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We all want that, but I'm happy for the good start anyway.
I agree. I was glad to see that they didn't allow that route to Grand Canyon to have a negative effect on them.
tornado
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Bradley is 11-2 but didn't get any of the weekly awards this week
http://cdn.streamlinetechnologies.c...07EEECC/Baseball Weekly Notebook (Mar. 9).pdf
Bradley has a D-I baseball RPI of 12...
Dallas Baptist is 17, Missouri State is 20
nonetheless - none of the MVC teams are in the Top 25, except DBU at 26
as well as Bradley has done, they've largely done it with pitching & fielding (except that blowout to GCU) as their team BA is just .251...bottom half of the MVC
http://cdn.streamlinetechnologies.c...07EEECC/Baseball Weekly Notebook (Mar. 9).pdf
Bradley has a D-I baseball RPI of 12...
Dallas Baptist is 17, Missouri State is 20
nonetheless - none of the MVC teams are in the Top 25, except DBU at 26
as well as Bradley has done, they've largely done it with pitching & fielding (except that blowout to GCU) as their team BA is just .251...bottom half of the MVC
tornado
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The next two games will determine if Bradley can match the 13-3 start they had last year in 2014...
they are currently 11-2 and have an upcoming 3-game series Fri., Sat, & Sun. against Mercer (9-9)...
then 2 games in Florida against an NAIA and a DIII (Mt. Olivet Nazarene & UMass-Dartmouth)
btw - after that 13-3 start, BU went 11-24 in their final 35 games to finish 24-27
MVC games start March 27 - we were 5-16 in the Valley last season.
they are currently 11-2 and have an upcoming 3-game series Fri., Sat, & Sun. against Mercer (9-9)...
then 2 games in Florida against an NAIA and a DIII (Mt. Olivet Nazarene & UMass-Dartmouth)
btw - after that 13-3 start, BU went 11-24 in their final 35 games to finish 24-27
MVC games start March 27 - we were 5-16 in the Valley last season.
Forget about last year. Let's just hope things are different this season.
tornado
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BU definitely has better pitching and some speed & hitting at the top of the order...
the games they have won have been with scoring early and holding the opponents to 5 or fewer hits in 7 games thus far..
I hate to do this but...if we remove that one bad game from the stats..
here's what we have for our pitchers as a group...
11-1, 108 innings pitched, 69 hits, 27 earned runs, Opponents BA of just .187 & ERA of 2.25 for the entire staff..
Again - this is what BU's stats would look like without that one game they got beat 30-7 and gave up 28 hits..
another odd factor - is that our 2nd best hitter is Elliott Ashbeck who is hitting .391 (9-23 with 2 HR & 9 RBI!)
But.....but Elliott is also our best pitcher and has started four games, won all four with an ERA of 1.69 and leads the team with 27 innings pitched
BUT - because he's our best pitcher - they give him the day off after pitching and often don't stress him with hitting in doubleheaders - so he's only appeared as a hitter in 6 games
Not sure the easy answer there - you definitely need a .391 hitter in the lineup but if your best pitcher gets hurt legging a double out, then it would be a bad move.
the games they have won have been with scoring early and holding the opponents to 5 or fewer hits in 7 games thus far..
I hate to do this but...if we remove that one bad game from the stats..
here's what we have for our pitchers as a group...
11-1, 108 innings pitched, 69 hits, 27 earned runs, Opponents BA of just .187 & ERA of 2.25 for the entire staff..
Again - this is what BU's stats would look like without that one game they got beat 30-7 and gave up 28 hits..
another odd factor - is that our 2nd best hitter is Elliott Ashbeck who is hitting .391 (9-23 with 2 HR & 9 RBI!)
But.....but Elliott is also our best pitcher and has started four games, won all four with an ERA of 1.69 and leads the team with 27 innings pitched
BUT - because he's our best pitcher - they give him the day off after pitching and often don't stress him with hitting in doubleheaders - so he's only appeared as a hitter in 6 games
Not sure the easy answer there - you definitely need a .391 hitter in the lineup but if your best pitcher gets hurt legging a double out, then it would be a bad move.
tornado
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Bradley beats Mercer 8-2
Drew Carlile went 3-4 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Elliott Ashbeck got the win (5-0) going 5 innings, 2 ER 9 K
Mercer's starter, Eric Nyquist had a solid 5 2/3 inning then Mercer went to the bullpen when he hit the 100 pitch count and Bradley jumped all over them
Over the next 3 1/3 innings in relief, 5 different Mercer guys out of the bullpen gave up 5 runs on 7 hits
Bradley goes to 12-2
Drew Carlile went 3-4 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Elliott Ashbeck got the win (5-0) going 5 innings, 2 ER 9 K
Mercer's starter, Eric Nyquist had a solid 5 2/3 inning then Mercer went to the bullpen when he hit the 100 pitch count and Bradley jumped all over them
Over the next 3 1/3 innings in relief, 5 different Mercer guys out of the bullpen gave up 5 runs on 7 hits
Bradley goes to 12-2
With 6 more scheduled games ahead of them against non D1 or D2 schools you can look for the non conference record to be even better than last year. Games against Mt. Vernon Nazarene, UMASS-Dartmouth, Robert Morris Springfield Il 2x, Illinois College, and Macmurray all should result in wins for Bradley.
tornado
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this schedule, seems to be created to shore up baseball and make it look better than it's been -
It'll be good enough (like last year - around .500 overall even if the Valley record isn't so good) that they will use the argument that it shows improvement and thus warrants an extension.
I actually like Elvis and he has a team of good kids - but I am still unconvinced of his coaching skills.
Right now, since the games are spread out, we've been able to use Ashbeck as starter a disproportionate number of times against a weak non-conference slate.
Ashbech has an ERA of 1.99 but the entire rest of our pitching staff has an ERA of 4.79 in all innings not pitched by Ashbeck
When the games start coming closer - then we might have bigger pitching problems than we had envisioned.
It'll be good enough (like last year - around .500 overall even if the Valley record isn't so good) that they will use the argument that it shows improvement and thus warrants an extension.
I actually like Elvis and he has a team of good kids - but I am still unconvinced of his coaching skills.
Right now, since the games are spread out, we've been able to use Ashbeck as starter a disproportionate number of times against a weak non-conference slate.
Ashbech has an ERA of 1.99 but the entire rest of our pitching staff has an ERA of 4.79 in all innings not pitched by Ashbeck
When the games start coming closer - then we might have bigger pitching problems than we had envisioned.
tornado
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Things not going so well tonight....
Bradley trails North Florida 12-3 in the bottom of the 7th inning...but the Ospreys look like they might have yet another rally going with 2 on & nobody out...
Bradley has only four hits and the #1 pitcher in our rotation, Elliott Ashbeck, got hammered -
gave up 10 runs in 4 innings - and Bradley has committed a whopping 7 errors
(2 on catcher, 2 on outfielders, 2 on SS, one on 3B) - plus a passed ball & WP.
...- making 6 of the 11 runs unearned.
North Florida (15-8 ) are a very good team - they have a team BA of nearly .300 and team ERA of only a little over 3.00...
Our BA of .273 and ERA of 3.87 may get tested when we enter MVC play - as both stats are way closer to middle of the pack among MVC teams than the top.
Bradley trails North Florida 12-3 in the bottom of the 7th inning...but the Ospreys look like they might have yet another rally going with 2 on & nobody out...
Bradley has only four hits and the #1 pitcher in our rotation, Elliott Ashbeck, got hammered -
gave up 10 runs in 4 innings - and Bradley has committed a whopping 7 errors
(2 on catcher, 2 on outfielders, 2 on SS, one on 3B) - plus a passed ball & WP.
...- making 6 of the 11 runs unearned.
North Florida (15-8 ) are a very good team - they have a team BA of nearly .300 and team ERA of only a little over 3.00...
Our BA of .273 and ERA of 3.87 may get tested when we enter MVC play - as both stats are way closer to middle of the pack among MVC teams than the top.
bigjimmy
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BU's 5-2 win over Iowa gave them a school record 17th win before their home opener and Valley opener. Now we'll see if they continue with their winning ways or revert back to form. Even though SIU comes into Peoria struggling they have been one of the traditionally strongest MVC programs so this should be a good test. BU needs to step it up in Valley play as the Braves haven't had double digit victories in the MVC since Dewey Kalmer's last year in the 07-08 season. We also haven't beaten Wichita in our last 19 games and we haven't finished above .500 since the 06-07 season. If Elvis wants to stay around those figures need to turn around. Hopefully this weekend will be a good start.
tornado
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Bradley ran into a tremendous pitching effort from SIU's starter Aaron Hauge..
who went the distance, striking out 13 hitters, giving up just one run..but..
but Bradley still won because Elliott Ashbeck pitched a 9 inning shutout - likewise giving up just 5 hits, striking out 9.
Bradley is 18-5
who went the distance, striking out 13 hitters, giving up just one run..but..
but Bradley still won because Elliott Ashbeck pitched a 9 inning shutout - likewise giving up just 5 hits, striking out 9.
Bradley is 18-5