2012 Case Western Reserve University Baseball Preview: Pitchers
For the Case Western Reserve baseball team to continue its rise to national prominence, to make playoff trips a regular thing, there will always have to be regular improvements from the pitching staff. Their 5.24 ERA was the best for a Case pitching staff since 1999, but still ranked in the middle of the pack [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )2011 Case Western Reserve Baseball Preview – Pitchers
If the CWRU baseball team is to take the next step and make the NCAA playoffs this year, it will be because of another year of improvement by the pitching staff. The pitching took a big step in the right direction last year, going from a 7.66 ERA to a 6.11 ERA. Every key member [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Saturday’s Recap: Ladies and Gentlemen, announcing the return of…the Spartan offense!
Normally, I wouldn’t give this a separate post when the Spartans are playing today, but a number of things need to be said about Saturday’s doubleheader, at the College of Wooster, which was split with the Spartans winning 7-5 and losing 13-8, in the usual bullety-point form. Most importantly, the offense returned to form on Saturday. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )There’s No Better Way to Get Rid of UAA Weeds Than…UAA Roundup!
The UAA Roundup will be posted weekly on this blog and contains highlights of the other UAA teams for the past week, including the UAA Athletes of the Week. Okay, I’ve officially used up all my “roundup” jokes. If you have any, go ahead and comment on this post. First, the UAA Athletes of the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Spartans Upset #2 Heidelberg, 6-3
As a copy editor for The Observer, I report to the Observer office at 5:30, which today came roughly halfway through the game. I had the live stats up on my computer as I was reading statements from USG candidates. As soon as the magic words came up on the screen – “Gainey grounded into [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Game 17: Spartans at #2 Heidelberg University
Today’s game is the first big test of the Ohio portion of the season for the Spartan baseball team. They travel to Heidelberg University, currently ranked 2nd in the nation by the d3baseball.com poll. The result of this game will help show how much the Case program has improved in the past year. The Spartans [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Games 15 and 16: Spartans vs. Mount Aloysius – Live Blog!
Good morning! I will again plunge into the deep depths of the liveblog as the Spartans play a doubleheader today at 1:00. The lineups should be posted 10-15 minutes before the game. I’ll try pulling back on the posts this time around, as I feel that adding this to my usual duties of being the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )UAA Game 5: Spartans vs. Washington U
The Spartans took the first game today against Emory by a score of 7-5. Zach Fry got the win after pitching three innings of one-run ball in relief. Shortstop Matt Keen went 4-for-4 and reached base in all five of his plate appearances, all but cementing, in my opinion, the UAA Rookie of the Year [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Game Recap: Spartans 9, Bears 8 (Plus UAA Weather Update)
According to the UAA baseball site (which I will add to the sidebar links after I post this), the tournament has been rained out for today. The Spartans were scheduled to play two games today. It has not yet been announced what the game schedule is for tomorrow and Sunday. In case you’re interested, the [...]
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