BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Dr. Acula]

I am baffled by what Craddock is doing in game 1.  Mount was up 9-1 after 2 in Wilm.  Barry relieves his starter in the 2nd and the reliever gets the last out.  Puts a new arm in to start the next inning.  Seems normal, new guy gets a clean frame.  He's now on his 9th pitcher and it's 11-2 T6.  He had a string of 5 straight guys that pitched 0.1 IP and in that span they allowed a total of 2 runs.  No one has given up more than a run before being pulled.   

[Dr. Acula]

Wow.  Ott walks off BW 1-0 in 10 innings.  Kostura went the distance.  Cards got 9 IP total between a couple arms.  Impressive stuff.  BW bounced back and won the 2nd game 16-7.  I suddenly don't feel nearly as bad about Mount's effort in the second game last Saturday.  Just survive the DH with 2 wins any way you can I guess.

Congrats to Coach Powell.  Not only was that a huge win for 2026 it also gave him his 625th win becoming the all-time wins leader at Otterbein passing Coach Fishbaugh.  Well earned.  It's been a tough stretch recently, but Powell has had Ott as one of the best programs in the OAC for 20+ years.  Etta is Etta, but of the rest of us Powell's best teams that went deep in regionals have been as good as any teams in the OAC the last 30 years.

[BobcatQB]

I watched game 1..Kostura only threw 83 pitches in 10 innings.  Both teams were swinging at everything..just didn't make sense.  That loss could be huge for positioning at the end.

Muskingum reverted back to not being able to hit after 3 big offensive games vs Denison, Bethany and W&J.  Made ONU look better than they are.  Umpire's zone is game 1 was as big as an apple and he heard if from both benches and the crowd..it was awful. Young guy that I haven't seen before.

Ziance continues to deal for Marietta but they can't find anyone else to help so they split w/ Berg.

Interesting to see how long Craddock lasts at Wilmington.  0-21..yikes.  Thought he was the right guy for Wooster, his Alma Mater..and had success.  Don't know what happened there but he's definitely got his work cut out for him to build a winning program at Wilmington.  With all the good baseball in Cincy area, he should be able to keep some local talent..but Wittenberg would be a much better option.

[Dr. Acula]

To me Berg and Etta are the biggest mysteries so far.  I still don't know what to think about Berg in general or non-Ziance Etta.  It definitely seems like Etta can swing it enough to make every Ziance start a tough road.  The rest of the time?

 

[BobcatQB]

Two big ones in Berea today.

I'll see today what else Marietta has..still know several of the players from when my son played but this will be the last year.  I'm sure Ziance will pitch game 1 since they don't have league games this weekend.

[Dr. Acula]

I'm hoping for a split in Berea.

[Dr. Acula]

I'm hoping for a split in Berea.

Probably my only chance to check the scores for a few hours and Mount and BW are tied 2-2 in the 7th.  I see Ott and Wilm are being pesky today.  Ott down 6-4 at ONU, Wilm up 3-2 at Cap.