:13:33 PM

Quote from: Jcon8958 on May 11, 2011, 03:31:30 PM
Like I said earlier word they BOTH think they can steal game 1.

Right you are.

I suspect the decision by RIC was based on previous match-ups i.e. their 2 matched up better than their 1 vs EConn.
I can see where TEE could think they could steal one from a "just barely made it into the playoffs RIC team". But for RIC to have that thought is a bit of a stretch...unless it was based upon previous match-ups.

I took a quick look at the RIC/TEE match-up this year and one could see why EConn pitched Dimon. When he faced RIC this season his line was almost identical to Schult.

Dimon 9 innings 3 hits 3 earned runs Win
Schult 9 innings 3 hits 2 earned runs Win

As for RIC clearly Tsoumakos was the better selection based upon his performance earlier this year vs EConn

Tsoumakos threw 7 innings and gave up 3 earned runs with Hoey throwing 2 scoreless innings. And based upon records and ERA etc. Tsoumakos is RIC's #1. Their "#2" Levesque surrendered 8 runs on 10 hits over 4 innings to EConn

So the pitching decisions really came down to match-ups.

Word

hockeyfan77 · May 11, 2011, 04:40:06 PM

Final USM 9 UMB 4

kscer · May 11, 2011, 07:33:06 PM

Does KSC go with their No 1? Who is their 1. They know if they win they play USM who has not been a real good matchup for them.Their problem with UMD is solving their pitcher rather than their hitters. We will shortly find out.

hockeyfan77 · May 11, 2011, 07:45:13 PM

Quote from: kscer on May 11, 2011, 07:33:06 PM
Does KSC go with their No 1? Who is their 1. They know if they win they play USM who has not been a real good matchup for them.Their problem with UMD is solving their pitcher rather than their hitters. We will shortly find out.

If I was KSC, I would try and get Pelkey matched-up against USM: he pitched well against them last time out...

hockeyfan77 · May 11, 2011, 08:13:21 PM

Final KSC 12 UMD 0

kscer · May 11, 2011, 08:22:47 PM

Quote from: hockeyfan77 on May 11, 2011, 07:45:13 PM
Quote from: kscer on May 11, 2011, 07:33:06 PM
Does KSC go with their No 1? Who is their 1. They know if they win they play USM who has not been a real good matchup for them.Their problem with UMD is solving their pitcher rather than their hitters. We will shortly find out.

If I was KSC, I would try and get Pelkey matched-up against USM: he pitched well against them last time out...

Looks like that's what they're doing. Theising started against Dartmouth.

hockeyfan77 · May 11, 2011, 10:40:56 PM

Nick Grady (3 for 5, 3 RBI) Helps #5 USM Down #2 UMass Boston 9-4 to improve to 22-17....

Next up for USM:

Tomorrow Keen State @ 7:00

7express · May 12, 2011, 12:47:05 AM

WOW, Boston vs. Eastern loser is eliminated. Who saw that when the tournament started?? Still think the winner of this game can still win the title, but they have a big, deep hole to climb out of.

7express · May 12, 2011, 01:22:26 AM

Friday predictions:
Eastern 6 vs. Boston 2. Boston's in trouble since they used Dalton and Eastern didn't use Schult which I would assume (hope if I'm an Eastern fan) goes in this game. Speaking of trouble, Eastern's pool C bid could be in trouble if they lose this game.
Rhode Island 3 vs. Dartmouth 5. Assuming the result is right RIC and Dartmouth would each be 1-1. It says the winner of this game goes onto game 7, but if RIC loses how would that affect the draw since both teams will be 1-1??
Southern Maine 7 vs. Keene state 9. Should be fun, and think this will be an offensive game. Should be a fun game to keep tabs on.

KSCfan · May 12, 2011, 06:45:22 AM

To back track a little i was at the Keene State/UMD game last night and here are some of my thoughts.

1. Thies pitched awesome for keene. He went 6 strong for them only giving up i think 3 hits. He really kept the Corsairs off balance and looked to have some good late life on his fastball. I was very impressed with him and he gave the owls just what they needed. Stanclift came out of the bullpenand looked very strong as well. He pitched two scoreless innings, and did so in a quick matter of fact fashion. Kyle O finished the game off and Keene pitching which at times has struggled looked really good. If the staff keeps this up the owls are going to be tough to beat.

2. No real shocker here but Keene pounded the ball, but it wasnt a hr show like the score might show. I lost count in the 6th but i bet that Keene had 6 stolen bases last night. It seemed that every single turned into a double because they stole so many bases. It started right at the top of the lineup with Bates who was on base all night, and then stealing bases. Dartmought made a couple of errors early and keene capitalized on them.

3. UMD looked dead. They just didnt come to play. They had a couple of errors, and then when keene got up 5 in the 3rd they rolled over and died. They overthrew cutoff guys to allow runners to advance into scoring position, i just wasnt impressed with them at all. They had better wake up today or its going to be a quick tournament.

Overall a good night for keene, but just one game in a tournament full of them.

KSCfan · May 12, 2011, 07:26:43 AM

Also when was the last time that the 4, 5, 6 seeds won in the tournament on day 1?

Crazy tournament this year to go with the crazy year. Although not every year that keene is a 4 and Southern Maine is a 5

gap to gap · May 12, 2011, 07:58:32 AM

Eastern's pool C bid was probably already shot with the lack of quality wins down the stretch. With Tufts and Amherst ahead in the regional ranking and a less hectic conference tournament to get through they are most likely to get an at large. Should leave the little east with one team in the tournament making it real odd to not have thrown schult.

wordsmith · May 12, 2011, 08:16:22 AM

Quote from: wordsmith on May 11, 2011, 04:13:33 PM
Quote from: Jcon8958 on May 11, 2011, 03:31:30 PM
Like I said earlier word they BOTH think they can steal game 1.

Right you are.

I suspect the decision by RIC was based on previous match-ups i.e. their 2 matched up better than their 1 vs EConn.
I can see where TEE could think they could steal one from a "just barely made it into the playoffs RIC team". But for RIC to have that thought is a bit of a stretch...unless it was based upon previous match-ups.

I took a quick look at the RIC/TEE match-up this year and one could see why EConn pitched Dimon. When he faced RIC this season his line was almost identical to Schult.

Dimon 9 innings 3 hits 3 earned runs Win
Schult 9 innings 3 hits 2 earned runs Win

As for RIC clearly Tsoumakos was the better selection based upon his performance earlier this year vs EConn

Tsoumakos threw 7 innings and gave up 3 earned runs with Hoey throwing 2 scoreless innings. And based upon records and ERA etc. Tsoumakos is RIC's #1. Their "#2" Levesque surrendered 8 runs on 10 hits over 4 innings to EConn

So the pitching decisions really came down to match-ups.

Word

gap to gap....the reasoning not to throw Schult is IMHO given above. Dimon & Schult had 'twin-like" performances against RIC this year. And we need to give credit to RIC who says they might not have done the same to Schult? They maybe the UMB of this year's tourney?

EConn over UMB
UMD over RIC
USM over KSC

This maybe USM's tourney this year. Laying in the weeds.
Word

KSCfan · May 12, 2011, 09:09:41 AM

Very interesting today as either UMBust goes home for good, or Eastern goes back to campus and await the D3 baseball gods decesion. Would a two and screw be enough to put Eastern out looking in?

I personally dont think so as eastern was ranked in the top 25 last time i saw, and i have a hard time seeing the ncaa leaving out a top 25 team. If it came down to Eastern and Tufts, Eastern should get it as Tufts regional schedule was a joke with only like 20 something wins in-region where as Eastern has something like 27 in region wins. I dont know, should be interesting to see what happens.