BB: Midwest Region

cubs · May 13, 2015, 03:41:00 PM

Quote from: cubs on May 13, 2015, 02:05:37 PM
Whitewater marching out their #4 to start against Ripon.... WOW!!!!

Exhibit A of why you throw your ace...

Ripon 7
Whitewater 2

Bottom 5th

Whitewater already on their third pitcher of the day...

therocket21 · May 13, 2015, 03:43:06 PM

Quote from: cubs on May 13, 2015, 03:41:00 PM
Quote from: cubs on May 13, 2015, 02:05:37 PM
Whitewater marching out their #4 to start against Ripon.... WOW!!!!
Exhibit A of why you throw your ace...

Ripon 7
Whitewater 2

Bottom 5th

Whitewater already on their third pitcher of the day...

WOW! I can't believe Whitewater didn't start Grove, especially against a lineup with a player like Polcyn in it! I agree with you 100% cubs, throw your ace in the 1st game!

ShineTime · May 13, 2015, 03:47:12 PM

Point survives a scare 7 to 4. They need to sure up the d if they plan on winning this regional. I see a lot of piss rods being hit in this regional seems to be lack of great pitching.

GBMAN · May 13, 2015, 04:08:49 PM

12-2 Ripon Whitewater's half of the 7th. Game over imo

ShineTime · May 13, 2015, 04:40:05 PM

Not so fast 12 to 7 whitewater is very capable of putting up a 5 spot.

cubs · May 13, 2015, 04:59:08 PM

Ripon 15
Whitewater 7

FINAL

Would LOVE to hear the rationale behind starting your #4 pitcher from Vodenlich... Don't get it whatsoever!!!!

ShineTime · May 13, 2015, 07:20:33 PM

They still have a shot though I bet they win next 3 for sure.

cubs · May 13, 2015, 08:38:41 PM

Joe Miller getting the start for La Crosse tonight instead of their "ace" Cejka...

Miller gave up two runs in eight innings in a 6-3 victory over CSS earlier this season.

BaseballFan · May 13, 2015, 08:57:12 PM

Quote from: cubs on May 13, 2015, 08:38:41 PM
Joe Miller getting the start for La Crosse tonight instead of their "ace" Cejka...

Miller gave up two runs in eight innings in a 6-3 victory over CSS earlier this season.

CSS is starting Padraic Getchell their number two instead of Daniel Wood also. CSS up 1-0 top of 1 with bases loaded

cubs · May 13, 2015, 11:43:06 PM

Quote from: cubs on May 13, 2015, 08:38:41 PM
Joe Miller getting the start for La Crosse tonight instead of their "ace" Cejka...

Miller gave up two runs in eight innings in a 6-3 victory over CSS earlier this season.

La Crosse pulls away in the 8th inning to pick up the victory... Now they get to send their ace to the mound tomorrow against Wash U.

While the gamble backfired for Whitewater (I don't believe for a second that they burned through their pitching at WIAC Tournament) it pays off for La Crosse.

cubs · May 13, 2015, 11:47:49 PM

Quote from: ShineTime on May 13, 2015, 03:47:12 PM
Point survives a scare 7 to 4. They need to sure up the d if they plan on winning this regional. I see a lot of piss rods being hit in this regional seems to be lack of great pitching.

The biggest advantage to being the #1 seed in a six-team Regional?

You get to player a "loser" in Game #2 as long as you win your first game. Point will take on Wartburg tomorrow, who threw their "ace" while losing to Anderson 4-3.

ShineTime · May 13, 2015, 11:54:28 PM

Nothing will come easy for point though kowalke is hit or miss hopefully he pitches like he did against whitewater.

jaybird44 · May 14, 2015, 12:20:33 AM

WIAC tournament page indicates that Whitewater played 5 games in the span of three days, including 3 games in one day.

The interval from the WIAC title game Sunday to today's first-round regional game may not have been enough time to give a #1 his customary amount of rest.

Just relaying a second-hand report from the regional site...I didn't see any of the WIAC games, nor have I yet delved into the box scores of each of those games to see how the innings in those games were allocated.

A kind of "Ripley's Believe It or Not" situation.

cubs · May 14, 2015, 08:28:26 AM

Quote from: jaybird44 on May 14, 2015, 12:20:33 AM
WIAC tournament page indicates that Whitewater played 5 games in the span of three days, including 3 games in one day.

The interval from the WIAC title game Sunday to today's first-round regional game may not have been enough time to give a #1 his customary amount of rest.

Just relaying a second-hand report from the regional site...I didn't see any of the WIAC games, nor have I yet delved into the box scores of each of those games to see how the innings in those games were allocated.

A kind of "Ripley's Believe It or Not" situation.

I'll leave you the same reply I left on the World Series thread....

Quote from: jaybird44 on May 13, 2015, 10:00:42 PM
I'm told that Whitewater had depleted its starting pitching during the conference tournament, thus the #4 starter being used today to start the regional tournament.

Another reason why I am glad Wash-U and the UAA do not get wrapped up in a post-season conference tournament. Bears were able to use their ace to great effect, as Scott Nelson pitched a 3-hit complete game shutout in a 2-0 win over Concordia-Chicago.

I call BS on that!!!!

Nompleggi threw seven innings Saturday while Grove threw six innings on Saturday. Bachar, arguably Whitewater's #2 this season, hadn't stepped on the mound since Friday, giving him four full days of rest. Bachar had come back on two days rest one time this year, and four days rest another.

They can try to spin in any which way they want, but the decision to throw Nompleggi was nothing more than under-estimating their opponent!!!

ShineTime · May 14, 2015, 10:13:31 AM

It's a no Brainer that they over looked ripon. My guess is they saw point beat ripon with ryan Williams on the mound and guessed they could get by and score enough. It looks like a few other teams in regionals opted not to send out their aces also. It's really a tough call to be honest I thought point may have tried to win with kowalke yesterday but in the end I think their better off because beau could probably still give them 9 Saturday if need be. If you save your ace for today odds are their not going again more than inning or two.