BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[Will2Win]

Almost got two into the top 5. CNU will be there next week if they can get thru another week unscratched. Hope so...Would be nice to see a top 5 or top ten showdown between SU and CNU in a few weeks.

[Boysofsummer21]

Wow big wins for Shenandoah and CNU today, both came from behind very late in their games and won! Shenandoah in extras on a walk off (? watching live stats) Good job to both schools. Methodist won a USA South ODAC conflict big. Averett beat New England Col big. People are going to stop playing the USA South!

[narch]

mu over vwc 9-1...frosh judge goes 7 innings with 0 er...he gave up a lot of hits early, but worked out of a couple of jams - inghram hit a two run bomb in the 2nd and mu exploded for 7 runs in the 7th - the monarchs are now 15-7 on the season

[Will2Win]

Sophomore catcher Keaton Neeb has a two out RBI single to tie it at 7-7 in the bottom 7th then blasts a Walk-Off to win it to lead off the 10th...SU was down 4-0 after one and 6-1 going into the fourth. Great win...Oh, and SU threw their #4.....Just saying.

[D-BAT]

Sophomore catcher Keaton Neeb has a two out RBI single to tie it at 7-7 in the bottom 7th then blasts a Walk-Off to win it to lead off the 10th...SU was down 4-0 after one and 6-1 going into the fourth. Great win...Oh, and SU threw their #4.....Just saying.

The Goddard kid is a tough little competitor.  If SU plays a little defensive in the 1st inning after getting two quick outs, Salisbury would of been held scoreless vs. being up 4 after 1st half of the first.

I left when it was 4 to 1 in the 3rd.

[PNeal7]

Good win yesterday for the Captains. In their first, or second, true test of having to fight back, they came through when they needed too. As usual, the offense stays hot and the pitching was again solid. It's nice to see so many arms having a good year for CNU, as it's always a relief with SP's know they only need to go a solid 6 IP and then can turn it over to a solid bullpen. Verdillo, Fleishman, and Lindsey all having great seasons out of then pen, and all are only sophomores.

Chitsaz, Vernon, and the leadership of Medina will be hard to replace after this year; but I look for this team to be strong well beyond this year.

[Will2Win]

Sophomore catcher Keaton Neeb has a two out RBI single to tie it at 7-7 in the bottom 7th then blasts a Walk-Off to win it to lead off the 10th...SU was down 4-0 after one and 6-1 going into the fourth. Great win...Oh, and SU threw their #4.....Just saying.

The Goddard kid is a tough little competitor.  If SU plays a little defensive in the 1st inning after getting two quick outs, Salisbury would of been held scoreless vs. being up 4 after 1st half of the first.

I left when it was 4 to 1 in the 3rd.

Yeah, SU played pretty sloppy yesterday to say the least. But, winning is what they do and good teams pull out the W's even when they play sub-par ball. Great win for them and how about the Neeb kid (only a sophomore) stepping up with two huge hits yesterday. Tying it up in the 7th with 2 down then going Yah-yah to win it in the 10th! Wow

[rolln2]

Good comebacks for SU and CNU. Thats what good teams do. They fight to the last out. CNU is also first team in country to 20 wins I believe.

[Boysofsummer21]

Boss man you are 100% correct, good teams fight back and find ways to win. Both Shenandoah and CNU did that yesterday and it will help both teams in the long run as it will show them more about their make up and how they can fight their way back. And yes wish I was there to see a walk off!

[Boysofsummer21]

I am waiting for the CNU - Platteville stats to be updated on the USA South site then going to do some stats but wondering

1. Best batting line up
2. Best Defense
3. Best starting pitching
4. best bull pen
5. best closer

Anyone have thoughts?

[Will2Win]

I am waiting for the CNU - Platteville stats to be updated on the USA South site then going to do some stats but wondering

1. Best batting line up
2. Best Defense
3. Best starting pitching
4. best bull pen
5. best closer

Anyone have thoughts?

Based on early season stats....

1) SU
2) ehh, toss up
3) Chitzaz(Spelling),  Van Sickler, CNU's other starter
4) CNU
5) Scallion (SU) 8.2 IP 2 hits 1 ER....Team Ave against is like .0000005 lol

[Back2Back!!]

1. SU
2. If you go by the numbers its Methodist. However, some teams have terrile playing surfaces that increase the number of errors.
3. Van Sickler is by far the best starting pitcher. He can throw all three pitches for strikes and paints the corners of the plate.
4. CNU
5. Scallion......When he gets the ball with the lead.....Game Over!

[narch]

I am waiting for the CNU - Platteville stats to be updated on the USA South site then going to do some stats but wondering

1. Best batting line up
2. Best Defense
3. Best starting pitching
4. best bull pen
5. best closer

Anyone have thoughts?

i would caution against looking at stats TOO much, as everyone has played different teams...conference-only stats are really the only way to answer these questions, but there isn't a large enough sample of games right now...that being said, i'll take a stab at these

1. clearly su...they lead the conference in almost every offensive metric (ba, slg%, obp, runs/game, hits/game, rbi/game, hr/game) – a lot of that has to do with the park they play in, but they're a good offensive team if they played in the grand canyon
2. fielding % would tell you mu...but look deeper...the monarchs also allow the 2nd fewest doubles/game, which tells me that their of's are keeping the ball in front of them and the pitchers are keeping the ball out of the air – mu has also fielded more double plays/game than any other team in the league and thrown out more base-stealers per game than any other team – like su leads most metrics in offensive stats, the monarchs are also leading in most defensive metrics
3. the numbers say MU (era, baa, whip), but let's see what this weekend brings - if the monarch pitching can keep the su bats in check enough to give mu a chance to win, i'll say they might have the best staff...best individual pitcher is between van sickler, chitsaz and britt in my mind...let's see how the season plays out
4. ? – too much of a moving target...in a tight, must-win game, that 3rd or 4th starter might pitch in relief – pitching roles on this level aren't as rigidly defined as they are on the minor league or big league level
5. looking at the numbers, i'd say the verdillo kid from cnu is having a nice start...lots of k's, which i like out of a closer, and a sub .200 baa – scallion has a .083 baa, but he won't be needed often to close out games - austin uses rusty white a lot, and he's got 14 k's in 17 ip but his .270 baa is worrisome as a monarch fan – lots of good candidates

[Boysofsummer21]

Narch, I agree and did conference only and it is funny because Fleishman is the closer for CNU and Veridillo is setup by the game logs. But they can be swapped as Verdillo has more Ks but Fleischmann has 0 hits. Scallion is in a funny place because he will not get many chances but you know you can count on him when needed.

[narch]

mu defeats the former beaver college 5-3 today to improve to 16-7 on the year...4 frosh pitched 8 innings of 5 hit ball with 9 k's - after i praised him earlier today, white pitched an inning, giving up 2 hits and 2 er's in the 9th

younger and quick each had multi-hit games...maybe a couple of hits today will break younger out of his slump

3 knights were caught stealing by the monarchs today