BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[REDMENFAN]

Carthage/Cortland started late because of the previous game in front of them. Going into the bottom of the 1st Cortland is up 1-0... Youcantseeme: I'm pretty sure BP was saying for the most part junk ballers have been effective vs. Carthage teams of the past. Of course there are always exceptions (Lapinski from IWU blew them away for two years.)  For the most part though, Carthage has been a fast ball hitting team and crushes pitchers who throw hard with no solid off-speed pitches (the other pitcher from IWU who got drafted the same year as Lapinski comes to mind.) Carthage completely tore the cover off the ball against him because his curveball and change-up were non-existent, so his 88-90mph fastball wasn't hard for Carthage to hit.  Who knows, maybe this years team is a junk ball hitting team, but that's about as likely as the thought that Carthage could be under .500 after 7 games in florida

[REDMENFAN]

Carthage is down 4-2 after 3 innings, Ryan Roufus is on the hill for Carthage. I guess Husing's arm wasn't ready to go...

[BigPoppa]

Too bad Husing is not going today... would have been a great matchup for him.

[REDMENFAN]

I'm guessing if it was the playoffs or something like that, he could've gone, but Augie most likely didn't want his ace throwing on 3 days rest only a few days into the season. Most consider Saturday to Wednesday 3 days rest (Sun-Tues a full 24 hours), he should be fine tomorrow on 4 full days of rest, which is how they do it in the minors and in the big leagues

[REDMENFAN]

Carthage now down 5-2 after 5 innings, Jordan Williams is now on the mound in relief

[Jim Dixon]

Carthage Baseball Falls to 3-4 with 6-2 Loss to SUNY-Cortland on Wednesday in Port Charlotte, Fla.

[augie28]

Updated Records as of 3/14

Augustana 6-1
Elmhurst 1-1
Carthage 3-4
Wheaton 3-4
North Park 1-3
Millikin 1-4
North Central 0-3
IWU 0-4

Not a good start for a conference that is generally strong in non-conference play.  I know it isn't a huge indicator of things to come as each team plays a different spring schedule, some being much stronger than others, but hopefully the teams iron out their flaws in time for conference play.


Does anyone have an update on the North Central situation?  I see that only 9 players show up in the stats and they are hitting .208 as a team. 

[thelou]

Millikin is off to a 1-4 record.  Thier bats seem to be alive scoring 42 runs in five games.  On the other hand, thier pitchers are giving up touchdowns on the scoreboard.  Just a matter of time before it all clicks...hopefully.  They leave for Port Charlotte with first games starting Monday morning. 

[BigPoppa]

Carthage Baseball Falls to 3-4 with 6-2 Loss to SUNY-Cortland on Wednesday in Port Charlotte, Fla.

Absolutely heart-breaking start for Carthage fans. I am speechless right now.

[Gregory Sager]

Also, congrats to NP on their first victory this season

NPU's next game in the Snedigar tournament is tomorrow (Thursday) against #3 Montclair State. I'm not particularly looking forward to seeing the final score of that game.

[yank52]

Saw the 4 games for NPU and the defense was atrocious, I felt bad for the pitchers who had good outings.
The officials for games 2 & 3 were definitely out of the twilight zone, nothing went right and it was defense, defense, defense that dug the early grave.

I see good things with 12 freshmen and 2 pitchers (transfers) that will make this team competitive and dangerous during the last 3rd of the conference season into the playoffs.

[Gregory Sager]

Good to hear that, Yank. Any of the Vikings stand out to you in particular?

[REDMENFAN]

Here's the link to the Carthage article today. The first half is about parkside, but the second half is about the Carthage game and has a few things Augie has to say.
http://kenoshanews.com/articles/index.php?articleNum=826761

[BigPoppa]

It has been pretty painful to "watch" this progress from the West Coast. I think the Red Men were a bit too confident in bringing their entire line up back from last year. Often that leads to complacency. Competition for starting spots is what drives the pre-season workouts into high gear and it appears that Carthage hitters are completely lost right now.

NOTE TO CARTHAGE HITTERS: Figure it out!!!!!!! Every year, the CCIW teams say that this is the year that Carthage has a down year and it never is. You owe it to yourselves, and your fans, to work harder than you ever have before in the cages. "Great players are those who are mentally comfortable with being  physically uncomfortable."

[knarocky22]

Is that really what they're trying to say when Carthage is voted to finish first pretty much every year (and if not first then second)?