BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[LTBB1971]

I will be driving down Saturday AM for the games at Rocky Mount vs CNU.  Big 3 run HR by Luke Williford to beat a fine Lynchburg team.  I hope we can take the momentum to face a very good hitting CNU squad.  I expect to see John Lucas and Ben Moore vs Josh Brinkman and Jason Jenkins...should be 2 low scoring games.

[CaptJ]

Hey 85, check your messages.

[vabaseball]

I see there was quite a "pitching duel" between Methodist and Shenandoah today...
Methodist gets by with a 20-19 win.

[narch]

mahaffey got a rather rude introduction to usasac weekends today - the monarch offense gave him an 8-1 lead after 3, and he couldn't get out of the 4th, giving up 6 runs in the frame...hopefully that will be a good learning experience for the frosh, and hopefully fasano learned a little from his experience, as well

inghram had a pretty huge day going 5-7 with a hr, 6 rbi and 3 runs

[LTBB1971]

I was at Rocky Mount today watching CNU-NCWC game and was absolutely baffled at how pitching staff is being handled at NCWC.  Pitchers are being left to absolutely get killed.  Starter John Lucas pitched great 5 innings but once he got in trouble in a 1-1 score 6th inning, the house just came down.  We keep using the same guys on the pen that are not getting the job done.  2 different pitchers came in and got no outs and gave up 9 runs....ridiculous...I hope to see some new arms tomorrow.

[coachmilburn]

I see there was quite a "pitching duel" between Methodist and Shenandoah today...
Methodist gets by with a 20-19 win.

Today's game by far, was one of the wildest games that I have ever witnessed.  There was no quit in either team.  

[randomguy]

not sure if anyone cares, but averett won over ferrum today...

[vabaseball]

I care about Averett and Ferrum!   And that was a respectable game, 4-3.  Looks like Hildreth had a solid outing.

[narch]

monarchs in a landslide, 25-4 - fasano with a complete game (7 innings) - davis with 2 hrs and 7 rbi, inghram was 4-6 with a hr and 4 rbi

box score

[Catfishncwc]

Bishops rebound with a 7-6 win against CNU. 

[LTBB1971]

Great win for NCWC over #20 CNU Sunday to earn a split this weekend.  After Saturday's debacle, LF Joel Creef who is hitting .439 and finally hitting leadoff, tore the cover off the ball and had 3 more RBI's.  3B Zollie Woodlief continues to tear it up with another HR, which was the difference in the game.
Starting pitching continues to be left on to get hit way too long...not sure if coach lost confidence in bullpen.

Piedmont at 9-5 comes into Rocky Mount Monday and Tuesday for 2 game set. 

[NCWC]

hopefully, the early season spankings will pay off in these conference games.  Has anyone who saw John Shearon pitch last year and this year explain to me what he is doing.  Charlie knows what he is doing, there is a method to whatever stance he is taking with his pitching staff.

Catfish,  there are a few kids im working with that you might want to take a look at. Think of it as a spring break.

[coachmilburn]

I have NEVER seen a team hit like that in a 2-day span. I left wondering, can Methodist be that good of hitting ball club OR was it just one of those weekends where their hitting was so contagious? The majority of their swings were short and compact that generated bat speed.  I wonder during Coach Austin's 29+ yrs, 1200+ games, has he ever seen a 2 day hitting storm like that?

I still like SU's team; they showed me a lot on Saturday as the kept battling back multiples times. As someone stated, it's easy to come back on Sunday after winning a 20-19, 4hr and 15min 10inn game on Saturday but if your team would be on the other side ... that would be a mentally tough thing to rebound from.

As Yogi is quoted, "Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical."

Best thing about baseball, there is always the next day, which is Monday to play your next opponent.

[HighHeat]

three crazy things that i just stumbled upon...

-Ben Moore from NC Wesleyan gives up 14 hits and still gets the win against CNU.

-Casey Hartman from Bridgewater gives up eight earned runs and gets the victory over Guilford. His counterpart, Alex Pecevich of GC, gives up six earned through two innings!!

-Wes Hayden from Mary Washington doesn't give up an earned run through ten innings against number one Salisbury and gets the no-decision.

My how the game of baseball can be so kind to some and so cruel to others!

[NCWC]

We have a Justin Batts sighting