BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[warrior35]

Wheaton puts a complete game together in beating Millikin 12-2 in 7 today.  Evan Rahn gave up just 4 hits and the Thunder scored 12 runs on 17 hits, including 2 home runs. 

Hopefully the weather will hold off tomorrow so we can get some CCIW action in!

[D3Vike11]

Wheaton completes the sweep of Millikin 2-0 in Game 2 and 5-0 in Game 3.

Elmhurst beats North Central 3-2 in Game 1 of the series. Elmhurst leads 4-0 in the 7th in Game 2.

Wesleyan beats Carthage 3-2 in Game 1. Carthage leads 8-0 in the 4th inning of Game 2.

Augustana beats North Park 12-5 in Game 1. North Park currently leads 3-0 in the 1st inning of Game 2.

Current standings:
North Park     7-3
Il. Wesleyan   7-3
North Central  6-4
Wheaton        6-6
Augustana      5-5
Elmhurst        5-5
Carthage       3-7
Millikin          3-9

[Gregory Sager]

Both Kuligowski and Silverthorne have gotten knocked around for NPU today. Not a good omen.

[jester13]

Soldano will have to throw a gem in game 2 and hopefully the bats will come around. This could be 3 straight conference losses? Whats going on?

[mwunder]

Wesleyan beats Carthage 3-2 in Game 1.

Carthage pissed a few opportunities away in the game...in the 4th, they had 2nd and 3rd with no one out and failed to score a run and only put one ball in play even.  In the 6th, they had 2nd and 3rd with one out and only scored once.  In the 9th, they failed to move the lead-off hitter to second after a single.  Too many missed opportunities against a good team.

Oh well, that's baseball I guess.

[D3Vike11]

Soldano will have to throw a gem in game 2 and hopefully the bats will come around. This could be 3 straight conference losses? Whats going on?

North Park has had 2 horrendous games in a row. It was hard to watch even on live stats. As a North Park fan, not sure if I'm rooting for Carthage or not to beat Wesleyan.

[Gregory Sager]

Soldano will have to throw a gem in game 2 and hopefully the bats will come around. This could be 3 straight conference losses? Whats going on?

North Park has had 2 horrendous games in a row. It was hard to watch even on live stats. As a North Park fan, not sure if I'm rooting for Carthage or not to beat Wesleyan.

Yeah, it's been a team-wide breakdown. The Vikes are playing poorly in every phase of the game: Pitching, hitting, fielding, and even baserunning.

Augie obviously came to play today, but 12-5 with 17 hits surrendered is by far the worst pitching day that NPU has suffered thus far this season -- and Kuligowski was on the mound. The hitters only got six hits -- and the team committed four errors.

[Gregory Sager]

To no one's surprise, Wheaton sweeps the doubleheader with Millikin by blanking the Big Blue for the second time today, 5-0.

[Gregory Sager]

Carthage came back to skunk IWU in seven, 10-0, as Danny Dahm handcuffed the Titans on six hits.

[Gregory Sager]

Go figure. Elmhurst sweeps the doubleheader by taking down North Central, 5-3 ... a sweep on NCC's home field, no less.

[jester13]

Folllowing the NPU vs Augie online. What does it mean when someone singles to third base or singles to ss. Just wondering

[Gregory Sager]

I'm not exactly sure how this particular live stats program works, but my guess is that it means that that was the infielder closest to the ball when it went into the outfield. Either that, or that particular infielder fielded the ball but was unable to throw out the batter, and the play was scored a single rather than an error or a fielder's choice.

[D3Vike11]

Saturday Games:

Wheaton completes the sweep 2-0, 5-0:
Trey Martin hits his 10th homerun of the year as the Thunder (6-6) complete the sweep of Millikin (3-9). Wheaton now looks ahead to next weekend when they face Augustana in a key series.

Elmhurst takes 2 from North Central 3-2, 5-3:
Elmhurst (6-5) comes out and surprises North Central (6-5) as they secure a much needed series win in just one day. Elmhurst scored 8 runs on the day and pitched well enough to hold the Cardinals in check. After getting swept by Millikin, the Blue Jays will look to use their own brooms as they wrap up the series with North Central tomorrow.

Carthage splits with Wesleyan 2-3, 10-0:
In Game 1, Carthage (4-7) had a couple late opportunities to score, but Wesleyan's (7-4) bullpen held the Red Men just enough to pick up the victory 3-2. Game 2 was a different story as Carthage comes out with 5 unearned runs in the bottom half of the 1st inning and won in convincing fashion 10-0 in 7 innings. Carthage looks to win the series tomorrow in a much needed series victory against IWU.

North Park splits with Augustana 5-12, 9-5:
Game 1 looked like a pitcher's duel as Trotta and Kuligowski faced off, but a 5-run 6th inning highlighted a 7 run lead over #20 North Park. Augustana (5-6) pounded out 17 hits while North Park (8-3) committed 4 errors in an ugly game for the Vikings. North Park came back swinging in Game 2 with 9 runs on 12 hits winning by a score of 9-5. North Park looks to get back to their winning ways and secure the series win in tomorrow's single game at noon.


Updated Standings:
North Park      8-3
Il. Wesleyan    7-4
North Central   6-5
Elmhurst         6-5
Wheaton         6-6
Augustana       5-6
Carthage         4-7
Millikin           3-9

[Gregory Sager]

Not very pretty baseball played today by either team in Rock Island. But the bottom line is that NPU comes out of the day with its CCIW lead intact.

[izzy stradlin]

Saturday Games:

Wheaton completes the sweep 2-0, 5-0:
Trey Martin hits his 10th homerun of the year as the Thunder (6-6) complete the sweep of Millikin (3-9). Wheaton now looks ahead to next weekend when they face Augustana in a key series.

Elmhurst takes 2 from North Central 3-2, 5-3:
Elmhurst (6-5) comes out and surprises North Central (6-5) as they secure a much needed series win in just one day. Elmhurst scored 8 runs on the day and pitched well enough to hold the Cardinals in check. After getting swept by Millikin, the Blue Jays will look to use their own brooms as they wrap up the series with North Central tomorrow.

Carthage splits with Wesleyan 2-3, 10-0:
In Game 1, Carthage (4-7) had a couple late opportunities to score, but Wesleyan's (7-4) bullpen held the Red Men just enough to pick up the victory 3-2. Game 2 was a different story as Carthage comes out with 5 unearned runs in the bottom half of the 1st inning and won in convincing fashion 10-0 in 7 innings. Carthage looks to win the series tomorrow in a much needed series victory against IWU.

North Park splits with Augustana 5-12, 9-5:
Game 1 looked like a pitcher's duel as Trotta and Kuligowski faced off, but a 5-run 6th inning highlighted a 7 run lead over #20 North Park. Augustana (5-6) pounded out 17 hits while North Park (8-3) committed 4 errors in an ugly game for the Vikings. North Park came back in Game 2 pounding out 9 runs on 12 hits winning by a score of 9-5. North Park looks to get back to their winning ways and secure the series win in tomorrow's single game at noon.


Updated Standings:
North Park      8-3
Il. Wesleyan    7-4
North Central   6-5
Elmhurst         6-5
Wheaton         6-6
Augustana       5-6
Carthage         4-7
Millikin           3-9

Should be a great second-half of the conference race.   Anyone want to predict 1-4 at this point?