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Big 10 Tournament @ TSUN thread

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Great performance by both pitchers today.

Cory Luebke will get the starting nod for the Buckeyes, while Northwestern is expected to hurl Big Ten Pitcher of the Year Dan Brauer.
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Ouch. Luebke hasn't looked all that sharp. Hopefully we can catch NW by surprise since we haven't played this year.
 
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JCOSU86 said:
Cleve: I believe someone (rhg?) pointed out in another thread that the Cats are god-awful in the middle of the week. I like the Buckeyes chances.
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Is that because they play their younger players, because they don't take the weaker opponents seriously, or because they have some phobia of playing on Wednesdays?

Mid-week games are a horrible barometer of an opponent. They're mainly used by the better teams to get younger guys some experience, and by the weaker teams to try to catch the big boys off guard and prove they can hang. OSU has lost to Cleveland State twice, Oakland, and a host of other crappy mid-week opponents in the last couple years. That has no bearing on Big Ten play.

Personally I don't think Luebke will pitch well enough to keep OSU in it. Scoring more than a couple off the Big Ten PoY is going to be tough, even for a team like OSU.
 
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Northwestern is so beatable on paper, but they just find a way to win.

This game comes down to one player...Dan Brauer

The NW ace is 7-0 with a 2.22 ERA in league games. If he pitches tommorrow, we are in trouble.

After Brauer, the Cats arguably have the worst staff in the B10.
Their bullpen ERA is over 9.00, and they dont really have a set rotation after Brauer..he is their #1 and after that..its anybodys guess.

It goes without saying, their pitching is pretty weak, but they hit well...especially when it counts. This team is just "clutch". They lead the B10 in come from behind wins, and AVG with men in scoring position

I really like our chances if Brauer doesnt get the call, but the wildcats really has that look.... "team of destiny".

They cant pitch or field(8th in conference) very well...they just get it done...its gonna be fun!


Hats off to Dan Delucia! What an amazing effort he gave today...I'd say Dan is prolly done for the rest of the tourney. His effort today is exactly what we needed if we want to win this thing!

The pitching senarios are overwhelming, but Coach Todd always seems to handle the staff so well...that is our ace in the hole..thats why i always like our chances in this format. Unlike a lot of teams, we always seem to have a couple of fresh arms toward the end of the tourney.. These early games are critical..not only wins, but how much pitching it takes to get 'em . I imagine that JB Shuck will be the workhorse..this kid can eat up some innings...

Its gonna be interesting to see if Corey can go the entire 9 innings tommorow.... he is a 7 inning guy usually...

Innings count..
Delcuia 10 IP...prolly done
Shuck 2 IP...just getting warmed up
 
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Dispatch

5/25/06

OHIO STATE 2 PURDUE 1, 12

Stephen has big hand in OSU win

Thursday, May 25, 2006




Jedidiah Stephen’s RBI single in the bottom of the 12 th inning gave Ohio State a 2-1 win over Purdue in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament yesterday in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Matt Angle led off the inning with a stand-up double and advanced to third on a wild pitch. After Eric Fryer was hit by a pitch and Ronnie Bourquin flied out, Stephen drove a 1-and-1 pitch into left field.

Stephen also singled and scored the first Ohio State run in the second inning when Jason Zoeller knocked him in with a base hit up the middle.
The Boilermakers (30-26) tied the score in the fourth on an Eric Osborn double that scored John Hunter.

After shaky starts, both starting pitchers breezed through the late innings.

Dan DeLucia, who allowed six Purdue base runners through four innings, including two hit batsmen, gave up two hits in the next four innings. He allowed seven hits and struck out seven in 10 innings.

Dan Sattler worked nine innings, gave up six hits and had three strikeouts.

He retired 12 consecutive Buckeyes between the seventh and ninth innings.

Trae Dauby (4-6) pitched two-plus innings for Purdue, allowing the double by Angle and a wild pitch that put him on third. After hitting Fryer, he was relieved by Chris Toneguzzi, who gave up Stephen’s single.
J.B. Shuck (8-4) was the winner for Ohio State (36-19), which will play Northwestern at 3:35 p.m. today.
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CleveBucks said:
Is that because they play their younger players, because they don't take the weaker opponents seriously, or because they have some phobia of playing on Wednesdays?
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That's hard to gauge. NW was in a fight with scUM for first place, so I"m not sure that resting guys would be a good idea. It's not like they coasted through the rest of their games either. But those mid-week games don't count toward the Big 10 standings so who knows?
 
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I have explained this before...NW plays to win midweek games just like we do. The cats simply dont have enough quality arms to win them .

They save what few good arms they have for the weekend...

Teams do whatever it takes to win midweek games..with the exception of wasting their best arms. Midweek games are a great gauge of which teams have the best pitching depth...obviously, NW has about the worst pitching depth in the League....that lack of depth will keep them from winning this tourney...IMO
 
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