Games per warrennolan.com while rankings are from the coaches poll. 9 of 12 teams are in action now due to weather.

FIU (173) at Bethune Cookman (214)
Charlotte (200) vs #22 NC State (33) -- game played in Charlotte minor league park
UTSA (82) at Baylor (113)
La Tech (107) host Grambling (258)
MT (87) at Tennessee (51)
WKU (54) host #5 Louisville (8)
UAB (162) host Alabama A&M (298)
USM (13) vs #7 Miss. St (52) -- game played in Pearl, MS minor league park
Rice (15) host Sam Houston St (117)

Marshall (99) not in action
ODU (31) at #21 Virginia -- game moved to Wednesday
#18 FAU (58) at Florida Gulf Coast -- game ppd due to weather

#3 PAC 12 - .5452
#4 CUSA - .5416
#5 BIG 12 - .5362

USM/State may be a slugfest. Both teams struggling with midweek pitching.

Worried a little bit about this week. Going to be a tough week for FAU. Two tough midweek games against @FGCU and hosting Miami then have to hop a plane to play at ODU. Makes for a good scenario as any for ODU this weekend. We will definitely get to see what our bullpen is made of this week.

(03-28-2016 04:11 PM)Beagleagle23 pid=\'13149086 Wrote:USM/State may be a slugfest. Both teams struggling with midweek pitching.

That would be rare at Trustmark Park in the BBCOR era.

Of course, we had our mind-boggling 36 inning scoreless streak there between 2011 and 2012.

Unless I missed it, I don't think we've hit a home run out of Trustmark in 16 games in the last five seasons since the BBCOR change.

And there were only two hit against us--by Hunter Renfroe from State and Jacob Wilson from Memphis--both of whom were monsters.

64 runs for us over 16 games and that included 10, 11, 12, and 15 inning games.

We love the long ball this year but hopefully Berry reminds the guys that nobody is getting the ball out of that park.

ODU @ UVA moved to Wednesday due to weather

State threw that junk ball pitcher against us every year they had him. Last year was the first in a long time he wasn't on that roster and we won. Hoping we can get the win today as well and keep our SEC streak alive.

(03-29-2016 01:26 AM)EagNBran Wrote:  State threw that junk ball pitcher against us every year they had him. Last year was the first in a long time he wasn't on that roster and we won. Hoping we can get the win today as well and keep our SEC streak alive.

Pollorena. He shut us down in relief in 2011 at TP and then again in the Regional that year. We actually saw him one other time after that and hit him pretty hard in 2013 at TP.

Middle Tennessee is 7-3 in the last ten games of the series. Blue Raiders have had better success in Knoxville than at home. MT is 11-14 up there.

TOPS and the Cards tonight at #TheNick. Should be a great atmosphere

State is throwing Pilkington tonight. He has pitched 12 innings and has a 0.75 ERA. He is 1-0 on the season with 12 strikeouts.

C-USA RPIs as of today: (ISR in parentheses for comparison)
13. USM (13)
15. Rice (24)
31. ODU (34)
54. WKU (63)
58. FAU (33)
82. UTSA (94)
87. MT (129)
99. Marshall (133)
107. LT (86)
162. UAB (166)
173. FIU (160)
200. Charlotte (155)

(03-28-2016 01:55 PM)usm99 Wrote:  Games per warrennolan.com while rankings are from the coaches poll. 9 of 12 teams are in action now due to weather.

FIU (173) at Bethune Cookman (214)
Charlotte (200) vs #22 NC State (33) -- game played in Charlotte minor league park
UTSA (82) at Baylor (113)
La Tech (107) host Grambling (258)
MT (87) at Tennessee (51)
WKU (54) host #5 Louisville (8)
UAB (162) host Alabama A&M (298)
USM (13) vs #7 Miss. St (52) -- game played in Pearl, MS minor league park
Rice (15) host Sam Houston St (117)

Marshall (99) not in action
ODU (31) at #21 Virginia -- game moved to Wednesday
#18 FAU (58) at Florida Gulf Coast -- game ppd due to weather

#3 PAC 12 - .5452
#4 CUSA - .5416
#5 BIG 12 - .5362

FAU's game has been postponed as well due to weather

FIU up 15-7 after 6
MT trails 1-0 after 2
Charlotte trails 1-0 after 2

Not looking like it's going to be a great night but still time some time to go

FIU won
MT lost
Charlotte down 7-0 in 9th
WKU down 10-0 in 7th
La Tech up 10-2 in 8th
UTSA up 2-1 in 6th
UAB up 11-2 in 5th
USM tied 2-2 in 4th
Rice tied at 1 in 5th

USM brought their youth league mid week pitching staff to Jackson tonight and are behind 10-5 in the 8th.. Looks like we aren't going to have the pitching this year to make a run.

10-5 State in the 8th. USM threw in the towel in the 7th last inning.

Obviously, that's an opportunity for a big RPI win lost but not really worried abotu that. Just as midweek success didn't get us into the tournament last year, I don't think struggling in the midweek will be the reason we miss this year (if we do).

Trustmark Park definitely not suited for a college team that relies on power and doesn't have much speed in the outfield. State got a lot of infield hits and bloops to the outfield early on and then the wheels just came off in the middle innings, though we were throwing our better relievers.

Definitely some bullpen concerns for this team, though. And with our starters not being workhorses like we've had in the past in terms of innings, this is the thing that worries me most.

Rice wins their 6th in a row, 5-3 over SHS