BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

Mr. Ypsi · March 25, 2014, 05:35:49 PM

Conference play starts this weekend. Anyone know of any fields that are not yet playable? (Since the Titans open in Kenosha, I'm especially interested in whether or not that field is now snow free.)

The General Public · March 25, 2014, 10:58:56 PM

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Mr. Ypsi · March 26, 2014, 05:24:01 PM

Just took a look at the baseball scoreboard - very depressing. There were more games postponed or cancelled than games played! Northern conferences are going to have very compressed schedules this year, and many non-con games will probably have to be jettisoned.

Gregory Sager · March 26, 2014, 09:18:50 PM

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 25, 2014, 05:35:49 PM
Conference play starts this weekend. Anyone know of any fields that are not yet playable? (Since the Titans open in Kenosha, I'm especially interested in whether or not that field is now snow free.)

I can't speak to Kenosha, but there's a chance that the NPU vs. EC doubleheader on Saturday might be moved from Butterfield Park to Holmgren. There's apparently some question as to the playability of Butterfield. Holmgren has hosted five games already and is in great shape.

Speaking of which, the homestanding Vikings beat Benedictine today, 6-5, to raise their record on the season to 9-6.

BigPoppa · March 27, 2014, 08:37:54 AM

... and Carthage drops another game today 6-3 to Luther. Starting to get painful to check scores every day.

Mr. Ypsi · March 27, 2014, 06:51:04 PM

The scoreboard does NOT list the games in Kenosha as 'postponed', so that is an encouraging sign. If the field still had snow, I'm sure the games would have already been postponed, since it is a long drive up from B'town.

BigPoppa · March 28, 2014, 08:12:19 AM

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 27, 2014, 06:51:04 PM
The scoreboard does NOT list the games in Kenosha as 'postponed', so that is an encouraging sign. If the field still had snow, I'm sure the games would have already been postponed, since it is a long drive up from B'town.

With a turf infield, it should at least be playable. Knowing Coach Schmidt, the guys manually cleared snow (if any) from the outfield when they returned form Arizona.

sncsid · March 28, 2014, 11:24:24 AM

Quote from: BigPoppa on March 28, 2014, 08:12:19 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 27, 2014, 06:51:04 PM
The scoreboard does NOT list the games in Kenosha as 'postponed', so that is an encouraging sign. If the field still had snow, I'm sure the games would have already been postponed, since it is a long drive up from B'town.

With a turf infield, it should at least be playable. Knowing Coach Schmidt, the guys manually cleared snow (if any) from the outfield when they returned form Arizona.

Edgewood and UW-Milwaukee just played a game at Carthage earlier in the week.

BigPoppa · March 28, 2014, 11:56:33 AM

IWU @ Carthage update. Saturday will now be a single game at 1pm with a DH on Saturday at 11am. (I am guessing it a way to let the field dry a bit more on Saturday and let it warm up as well.)

mr_b · March 28, 2014, 12:53:04 PM

Quote from: BigPoppa on March 28, 2014, 11:56:33 AM
IWU @ Carthage update. Saturday will now be a single game at 1pm with a DH on Saturday at 11am. (I am guessing it a way to let the field dry a bit more on Saturday and let it warm up as well.)

The North Park-Elmhurst DH has been moved to Chicago: a single game on Saturday starting at 5 PM (to accommodate the softball DH earlier in the day) and a DH on Sunday, starting at 1 PM. Elmhurst will be the home team for the first two contests.

Gregory Sager · March 28, 2014, 04:05:36 PM

Wheaton and Augie open the CCIW slate this afternoon in the Quad Cities, and they'll conclude their series tomorrow with a DH in Carol Stream.

North Central at Millikin in a DH tomorrow and a single game down in Decatur on Sunday.

Mr. Ypsi · March 29, 2014, 04:39:21 PM

IWU over Carthage, 4-2, in ten innings. Jeff Johnson pitched the entire game, and yielded no earned runs, but 2 unearned runs in the bottom of the 9th spoiled his shutout and sent the game to the tenth. In the top of the tenth, the Titans promptly got 2 unearned runs of their own for the win.

Amazing how ten innings with no earned runs can help your ERA - Johnson's fell from a bad 5.40 to about 3.35!

Mr. Ypsi · March 30, 2014, 02:43:12 PM

IWU wins the opener of the twinbill in Kenosha, 11-3. The Titans had 3 HRs; Carthage had five errors. Coach Schmidt has got to find him some players who can catch and throw the ball!

Mr. Ypsi · March 30, 2014, 06:57:46 PM

IWU gets the sweep, 13-10. It looked like it would be a laugher, as the Titans got ELEVEN runs in the third, on a walk, 2 HBPs, 3 errors and 7 hits, including Hahn's grand slam. A tip of the cap to Carthage for not throwing in the towel - down 13-2, they got 4 in the 5th and 4 more in the 6th to make a game of it, but neither team ever scored again.

Chantastic · March 30, 2014, 09:05:22 PM

Surprises (to me) this wk. end:

Carthage didn't pick up one win.

Elmhurst didn't pick up one win and doesn't appear to have any pitching (4o runs in today's doubleheader!)

Top 5 teams (in no particular order) appear to be IWU, NPU, Augie, Wheaton, and North Central. I believe there is a real gap from there.