Gf 10- Lafayette 0 in 6 Perdue 3 hit complete game
Omigosh! Superb high school baseball game last night at Hickory High School where 2 teams, Indian River and Hickory and 4 pitchers played to the middle of the 10th inning in a 0-0 game only to have play suspended because of lightning. Hickory starter Gregory threw 7 innings 0R 8H 3BB 10Ks; River starter Fuqua matched his foe for 6 innings 0R 3H 4BB 8Ks. IR reliever Spainhour threw 3 innings 0R 2H 1BB 3Ks while Hickory reliever McCreight threw 3 innings 0R 0H 2BB 1HBP 7Ks. Wow, what a game and more to come tonight, weather permitting. On the gun Gregory was up to 89, Fuqua up to 87.
If Hickory and Indian River win out this week, they'll play a playoff game on Friday, May 20 for regular season Atlantic Conference title. Crazy thing is that both schools, I think, have their Senior Proms scheduled for that night. The Green Run upset win over Hickory threw these two teams into a tie in the Conference, befitting their marathon 10 inning 0-0 tie ended by lightning.
NotThatGuy posted:If Hickory and Indian River win out this week, they'll play a playoff game on Friday, May 20 for regular season Atlantic Conference title. Crazy thing is that both schools, I think, have their Senior Proms scheduled for that night. The Green Run upset win over Hickory threw these two teams into a tie in the Conference, befitting their marathon 10 inning 0-0 tie ended by lightning.
Who did IR lose to?
Hickory in 1st Conference game, 3-1 on errors (1 earned run).
NotThatGuy posted:Hickory in 1st Conference game, 3-1 on errors (1 earned run).
Only one game counts toward conference record. The first go round within the SED is not part of conference play...unless they are playing a home and home with each team in the conference. I don't think that's occurring considering that Hickory played 3 games over Spring Break.
In the PenSouth each team only plays each other once.
Am I missing something?
I think the schedule format varies from conference to conference. In Hickory conference I think they do play a home and home... Earlier Gregory threw a perfect game for Hickory vs Green Run... But then a couple days later Green Run turned around and beat Hickory, if I remember correctly.
TriplePlay3 posted:I think the schedule format varies from conference to conference. In Hickory conference I think they do play a home and home... Earlier Gregory threw a perfect game for Hickory vs Green Run... But then a couple days later Green Run turned around and beat Hickory, if I remember correctly.
That sounds about right! I'm so over this conference crap.
Tiebreaker if all 3 teams tie at 2-2.Granby is the 4 seed a draw was made in Sept..but if Oscar Smith beats Western Branch they will play again on Friday.if Western Branch wins and Grassfield beats Granby. Granby will play Oscar Smith on Friday.If Granby beats Grassfield the tie breaker for that is Head 2 Head.
I just call Granby. Game has been move until Thursday vs Grassfield. Rain rain go away.
OS-WB is still on.
Maury at Indian River moved from today, 5/18 to Thursday, 5/19. In first matchup at Maury on Monday, both teams' pitchers were effective. Maury's LHP Rogan threw CG very well vsRiver. Game was won by Maury in bottom 7th, down 1-0. A leadoff walk, dropped DP ball at 2nd and crushed double to RF for 2-run walkoff by Maury's Thompson spelled loss for River and RHP Spainhour, also a CG thrower.
Who is the WB coach kidding.
He is over throwing arms all day.
Below Written by Jami Frankenberry
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The constant rain in recent weeks has South Hampton Roads baseball coaches playing the role of Dr. Frankenstein, plotting the best formula for preserving their pitching staffs.
“It’s like a mad science right now,” Western Branch coach Roland Wright said.
Wet weather during the past two weeks has scrambled the high school spring sports schedules, forcing most baseball teams to cram three or four games into one week before postseason begins. Western Branch, ranked 10th in South Hampton Roads, played three games in four days last week, going 1-2.
“This back-to-back stuff is killing us,” said Wright, whose team played No. 2 Grassfield, seventh-ranked Granby and Woodside last week. “It’s come in the later part of the season where you’re trying to keep your arms fresh at a crucial time. The weather came when you want to have your arms rested.”
The innings overload has coaches crunching numbers to follow Virginia High School League guidelines, which permit a pitcher to throw up to 14 innings during a seven-day period. There are further restrictions depending on how many innings are thrown each day, including: a day of required rest after pitching 2-3 innings and two days of rest after 4-7 innings.
Some teams are better armed to weather the recent storms: Grassfield (17-2) has a pair of college-bound pitchers at the top of its rotation - Garrett Stallings (Tennessee) and Hunter Perdue (Virginia) - and Logan Keheley tossed a two-hit shutout last week against Woodside.
Western Branch ace Corey Klak, a senior left-hander headed to Old Dominion, has been platooned in the rotation with freshman right-hander Antoino Velasquez and junior righty Jay Patto to keep the trio fresh.
"We’ve gone more to a platoon system because you have to pace it out,” Wright said. “Back-to-back games have really challenged coaches as far as figuring out their pitching."
Softball teams also are feeling the late-season crunch to squeeze in games, but there are no restrictions on pitching. Hickory played – and won – five softball games in four days last week.
More postponements this week prompted the Atlantic and Coastal conferences to push the start of their baseball and softball tournaments from Saturday to next week. Both baseball tourneys now begin Monday, and softball starts Tuesday.
“We have a number of (baseball) teams that would have to play four games in five days, or four games in six days, and I don’t think anybody’s got enough pitching to get through that,” Salem athletic director Mark Harrison said. “So basically the goal is for us to get the regular season finished by this Friday and let everybody rest on Saturday.”
Interesting article and quotes. I hadn't seen it. "Platooned"? Nice choice of words....
Wish Jami had the whole story. Who knows maybe he read this stuff.
Klak did pitch last week. A whole lot in fact .
Monday 76 pitches
Wed 125 pitches
That does not include warm ups or the 8 pitches in between innings.
Well over 250 pitches thrown on one day's rest. (Maybe more) No college guys do this, pretty sure no pros do this.
Wonder what the ODU coaches think?
It's a lot. A whole lot.
WB beats OS 4-0. Klak CG, 3 hits, 4 Ks.
How many pitches did Klak throw tonight? Just asking. Another CG
Infiekd posted:How many pitches did Klak throw tonight? Just asking. Another CG
You should really give it a rest. It's been a week since he's thrown.
GoHeels posted:Infiekd posted:How many pitches did Klak throw tonight? Just asking. Another CG
You should really give it a rest. It's been a week since he's thrown.
I'm inclined to agree. Last night was a low stress outing for the most part. On to the conference playoffs once GF plays Granby to decide the 1 seed.
Will do but just because he has a low stress outing does not change how he is used.
Rest coming.
Anyways....we have worn that discussion out. I see GF winning regular season and grabbing auto bid to Regionals....where they will be heavy favorites I would think.
Other team to escape from MM conference...? Looking at possible WB vs Granby rematch for likely second bid.
I think the format is 1 vs 4/5 winner and 2 vs 3 so if Granby loses they will be 4 seed and WB and Woodside will be 2/3 don't know the order just that Granby loses all tie breakers.
Kind of a tough spot for Granby. With a win tonight they do win the regular season. However, with a loss tonight I believe they would end up with the 4 seed because of tie breaker rules. (WB, Granby & Woodside would all be 2-2) That would mean to turn around tomorrow and play OS and then the winner get GF next week.
Yeah....tough spot indeed. They are a solid ball club. I just think GF is too much to handle. But having to turn around and play tomorrow, after what I would assume is a game tonight they will do all they can to win, is a tough spot for either team. Then....play again next Tuesday for the winner tomorrow night. Ah the drama of the playoffs. lol.
I give them a shot tonight vs GF. They're a tough team, should be a good one.
GF 4 Granby 1. Stallings CG. Purdue 2 RBI 1B. Riddick had 3 hits.
Granby I heard was a tough team to go against. I guess I heard right. 4-1 GF. Sounds like GF #1 did it again .
Any details on game. Heard some exchanges at end of game. What was that about?
GF scored 2 in 1st on a 2 RBI single from Hunter Purdue. Granby answered a couple innings later scoring on a safety squeeze to make it 2-1. GF then scored on a balk the next inning and followed the next inning scoring on a 1st and 3rd situation when Granby couldn't throw out the runner stealing 2nd which allowed the man on 3rd to score to make it 4-1.
Thank you!
Next two days are conference tournaments. I think Grassfield, Hickory and GB have all advanced by virtue of winning the conferences. WB, IR and DC are additional possibilities. If it happens the SED will have 2 teams in each level in Regionals. That would not be bad in what might be a down year for the league overall.
Atlantic Conference Schedule (revised due to field conditions) at Hickory for Semi-Finals:
#1 Hickory v. #4 Kempsville 5:00PM
#2 Indian River v. #3 Maury
Atlantic Conference Championship Game: Wednesday 6:00PM at Kellam