NCAA Regional Game 2 Preview: (6) Case Western Reserve vs. (2) Heidelberg

Posted on May 19, 2011. Filed under: Game Previews, Game Recaps, Live Blogs, NCAA, Scouting Reports | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

You certainly know by now, but I’ll repeat it just in case…Peter Zak, pinch hit grand slam, top of ninth, comeback 5-4 win over Adrian, Peter Zak. It was all pretty exciting stuff. But of course, now the Spartans get to play another game, against the winner of Heidelberg and Penn State-Altoona. Assuming you read the title of this post, you already know that it’s Heidelberg.

Scouting Report: Heidelberg University Student Princes (34-11)

I did a scouting report on them before, so I’m not sure how many times I really need to mention that they have a second baseman named Gar Keen, who is not related to Matt Keen, or that their pitching staff is really good (though not as good as Adrian’s), or that their team nickname is “Student Princes”. Instead, I’ll just list the collective pitching lines from the three games earlier this season:

Case

  • Jamie Hora: 5.2 IP, 12 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
  • Devin Dye: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
  • Taylor Lorenz: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
  • A.J. Boshinski: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
  • Noah Lieberman: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
  • Josh Suvak: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
  • Matt Varley: 0.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
  • Eric Mann: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
  • John Fortunato: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Heidelberg

  • Ethan Holt: 9.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 6 K
  • Brian Koehl: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 8 BB, 6 K
  • Andy Lowe: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
  • Nathan James: 6.0 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10K
  • Branden Stucky: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
  • Zach O’Driscoll: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
  • Sylvester Nino: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Pitched yesterday in italics; Predicted starters in bold.

In my opinion, the respective rotations are shaping as well as they can for Case. Jamie Hora pitched yesterday, and Heidelberg gave him trouble earlier in the year, and it’s set up for A.J. Boshinski, who shut out Heidelberg in five innings of relief back in March, to get the start. Meanwhile, the starter that gave the Spartans the most trouble, Nathan James, started yesterday. They’ll probably go with Ethan Holt, who pitched well against the Spartans in 2010 and was the better of the two other starters back in March. If they start Brian Koehl, I’d expect a similar line to the one up there, with way too many walks to end up with just a few runs allowed.

Live stats here, live audio here, and live video here. I will once again Twitter it up new-school.

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Weekend Scouting Report: Case Western Reserve at Heidelberg University

Posted on March 26, 2011. Filed under: Game Previews, Scouting Reports | Tags: , , , , , , |

This is the first of two defining weekends for the Spartans. No. 2 Heidelberg University has one of the best pitching staffs in the nation, and the Spartans will have to play three really good games to beat them.

Scouting Report: Heidelberg University Student Princes (11-3)

Offense: Heidelberg has a number of talented hitters, including senior 2B Gar Keen (no relation to Matt), senior SS Jason Lash, senior 3B Willie Brechun, and junior OF Ricardo Lizcano. Their 7-9 hitters are in a slump to begin the year, but they don’t need a 1-9 offense with their pitching staff.

Pitching: Their team ERA through 14 games is 1.86. Yes, that’s the right number, it’s less than two. For the entire team. They don’t have a single hurler whose ERA is over 6.00. Compare that to the Spartans, who have six pitchers with an ERA over 6.00, and you can see why this will be a tough test. Their aces are sophomore righty Ethan Holt and senior righty Brian Koehl

Live stats are here. Live audio is here. I’ll be away from my computer most of the weekend, but I may check in with updates.

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