Buckeye State baseball has released their Preseason All Buckeye state team for DIII. Good luck to all who made the team.
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QuoteFirst-team
C- Jr. Wes Meadows, Otterbein: .373 AVG/.438 OBP/ .711 SLG 14 2B, 8 3B, 6 HR, 36 RBI, 27-42 SB-SBA
1B- Sr. Tom Hickey, John Carroll: .391/.491/.526 14 2B, 2 3B, 27 RBI
2B- Sr. Kirby Becker, Marietta: .328/.442/.364 7 2B, 30 RBI, 12-17 SB-ATT
SS- Sr. Tim Saunders, Marietta: .385/.429/.546 8 2B, 8 3B, 3 HR, 53 RBI, 27-31 SB-ATT
3B- Sr. Craig Knott, Mount Union: .366.427/.530 10 2B, 4 HR, 31 RBI, 12-17 SB-ATT
OF- Sr. Sam Alexander, Case Western: .368/.427/.580, 19 2B, 5 3B, 4 HR, 55 RBI, 1-2 SB-ATT
OF- Jr. Aaron Hopper, Marietta: .358/.433/.563 15 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 58 RBI, 13-21 SB-ATT
OF- Sr. Ricardo Lizcano, Heidelberg: .402/.522/.661 10 2B, 4 3B, 9 HR, 34 RBI, 15-24 SB-ATT
OF- Jr. Kyle Neirmann, Bluffton: .382/.411/.539 13 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 36 RBI, 8-9 SB-ATT
DH- Sr. Nick Broyles, Bluffton: .400/.478/.735 18 2B, 5 3B, 8 HR, 48 RBI, 17-18 SB-ATT
SP- Sr. Austin Blaski, Marietta: 12-2, 1.62 ERA, 17 G, 14 GS, 2 CG, 94.2 IP, 22 BB, 86 SO, .179 BAA
SP- Sr. Brian Gasser, Marietta: 14-1, 1.06 ERA, 15 G, 15 GS, 3 CG, 93.1 IP, 28 BB, 89 SO, .171 BAA
SP- Jr. David Cydus, Otterbein: 5-1, 1.46 ERA, 11 G, 7 GS, 4 CG, 49.1 IP, 11 BB, 26 SO, .230 BAA
RP- Sr. Kyle Lindquist, Marietta: 0-0, 1.70 ERA, 28 G, 12 SV, 42.1 IP, 7 BB, 48 SO, .211 BAA, 0.97 WHIP
Second-team
C- Soph. Tim Webb, Bluffton: .362/.400/.526 7 2B, 4 HR, 22 RBI, 5-5 SB-ATT, 42-56 SB-SBA
1B- Sr. Matt Hampp, Wittenberg: .399/.433/.587 11 2B, 5 HR, 26 RBI, 8-9 SB-ATT
2B- Jr. Graham Wolff, Wittenberg: .338/.386/.429 9 2B, 1 HR, 14 RBI
SS- Jr. Matt Keen, Case Western: .381/.457/.510 18 2B, 4 HR, 37 RBI, 13-14 SB-ATT
3B- Soph. David Moore, Wittenberg: .311/.371/.359 5 2B, 18 RBI, 7-11 SB-ATT
OF- Jr. Andrew Dunn, Kenyon: .341/.371/.484 13 2B, 22 RBI, 6-6 SB-ATT
OF- Jr. Jordan Grilliot, Marietta: .363/.466/.494 15 2B, 2 3B, HR, 23 RBI, 12-17 SB-ATT
OF- Soph. Zac Mathie: Wooster: .346/.387/.532 12 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 42 RBI, 5-7 SB-Ahttp://www.d3boards.com/Themes/core/images/bbc/quote.gifTT
DH- Soph. Airic Steagall, Bluffton: .357/.462/.439 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 15 RBI, 2-2 SB-ATT
SP- Sr. Sylvester Nino, Heidelberg: 5-3, 3.05 ERA, 13 G, 10 GS, 56.0 IP, 30 BB, 55 SO, .228 BAA
SP- Jr. Austin Price, Ohio Northern: 3-6, 2.90 ERA, 12 G, 11 GS, 4 CG, 71.1 IP, 16 BB, 56 SO, .250 BAA
SP- Jr. Keenan White, Wooster: 3-3, 2.96 ERA, 11 G, 7 GS, 2 CG, 48.2 IP, 14 BB, 36 SO, .267 BAA
RP- Sr. Matt Rupert, Wittenberg: 3-1, 3.41 ERA, 19 G, 8 SV, 29.0 IP, 11 BB, 26 SO, .269 BAA, 1.35 WHIP
Bluffton appears to have a solid group of talent this year. Are their any expectation for them this season to make some noise?
Quote from: BigPoppa on February 16, 2012, 10:46:00 AM
Bluffton appears to have a solid group of talent this year. Are their any expectation for them this season to make some noise?
Bluffton is coming off a record-setting year with 19 wins and returns the majority of their team. From my experience, Bluffton has always had at least a few extremely good hitters but has somewhat lacked in the pitching department. The lowest ERA that any of their regular starters had last year was 6.16.
It also doesn't help that their home field plays
extremely small. When the wind is blowing out, some routine fly balls can easily leave the yard.
With that said, Broyles is a very good hitter and they will have a good lineup this year. I still expect to see the usual teams on top of the HCAC (Franklin, Anderson, *hopefully* Rose-Hulman :D) but I also expect to see a team like Bluffton or MSJ sneak into the conference tournament at the end of the year.
OWU opens against Bluffton this weekend in Chilicothe. My son knows quite a few of the freshman on the team from playing with or against them. He believes they will be pretty good.