2014 West Regional - McMinnville, OR

[Ron Boerger]

Cox pitching now.

Inherited two runners with two outs, gives up a single and a double, and with a throwing error thrown in for good measure LeT now up 5-0.  CTX has two on with one out now.

[Spence]

The way they're chucking the ball around and not hitting, it doesn't seem as if it'll matter.

[Ron Boerger]

no kidding, Spence, two more errors in the top of the fifth make it 6-0 LeT.  Four errors in five innings on your home field?

[tigerfan_2001]

Maybe the west gets no pool C teams, like in 2012.

[Westside]

LeTourneau makes the playoffs for the first time ever! Congrats to them, that's gotta be exciting. See you in Oregon.

Linfield
Cal Lutheran
Trinity
LeTourneau



This will be a fun regional.

[108 Stitches]

Congrats to LeTu, nice job this season, first time in school history!!!!

GF should be in and the last spot will be interesting. CTX vs Chapman, vs Flyin ?

[Jack Parkman]

Congrats to LeTu, nice job this season, first time in school history!!!!

GF should be in and the last spot will be interesting. CTX vs Chapman, vs Flyin ?

I am going with this:

4. George Fox
5. LeTu
6. Fly in a Pool A from an upset conference

[Strike1]

When do the brackets come out?

[CrashDavisD3]

When do the brackets come out?

Read this....NCAA never says what time it will be released. After 12:00 AM Monday...
http://d3baseball.com/playoffs/2014/playoff-central

[CrashDavisD3]

My predictions.

1. Linfield
2. Trinity
3. Cal Lu
4. Le Tourneau
5. George Fox
6. Chapman or Concordia-Texas or Fly in

[Jack Parkman]

My predictions.

1. Linfield
2. Trinity
3. Cal Lu
4. Le Tourneau
5. George Fox
6. Chapman or Concordia-Texas or Fly in

Not sure why Trinity would jump Cal Lu or how LeTu would go from unranked to 4th.  I agree that the last spot is up for grabs.  Really interested to see what the NCAA does.  I'll give it a shot.

1. Linfield
2. Cal Lu
3. Trinity
4. George Fox
5. LeTu
6. Illinois Wesleyan, John Carroll or St. Norbert

Of course, I could be way off and Chapman could hold onto the 6 seed or CTX could still go as the 6

[108 Stitches]

Has there ever been a 4 team regional?

How many teams are scheduled for the South Regional now?

[Jack Parkman]

Has there ever been a 4 team regional?

How many teams are scheduled for the South Regional now?

Way back in the day I think all regionals were 4-team (maybe 2 6-teamers mixed in) but there was a pretty large expansion to add about 20* more teams. 

*Just throwing a # out, I honestly have no clue how many were added.

[108 Stitches]

Could they send LeTu and Trinity to the South to save $$?

[Westside]

Going through the NCAA Stats of teams we know are in the regional at this point. Figured I would list the stats the West Region teams land in the top 10.

Interesting Stats (Top Ten National Rankings):
Linfield: 2.16 ERA (2nd), .976% Fielding (2nd), 9 Shutouts (3rd), 6.7 Hits Allowed Per Game (1st), 1.01 WHIP (1st), 183 Walks (7th)
Cal Lutheran: .343 Batting Average (9th), 105 Doubles (2nd), .972% Fielding (5th), 49 Sac Bunts (6th), 505 Hits (2nd), .425 OBP (8th), 368 Runs (5th)
Trinity: 2.35 ERA (5th), 47 Double Plays Turned (1st), 29 Home Runs (7th), 35 Sac Flies (2nd)