BB: 2012 West Regional

[Whatagame]

Given Whitworth's offense, it's not surprising they could put up a 12 spot, however, their starting frosh P, who threw 8 scoreless, came in to this game with a 6.5 ERA on the year (in 71 IP) and an 8.00 (eight!) ERA in NWC play.  Just goes to show I guess you never know who is going to rise up, plus, I think it is somewhat of a testament to the possibility that the NWC was a very, very strong offensive conference this year.

Should be a great day of games Saturday!

[dp643]

11 walks and 3 errors....ouch. The question for today is does Klimesh throw game 1 or does Bentz? Im really surprised Bentz didn't throw yesterday against whitworth.

[Jack Parkman]

11 walks and 3 errors....ouch. The question for today is does Klimesh throw game 1 or does Bentz? Im really surprised Bentz didn't throw yesterday against whitworth.

I was wondering the same thing about Klimesh.  If you ask me, I don't see how you can not throw him in game 1 after what happened last night.  There is no "hoping" to get to game 2 so you can use him then as that could blow up in a big way, leaving everyone questioning why they saved their best for a "possible" game.  I am sometimes critical of what coaches do and I have talked about many choices that I didn't agree with by Trinity's coach but I think he is a smart enough person to see the logic.

[CrashDavisD3]

Saturday Predictions
It won't be Chapman or Linfield 

Team with the most runs wins... 

[108 Stitches]

I agree with Crash! 

Klimesh probably will be for game two. The objective is not to get to the final game but to get to Wisc, so I would imagine he will be for the final game. After the game got out of control they more or less went through the rotation 1 inning (or less) at a time and there were some kids who looked good who will likely go tomorrow game 1. They also have the two way freshmen who can throw tomorrow who was in the field.

Walks and errors did them, but not jumping on a 75 MPH fastball was crazy. It was just one of those games where everything went wrong. Flush it and come out today strong. 

[tigerfan_2001]

Saturday Predictions
It won't be Chapman or Linfield 

Team with the most runs wins... 

I think you meant to predict it would be Coe then Whitworth.

[Baseball6754]

That 5 run inning hurt. If Jansen and Rodriquez are out then you can pretty much schedule the flight home to Austin earlier than anticipated.

They are not in the line-up today against Whitworth.

Ralph -
Does anyone have any insight on why?  Are they both hurt?

I know that Janssen got hurt. A friend of mine from Concordia retweeted one of Collin's tweets and his left hand looks like a blown up surgical glove.  Rodriguez didn't appear in any games, so he could be hurt or grades maybe?

From what I have heard, Janssen broke his left hand catching in one of the regional games this week. He apparently was catching and reached out for the ball and the bat came through and hit his hand. And as for Rodriguez, it was a family related issue that kept him from traveling with the team  praying for him and his family during this time! I hope everything is okay! Concordia had a great run this year, it was very unfortunate to see their season come to an end. Wish them the best of luck next year!

[Ralph Turner]

For you gamesurfers...

check out the very good webcast by Trinity TX of the Trinity Coe game.

Bottom of the 6th TU leads 3-2.

[historymajor]

Justin Parker (Trinity SID), who has been training for a long time, stepped up to allow the usual 4 announcers (dad's) Kronk, Woodruff, and Pappas and Graham to just be fans.  Go Tigers!  Send Zach back to Wisconsin!

[(509)Rat]

Trinity's depth is really being tested. Klimesh was pulled after 4, then Speer was pulled in the 5th, they now have a guy on the mound who hasn't pitched in 2 months.

Whitworth just brought their ace out of the bullpen. Hopefully Scheibe can finish it out.

3-2 Whitworth through 5. Gonna be a real nerve wracking finish!

[Ralph Turner]

Trinity's depth is really being tested. Klimesh was pulled after 4, then Speer was pulled in the 5th, they now have a guy on the mound who hasn't pitched in 2 months.***

Whitworth just brought their ace out of the bullpen. Hopefully Scheibe can finish it out.

3-2 Whitworth through 5. Gonna be a real nerve wracking finish!

Fink *** and Trinity's injured #2 Ryan Lucero were to the part of the pitching staff that got Trinity to #1 in week #4 - #6, early in the season.

[(509)Rat]

Whitworth up 9-2

1 out away from winning the regional...

[(509)Rat]

And that's all she wrote. Rat pile on the mound after the last out. 9-2 final

[Whatagame]

Make the NWC proud in Appleton!!!!

[BamColt]

Wow still cant believe my 2002 team is the only team still from Texas to make it to Appleton. Congrats to Whitmore, I really thought Trinity had it in the bag.