BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Mr. Ypsi]

I've seen the Webster release on the IWU loss, but it really didn't answer the questions I had.  In 42 previous games, the Titans were not only never shut out, they only scored as few as two runs twice (and won one of those - sorry, Carthage! ) - while the Gorlok pitcher is now 9-0, he can't be that much better than any pitcher we ever faced, is he?!  And I haven't seen the box score, but how did Webster (apparently) rough up Kuvalic more than ANY other team ever did?

[mr_b]

... how did Webster (apparently) rough up Kuvalic more than ANY other team ever did?

Illinois Wesleyan              IP  H  R ER BB SO
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Kulavic  ........................   4.0  6  3  2  3  3

Illinois Wesleyan             IP  H  R ER BB SO
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Kulavic............................  5.0  8  5  3  0  5

The first set of stats was from the Webster game.  The second was from the North Park game (in which, of course, Kulavic was the winning pitcher).  He gave up a pair of doubles in each game, plus a homer to North Park.

[mr_b]

The CCIW is 1-1 so far in day one of regional play -- let's see how Augie fares against Wartburg this evening.

[mr_b]

Day Two should feature some exciting pitching matchups.  Aronson will face a Linfield squad with solid pitching and fielding numbers, and either Perez or Ruffie will go up against the big Whitewater bats.

[mwunder]

A feature on IWU pitcher Brent Kulavic...

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/05/14/usports/doc482a6f38025b3911211973.txt

Ah, the dreaded Pantagraph curse strikes again! 

Congratulations to the Gorlocks!

Hey!!  Stop stealing my material!!  I said that on the Regional board already!!

[Mr. Ypsi]

mr_b,

I stand corrected - not worse than ANY other team, but certainly worse than most (for the likely CCIW POY)!  (Where did you find the box score?)  And he had given up 9 walks in his first 55.1 innings - how did he suddenly yield 3 in 4 innings?

This thing with Webster is getting old - they upset IWU in the first round last year as well (11-7).  I don't think even Gorlok fans would say they were the better team overall either year, so what gives??!!

[Ralph Turner]

A feature on IWU pitcher Brent Kulavic...

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/05/14/usports/doc482a6f38025b3911211973.txt

Ah, the dreaded Pantagraph curse strikes again! 

Congratulations to the Gorlocks!

Hey!!  Stop stealing my material!!  I said that on the Regional board already!!

Karma given! 

[mr_b]

mr_b,

I stand corrected - not worse than ANY other team, but certainly worse than most (for the likely CCIW POY)!  (Where did you find the box score?)  And he had given up 9 walks in his first 55.1 innings - how did he suddenly yield 3 in 4 innings?

http://www.iwu.edu/%7Eiwunews/sports/bb2008/npu1.htm

[mwunder]

CCIW goes 2-1 on the first day of regionals.

[Mr. Ypsi]

mr_b,

I stand corrected - not worse than ANY other team, but certainly worse than most (for the likely CCIW POY)!  (Where did you find the box score?)  And he had given up 9 walks in his first 55.1 innings - how did he suddenly yield 3 in 4 innings?

http://www.iwu.edu/%7Eiwunews/sports/bb2008/npu1.htm

Thanks, but I know where to find box scores for past games - I haven't rechecked for today's game yet, but I wondered where you had found today's game (it wasn't yet up at IWU).

[mr_b]

Thanks, but I know where to find box scores for past games - I haven't rechecked for today's game yet, but I wondered where you had found today's game (it wasn't yet up at IWU).

OK, I misunderstood your question because I thought you were asking about the earlier boxscore (which did strike me as unusual).  Sorry about that!

I think I got the box score from the D3baseball scoreboard page... they sometimes have links to boxscores.  The Webster site had the boxscore uploaded pretty quickly, too.  I've checked so many team sites that I don't remember where I first found the boxscore in question.

[REDMENFAN]

Here's the link to the article from the Carthage/UWO game in the Kenosha News.  There's another article that's not online, but it talks about how Carthage is quite familiar with Kenosha Native Billy Johnson of UWW, who's having a great year, as well as their starting 3rd baseman, and a pitcher (forget the name). Johnson and Carthage outfielder David Hermes have played for the Kenosha Kings together the past 3 summers. When asked what the best way to throw to Johnson is, Hermes replied in the article "off speed stuff is your best shot to get him out."

http://kenoshanews.com/article_comments/view_comments.php?articleNum=2971135

[HomeRunHitter]

In regard to the Gorloks, last year they didn't necessarily look like the better overall team.  However, yesterday they flat out dominated IWU.  They controlled the game from start to finish.  The CCIW may be experiencing a bit of a reality check.  Sure, they sent a team to the World Series last year.  But with 3 teams in a regional, they have a 50/50 chance of doing so.  We'll have to see how the rest of the playoffs go this year.

[REDMENFAN]

If Carthage can somehow find a way to make it to Appleton, one aspect Jacob can hopefully get corrected is allowing 1st inning runs.  Its happened to him 4 straight outings now.  According to the article, he was struggling to touch 82mph in the first, and was consistently right at 90 in the seventh inning.

[knarocky22]

Throw more in the bullpen before the game?  Some guys are just like that.  They need to throw a lot more pitches to get to where they need to be.