BB: Regionals (Midwest) Oshkosh '08, '09, Whitewater '10, '11

[biggio34]

Game has been moved to 10am

[BaseballFan]

Game has been moved to 10am

Thats too bad

[OshDude]

Some random notes from today
• Was sitting near a guy doing book. He had Schuld at 185 pitches. For comparison's sake the Beloit SP Rick Krajewski threw well under 100 in game 1.
• Word is UST SP Brandon Stone is injured and is expected to miss the regional. There's supposedly another UST P who's iffy.
• Crazy bad at-bats all day. UST/UWSP was like an extra-inning Olympic softball game. Seemed like there was a runner on 2B with no out quite often. Of course it took a dong to get the mother over.
• Wind was blowing in hard from CF during the first game. Anything in the air was an out.
• Koback and Arch made some spectacular diving catches in the OF.
• Agneberg and Krajewski had awesome mixes. Neither light up guns, but Krajewski's fastball even look like it broke and Agneberg's curve tilt was nasty.
• Very little wind in game 2. The little wind that blew was toward the LF corner. Guess what? There were two oppo wall scrapers to LF (Arch's and Schmitz's HRs went about 325 apiece). Rahm's walkoff was a bomb – 380-ish to LF.
• UST turned some gutsy DPs, the most impressive of which was 1 out with runners on 1st and 3rd in the 8th. Thomas hit a semihard one-hopper to Schuld 5 feet in front of the mound. The runner broke from 3rd and was meat, but Schuld wheeled and got a bang-banger at 2nd and then another at 1st. Another was after Koback was on 2B with 0 outs in the 10th. And that was one after UWSP had a leadoff 2B in the 9th and failed to score (Spurney 5-3 ... not a bunt, Surman F9, Rennicke F9). UWSP had soooo many opportunities.
• To say UST had problems with the bats is understating it. Williams was just blowing batters away. Some guys, even in the middle of the UST order, were not even close to touching him, except when Schmitz dropped the barrel on one pitch of course. Was fairly certain the game would end whenever Point decided to clutch up and/or play situational ball. I'll be wrong again sometime soon.
• The matchup in game 3 was going to be Burg vs. Hillesheim. Pretty sure it was Hillesheim, anyway. Water in my face doesn't help my vision. Burg for sure, though.

[Bump_and_Run]

Some random notes from today
• Was sitting near a guy doing book. He had Schuld at 185 pitches. For comparison's sake the Beloit SP Rick Krajewski threw well under 100 in game 1.
• Word is UST SP Brandon Stone is injured and is expected to miss the regional. There's supposedly another UST P who's iffy.
• Crazy bad at-bats all day. UST/UWSP was like an extra-inning Olympic softball game. Seemed like there was a runner on 2B with no out quite often. Of course it took a dong to get the mother over.
• Wind was blowing in hard from CF during the first game. Anything in the air was an out.
• Koback and Arch made some spectacular diving catches in the OF.
• Agneberg and Krajewski had awesome mixes. Neither light up guns, but Krajewski's fastball even look like it broke and Agneberg's curve tilt was nasty.
• Very little wind in game 2. The little wind that blew was toward the LF corner. Guess what? There were two oppo wall scrapers to LF (Arch's and Schmitz's HRs went about 325 apiece). Rahm's walkoff was a bomb – 380-ish to LF.
• UST turned some gutsy DPs, the most impressive of which was 1 out with runners on 1st and 3rd in the 8th. Thomas hit a semihard one-hopper to Schuld 5 feet in front of the mound. The runner broke from 3rd and was meat, but Schuld wheeled and got a bang-banger at 2nd and then another at 1st. Another was after Koback was on 2B with 0 outs in the 10th. And that was one after UWSP had a leadoff 2B in the 9th and failed to score (Spurney 5-3 ... not a bunt, Surman F9, Rennicke F9). UWSP had soooo many opportunities.
• To say UST had problems with the bats is understating it. Williams was just blowing batters away. Some guys, even in the middle of the UST order, were not even close to touching him, except when Schmitz dropped the barrel on one pitch of course. Was fairly certain the game would end whenever Point decided to clutch up and/or play situational ball. I'll be wrong again sometime soon.
• The matchup in game 3 was going to be Burg vs. Hillesheim. Pretty sure it was Hillesheim, anyway. Water in my face doesn't help my vision. Burg for sure, though.

Check that SNC was throwing Wotacheck not Hillesheim.  As for the UWSP vs UST game, wow what an ugly last 9 innings.  Not one player could clutch up in that game, besides the walk off bomb.  How a team can have 4 hits through 15 innings is unreal, then to win on top of it! wow.   

[Bump_and_Run]

Some random notes from today
• Was sitting near a guy doing book. He had Schuld at 185 pitches. For comparison's sake the Beloit SP Rick Krajewski threw well under 100 in game 1.
• Word is UST SP Brandon Stone is injured and is expected to miss the regional. There's supposedly another UST P who's iffy.
• Crazy bad at-bats all day. UST/UWSP was like an extra-inning Olympic softball game. Seemed like there was a runner on 2B with no out quite often. Of course it took a dong to get the mother over.
• Wind was blowing in hard from CF during the first game. Anything in the air was an out.
• Koback and Arch made some spectacular diving catches in the OF.
• Agneberg and Krajewski had awesome mixes. Neither light up guns, but Krajewski's fastball even look like it broke and Agneberg's curve tilt was nasty.
• Very little wind in game 2. The little wind that blew was toward the LF corner. Guess what? There were two oppo wall scrapers to LF (Arch's and Schmitz's HRs went about 325 apiece). Rahm's walkoff was a bomb – 380-ish to LF.
• UST turned some gutsy DPs, the most impressive of which was 1 out with runners on 1st and 3rd in the 8th. Thomas hit a semihard one-hopper to Schuld 5 feet in front of the mound. The runner broke from 3rd and was meat, but Schuld wheeled and got a bang-banger at 2nd and then another at 1st. Another was after Koback was on 2B with 0 outs in the 10th. And that was one after UWSP had a leadoff 2B in the 9th and failed to score (Spurney 5-3 ... not a bunt, Surman F9, Rennicke F9). UWSP had soooo many opportunities.
• To say UST had problems with the bats is understating it. Williams was just blowing batters away. Some guys, even in the middle of the UST order, were not even close to touching him, except when Schmitz dropped the barrel on one pitch of course. Was fairly certain the game would end whenever Point decided to clutch up and/or play situational ball. I'll be wrong again sometime soon.
• The matchup in game 3 was going to be Burg vs. Hillesheim. Pretty sure it was Hillesheim, anyway. Water in my face doesn't help my vision. Burg for sure, though.

Check that SNC was throwing Wotacheck not Hillesheim.  As for the UWSP vs UST game, wow what an ugly last 9 innings.  Not one player could clutch up in that game, besides the walk off bomb.  How a team can have 4 hits through 15 innings is unreal, then to win on top of it! wow.   

By ugly I mean the hitting aspect, I believe in the last 9 innings there was only one error, but UST had 4 for the game

[OshDude]

Some random notes from today
• Was sitting near a guy doing book. He had Schuld at 185 pitches. For comparison's sake the Beloit SP Rick Krajewski threw well under 100 in game 1.
• Word is UST SP Brandon Stone is injured and is expected to miss the regional. There's supposedly another UST P who's iffy.
• Crazy bad at-bats all day. UST/UWSP was like an extra-inning Olympic softball game. Seemed like there was a runner on 2B with no out quite often. Of course it took a dong to get the mother over.
• Wind was blowing in hard from CF during the first game. Anything in the air was an out.
• Koback and Arch made some spectacular diving catches in the OF.
• Agneberg and Krajewski had awesome mixes. Neither light up guns, but Krajewski's fastball even look like it broke and Agneberg's curve tilt was nasty.
• Very little wind in game 2. The little wind that blew was toward the LF corner. Guess what? There were two oppo wall scrapers to LF (Arch's and Schmitz's HRs went about 325 apiece). Rahm's walkoff was a bomb – 380-ish to LF.
• UST turned some gutsy DPs, the most impressive of which was 1 out with runners on 1st and 3rd in the 8th. Thomas hit a semihard one-hopper to Schuld 5 feet in front of the mound. The runner broke from 3rd and was meat, but Schuld wheeled and got a bang-banger at 2nd and then another at 1st. Another was after Koback was on 2B with 0 outs in the 10th. And that was one after UWSP had a leadoff 2B in the 9th and failed to score (Spurney 5-3 ... not a bunt, Surman F9, Rennicke F9). UWSP had soooo many opportunities.
• To say UST had problems with the bats is understating it. Williams was just blowing batters away. Some guys, even in the middle of the UST order, were not even close to touching him, except when Schmitz dropped the barrel on one pitch of course. Was fairly certain the game would end whenever Point decided to clutch up and/or play situational ball. I'll be wrong again sometime soon.
• The matchup in game 3 was going to be Burg vs. Hillesheim. Pretty sure it was Hillesheim, anyway. Water in my face doesn't help my vision. Burg for sure, though.

Check that SNC was throwing Wotacheck not Hillesheim.  As for the UWSP vs UST game, wow what an ugly last 9 innings.  Not one player could clutch up in that game, besides the walk off bomb.  How a team can have 4 hits through 15 innings is unreal, then to win on top of it! wow.   

Thanks for the correction, Bump. Dude was warming up 600 feet away from me through the rain. Could only tell for sure that he was a RHP and that it wasn't Jandron, who was at 1B. Thought I saw a 4 on his back. Musta been a 1. Who knows LOL.

[OshDude]

Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee JS was covering the Oshkosh games. A couple of decent Bloom quotes here.

Something I overheard a UST senior say as he was putting his bag over a shoulder: "I can't imagine what it feels like to lose a game like that." Not a hint of glibness or a wink in his voice, either. Ten minutes after his team won a regional game on a walkoff HR in the 17th and he was already placing things in that perspective? Kinda cool.

[Dagger]

I was completely dejected last night after that game! haha...I couldn't concentrate or nothing.  Which by the way if you ever try to put up crown molding, make sure you're mentally prepared to tackle the job!  My god i was ready to just burn the house down and start  anew.  it's definitely a patience tester!   I digress...I'm interested to see how this years team handles not only a first round loss, but 'that' fist round loss.  In the past we have used it as fuel and steamed through the rest of the games, but things change.  Point needs a situation like the 06 (i think) regional where every team remaining had one loss and it was winner take all on the last day.  (that might have been a four team regional though...idk)  but if they could get into a deal like that then that will help out a team like point immensely. 

[BaseballFan]

Scholastica takes a 1-0 lead in the bottom of 1 with a leadoff HR by Brian Marshik

[cubs]

Would not be surprised to see a few HR's today, as the wind should be blowing straight out to LF.

CSS was my pick to win it, if nothing else but for sentimental reasons, so I'm gald to see them jump out to an early 2-0 lead.  I would have liked to see more than two runs though, when you have the bases loaded and nobody out, with a run already in.

Go Saints!!!!

[cubs]

How long do you stay with Wotachek if you are SNC?  He obviously doesn't have much today, as he has only retired two of the first seven batters he's faced.

I know you don't want to run through your bullpen in your first game, but at the same time runs will likely be a premium off a pitcher like Burg, so if you get down three or four runs, it MAY be too late.

[szlongball]

Some random notes from today
• Was sitting near a guy doing book. He had Schuld at 185 pitches. For comparison's sake the Beloit SP Rick Krajewski threw well under 100 in game 1.
• Word is UST SP Brandon Stone is injured and is expected to miss the regional. There's supposedly another UST P who's iffy.
• Crazy bad at-bats all day. UST/UWSP was like an extra-inning Olympic softball game. Seemed like there was a runner on 2B with no out quite often. Of course it took a dong to get the mother over.
• Wind was blowing in hard from CF during the first game. Anything in the air was an out.
• Koback and Arch made some spectacular diving catches in the OF.
• Agneberg and Krajewski had awesome mixes. Neither light up guns, but Krajewski's fastball even look like it broke and Agneberg's curve tilt was nasty.
• Very little wind in game 2. The little wind that blew was toward the LF corner. Guess what? There were two oppo wall scrapers to LF (Arch's and Schmitz's HRs went about 325 apiece). Rahm's walkoff was a bomb – 380-ish to LF.
• UST turned some gutsy DPs, the most impressive of which was 1 out with runners on 1st and 3rd in the 8th. Thomas hit a semihard one-hopper to Schuld 5 feet in front of the mound. The runner broke from 3rd and was meat, but Schuld wheeled and got a bang-banger at 2nd and then another at 1st. Another was after Koback was on 2B with 0 outs in the 10th. And that was one after UWSP had a leadoff 2B in the 9th and failed to score (Spurney 5-3 ... not a bunt, Surman F9, Rennicke F9). UWSP had soooo many opportunities.
• To say UST had problems with the bats is understating it. Williams was just blowing batters away. Some guys, even in the middle of the UST order, were not even close to touching him, except when Schmitz dropped the barrel on one pitch of course. Was fairly certain the game would end whenever Point decided to clutch up and/or play situational ball. I'll be wrong again sometime soon.
• The matchup in game 3 was going to be Burg vs. Hillesheim. Pretty sure it was Hillesheim, anyway. Water in my face doesn't help my vision. Burg for sure, though.

Oshdude have you EVER seen the type of pitching performances as yesterdays Point/Tommies game? Given the turnover on the Pointer team from last year, very proud of what they have accomplished this year. Hate to see it come to an end, but the offense has got to show up or they are done. Error free baseball wouldn't hurt either. Pitchers can only do so much, and I think Williams and Zielke went above and beyond what should be expected. Here's hoping the bats show up today.

[cubs]

Well, after allowing seven of the first ten Saints to reach base safely, it appears Wotachek has settled down, retiring the last five Saints in order, to keep things close with CSS leading 2-0 going into the 4th inning.

[BaseballFan]

Well, after allowing seven of the first ten Saints to reach base safely, it appears Wotachek has settled down, retiring the last five Saints in order, to keep things close with CSS leading 2-0 going into the 4th inning.

Probably happy to get out  of bases loaded with one out including facing Claugherty

[cubs]

Looks like all of us in Wisconsin will get to see a showdown between CSS and St. Thomas later tonight, as the Saints have opened things up on SNC and lead them 5-0 after four innings.

Even though Mathison threw in relief yesterday, I would still expect to see Kummet -vs- Mathison later today for the right to stay unbeaten.