BB: Regionals (West) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

[wildcat11]

Man...bringing out the Frosh to the bump in a pressure packed situation.    Miss College has to be laying down the bunt here.

[wildcat11]

Oh boy, walked Walls who was having all sorts of trouble laying down a bunt and Bentz gets the hook.  TU is in HUGE trouble here.

Edit:  WOW!  Great play by Solomon in fielding the bunt, sniping around and getting the force at 3rd.  one down, runners on 1st and 2nd.

Edit: Glaze gets made to look bad by Solomon...two down.

Edit:  Miss College might be thinking about this inning for a LONG time as a pop up to 2nd gets Trinity out of the 10th.  Just missed a golden chance to finish it.

[augie_superfan]

Why'd Bo Bell get pulled?

[Ron Boerger]

They got out of it but OMG what happened to the TU bats??

[wildcat11]

but OMG what happened to the TU bats??

Daniel Cowart

[Just_Some_Guy]

but OMG what happened to the TU bats??

Daniel Cowart

Cowart in the ASC Regional:
1st appearance: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 10Ks
2nd appearance: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5 Ks

Opponents are hitting .217 against him on the season.

JSG

[Ron Boerger]

but OMG what happened to the TU bats??

Daniel Cowart

Cowart in the ASC Regional:
1st appearance: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 10Ks
2nd appearance: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5 Ks

Opponents are hitting .217 against him on the season.

JSG

Picked a great time to peak, that's for sure.  6.0 IP today and that was enough as MC just got the winning run.  Congratulations (grr).

[wildcat11]

Great ending to a great game.  Well played by both sides.  Great start to Thursday.

[Ralph Turner]

Can we call the West Region the bracket of death?

[Pat Coleman]

No.

[infielddad]

They got out of it but OMG what happened to the TU bats??

I have to believe that the games yesterday and today are the ones where Kyle Felix being injured and not being in the line up makes a huge difference.
Not only is he a .450 type hitter, he helps make everyone else in the middle of that line up better against better pitching,and he always puts the ball in play and he gives TU the ability to go right/left up and down the order.
TU just left too many guys at 3B and that was the narrow margin in each game.
Have a feeling that, just like 2004 when all 6 teams were nationally ranked, there is  very good chance the CWS champion will come from the West.
Having been off for nearly 30 days, TU  showed up and played/competed well, very well against terrific teams.
Baseball can be a tough sport and it can be even tougher when you go at it without one of the nation's top hitters and  little margin for error in the West Region this year.

[Ralph Turner]

Can we call the West Region the bracket of death?

No.

My question and Pat's response goes back to the appellation given to one bracket in the 2007 Men's Basketball Playoffs where 7 of the Top 12 were in the UW-Stevens Point bracket.

We only had 6 of the Top 17 in our 6-team bracket.

[Patriot_Pride]

Too many damn walks. You can't win a game like that. ALREADY five walks and a hit-by-pitch and we're in the top of the third. Absolutely embarassing.

Top 3rd - Chapman 3, UT Tyler 1

[Just_Some_Guy]

Schimpf has kept Chapman honest since their 3 run (on one hit 3rd), and UTT has tacked on two more to knot it at 3 all. Tyler hasn't been pretty on offense though, getting two runners caught stealing and having two consecutive K's with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 0 outs in the bottom of the 4th.

EDIT: Skeen draws a two out BB. Back to back singles to load the bases before Cody Jones hits a 2-run double giving UTT a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the 5th.

EDIT: UT Tyler 5 - Chapman 4 headed into the top of the 8th. I count 4 caught stealing for UTT so far. That's a lot of base runners.

FINAL: Schimpf with the win, Chitwood with the save at UT Tyler defeats Chapman, which means we'll still have 5 teams alive tomorrow in the West Regional.

JSG

[D O.C.]

I am out to  dinner. Thanks for the updates.