Tonight at Legion Field Coleman Pitt Post 58 played a second game this week at home against Pitt County Post 39. Wednesday night PC had eight runs by the end of the second. Tonight it took them nine to score six but that was plenty as Pitt County wins for the second time this week 6-3 over Post 58.
Much improved was CP 58 Pitching as Noah Schrock got the start and after three innings held P39 scoreless through three. Colby Carter started P58's 3rd with a two out single. A walk and a Tyler Barrett single and a wild over throw at third produced the first RBI for any Post 58 player plus the throw scored Logan Pearce who had walked. Barrett scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0.
It looked as Schrock was in big trouble in the fourth as the first batter reached on an error, a hit, a hit batter loaded the bases. Schrock got a much needed strike out and then the old 1-2-3 double play. A high bouncer was looking like it was going to get past Schrock, if it did it probably was going to be an infield hit but Schrock manages to stop the Ball throw to catcher Dawson Sikes and threw to Tyler Sherrod at first for a double play.
The fifth there would be no getting off the hook as Pitt County start with a hit. One out and a hit batter and error at second a base on ball and a hit and double and Pitt County leads 4-3. Tyler Barrett relieved and gave up two runs through the eighth inning. Josh Daniels pitched the ninth.
Coleman Pitt pitching held PC to five hits walked 6 and CP58 committed three errors. Rocky Mount got four hits Wednesday could find only five tonight. Three from Colby Carter, and one each Josh and Tyler Barrett who got the only RBI. Batters five through nine were 0-15.
Weather permitting Coleman Pitt travels to Ahoskie Saturday for a double header playing two seven inning games. This Tropical storm may mess up a lot of baseball this weekend including the DII World Series in Cary. Lander University with the three former Rocky Mount players and coaches on board will play at 8:30 Saturday night as instead of playing two games on Saturday and two on Sunday. Trying to beat the rain but late Saturday forecast doesn't look good either.
Friday, May 27, 2016
The Set Up Is Wrong
It is only Thursday of the ACC Baseball Tournament and every team is well within their three games heading to decide who plays Sunday for the ACC Baseball championship. N C State played Miami the top seeded team in the entire ACC tournament but before they took the field to play their game Florida State had already put away Georgia Tech which gives them two wins and even if State was to beat Miami and Georgia Tech they could only obtain two wins and since Florida State beat them already they are out of the championship game having played but once.
I thought the idea of a tournament was that the further you got to the end the closer you got to keep playing. There has been several instances where one team that made it to the finals played their last bracket game on Friday had Saturday off. Just 2013 the classic State-Carolina 18 inning Saturday night into Sunday morning game that got over at 1:30 in the morning. Carolina had to be back for championship game at 1:pm which they won over Virginia Tech.
There is a push right now to let 12 teams play with 2 groups of six which use to be the way the NCAA tournament use to be until the Super regional method was put in place. Another concept is have four pods of three teams and the winner of each pod plays in the semi finals of Saturday and the winners play Sunday. That sure would make semi final Saturday much like semi final Saturday at the ACC basketball tournament.
If they keep what they have now why not let everyone play their first game and who ever loses the first game play the other loser in your bracket next. The way they have it set up now you know when you play each day. If this was a true tournament you fall into the so called loser bracket and play at what ever time that game is called for. There is no good answer to round robin play. It is almost like three regular season games in one weekend and somebody will play in the championship.
I think one thing missing from the baseball tournament the way it is set up now is the build up. The only buildup the ACC Baseball tournament has is when State and Carolina play each other and that ain't happening this year. I don't care if the tournament was in Boston if State and Carolina played each other at some point that day there would be the biggest crowd of the tournament.
The simple fact to this point is the baseball for the most part in thrown into the category of a non-revenue sport. When the tournament is played in North Carolina both N C State Fans and Carolina fans will support their teams and go watch them play. They don't go see Miami play Boston College because both Miami and Boston college fans aren't there either to see their team play. So if you want the biggest crowds you play at sites where the most people will go.
The ACC basketball tournament did the same thing. They started in Reynolds because it was the biggest arena around and was full every game played. Still these days when the tournament moves around nobody goes to an afternoon game in the quarterfinals when BC plays Syracuse but let Carolina or Duke play in a quarterfinal Friday afternoon game in Washington DC and the place is packed.
We all as fans especially if you love baseball want to see competitive games with each win building up that you might play Sunday. Lose early and play two meaningless games and who wants to go to that. Regardless of what method is used the primary goal should be that as long as you win you keep playing.
I thought the idea of a tournament was that the further you got to the end the closer you got to keep playing. There has been several instances where one team that made it to the finals played their last bracket game on Friday had Saturday off. Just 2013 the classic State-Carolina 18 inning Saturday night into Sunday morning game that got over at 1:30 in the morning. Carolina had to be back for championship game at 1:pm which they won over Virginia Tech.
There is a push right now to let 12 teams play with 2 groups of six which use to be the way the NCAA tournament use to be until the Super regional method was put in place. Another concept is have four pods of three teams and the winner of each pod plays in the semi finals of Saturday and the winners play Sunday. That sure would make semi final Saturday much like semi final Saturday at the ACC basketball tournament.
If they keep what they have now why not let everyone play their first game and who ever loses the first game play the other loser in your bracket next. The way they have it set up now you know when you play each day. If this was a true tournament you fall into the so called loser bracket and play at what ever time that game is called for. There is no good answer to round robin play. It is almost like three regular season games in one weekend and somebody will play in the championship.
I think one thing missing from the baseball tournament the way it is set up now is the build up. The only buildup the ACC Baseball tournament has is when State and Carolina play each other and that ain't happening this year. I don't care if the tournament was in Boston if State and Carolina played each other at some point that day there would be the biggest crowd of the tournament.
The simple fact to this point is the baseball for the most part in thrown into the category of a non-revenue sport. When the tournament is played in North Carolina both N C State Fans and Carolina fans will support their teams and go watch them play. They don't go see Miami play Boston College because both Miami and Boston college fans aren't there either to see their team play. So if you want the biggest crowds you play at sites where the most people will go.
The ACC basketball tournament did the same thing. They started in Reynolds because it was the biggest arena around and was full every game played. Still these days when the tournament moves around nobody goes to an afternoon game in the quarterfinals when BC plays Syracuse but let Carolina or Duke play in a quarterfinal Friday afternoon game in Washington DC and the place is packed.
We all as fans especially if you love baseball want to see competitive games with each win building up that you might play Sunday. Lose early and play two meaningless games and who wants to go to that. Regardless of what method is used the primary goal should be that as long as you win you keep playing.
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