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

[OshDude]

Good ol' Augie ... according to the UST blog, the error charged to Bauer was due to Augie arguing himself into a safe call. First base ump says out, Augie says safe, home plate ump agrees, thanks to Augie's persuasion.

Even more reason why we need video for these games. C'mon, Augie is bound to make a webcast worthwhile. The UWW students did a good job in the first game. Why not do more?

[Gustie13]

Is anyone watching USt-Carthage? Is it as ugly as it sounds? 4 errors, 4 walks, 10 runs, and not even out of the 3rd yet??

[cubs]

Pretty high scoring game for an opening round Regional game....  These scores are usually saved for Day #2 or #3 when teams have to go deeper into their pitching.  I suppose in all fairness, Carthage is a little deeper though with Perez not on the mound.

[tommiegun]

7-4 through 3? Give me a break... Winner of this game wins the region; I'm going golfing.

[BigPoppa]

Good ol' Augie ... according to the UST blog, the error charged to Bauer was due to Augie arguing himself into a safe call. First base ump says out, Augie says safe, home plate ump agrees, thanks to Augie's persuasion.

Even more reason why we need video for these games. C'mon, Augie is bound to make a webcast worthwhile. The UWW students did a good job in the first game. Why not do more?

He would be fun to watch on the screen. but nothing is better than watching/listening to him from the dugout. If you have never seen or heard it, you are missing out on a legend in college baseball.

[BigPoppa]

Poppa, is Dahm starting Game 1 against UST a surprise to you or any other Carthage insider?

I am as shocked as anyone. Perez lost 2-1 in ten to St. Thomas and really sut them down early in the season. I thought he'd go today. Maybe his arm troubles are worse than we heard. Happened to Ruffie lats year... hurt it in the post-season and Carthage's all-american never threw a pitch in the World Series.

Agree 100% with BP here.  I don't think Augie is the kind of manager that says "They've already seen him once, let's give them a different look this time."

Maybe Carthage hitters have a slight advantage having seen Schuld once already this season, but it's all about the performance the Red Men get out of Dahm.

MWUNDER??? Where have you been all season? Great to see you on here today!

[BigPoppa]

Poppa, is Dahm starting Game 1 against UST a surprise to you or any other Carthage insider?

From the Carthage website:
Quoting Coach Augie Schmidt IV on the First-Round NCAA Loss to St. Thomas (Minn.):  "We knew we were going to have to score some runs against St. Thomas," said Carthage coach Augie Schmidt IV.  "We expended all of our top pitching in last weekend's CCIW Baseball Tournament, so we had to start Danny Dahm, one of our down-the-line guys, in this game.  "Even though we jumped out 4-0, I knew we were going to have to score some runs.  You just hope you can stay ahead of them long enough to put some pressure on.  Matt Schuld is an All-American and a horse.  He beat us in 10-inning game in the Metrodome in March, but we hit him a little bit today and made him work.  Unfortunately, they got the three-run homer, and things sort slipped away after that.  Danny Dahm pitched well, especially for a kid who's never even started a conference game.  We got beat, and we didn't kick the ball all over the field.  We were hoping to use Mario Perez in this game, but he just wasn't ready after pitching on Friday, and the other guys had even less rest.  So, we went with the guy with most rest, and that decision looked good for awhile.  Playing Aurora tomorrow will sort of like old times, since we've played them so many times in NCAA games."[/i]

[pickleshiner]

Schuld will pitch again in regionals on Saturday mark my words.  I know guys get tired but sometimes you have to suck it up especially when your playing to go to the world series.  Whose better Mario Perez on 4-5 days rest or your #4 starter?  Perez should've been pitching today no doubt and I'm guessing it would've mattered as St. Thomas generally has a difficult time putting up more than 2-3 runs against top notch pitchers.

[BigPoppa]

Schuld will pitch again in regionals on Saturday mark my words.  I know guys get tired but sometimes you have to suck it up especially when your playing to go to the world series.  Whose better Mario Perez on 4-5 days rest or your #4 starter?  Perez should've been pitching today no doubt and I'm guessing it would've mattered as St. Thomas generally has a difficult time putting up more than 2-3 runs against top notch pitchers.

I looked at it differently. In my eyes, I thought Carthage was playing to win (the entire regional)by rolling the dice and hoping to steal a win from UST and having their #1-3 arms ready to go for the run from Thursday-Sunday. The Redmen are not very deep with arms and I think they know their best chance to win it was to get a win early and hope their arms hold out until Sunday.

[OshDude]

Schuld will pitch again in regionals on Saturday mark my words.  I know guys get tired but sometimes you have to suck it up especially when your playing to go to the world series.  Whose better Mario Perez on 4-5 days rest or your #4 starter?  Perez should've been pitching today no doubt and I'm guessing it would've mattered as St. Thomas generally has a difficult time putting up more than 2-3 runs against top notch pitchers.

Schuld will probably only pitch if UST loses a game, if then. Edwards, Nelson and Gapinski should get the next three starts. If there are three more starts, that is.

[pickleshiner]

Is Jack Licht in the rotation for St. Thomas?  Point faced him last year in regionals when he was a freshman and he shut them out.  I was thinking he may get the nod today.  Either way Point will have to play flawless ball today to win.

[OshDude]

Is Jack Licht in the rotation for St. Thomas?  Point faced him last year in regionals when he was a freshman and he shut them out.  I was thinking he may get the nod today.  Either way Point will have to play flawless ball today to win.

His friends may call him Jack, but John Licht hasn't started since early April. Former Warhawk Kris Edwards or Matt Nelson should start today. Depends whether Olean wants to go with a lefty or a righty.

[tommiegun]

I looked at it differently. In my eyes, I thought Carthage was playing to win (the entire regional)by rolling the dice and hoping to steal a win from UST and having their #1-3 arms ready to go for the run from Thursday-Sunday. The Redmen are not very deep with arms and I think they know their best chance to win it was to get a win early and hope their arms hold out until Sunday.

I understand but entirely disagree with this logic.  If you don't win the first game of the regionals you will not win the thing.  You have to get through the first game and the best way to do that is throw your ace and hope that the other teams run out of arms, too.

[BigPoppa]

I looked at it differently. In my eyes, I thought Carthage was playing to win (the entire regional)by rolling the dice and hoping to steal a win from UST and having their #1-3 arms ready to go for the run from Thursday-Sunday. The Redmen are not very deep with arms and I think they know their best chance to win it was to get a win early and hope their arms hold out until Sunday.

I understand but entirely disagree with this logic.  If you don't win the first game of the regionals you will not win the thing.  You have to get through the first game and the best way to do that is throw your ace and hope that the other teams run out of arms, too.

Agreed, but I am not sure that throwing Perez would have made much difference. He has struggled lately. Hopefully, he comes out firing today.

[mwunder]

MWUNDER??? Where have you been all season? Great to see you on here today!

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