2013 West Regional - Austin Tx

NWBaseballFan10 · May 17, 2013, 06:45:02 PM

Trinity's chances of getting a rematch with Linfield tomorrow is looking promising. Cal Lu is using Roth for the 3rd straight day and their bullpen depth looks to be pretty thin. Tyler's Holley did a great job keeping Cal Lu's bats at bay in those middle innings. If Tyler wins it will interesting to see who they throw out there against TU (appears Marah is still hurt).

I imagine TU will be starting Barron tonight

Westside · May 17, 2013, 06:56:14 PM

For Linfield, I think Speyer will start tomorrow with Huckins and Haddeland in relief in a close game. Otherwise, they will use other relievers as needed. If they lose the first game, you can expect Haddeland to be on the bump to start game two.

Hopefully their offense will show up (4 and 5 hitters are a combied 1-22!). And shout out to Michael Hopp (only 6 starts all year), who had to fill in for Jake Wylie. All he has done is go 5-8 for 3 RBIs.

Ralph Turner · May 17, 2013, 07:01:26 PM

Final UTT 3 CLU 2.

Every game in this regional has been a good game (maybe with the exception of the Linfield PP game yesterday.)

TexasBB · May 17, 2013, 07:11:04 PM

UTT used 4 different pitchers but did not overuse their key staff. They should be able to cobble together enough to be competitive tonight. However, if they were to win tonight they will be fairly spent going into tomorrow. We shall see.

Ralph Turner · May 17, 2013, 10:08:11 PM

Trinity 3, UTT 1.

9 games so far and only one game's margin of victory was more than 2 runs.

TU vs Linfield tomorrow.

Ron Boerger · May 17, 2013, 10:08:58 PM

Another complete game gem from a Trinity pitcher, with Kyle Bogese going the distance in a 3-1 win that'll give them at least one more shot at Linfield. 9.0 IP, 6 H, 8 K, 3 BB.

Trinity only had four complete games all season prior to this regional.

ILVBB · May 17, 2013, 10:13:05 PM

Whatever happens tomorrow; this has been a terrific tournament. The pitching has been outstanding, the games have been defensively clean; this is really special.

TexasBB · May 17, 2013, 10:13:48 PM

Patriots fall but go 2-2 in the regional with one of their top starters hurt. This regional is one of the closest group of teams I can recall. Almost every game could of gone either way. Good pitching and some great defensive plays. For UTT it will have to be next year but a good season for them.

Texas Leaguer · May 17, 2013, 11:02:43 PM

What a first three days of this West Regional. One great game after another. Linfield's in the catbird's seat only needing to win one. Trinity has a nice compliment of arms that should be available for tomorrow considering they've played one more game. Here's a quick look at the arms that could be available for tomorrow:

Linfield
Garett Speyer....... 3.43 0-0 12 0 0 0/1 3 21.0 (0 IP)
Garrett Miller...... 3.86 0-1 8 0 0 0/1 1 14.0 (0 IP)
Zach Manley......... 1.64 2-0 2 2 0 0/1 0 11.0 (0 IP)
Joseph Stevick...... 7.11 1-0 11 1 0 0/0 1 19.0 (0 IP)
Justin Huckins...... 1.32 2-1 15 0 0 0/1 7 34.0 (Day 3 - 2.1 IP)
Chris Haddeland.....1.05 12-1 14 13 7 2/0 1 103.1 (Day 1 - 9.0 IP; Day 3 - 1.1 IP)
Aaron Thomassen....2.66 11-1 13 13 0 0/1 0 81.1 (Day 2 - 7.0 IP)

Trinity
Carter Lauck........ 2.57 3-1 6 4 0 0/0 0 21.0 ( 0 IP)
Michael Bentz....... 2.87 3-0 16 0 0 0/0 3 31.1 (0 IP)
Ryan Gray........... 3.48 1-0 6 1 0 0/0 0 10.1 (0 IP)
Tanner Barron....... 4.50 2-1 10 7 0 0/0 0 28.0 (0 IP)
Andrew Alig......... 3.48 4-2 11 7 1 0/0 0 51.2 (Day 3 0.1 IP)
Ryan Lucero......... 1.98 10-1 13 13 4 3/0 0 82.0 (Day 1 9.0 IP)
Zack Speer.......... 1.54 9-0 11 10 1 0/1 0 70.1 (Day 2 9.0 IP)

Can't wait to see how this all plays out tomorrow.

108 Stitches · May 18, 2013, 12:07:05 AM

I am so happy for Kyle Bogeese, he is a product of his hard work and coach Smith who has taken a kid who could throw hard and not find the strike zone and for him to come out and dominate today is a great accomplishment for him and the program. He did this without being able to get his curve or off speed pitches over so TT could just sit on his FB, which they did and still could score more than one run. That said, great season to UTT, congrats to them and their players, especially their seniors.

This may sound stupid, but I think Trinity has the advantage tomorrow since they still have so many arms left. They out played Linfield in the last game except for the first inning when their freshmen starter could not get out of the first inning. This is not to disrespect the great program of Linfield, just that I think Trinity is playing better ball right now and has a much deeper pitching staff.
We will see what happens tomorrow.

BTW, Concordia has been a perfect host for the Regionals, great facility and staff, great city, reasonable flights, good weather, good food and plenty of hotels. Hope it is here in the future.

As a few have posted very high quality baseball.

forheavendial4999 · May 18, 2013, 12:25:51 AM

Linfield hasn't lost a game, you have...how can you say Trinity's been playing better?

And people wonder why I get annoyed by Trinity fans...

D O.C. · May 18, 2013, 01:10:05 AM

Southern Maine.

Hope that game is broadcast.

Texas Leaguer · May 18, 2013, 01:29:46 AM

Quote from: forheavendial4999 on May 18, 2013, 12:25:51 AM
Linfield hasn't lost a game, you have...how can you say Trinity's been playing better?

And people wonder why I get annoyed by Trinity fans...

This was his rationale. Just one man's opinion. Nothing wrong with it. I never realized you were annoyed. I always thought you were just jealous of our warm weather and spread out schedules.

"This may sound stupid, but I think Trinity has the advantage tomorrow since they still have so many arms left. They out played Linfield in the last game except for the first inning when their freshmen starter could not get out of the first inning. This is not to disrespect the great program of Linfield, just that I think Trinity is playing better ball right now and has a much deeper pitching staff."

tigerfan_2001 · May 18, 2013, 01:32:17 AM

Quote from: Texas Leaguer on May 18, 2013, 01:29:46 AM
Quote from: forheavendial4999 on May 18, 2013, 12:25:51 AM
Linfield hasn't lost a game, you have...how can you say Trinity's been playing better?

And people wonder why I get annoyed by Trinity fans...

This was his rationale. Just one man's opinion. Nothing wrong with it. I never realized you were annoyed. I always thought you were just jealous of our warm weather and spread out schedules.

"This may sound stupid, but I think Trinity has the advantage tomorrow since they still have so many arms left. They out played Linfield in the last game except for the first inning when their freshmen starter could not get out of the first inning. This is not to disrespect the great program of Linfield, just that I think Trinity is playing better ball right now and has a much deeper pitching staff."

he just loves to hate on trinity.

forheavendial4999 · May 18, 2013, 01:36:28 AM

Quote from: Texas Leaguer on May 18, 2013, 01:29:46 AM
Quote from: forheavendial4999 on May 18, 2013, 12:25:51 AM
Linfield hasn't lost a game, you have...how can you say Trinity's been playing better?

And people wonder why I get annoyed by Trinity fans...

This was his rationale. Just one man's opinion. Nothing wrong with it. I never realized you were annoyed. I always thought you were just jealous of our warm weather and spread out schedules.

"This may sound stupid, but I think Trinity has the advantage tomorrow since they still have so many arms left. They out played Linfield in the last game except for the first inning when their freshmen starter could not get out of the first inning. This is not to disrespect the great program of Linfield, just that I think Trinity is playing better ball right now and has a much deeper pitching staff."

I guess you missed that part.

I would have been jealous of the weather in February. Today where I live it was 73 degrees and cloudy. You can keep your swampass and 100 degrees in the summertime.