the official ISU at MSU "let's win an MVC baseball championship" thread

[ISUCC]

ok folks, like someone posted in one of the other threads, it all starts tomorrow night at 7:30pm (EST). How important is this 1st game? Well a game 1 win gives ISU a 2 game lead over MSU and puts ALL the pressure on them to have to win 2 straight against the best offense in the league.

Does anyone know if the video link on gosycamores.com will be free or do we have to subscribe to it???

[ISUCC]

here is MSU's baseball board for those who want to see what the Bear fans think of ISU, nothing negative yet.

http://www.msubearnation.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=10

[SkinnyLu]

Had a long talk with Cordell last night. I over nighted our video camera on Monday so he can take it with the team for the Missouri Series as well as Witchita.

At the end of journey I will get a copy of the "viewable" footage and will put together a video montage to celebrate such an awesome season. When its done (some time in August) i will post a note seeing who might want a copy.

Now lets kick some Missouri State butt! :sycamores::sycamores:

[bears1]

Had a long talk with Cordell last night. I over nighted our video camera on Monday so he can take it with the team for the Missouri Series as well as Witchita.

At the end of journey I will get a copy of the "viewable" footage and will put together a video montage to celebrate such an awesome season. When its done (some time in August) i will post a note seeing who might want a copy.

Now lets kick some Mizzou butt! :sycamores::sycamores:

Yes, please kick Mizzou's butt! We at Missouri State hate them.

[bent20]

Yes, please kick Mizzou's butt! We at Missouri State hate them.

We at Indiana State don't hate Hoosiers. We are Hoosiers! We just really, really enjoy beating Indiana University.

Should be an exciting series at MSU to say the least.

[BankShot]

Re: no negative Bear posts...check the "comments" about how many fans ISU is bringing to Springfield!

http://www.msubearnation.com/forum/f...splay.php?f=10

[Beav89]

This garbled audio feed would be less painful to listen to if we were doing better in this first inning...

Here's the 1st inning recap for Bank Shot...


Indiana State
Strausborger walked.
Burnam struck out swinging.
Strausborger out at first c to 1b, picked off.
Shoemaker doubled to right center.
Fieser grounded out to 3b.
0 runs, 1 hits, 0 error, 1 LOB

Missouri State
Conway,Aaron hit by pitch.
Medrano,Kevi grounded out to 3b; Conway,Aaron advanced to second.
Conway,Aaron stole third.
Drake,Brayde doubled down the lf line, RBI; Conway,Aaron scored.
Drake,Brayde out at second c to ss, caught stealing.
Carlson,Ben hit by pitch.
Hord,Dallas walked; Carlson,Ben advanced to second.
Playter,Chri singled to center field, RBI; Hord,Dallas advanced to third; Carlson,Ben scored.
Rogers,Trevo homered down the rf line, 3 RBI; Playter,Chri scored; Hord,Dallas scored.
Ryun,Tyler struck out looking.
5 runs, 3 hits, 0 error, 0 LOB

[ISUCC]

OUCH! What an awful start! Good lord!

[ISUCC]

by the way, Golden is blogging live from the game

http://blogs.tribstar.com/downinthevalley/?p=218

[Beav89]

Thanks for the Golden blog link, ISUCC. It's interesting that he noted that Brendon Smith is in the bullpen already, but I haven't heard that on the audio. Valdez is NOT pitching his usual game tonight.

[Beav89]

Less damage in the 2nd...

Indiana State
Ciolli struck out looking.
Lafrenz struck out swinging.
Graham grounded out to 2b.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 error, 0 LOB

Missouri State
McComack singled up the middle.
Conway,Aaron flied out to rf.
Medrano,Kevi singled up the middle; McComack advanced to second.
Drake,Brayde struck out swinging.
Carlson,Ben flied out to lf down the lf line.
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 error, 2 LOB

[ISUCC]

can we please just not get "run ruled" here in the 1st game??

[Beav89]

Bottom of the third and Valdez has hit his third batter...sigh

[Beav89]

3rd inning in the books. Sure hope our bats show up in the 4th. Still 5-0 MSU

Indiana State
Meggs grounded out to 2b.
Ferrell fouled out to 1b.
Strausborger grounded out to 2b.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 error, 0 LOB

Missouri State
Hord,Dallas hit by pitch.
Playter,Chri flied out to lf.
Rogers,Trevo grounded out to 1b unassisted; Hord,Dallas advanced to second.
Ryun,Tyler grounded out to 3b.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 error, 1 LOB

[ISUCC]

shew weeeee, 5-3 in the 4th, ISU still batting, need ALOT more runs!

[Beav89]

Bats are kicking in...5-3 in the top of the 4th with one out! Amen, ISUCC--keep it going!

Well, Graham and Meggs went down, but now we're back in this thing. Hopefully, Valdez comes out in a better mental state with the new score.

[ISUCC]

couldn't get that 4th run home, 5-3 in the bottom of the 4th now.

[Beav89]

4th inning - MSU gets a run, so it's now 6-3.

[BankShot]

Wazzup...5th inning? This when the Trees start shaking their roots! Tell me the Shoe has hit a grandslam.

[ISUCC]

wow 9-3 MSU leads, so much for winning game 1 and putting all the pressure on MSU, now all the pressure is on ISU. Sheesh....

[Beav89]

Wazzup...5th inning? This when the Trees start shaking their roots! Tell me the Shoe has hit a grandslam.

Sorry, Bank Shot. No dice for Shoe and Drake just hit a 3-run homer for a 9-3 lead. Pitching change to Bayes now.

At least Creighton is supposed to be losing to WSU 3-1 (didn't catch what inning).

[Beav89]

Here's the final line on Valdez:

IP 5.2
H 10
R 9
ER 9
BB 2
SO 3
AB 25
BF 30

Not a great night for Eric.

[ISUCC]

here is the stats link for Creighton - WSU

http://www.goshockers.com/liveStats/newLiveStats.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=7500&DB_LANG=C&KEY=&SPID=2844&SPORT_ID=2844&GAME_STAT_ID=190412

3-1 WSU leads.

[BankShot]

Starship back to earth...why didn't Meggs go w/ Rodriguez to start the series after he threw a nice game Sunday v. UE?

[BankShot]

Actually, those #'s are horrible even for Pee Wee League...

[Beav89]

Brendon Smith in for Bayes in the bottom of the 7th (runners at 1st and 2nd, no outs).

At least WSU is now up 4-1 in the 6th

[Beav89]

Actually, those #'s are horrible even for Pee Wee League...

Yes, I need some Advil. Somewhere along the way, the garbled feedback on the internet audio feed got fixed and I didn't even notice when it happened. Now I have to deal with the hubby yelling and screaming because the Red Wings won Game 7 over the Ducks 4-3. At least he's happy. :(

[BankShot]

Bayes then Smith w/ almost an 8 ERA...tells me that Megg's is already looking to Friday and saving his BEST arms for the next two games...

I'm glad that someone struck gold tonight, Beav!

[Beav89]

Bayes then Smith w/ almost an 8 ERA...tells me that Megg's is already looking to Friday and saving his BEST arms for the next two games...

I'm glad that someone struck gold tonight, Beav!

Definitely thinking ahead at this point, I would assume.

And as far as hockey is concerned, hubby and I are now mortal enemies for a few days, as his Wings are now facing my Blackhawks for the Western Conference title. I hope he likes frozen dinners... :bigsmile:

Hey, Shoe got on base in the 8th...

[Beav89]

YESSSSS!!!!!!!

Bronco gets a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 8th with two out. Score now 9-6. C'mon, Sycs!! You can do this!!!!

[ISUCC]

I think it's gonna be too little too late in this one. That 1st inning just killed ISU. CAN NOT have that happen in game 2.

[ISUCC]

about the only good news tonight is WSU is eliminating Creighton from the race, currently 4-1 WSU in the 8th at WSU

[ISUCC]

Drake 4-5 with 5 RBI's, he's a one man wrecking crew for MSU

[ISUCC]

well, top of the 9th, last shot

[Beav89]

And it was really amazing that Meade made it as late into the game as he did. I was really hoping the Trees would get more bullpen face time.

And now they get Clubb. Sigh

[ISUCC]

well, 2 losses in a row now, gonna have to end the regular season with 2 wins in a row, not a good start to this series by any means. That 5 run 1st inning was the difference.

At least CU has been eliminated for all practical purposes.

[Beav89]

well, 2 losses in a row now, gonna have to end the regular season with 2 wins in a row, not a good start to this series by any means. That 5 run 1st inning was the difference.

At least CU has been eliminated for all practical purposes.

Yes, Creighton's loss was the bright spot for the evening. I'm sure Coach will have some appropriate motivating-type words for the team after this outing.

[ISUCC]

In other MVC action, UNI beat Bradley and SIU locked up a spot in the MVC tournament with a 5-2 win over Evansville. E-Ville has been eliminated from MVC post season play.

It's a final at WSU, WSU wins over CU 4-1, the MVC champ comes from the ISU series.

Evansville, UNI, and Bradley are the 3 teams who won't be playing after this weekend.

[ISUCC]

He better, it could all come down to Friday's game with a better shot of rain on Saturday, tomorrow only shows a 30% chance of rain, so I'd think they'd get the game in.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Springfield&state=MO&site=SGF&textField1=37.1962&textField2=-93.2861&e=0


Yes, Creighton's loss was the bright spot for the evening. I'm sure Coach will have some appropriate motivating-type words for the team after this outing.

[msreason]

KY3.com (best weather in Springfield) says to expect scattered thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening. The rain and thunderstorms are likely late Friday night and Saturday morning...breaking up Saturday afternoon.

[msreason]

I purchased the televised broadcast (through the Bears site) which is very good with three or four cameras. They meld the video with the local radio station audio. The announcer was very good and informative. The league commissioner was on the broadcast for a couple of innings and they talked about the awards dinner Tuesday night in Wichita where the player of the year, coach of the year, pitcher of the year...etc will be handed out. The ballots are due by Saturday night.

[SkinnyLu]

Okay, we purchased the video feed for the weekend and only made it through the first inning watching. My husband was grumping at the computer and sighing, I was starting to get sick to my stomach and I chickened out. Went in to the bedroom and did work instead. Had the game on my cell phone watching the game tracker thinking it would be easier emotionally. Needless to say I have a raging headache now and obviously should have drank more during the night.

No call from Cordell after the game....very uncharacteristic of him. I sent him the following message "Hey kid, what a bummer loss tonight. I'm sorry. Get a good nights rest and then pump up the team tomorrow to take two in a row! Love, Mom"

Cordell's response.... "Thanks mom. Love u 2. And will do and night."

I hope the coach can kick them in the butt and pump them up. They will need to be at their best for tomorrows game with MSU's super star pitcher on the mound.

I believe they can do it, but does the team?

[BlueSycamore]

Every game has a dominant personality of it's own. Thursday belonged to the Bears. Today is a new day and a whole new ballgame is up for grabs.

GO SYCAMORES!

[ISUCC]

today won't be any easier for ISU, facing another lefty, I don't think they've fared well vs. lefties, dating all the way back the Creighton series.

[BankShot]

So much riding on the remaining two games...the Shoe v. Drake POY battle is another story. Drake was clearly winner of Round 1.

The 5'10" Baumann is the Bears SO ace w/ 87. He's also a control freak, with only 1 BB every 3 innings.
If I'm Meggs, I'm gonna encourage time-delay tactics while in the batters box and "small ball" to keep 'em off balance.

We came back against the Shockers and can do the same in Springfield, by playing focused "Just ISU" baseball. The opening game saw a few ISU neurons that were estranged by the #26Collegiate Baseball news. Back to reality now.

SkinnyLu - you need to keep that 1/2 pint under the sofa;
Beav - Do you & your hubby wear game helmuts & keep the sticks locked in the gun case while listening?
Also, do ya think Meggs will give the Sycamores the "frozen dinner" treatment after the Game 1 start?

[msreason]

The old axiom applies: Do more of what you did right and less of what you did wrong! I agree that this is a new day and if Petricka is on his game, we'll be fine. Our offensive attack was right there, although it really could have been better last night. Allow fewer runs and explode with the offense. Meade saw his ERA climb yesterday against the Sycamores. Unfortunately, so did Valdez!

[HoopMaster]

How can I get updates on my phone?

[Beav89]

How can I get updates on my phone?

HoopMaster -- what type of phone do you have? SkinnyLu has a BlackBerry Curve and she's told me that she can get the LiveStats feed using the Opera Mini browser (I have that as well, but haven't validated it yet). I know when I'm desperate, I use the standard browser to view Today's Scores on www.d1baseball.com.

I'm not aware of any text update service that gives team-specific NCAA baseball scores out there.

[Beav89]

Well, if it makes SkinnyLu feel any better, the text message reply I had last night was much more positive, so I'm not sweating this one. I've got to believe that they've all had a chance to lick their wounds and move forward.

If the Sycamores are going to have any realistic shot at winning the conference, winning the tournament, winning at Regionals, etc., they are going to need to be mentally tough enough to overcome yesterday's performance and move on. The schedule is no longer littered with the Bradley's of the world to get your confidence boost against. This is the time when the Sycamore MEN decide that they are going to take care of business the way they're capable of doing so and not let history and stats and talk get into their heads. Because if they do, I think it's over now.

Baumann was very effective against my Beavs back in March (6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 W, 7 SO, 20 AB, 22 BF, 81 NP), but the relief that day wasn't nearly as good (ironically, it was Meade). Oregon State lost two of those games by 1 and 2 runs, respectively. Also, OSU's offensive isn't nearly as effective as ISU's, so they have a fighting chance to come out on the top of this series. I think there's three keys to the game for the offense today:

1. Get Baumann off the mound ASAP and get to that weaker MSU bullpen.
2. Get enough hits to give the MSU defense a chance to show why they still lead the conference in errors. The Bear fielding percentage is right there with Bradley and UNI this season, but the Sycs can't take advantage of that if they're not getting the ball into play.
3. Small ball strategy!

I'll be even less concerned if Petricka is in the zone.

Bank Shot - It truly may get ugly in this house starting on Sunday. Ammo, sticks, you name it, under lock and key. I've waited 7 years to get a shot at this again! And I have no doubt that Coach Meggs doled out something after Game 1 last night...

[BankShot]

Don't underestimate ol' dad's stealth activities...