BB: Regional (Mid-East) Terre Haute '08, Adrian '09, Marietta '10, '11

[old scot]

It looks like the Scots season is coming to a close. They are down 6-0 to the Pios in the top of the 9th.

Should I be disapointed, yes. Should I be surprised, no. Woo has lost games this year to teams with less talent. The Scots never developed the killer instinct this season.

I really have a problem with the 2 and a half week layoff between the NCAC tourney and the Regionals. Baseball is a game that needs to be played day in and day out to be consistant. I think it is difficult to layoff for that amount of time, only to come back and expect to play at your peak performance.

Congrat's to the Scots seniors. You have had a wonderful 4 years at Wooster and have given all Scots fans a reason to be proud. Anyone who has put on a uniform can relate to the highs and lows you have experienced. No matter how young or old, we will always be "The Pride of the Hill".  The uniform keeps us connected.

Thank you to the seniors for ypur dedication and good luck on all your furture endevors. Go Scots!!!

[mideastfan2]

Gasser was just remarkable today....Wooster didn't have an answer.  McDowell was very good as well, he hurt himself though with the bad pickoff throws to 1st.

Coach P took a little shot at the competition level of the NCAC after the game...

"We thought it was going to be a tight game. We didn't think there'd be a lot of runs scored. ... Then they got some timely hits and that's to their credit," said Wooster coach Tim Pettorini. "(Wooster-Marietta) is a pretty fun game to play most of the time. It's a great rivalry. One of the problems we have is ... when you play some of the league games that we have to play you are not being challenged as much, so the hitters get a false sense of security."


ouch.

[ScotsFan]

It looks like the Scots season is coming to a close. They are down 6-0 to the Pios in the top of the 9th.

Should I be disapointed, yes. Should I be surprised, no. Woo has lost games this year to teams with less talent. The Scots never developed the killer instinct this season.

I really have a problem with the 2 and a half week layoff between the NCAC tourney and the Regionals. Baseball is a game that needs to be played day in and day out to be consistant. I think it is difficult to layoff for that amount of time, only to come back and expect to play at your peak performance.

Congrat's to the Scots seniors. You have had a wonderful 4 years at Wooster and have given all Scots fans a reason to be proud. Anyone who has put on a uniform can relate to the highs and lows you have experienced. No matter how young or old, we will always be "The Pride of the Hill".  The uniform keeps us connected.

Thank you to the seniors for ypur dedication and good luck on all your furture endevors. Go Scots!!!

Well said all around old scot.  I agree with you about the layoff.  Wooster seemed to really be firing on all cylanders in the last couple of weeks of the season.  And for the Scots to have to basically shut it down for more than 2 weeks only to come back and expect to pick up where they left off against the best competition they've seen all season is just hard to do.  Someone dropped the ball by not scheduling at least a couple of meaningful games in the layoff period to keep the team sharp.  And obviously intersquad games don't cut it.

I also echo the congrats to the senior class.  They have accomplished a lot and have much to be proud of despite not reaching all of their goals they set out to accomplish this season.  There are a lot of quality young men leaving this team.  It's going to be very interesting to see who steps up to fill the shoes of all of the seniors departing this team next year.  I know that Wooster usually is in the business of 're-loading' as opposed to 're-building' but there is a lot of 're-loading' that needs to go on for the Scots looking ahead to next year!

[Dr. Acula]

Coach P took a little shot at the competition level of the NCAC after the game...

"We thought it was going to be a tight game. We didn't think there'd be a lot of runs scored. ... Then they got some timely hits and that's to their credit," said Wooster coach Tim Pettorini. "(Wooster-Marietta) is a pretty fun game to play most of the time. It's a great rivalry. One of the problems we have is ... when you play some of the league games that we have to play you are not being challenged as much, so the hitters get a false sense of security."

ouch.

I think that switching to the DH w/ everyone format vs. 4 game sets w/ the East will help them next year.  While there are no teams of their caliber in the NCAC today there are far more competitive teams in the West.  DH's with Denison, OWU, Wabash, etc. will force them to show up almost every weekend.  They won't be able to coast through a 4 game series w/ Hiram which will help them in the long run.

[mideastfan2]

MARIETTA brought the bats tonight, and they'll need to keep them going over the next few days.  They lead W&J 11-1 in the 8th, and look to send another team home & stay alive in the loser's bracket.

The pitching has been GREAT all day; Levens was wonderfull tonight following Gasser's masterfull performance this afternoon.  The 2 great starts have given MC the opportunity to save a few arms heading into the weekend.  With rain in the forecast the next few days, we could be looking at refreshed pitching staffs from all remaining teams this weekend.

[macdade77]

There is no question that the 19 day layoff hurt the Scots. Intrasquad games simply can't replace playing quality opponents. And with the latter, lies the rub. Playing Hiram, and Oberlin provides no preparation for post season play. Further, games with Wabash and Denison in the NCAC tourney didn't prepare us for the pitching we saw against Marietta. The boys played flat and uninspired baseball at the MER. They just weren't hungry enough after going all the way to Appleton last year. They thought they were good enough to get by on pure talent and didn't play with any fire or passion. Finally, in hindsight, Coach P shouldn't have changed the pitching rotation. Is there anyone on here who attended both Wooster games, who doesn't think that McDowell would not have beaten PSU-Behrend with his outing against MC??? Wooster returns all of it's pitching staff except for the always solid Matt DeGrand and Tanner Hall. Good luck at Appleton to whoever emerges from the MER!!

[deloar]

Just listened to the Heidelberg vs PSU-B game.  Was concerned that HU was not in the groove with the Adrian game, but sounds like they got warmed up in this game.  9-2.  They clearly have the easier path right now.  My hunch is that Marietta will be their opposition in the championship round and it could just help that Marietta will have had to play more games...unless the rains come as predicted.

[mideastfan2]

Marietta has continued where they left off last night, the bats are going early....all these games in the loser's bracket could give MAR some confidence at the plate with plenty of at-bats.  

The downside could be the amount of innings the pitching staff will work; but if the offense can keep rolling, the staff will be able to juggle those innings without exhausting certain guys for the remainder of the tournament.

Same could be said for TMC. 

top of 3rd
MAR - 4
TMC - 3

[old scot]

I'm looking for Etta to dispatch PSUB tonight and face the the Berg for the regional berth.

I would hope the Pio's pitching is deep enough to get the win tonight and challenge the SP's tomorrow.
I really hate to choose a side but, I'm pulling for Etta. I feel they will have to fight their way to the championship, where the Berg was given a gift being a 1 seed and only having to win 3 games to win the region.

I wish all the remaining teams good luck and may all your balls be fair.

[old scot]

Just reviewed the live stats for Etta and PSUB, no score in the bottom of the 4th.

Heavy hitting DH, Chris Beatty, is not in the lineup for the Pios? Is he injured?

[mideastfan2]

Just reviewed the live stats for Etta and PSUB, no score in the bottom of the 4th.

Heavy hitting DH, Chris Beatty, is not in the lineup for the Pios? Is he injured?

Beatty has been out of the lineup since yesterday afternoon's game vs W&J.  He's been struggling at the plate the last 10 games or so, and I guess Brewer felt it was time to give Hopper a chance.  It could be something else though; I'm just not sure.

Beatty tore it up for the first 1/2 of the year, but has been inconsistent lately.

MAR just stranded runners on 2nd & 3rd...needed at least one in that situation.


Both tsarting pitchers have been tremendous so far, but MAR hasn't been able to capitalize on a few scoring chances.

top of 8th
PSB - 1
MAR - 0

[mideastfan2]

first off...the kid from PS-B has thrown the game of his life...what a starting performance from a guy who is their big time reliever! He has thrown 145 pitches thru 9 innings, and is still in the game...unreal!

Beatty got in the game as a pinch hitter in the 9th with 2 outs...and doubled.  He was then lifted for a pinch runner, who then scored on a fielding error by the SS off the bat of Snyder, to tie the game 1-1.  

wow....that last out is the oughest one.

- Williams k's the side in the 10th
- in the MAR 10th...becker singles, thompson tried to sac bunt but the pitcher made an error (fielding), 1st & 2nd no outs, jones tried to sac bunt as well & the pitcher made another error (throwing), alowing the winning run to score.

defense killed PSB; experience once again helped MAR.

bottom of 10th
PSB - 1
MAR - 2

[Dr. Acula]

Wow, sounds like PSB got VERY tight defensively.  That's a tough way to give up the lead and lose.  Not that I'm complaining...all Ohio final!

[mideastfan2]

Wow, sounds like PSB got VERY tight defensively.  That's a tough way to give up the lead and lose.  Not that I'm complaining...all Ohio final!

yep...those last outs are the toughest, especially when you haven't "been there" before.  You have to feel for the PSB pitcher; he threw the game of his life, but couldn't quite make the plays in the 10th. 

He, and his teammates, have nothing to hang their heads about though, they played great this tournament and should be proud!

[AlleyCat]

How is it that Heidelberg only has to win 3 games to win a 7 team regional? I thought 7 team regionals require 4 wins.