Here's some quick glance stats/info on each team in the tournament starting with our Friday opponent Eastern Michigan. I'll add Ohio St and Nicholls St later this week.

EMU is 1-7 with 1 of the losses to a non D1 opponent. They do not play again until our Friday matchup. They started their season losing 7 straight (all on the road) but finished off their weekend at Jackson St last week with a win. Granted their competition hasn't been too good but they haven't lacked in putting up runs; but based off their record they are allowing much more than they've scored.

As a team EMU is batting .309, 7 HR and has gone 27-34 in SB (10 of the 12 players that have a plate appearance have at least 1 SB). They have struck out twice as much as they have walked (64 K to 32 BB)
Leading hitters:
#17 Schuemann - .500 (18 for 36), 3 HR (team lead), 7 RBI (2nd on team), 9-9 SB (team lead)
#2 DeVenney - .417, 1 HR, 6 RBI (also their Sunday SP)
#23 Hager - .391 (9 for 23), 0 HR, 1 RBI
#7 Timko - .368, 0 HR, 5 RBI
#24 Owings - .367, 8 R, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 6-7 SB


Pitching wise EMU has a team ERA of 9.09, allowed 12 HR, struck out 40 and walked 32 while teams are hitting .347 against them. They've allowed 12 SB in 16 attempts. Only 3 of their 13 pitchers have an ERA under 5.00 but none of those have any starts
#3 Feldman has started both game 1s in their 2 weekend series so assuming he would start against us.
Feldman JR RHP
0-1, 5.68 ERA, 12.2 IP, 14 hits, 7 K, 6 BB, 2 HBP, .304 BA allowed
6 innings and 6.2 in his 2 starts

Season results
lost 4 at Florida Gulf Coast (5-6, 3-12, 11-12 and 7-8)
lost at non D1 Lynn College 13 to 17
lost 2 of 3 at Jackson St (3-5, 6-8, 9-3)

EDIT --- EMU has put their weekend game notes out and it appears they will pitch Feldman against us. Also didn't realize until reading the game note they have an interim coach who took over that title on January 3. The previous head coach left to be the pitching coach at Michigan St where he came from to become the EMU head coach.

http://www.emueagles.com/documents/2018/...df?id=5359

Lineup by position (not batting order)
C 14 Nick Jones .314
1B 24 Zachary Owings .367
2B 5 Drake Peggs .235
3B 23 Devin Hager .391
SS 17 Max Schuemann .500
LF 7 Jeff Timko .368
CF 9 Cameron Cruz .238
RF 28 Nate Jones .192
DH 30 Kolton Schenker .235

See last paragraph in previous post for some updated info on EMU...and now on to Ohio St

Ohio St comes into the weekend with a 5-3 record. They split last weekend at a tourney in Arizona against Oregon St (lost 10-8 and 6-1) and Utah (won 7-2 and 20-13).

Offensively they are hitting .311 as a team with 5 HR (1 player has 3, another has 2), 6-8 in SB, while striking out 79 times compared to 48 BB. They have 5 players with at least 7 starts (out of 8 possible) who are batting .333 or better

**These 5 have started all 8 games
#4 McGowan .429, 11 R, 3 HR, 19 RBI (all stats are either team lead or tied for team lead)
#2 Foppe .387, 10 R, 4 RBI, 2-3 SB
#12 Cowles .379, 10 RBI
#39 Pohl .333, 10 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI
#33 Canzone .294, 11 R, 6 RBI, 3-3 SB

Pitching wise they are starting
RHP Ryan Feltner, 1-0, 6.55 ERA, 2 starts, 11.0 IP (5 in 1st start, 6 in 2nd start), 12 H, 12 K, 5 BB, 3 HBP with a .286 BA against.
Interesting tidbits about Ohio St pitching overall is that they have yet to allow a HR this year as well as they have hit 15 batters in their 8 games

Nicholls St hasn't put out game notes so I will update later today/tomorrow with the SP info.

Nicholls comes into the weekend with a 1-7 record including a 2-1 loss on Wednesday to UL Lafayette which is the only game they've allowed less than 5 runs. Their only win was game 4 of their opening 4 game series vs Stony Brook. 3 of their 7 losses were by 1 run each while they've also lost games by 2 and 3 runs each so they very easily could be 4-4, 5-3 or 6-2.

Hitting wise they are batting .271 with 4 HR, 62 K, 25 BB and just 2 of 7 in SB.
These 4 have started all 8 games and are the better statistical batters:
#3 Valdez .400, 2 R, 2 RBI
#11 Morales .333, 4 R, 1 HR, 6 RBI
#10 Teer .323, 4 R, 6 RBI
#18 Knauth .281, 6 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI

Pitching wise as a team they have a 6.39 ERA, only allowed 3 HR, .324 BA against, 43 K to 35 BB while hitting 13 batters.

ON THE BUMP
Friday vs. Nicholls State: LHP Connor Curlis (1-0, 3.48 ERA) vs. TBA
Saturday vs. Southern Miss: RHP Ryan Feltner (1-0, 7.20 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Sandlin (2-0, 0.00 ERA)
Sunday vs. Eastern Michigan: RHP Adam Niemeyer (0-1, 5.00 ERA) vs. vs. RHP Luke DeVenney (0-0, 6.00 ERA)

TICKETS
Tickets for the Cox Diamond Invitational are $11 for a day pass and $26 for a weekend pass. For more info, visit the tournament website here.

LEADING OFF

•This is the second trip to the state of Florida for the Scarlet and Gray this year. Ohio State opened the 2018 campaign with a 3-1 record at the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla.
•Last weekend, the Buckeyes went 2-2 at the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge in Surprise, Ariz. The team beat Utah twice and fell to No. 2 Oregon State in both games at Surprise Stadium.
•This weekend marks the first time Ohio State will play in Pensacola, Fla. in 135 years as a varsity program. Baseball is the oldest sport at Ohio State.
•Ohio State is hitting .311 as a team with 70 runs scored, 17 doubles, five home runs and 6-for-8 in stolen bases.
•The team ranks second in the Big Ten in batting average (.311), on-base percentage (.412), runs scored (70), hits (90), RBI (66), doubles (17) and first in walks (48).
•The OSU pitching staff has combined for a 4.30 ERA with 58 strikeouts and 23 walks.
•Senior Noah McGowan is leading the team with a .429 average with 15 hits, including four doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI. He is second in the country in RBI (19).
•McGowan was named National Player of the Week after driving in a nation-best 13 RBI with two home runs and one double during the opening weekend Feb. 16-18.
•Junior starting pitcher Connor Curlis is 1-0 with a 3.48 ERA with nine strikeouts in 10.1 innings pitched.
•Senior reliever Seth Kinker picked up a win and a save during the team’s opening day doubleheader at Charlotte Sports Park in victories over Milwaukee and Canisius Feb. 16.
•The game Friday will be the first meeting between Ohio State and Nicholls State.
•Ohio State is 5-7 all-time vs. Southern Miss. The game Saturday will be the first meeting between the Buckeyes and Golden Eagles since the 1995 campaign. Ohio State’s last win against Southern Miss was during the 1993 season in a 19-5 victory in Hattiesburg, Miss.
•The Scarlet and Gray are 12-4 all-time vs. Eastern Michigan. The Buckeyes are 8-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Eagles. Last year, Eastern Michigan won, 3-1, April 12 in Columbus.
•The 2018 Buckeyes return 22 letterwinners this season, including 13 members from the 2016
•Big Ten championship team. The team welcomed 10 newcomers in the fall.
•The Scarlet and Gray will rack up the frequent flyer miles, opening the 2018 season with 17-straight road games. The Buckeyes will be in the state of Florida two times and will also visit Arizona, South Carolina and North Carolina. The team will fly a combine 7,516 miles across the country over the next five weeks.
•Dominic Canzone returns for his sophomore campaign after leading the Buckeyes at the plate with a .343 average last season. He was named a third team All-Big Ten selection.
•Kinker will anchor an experienced Buckeye bullpen this spring. Kinker posted a 2.95 ERA in 58.0 innings pitched in 2017.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
NICHOLLS STATE
2018 Record: 1-5
Team Stats: .264, 11 2B, 4 HR, 2-for-6 SB, 7.27 ERA, 34 K, 27 BB
Top Hitter: Ethan Valdez, .409, 1 2B, 0 HR, 1 RBI
Top Pitcher: Jacob Bedevian, 0-1, 4.50 ERA, 5 K, 4 BB, 10.0 IP
Last Time Out: 0-3 at Kleberg Bank College Classic (midweek game Wednesday at UL-Lafayette)

SOUTHERN MISS
2018 Record: 6-2
Team Stats: .333, 15 2B, 12 HR, 8-for-11 SB, 4.31 ERA, 79 K, 25 BB
Top Hitter: Luke Reynolds, .469, 5 2B, 4 HR, 15 RBI
Top Pitcher: Nick Sandlin, 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 23 K, 0 BB, 14.0 IP
Last Time Out: Won, 9-7 at New Orleans Tuesday

EASTERN MICHIGAN
2018 Record: 1-7
Team Stats: .309, 15 2B, 7 HR, 27-for-34 SB, 9.09 ERA, 40 K, 32 BB
Top Hitter: Max Schuemann, .500, 3 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 9-for-9 SB
Top Pitcher: Davis Feldman, 0-1, 5.68 ERA, 7 K, 6 BB
Last Time Out: Lost two of three games at Jackson State, won finale, 9-3 in eight innings Feb. 25

Feltner is a hard-throwing righty (93-97 fastball). His career stats aren't great, but he's definitely projectable. D1 has him as the #1 2018 prospect in the entire Big 10. Pitched on the Cape last summer.

Iacobelli (3rd string catcher) transferred here from Eastern Michigan. Wonder if they put him in late if we have a big lead.

2 articles from Penscacola paper on this weekend's action. The first is one on USM while the 2nd is their thoughts on the top 5 players to watch:

USM article
https://www.pnj.com/story/sports/2018/02...381654002/

5 players to watch at tournament (see below for article)
https://www.pnj.com/story/sports/2018/03...383084002/

1. Nick Sandlin, RHP, Southern Miss: One of the nation’s top pitchers, Sandlin was a preseason first-team All-American according D1Baseball.com and Perfect Game while being voted the preseason Conference USA Pitcher of the Year by league coaches.
He earned second and third team All-American honors for Southern Miss (6-2) as a sophomore in 2017, closing out games for the Golden Eagles as they came within outs of an NCAA Super Regional.
Transitioning into a starters’ role, Sandlin owns a 0.00 ERA through two starts this season, striking out 23 batters and allowing just seven hits through 14 innings.
It certainly seems like Sandlin’s side-arm motion will be just fine with the additional innings.

2. Noah McGowan, UTL, Ohio State: The Buckeyes’ star utility man couldn’t have scripted a better start to his senior season.
McGowan was named Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of the Week on Feb. 19, a product of his 13-RBI weekend at the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte.
Batting a lofty .429 with three home runs, McGowan’s 19 RBIs are ranked third nationally and match the total he produced in 2017.

3. Luke Reynolds, 3B, Southern Miss: The Mississippi State transfer has been on a tear for the Golden Eagles (6-2) in 2018, leading Southern Miss with a .469 batting average, four home runs and 15 RBIs through eight starts.
Reynolds played for the Bulldogs in 2015 before transferring prior to the 2016 season, citing concerns over his playing time according to the Sun Herald.
He got a measure of revenge on his former team as the Golden Eagles swept Mississippi State to open the regular season. Reynolds homered in the series and was 6-of-10 with six RBIs overall.
Reynolds’ 15 RBIs place him in a tie for ninth-best in Division this year, a number he’s looking to improve upon in Blue Wahoos Stadium this weekend.

4. Max Scheumann, SS, Eastern Michigan: Eastern Michigan’s speedy middle infielder is one of the nation’s best on the base paths.
Scheumann’s nine stolen bases in eight games ranks first in Division I. It’s a feat that’s been bolstered by his 18 hits this season, a statistic for which he ranks third nationally.
Altogether, Scheumann is batting .500 with three home runs and seven RBIs in a breakout season that many professional scouts saw coming.
Scheumann was rated the tenth-best MLB prospect in the Middle American Conference according to Baseball America.

5. Joey Morales, SS, Nicholls State: A four-year starting shortstop for Nicholls State (1-6), Morales makes up the core of a Colonel infield which returned all four starters this season.
Morales is batting a personal-best .333 so far this season to go along with one home run and five RBIs.
It’s been a rough start to the season for Morales and Nicholls State, though a strong performance from Morales in Blue Wahoos Stadium could help the Colonels get back on track.

Any streaming?

(03-02-2018 03:59 PM)GeagleFan Wrote:  Any streaming?

Nothing today or Sunday. Saturday will be a Cox Sports/ESPN3 broadcast.

Nicholls St leading Ohio St 1-0 after 4.5 innings (OSU home team). It's truly been a pitcher's duel as there's only been 1 hit combined. Nicholls got a walk, sac bunt and RBI single to score the lone run.

FWIW, USM will be visiting team on Friday and Sunday, while we will be the home team Saturday

**EDIT** OSU breaks through and scores 5 so far in bottom 5 on 2 doubles, a single and a 3R HR.

anybody got a linky????

I just got home....

First pitch from Pensacola is at 6.

Lineup:

1) Montenegro - LF
2) Irby - RF
3) Reynolds - 3B
4) Wallner - CF
5) Slater - 1B
6) Keating - DH
7) Donaldson - C
8) Guidry - DH
9) Boyd - SS

Powers pitching.

Video: none
Audio: https://tunein.com/radio/Southern-Miss-I...k-s230329/
Stats: http://www.southernmiss.com/gametracker/...rtschool=&

USM slow outta the gates....0-0 bottom 3rd

"Battle Creek, Michigan, that's where Kellogg's Cereal is made, I think."

USM seems to be starring in an episode of "The Walking Dead"---AS THE WALKING DEAD! Down 3-0, in the third, to mighty EMU!

3-0 EMU T4

(03-02-2018 07:54 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  3-0 EMU T4

3-1 now....finally....

their runs were all on 'infield hits' according to juan with the exception of the the 3rd run.....

time to heat up the bats.....

Slater and Keating coming up big.

4-3 USM B4

(03-02-2018 08:10 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  Slater and Keating coming up big.

4-3 USM B4

ask, and ye shall receive.....

best I can tell, it's time to get someone up in the pen.....

USM takes the lead 4-3, heading to bottom 4th

oh yeah, Japs bomb Pearl Harbor!

5-3 USM after 5.