BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

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Congrats to Carthage's Jason Acevado on being named the CCIW hitter of the week for the second week in a row. In 3 conference games, he went 9 for 15 at the plate with 3 homeruns. Weaver from Wheaton picked up the pitching award this week. Congrats to both athletes

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Carthage goes to 22-0 with a 10-4 win over elmhurst today in Kenosha. Acevado continued the hot hitting going 3-3. Freshman Mario Lopez picked up the win

[mr_b]

North Park took one from D-1 opponent Chicago State, 16-14, in ten innings.  The wind was blowing straight out to center on the South Side and the Cougars cracked four home runs, but North Park came back with 7- and 6-run innings to take the lead.  Zach Laffey hit a pair of two-run homers, the second in the top of the tenth, to provide the margin of victory.

[mwunder]

North Park took one from D-1 opponent Chicago State, 16-14, in ten innings.  The wind was blowing straight out to center on the South Side and the Cougars cracked four home runs, but North Park came back with 7- and 6-run innings to take the lead.  Zach Laffey hit a pair of two-run homers, the second in the top of the tenth, to provide the margin of victory.

That's a nice win for DIII and for the Parkers.  Congrats on the win.

[robberki]

North Park took one from D-1 opponent Chicago State, 16-14, in ten innings.  The wind was blowing straight out to center on the South Side and the Cougars cracked four home runs, but North Park came back with 7- and 6-run innings to take the lead.  Zach Laffey hit a pair of two-run homers, the second in the top of the tenth, to provide the margin of victory.

That's a nice win for DIII and for the Parkers.  Congrats on the win.

I believe assistant coach Steve Hardman is running the show right now while Luke is out for the birth of his new baby. Congrats to coach steve, I think he's sporting a 3-1 record right now.

[CCIW Bird]

No offense intended, but how is Wheaton garnering more votes than Augie or Ill Wesleyan on the current DIII baseball.com poll question?

Name recognition and confusion over Wheaton Mass?  Or are there that many Wheaton fans on this site?

What was the question that was being polled?

[mr_b]

No offense intended, but how is Wheaton garnering more votes than Augie or Ill Wesleyan on the current DIII baseball.com poll question?

Name recognition and confusion over Wheaton Mass?  Or are there that many Wheaton fans on this site?

What was the question that was being polled?

Wheaton Mass. is 24-6 and is currently ranked 14th in D3.

[mwunder]

No offense intended, but how is Wheaton garnering more votes than Augie or Ill Wesleyan on the current DIII baseball.com poll question?

Name recognition and confusion over Wheaton Mass?  Or are there that many Wheaton fans on this site?

What was the question that was being polled?

Who is the best team in the Central Region?
Carthage, Augie, Ill Wesleyan, Wheaton, and forgive me, but one of the IIAC teams and one of the SLIAC teams.

[matblake]

Wheaton inches closer to their all time best win total of 18 with a win over Benedictine. http://athletics.wheaton.edu/News/baseball/2008/4/15/base-ben.asp?path=baseball

[Mr. Ypsi]

Wheaton inches closer to their all time best win total of 18 with a win over Benedictine. http://athletics.wheaton.edu/News/baseball/2008/4/15/base-ben.asp?path=baseball

No offense intended, but given their persistent success in many other sports, I kinda liked the Thunder being a reliable doormat in baseball!

They're not scarin' me yet, but in the future, who knows?!

I haven't bothered paying attention to Wheaton in baseball.  Do you have the young players (and recruits on the way) to feel this is a genuine rise, or a 'fluke'?

[stormbball]

Tough break for the Redman...Boe Baitinger will be out for four weeks with a broken wrist.  He was hitting .451 slugging .707, second is total bases and had 22 stolen bases.  Really an awesome lead out man and the redman will miss him when he is gone esp. in this tough stretch coming up with IWU and Augie. 
Chris Shannon is a good replacement and will be a good fill in but the lineup will not be as dangerous without Boe.
Other thoughts???

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I wasn't going to to announce it on this sight, but since Stormbball did just that, I guess it won't surprise anyone any longer.  This is a huge loss, and as a fan, just have to hope that they can have other players step up and not skip a beat, which will be tough to do.  Every time you read an article from a game, it was Boe started off an inning with a double/triple, Boe stole a base, Boe scored, Boe made a great diving catch, etc.  Him and Acevado, from an offensive standpoint, have been the two key players thus far, IMO.  Shannon is a good ball player, and a D-1 transfer from ISU a few years back, hopefully he plays great.  There are some other options as well though, it'll be interesting to see if Augie tries a variety of combinations in the outfield over the next week or so.

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Just read the Carthage press release about Carthage's Double Header sweep over Marian, and it mentioned Boe's injury, so I guess it really doesn't matter now that its on this site for people to see.  Carthage won a wild one in the first game winning 15-14 before taking the night cap 9-1.

[mr_b]

This is a huge loss, and as a fan, just have to hope that they can have other players step up and not skip a beat, which will be tough to do.  Every time you read an article from a game, it was Boe started off an inning with a double/triple, Boe stole a base, Boe scored, Boe made a great diving catch, etc.

That's certainly a big loss for Carthage.  He's a very disruptive force at the top of the lineup.  Will he be back in time for regionals?

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In the paper today, it said the soonest he'll be back is 4 weeks. Hopefully he's a quick healer and he's back in that time, and not more.