BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[NCWC]

VWC looks pretty impressive so far.  They have a ton of pitching and have been showing some depth as of late.  Looks like there will be a strong south regional this year.

[TomEmanski]

Catfish, I would like to email you privately with some general questions about scouting (i.e. not to ask you what you think of player X but more to talk about the profession of scouting and how I can go about learning more).  Is there a way I can email you?   Thanks

[NCWC]

Narch, are you going to be at the games this weekend?

[Catfishncwc]

Catfish, I would like to email you privately with some general questions about scouting (i.e. not to ask you what you think of player X but more to talk about the profession of scouting and how I can go about learning more).  Is there a way I can email you?   Thanks

you can email me at catfishncwc@yahoo.com  I will help you out anyway I can.

[narch]

Narch, are you going to be at the games this weekend?

unfortunately, i won't make the saturday game...i've got kid duty, and it's dr. suess' birthday so we'll be eating green eggs and ham and watching cat in the hat...and i'm being totally serious

i'm going to try to make the sunday game if the weather stays nice

[BigPoppa]

unfortunately, i won't make the saturday game...i've got kid duty, and it's dr. suess' birthday so we'll be eating green eggs and ham and watching cat in the hat...and i'm being totally serious

I cannot decide if that is the nicest thing I have ever heard... or the scariest thing I have ever heard.

[narch]

oh yeah...forgot to post result from yesterday...monarchs get a last inning 5-4 win against capital - they pitched well, again, but i'm starting to worry a little about the gloves and bats - the monarchs have made 16 errors in 9 games and are hitting just .250 as a team with only 1 regular above .300 (eudy)

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[narch]

I cannot decide if that is the nicest thing I have ever heard... or the scariest thing I have ever heard.

if you had told me 5 years ago that i would (somewhat) happily miss a monarch/bishop baseball game for dr. suess, i would have called you a liar...

[BigPoppa]

oh yeah...forgot to post result from yesterday...monarchs get a last inning 5-4 win against capital - they pitched well, again, but i'm starting to worry a little about the gloves and bats - the monarchs have made 16 errors in 9 games and are hitting just .250 as a team with only 1 regular above .300 (eudy)

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Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Hopefully, they can turn it around with the gloves and bats. You can play poor defense if you are swinging it well, but the combination or poor defense and hitting is usually trouble .

[NCWC]

Batts' blasts two homers, NCWC downs Capital 6-2

Rocky Mount, NC - Sophomore catcher Justin Batts blasted his first two homeruns of the season on Friday afternoon, leading his Bishop baseball squad of North Carolina Wesleyan to a 7-3 victory over visiting Capital University at Bauer Field.  Batts was 2-for-3 at the plate with three RBIs.  Wesleyan improves to 11-3 on the season, while the Crusaders drop to 0-2 overall.

Batts gave the Bishops an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second when he belted a Mike Graffin pitch over the pine trees in left.  After a Justin Stegman RBI-single and wild pitch allowed the Crusaders to take a 2-1 lead in the fourth, the Bishops responded with a five-spot in the bottom half of the inning, highlighted by Batts' two-run dinger to left-center.

The Crusaders managed one run off of Bishop reliever Shaun Moore in the eighth when Stegman collected an RBI-sac fly to right field. NCWC's Luke Williford, however, answered with an RBI-double in the bottom of the inning for the 7-3 final.

Bishop starter Jonathan Lucas moved to 3-0 on the season after tossing five solid innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, while striking out two and walking none.

Graffin took the loss for Capital and is now 0-1 on the season.  The junior hurler went 3.1 innings and gave up five runs (four earned) on three hits. CU freshman Jon Wing threw the final 4.2 frames and allowed two runs (one earned) run on four hits.

Marc St. John, Mike St. John, and Nick Snider each had two hits for the Crusaders, who ripped 12 hits as a team.  Like Batts, sophomore Luke Williford had a good day at the plate for Wesleyan, going 3-for-5 with an RBI.

The Bishops return to USA South play this weekend when they travel to rival Methodist for a two-game set on Saturday and Sunday.  Saturday's game is slated for 1:00 p.m. in Fayetteville.

[VW-16]

VWC looks pretty impressive so far.  They have a ton of pitching and have been showing some depth as of late.  Looks like there will be a strong south regional this year.

Catfish,
If you are who I think you are, we had a very competitive battle in the late 90's and you are now a scout. What do you think of Rivera in a pro atmosphere. I believe he has the stuff but would like your opinion.

Flanny

[NCWC]

March 3, 2007
Methodist Takes 7-3 Win Over #7 NC Wesleyan
Freshman Seth Kivett drives in two runs going 3-for-4 from the plate

FAYETTEVILLE, NC- The Monarchs were anxious to face conference rival and 7th-ranked North Carolina Wesleyan on Saturday.  The Bishops scored first, but the Monarchs responded with a four-run first inning to score all the runs they would need.  Methodist moves to 7-3 overall and 2-1 in the USA South, while NC Wesleyan moves to 11-4 this season and 2-1 in the conference.

With the Bishops holding a 1-0 lead going into the bottom of the first, junior Kyle Eudy doubled to right field to score junior Matt Hunt and senior Jonathan Spivey.  Sophomore Billy Quinn reach first on a walk and junior Scott Russell singled to load the bases.  The Bishops made two outs at home before freshman Seth Kivett's single to right field would score Russell and sophomore Dustin Proctor.  The Monarchs picked up where they left off in the bottom of the second inning with hits by Spivey and Eudy.  Quinn's single to left scored Spivey and Proctor hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Eudy. 

The Monarchs took a 7-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Spivey to score freshman Brian Halpin.  Going into the seventh inning, sophomore pitcher Kurt Kelly had only given up three hits on one unearned run.  In the top of the seventh, the Bishops' bats started connecting to knock out three hits with two runs.  Freshman Fred Geisinger came on in relief to record the final out of the inning.  Geisinger finished the final two innings without giving up a hit to secure the 7-3 win for the Monarchs.

Kivett finished 3-for-4 with two RBI and Spivey went 2-for-3 with a RBI.  Eudy was 2-for-4 with two RBI.

Both teams will return to Armstrong-Shelley field on Sunday at 2 pm for game two of the weekend series.

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[A.G.]

Ferrum took two from GC today.  Freshman VMI transfer Lincoln Garner improved to 3-0 with his 8 inning performance in game one.

[narch]

that's a big win for the monarchs today...i've got to be honest, i didn't expect them to rough up rice the way they did - the monarchs touched him for 11 hits and 7 er in 7 innings...if i can make it to the game on sunday, i'll bring a broom, just in case

speaking of that, the monarchs seem to have the bishops number over the last few years...they are now 9-3 vs. ncwc since 2004...i would never have thought that coming into this series

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[NCWC]

Tom knows everyone of our signs.  And just about everything we do before we do it.  He is a good coach.  We were also without Pecora.