BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Titan Q]

IWU if off to a 3-0 start, with a double-header sweep over Greenville and a win over Rust.  Dennis Martel went with the following lineup in the Rust game yesterday...

SS - Zach Scott, So. (St. Charles East H.S.)
CF - Jon Frericks, Fr. (Warren Township H.S.)
LF - Mark McDermott, Jr. (Andrew H.S.)
DH - Kevin Sullivan, Jr. (Highland Park H.S.)
1B - Kevin Callaghan, So. (Brother Rice H.S.)
2B - Jonathan Erickson, Fr. (St. Charles East H.S.)
LF - Bobby Czarnowski, Fr. (Naperville Central H.S.)
C - A.J. Green, So. (Highland Park H.S.)
3B - Anthony Lopez, So. (Naperville Central H.S.)

Regulars who did not play in that out-of-region game were...

CF - Ryan Hopp, Sr. (Hinsdale South H.S.)
3B - Jeff Grodecki, Sr. (Glenbrook South H.S.)

IWU's top 2 starters are:

1. Jason Pankau, Sr. (York H.S.)
2. Joe Sweeney, Jr. (Fenwick H.S.)

Both won their season debuts.  Not quite sure who #3 is yet.


Looks like the Titans have a nice blend of experienced guys and talented newcomers.  And they have a whole bunch of kids from the Chicago area (every single guy above)!

[mwunder]

Carthage takes two yesterday and is down 3-2 in the 5th to 8th rated Marietta this morning.

Potential issue for Carthage however as Mario Perez only gets through 3 innings in today's game after giving up only 2 hits.

[mr_b]

North Park held on to defeat Thiel 10-9.  They overcame four Tomcat home runs (two barely cleared the fence) and two deficits.  Pete Sparacino picked up the win and Merrick McGrady was credited with the save.

The Vikings move to 2-2 on the season.  Next up is Bethel (MN).

[mwunder]

Carthage loses the first game to Marietta , 3-2 in 9.  They are up 4-2 in the top of the 5th in the second game. 

Listening to the live stream from Marietta and the announcer mentioned that Carthage just got their new bats delivered last week.  I wonder what the problem was with that since the changes were announced effective Jan 1st.

Marietta is 9 - 1 on the season and has given up 8 runs total on the season.  The 4 runs for Carthage through 5 are the most they've given up in a game this season.  I'm betting they will be heard from again later in the season.

[mwunder]

Marietta loads the bases in the bottom of the 10th (tied at 4) and proceeds to ground out to 3rd for the force at the plate, pop out to 2nd, and fly to right to end the inning.

Freshman Sam Wilhelms came in with the bases loaded to get all three outs.

[mwunder]

Carthage moves to 2-2 on the season with a 5-4 loss in 14 innings to Marietta.  The Express had chances to win it in the 10 and 11th (getting a runner thrown out at home to end the inning), but finally came through in the 14th.  Winning run reached base on Carthage's 5th error of the game.

14 K's for Marietta pitchers.

[BigPoppa]

Carthage commits four errors on the day (to go with the five yesterday in game #2) but hangs on to defeat Rhodes 3-2. Defense appears to be an issue for the Redmen early on. Hopefully some time on the field instead of the gym will help solve that problem.

[mwunder]

Carthage commits four errors on the day (to go with the five yesterday in game #2) but hangs on to defeat Rhodes 3-2. Defense appears to be an issue for the Redmen early on. Hopefully some time on the field instead of the gym will help solve that problem.

AMEN!

Also, some good news.  Mario is just behind in his throwing according to the Marietta post-game write-up.

"Mario Perez pitched the first three innings of the opener and blanked the Pioneers on two hits and a walk. Matt Martinski took over in the fourth for the big lefty, who is a little behind the other pitchers, due to some floating bone chips in his elbow. The bone chips will not requires surgery, but Perez missed some time during indoor practice due to the injury."

[BigPoppa]

Two things that scare me right now about Carthage as a team:

1. 14 errors in 5 games... averaging nearly 3 errors a game is gonna catch up with them if they they don't bring their A-game against heidelberg tomorrow.

2. I know we are only 5 games in, but when was the last time you saw a Carthage team hitting .231 as a team?

it appears they have the pitching with 1.52 ERA right now.

[BigPoppa]

Lizcaino leads off with a 3B for Heidelberg and scores on sac fly. 1-0 in top of one over Carthage. Could get ugly today as the Redmen are out of arms after extra innings on Saturday with Marietta.

[Gregory Sager]

NPU upped its record to 3-2 with an 8-4 win over Bethel today in Fort Myers. The Vikings take on Dubuque tomorrow morning.

[Mr. Ypsi]

IWU rained out of its game at Miss Col today; they'll try to make it up tomorrow at 1, then play at Millsaps at 6.  Fortunately, Clinton and Jackson are very close together!

[BigPoppa]

Lizcaino leads off with a 3B for Heidelberg and scores on sac fly. 1-0 in top of one over Carthage. Could get ugly today as the Redmen are out of arms after extra innings on Saturday with Marietta.

The Redmen ran out of arms and gave up 5 in the 9th in an 8-5 loss to #1 Heidelberg. They drop to 3-3 with three close losses to top ten teams. I think the Redmen are going to be fine. They seem to have some solid pitching this year and it is just a matter of time before the Carthage bats get going.

[BigPoppa]

Carthage currently up 7-4 in the 9th on Montclair State. Eric Rohe has just been pulled after 8.1 innings of work.

Anyone know why Aiello was not in the line-up today?

[BigPoppa]

Carthage currently up 7-4 in the 9th on Montclair State. Eric Rohe has just been pulled after 8.1 innings of work.

Anyone know why Aiello was not in the line-up today?

Carthage hangs on for a 7-4 win. 16 hites for the Redmen today. Nice to see the bats come alive.