BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[Boysofsummer21]

Ok someone who knows CNU needs to explain something to me, is CNU's bullpen really that bad that they have to leave their starting pitching in till they can get to the closer? Brinkman is a stud, but at the rate I am looking at in the stats he won't be able to walk let alone pitch when the tourney gets here. It is fantasy baseball weekend for me and the gang so we headed to a friends house and stopped by the CNU game second weekend in a row and they tried to send brink out in the ninth, just don't get it. So geeks and all we looked at the reliever stats for CNU. Fleischmann, Goldsmith, Verdillo and Harsanyi seem to be who they have used but in the last 2 weeks of games they have 3 innings combined. I think it will be tough for one of them to step on the mound when it counts and throw well just due to lack of work. But hey I am sure they are ready. Good win for CNU tough lose for Averett. See what happens tomorrow between Ferrum and Methodist, would be a huge sweep.

[vabaseball]

Can't speak to the relief pitching, but I think it's pretty reasonable for a #1 starter to be able to go 7 or 8 innings once a week. 

[Catfishncwc]

Brinkman went 8 innings and only gave up 6 hits and i earned run.  Not like he was struggling so much the bullpen was needed.  Like vabaseball said a #1 pitcher should be able to go 8 innings no problem. 

[Boysofsummer21]

Yea it makes since and he is pitch well just wondering if he will run out of gas. CNU has had very good starting pitching so they are doing something right. Just hurting my USA South Fantasy team lol! Also anyone see the Ferum - Methodist game and give me a run down? Thanks for the great weather to how ever ordered it.

[Boysofsummer21]

Oh and by the way went and checked Brinkman's stats and I was wrong in the first place as by the stat line he has not thrown a ton of innings. Probably should have checked those first. But thanks for the replies.

[D-BAT]

USA South Conference Stats ... Before March 20th games:

Batting Avg/Games Played:

.321 - (6) MU
.320 - (6) AU
.288 - (4) NCW
.275 - (6) SU
.274 - (4) GB
.255 - (6) CNU


Team ERA:

3.29 - MU
3.74 - CNU
4.24 - NCW
4.67 - AU
4.76 - GB
5.11 - FC
5.54 - SU

[hokieone]

Harsanyi, Goldsmith,  Fleischmann, and Malvagna  have pitched well out of the bullpen. Verdillo is just now getting his feet wet but is impressive so far. On 2-3 occcasions, the last three innings or so have been  rolled out with different relievers throwing one inning each and Malvagna closing. Malvagna is a cool customer with a senior's maturity and doesn't get rattled when guys get on base-he's a good closer. He can also throw a couple innings if necessary.  It looks like all of this bunch holds the coaches' confidence. Brinkman is strong, and while you can always look back as an outsider and say perhaps here or there maybe pull him an inning earlier, generally speaking innings appear to have been managed well. I like the CNU bullpen.

[D-BAT]

Averett (7) CNU (5)

Franklin & Marshall (6) Shenandoah (10)

NC Wesleyan (5) Greensboro (2) 11innings

Ferrum (2) Methodist (11)


(1) 4-2  10-12 ... NCW
(2) 5-3  13-06 ... CNU
(2) 5-3  15-07 ... MU
(4) 3-3  15-04 ... SU
(4) 3-3  11-06 ... FC
(4) 4-4  17-10 ... AU
(7) 0-6  07-16 ... GB


The USA-South is 88-61 overall.

[narch]

big, fat, huge sweep for the monarchs this weekend...mu brought the big sticks today, with 4 hr's in the 2nd inning (2 from halpin and inghram, such and halpin went back-to-back-to-back) - with 4 games remaining in the usasac (2 with greensboro), i like where the monarchs are sitting

[LTBB1971]

NCWC has a big weekend with sweep at Greensboro College.  With the win NCWC goes to 4-2 in Conference slightly ahead of Methodist and CNU.  Series with Methodist in Rocky Mount this weekend should be a good one.

Starting pitchers are going deep into games, which worries me a bit about bullpen work, which I think generally is where games at this level are won.

[hokieone]

    I can't see how his arm will stay on with many more pitch counts like he has had, but Jake Loye earned the respect of CNU's guys Sunday. He pitched a good game and has a nice ability to throw a sharp slider for strike one. My Captains left 13  on base, and 4 times couldn't get a guy in from third with less than two outs.  Ouch.  Credit Loye with battling well when the heat was on, he did it all day long.   He's one  of the best we've seen this year.    Averett can hit and they hung in there, snuffing a couple  of CNU rallies when it looked like the Captains were going to take the lead.

    Huge weekend at Shenandoah after a mid-week return trip to Farmville for HSC. Shenandoah is gonna wear out all that nice new grass with all  this run scoring they're doing.    Brinkman v. Van Sickler will be worth the price of admission (Unless there has been a policy change, SU DOES charge admission, the only USAS team to do so).

Should be another great weekend for USAS baseball.

[D-BAT]

       Huge weekend at Shenandoah after a mid-week return trip to Farmville for HSC. Shenandoah is gonna wear out all that nice new grass with all  this run scoring they're doing.    Brinkman v. Van Sickler will be worth the price of admission (Unless there has been a policy change, SU DOES charge admission, the only USAS team to do so).

"hokieone", did you not say that they have such nice restrooms facilities up there in Winchester?      

Maybe that is why you have to pay the admission? 

[cnuball25]

Maybe they should take that money and invest in getting a new field surface:)

[cnuball25]

To futher hokieone's post, I spoke to a couple of the players last night that said Loye was the best pitcher they've seen all year. I was a little skeptical of him (usually guys that play 2-ways have a good fastball and that's it) at first, but he seems like the real deal.

CNU needed that sweep though...as I've said many times before, you have to sweep the Averett's and Ferrum's of the world to get that #1 seed. But with the way it's set up, I guess it doesn't really matter who wins the regular season out-right...but it's still always nice for bragging rights And a HUGE series this week at Shenandoah. I hope to catch a couple innings between my softball games...

[hokieone]

Shenandoah has re-surfaced their infield. I've only seen pictures but it looks good and should be a huge improvement. Now if only Parks and Rec would turn on the water and unlock the bathrooms before April 1; honestly, the risk of pipes freezing is gone for this year-it was 70 degrees plus this past weekend!