BB: Top Teams in West Region

[108 Stitches]

I only caught a couple of innings but the Trinity/TLU series looked very competitive with Trinity taking 2 of 3, but frankly could have easily gone the other way looking at the box scores.
Solid showing by TLU which should help their regional
Line for the three combined games: R/ER/H/E
Trinity: 14/10/25/5
TLU:     15/10/31/4

[Ron Boerger]

With the weather-related move to Seguin for last weekend's games, Trinity finds themselves in the middle of a stretch of 15 away games.  They come to Southwestern for a non-conference game on Wednesday, then three this weekend at Hardin-Simmons, followed next Tuesday at CTX.   They close with a weekend at Schreiner and yet another non-conference tilt at Southwestern before returning home at last on the 21st with a set against UDallas.   It would have been 16 straight away had not last Tuesday's game at UMHB been rained out. 

[108 Stitches]

#   School (1st votes)   Rec   Pts   Prev.
1   Trinity (Texas) (18)   19-2   615   1
2   Rowan (3)   15-2   579   3
3   UW-Whitewater (2)   8-2   538   2
4   Roanoke (1)   19-3   530   6
5   Concordia-Chicago (1)   14-4   524   5
6   Wooster   11-3   465   7
7   Christopher Newport   22-4   456   9
8   Randolph-Macon   16-3-1   431   10
9   Mass-Boston   13-5   423   4
10   Cortland   16-6   344   14
11   Methodist   22-6   317   8
12   Texas Lutheran   21-6   308   12
13   Case Western Reserve   16-3   304   13
14   TCNJ   12-2   280   17
15   Redlands   24-7   254   15
16   Marietta   12-4   195   19
17   Maryville (Tenn.)   26-5   170   20
18   Spalding   17-3   160   21
19   La Roche   13-4   156   22
20   UW-Oshkosh   13-2   134   25
21   Frostburg State   13-6   126   11
22   Shenandoah   14-6   108   24
23   Oswego State   11-5   102   23
24   Catholic   16-5   95   16
25   Baldwin Wallace   15-6   65   18
Dropped out: none.

Others receiving votes: Mount Union 46, Berry 45, Saint John's (Minn.) 36, Franklin 33, Keystone 31, Alvernia 21, Salisbury 20, Mitchell 17, Heidelberg 17, Concordia (Texas) 16, Wabash 15, Augustana (Ill.) 14, Southern Maine 14, UW-La Crosse 14, New England College 12, Chapman 11, Washington & Jefferson 10, Centenary (La.) 9, Wartburg 9, Western New England 9, North Central (Ill.) 9, Rhodes 7, La Verne 6, Piedmont 5, Webster 5, Adrian 4, Bethel (Minn.) 3, Washington (Mo.) 3, Aurora 2, Endicott 2, New York Univ. 1.

[Jack Parkman]

#   School (1st votes)   Rec   Pts   Prev.
1   Trinity (Texas) (18)   19-2   615   1
2   Rowan (3)   15-2   579   3
3   UW-Whitewater (2)   8-2   538   2
4   Roanoke (1)   19-3   530   6
5   Concordia-Chicago (1)   14-4   524   5
6   Wooster   11-3   465   7
7   Christopher Newport   22-4   456   9
8   Randolph-Macon   16-3-1   431   10
9   Mass-Boston   13-5   423   4
10   Cortland   16-6   344   14
11   Methodist   22-6   317   8
12   Texas Lutheran   21-6   308   12
13   Case Western Reserve   16-3   304   13
14   TCNJ   12-2   280   17
15   Redlands   24-7   254   15
16   Marietta   12-4   195   19
17   Maryville (Tenn.)   26-5   170   20
18   Spalding   17-3   160   21
19   La Roche   13-4   156   22
20   UW-Oshkosh   13-2   134   25
21   Frostburg State   13-6   126   11
22   Shenandoah   14-6   108   24
23   Oswego State   11-5   102   23
24   Catholic   16-5   95   16
25   Baldwin Wallace   15-6   65   18
Dropped out: none.

Others receiving votes: Mount Union 46, Berry 45, Saint John's (Minn.) 36, Franklin 33, Keystone 31, Alvernia 21, Salisbury 20, Mitchell 17, Heidelberg 17, Concordia (Texas) 16, Wabash 15, Augustana (Ill.) 14, Southern Maine 14, UW-La Crosse 14, New England College 12, Chapman 11, Washington & Jefferson 10, Centenary (La.) 9, Wartburg 9, Western New England 9, North Central (Ill.) 9, Rhodes 7, La Verne 6, Piedmont 5, Webster 5, Adrian 4, Bethel (Minn.) 3, Washington (Mo.) 3, Aurora 2, Endicott 2, New York Univ. 1.

Personal opinion here....TLU is ranked too low, Chapman is too low, not sure about Centenary at all, another SCIAC school breaks in.  Trinity is right where they should be.

[Pirat]

My top 10
Trinity
Redlands
Chapman
Tyler
Concordia
Cal Lutheran
Texas Lutheran
Whittier
UT Dallas
La Verne

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Top hitters  Minimum 100 At Bats
Jacob Bockelie  SR  RF  Pacific Lutheran  1.232 OPS
Jonathon Bigley  SR  RF+  Sul Ross  1.221 OPS
Regional average for qualifying players  .882

Pitchers
All over 45 innings pitched and all under 2.00 ERA
Nathan Malinovsy  JR  Texas Lutheran  .67 ERA  5.40 innings/appearance
Kaleb Kirk   SR Centenary  1.55 ERA  6.59 innings/appearance
Adam Stead  SR  Redlands  1.67 ERA   6.75 innings/appearance
Ryan Cheatham    SR  Tyler  1.73 ERA  5.78 innings/appearance
Dylan Drgac  SR  Texas Lutheran  1.92 ERA  6.52 innings/appearance
Matt Mogollon  JR  Chapman  1.96 ERA  6.88 innings/appearance
Simon Sedillo  FR  Tyler  1.99 ERA  6.15 inning/appearance
Regional average ERA for qualifying pitchers 3.79

For now, my top overall regional player.  Aaron Singh,  JR,  Redlands, Shortstop.
Started 31 games leading the region in assists, 3 errors, .980 fielding percentage.  Current OPS is 1.102 6th in the region.  Stolen 16 bases 7th in the region

[Ron Boerger]

TLU loses to a very mediocre (now 9-16) UMHB tonight, 6-5.   Trailing 5-1, the Cru scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth and survived a leadoff error in the top of the ninth in the win.   

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity blew a 12-6 lead in the bottom of the ninth, putting a freshman on the mound who hadn't seen action all season.   The kid uncorked three wild pitches, couldn't get anyone out, and ended up being responsible for 5 of the 6 runs Hardin-Simmons scored to tie up the game.  Trinity eventually managed a 14-12 win in *16* innings.   Usual starter James Nittoli (now 5-1) got the win after entering in the bottom of the twelfth and throwing 3 2/3 scoreless innings.   Both teams had plenty of chances to win before that but couldn't get a two-out hit

It'll be interesting to see who's left to pitch for both sides today.   HSU ended up with their left fielder on the mound as the teams combined to use 11 pitchers. 

[Mike Lehman]

TOP TEAMS IN THE WEST April 7,2018

ASC
Concordia Texas 19-8

NWC
Pacific Lutheran 18-11

SCAC
Trinity Texas 23-2
Texas Lutheran 23-7
Centenary 18-9   

SCIAC
Redlands 25-9
Chapman 23-8
Pomona 20-9

[Whatagame]

The NWC was down last year, but is really looking weak this season.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity visits Concordia (TX) on Tuesday, and ASC-leading Sul Ross visits Thu/Fri for a pair.   The latter were announced last week (http://www.srlobos.com/news/2018/4/4/baseball-to-face-no-1-trinity-april-12-and-13.aspx).   

Edit: squeaked by CTX 3-2 in 11 innings.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity lost to 12-23 Schreiner 3-2 in 10 innings today and are now tied with Centenary for the SCAC lead with TLU 2 games back.  The SCAC regular-season title will likely be on the line when the two leaders face off in Shreveport in two weeks. 

Tomorrow's non-conference tilt in Georgetown will mark the 10th game in 11 days for the Tigers with only two of those coming at home.

[Jim Dixon]

Trinity lost to 12-23 Schreiner 3-2 in 10 innings today and are now tied with Centenary for the SCAC lead with TLU 2 games back.  The SCAC regular-season title will likely be on the line when the two leaders face off in Shreveport in two weeks. 

Tomorrow's non-conference tilt in Georgetown will mark the 10th game in 11 days for the Tigers with only two of those coming at home.

Trinity should have the edge but you never know what the road will bring.  Either way, both can make a case for a Pool C bid if either fails in the SCAC tournament.

[Jack Parkman]

Trinity lost to 12-23 Schreiner 3-2 in 10 innings today and are now tied with Centenary for the SCAC lead with TLU 2 games back.  The SCAC regular-season title will likely be on the line when the two leaders face off in Shreveport in two weeks. 

Tomorrow's non-conference tilt in Georgetown will mark the 10th game in 11 days for the Tigers with only two of those coming at home.

Trinity should have the edge but you never know what the road will bring.  Either way, both can make a case for a Pool C bid if either fails in the SCAC tournament.

Jim-

Do you feel Centenary has the resume to be considered for a Pool C?

[Ralph Turner]

Trinity lost to 12-23 Schreiner 3-2 in 10 innings today and are now tied with Centenary for the SCAC lead with TLU 2 games back.  The SCAC regular-season title will likely be on the line when the two leaders face off in Shreveport in two weeks. 

Tomorrow's non-conference tilt in Georgetown will mark the 10th game in 11 days for the Tigers with only two of those coming at home.

Trinity should have the edge but you never know what the road will bring.  Either way, both can make a case for a Pool C bid if either fails in the SCAC tournament.

Jim-

Do you feel Centenary has the resume to be considered for a Pool C?

...awaiting Jim's opinion...
They are 19-12 with 7 games remaining, ETBU, Austin College (3), Trinity (3).
They have a split with Redlands and went 1-2 against TLU.

I don't see any other regionally ranked teams on their schedule.

They may not finish above .700.

Right now, who are 6 regionally ranked teams from the West?

TU , TLU, Redlands, CTX, PacLu...

LaVerne?  Cent? UTD?

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity drops their second straight, 8-7, at Southwestern.