Go home Hillary!

As predicted, Barack Obama won the North Carolina primary yesterday and Hillary Clinton won Indiana. But, Clinton's margin of victory in Indiana was only 2 points 51%-49%. This leaves Clinton with a slim chance of winning the nomination. There are only 6 primaries remaining with a total of 217 delegates. Predicting Obama will win Montana and South Dakota (55-45) and Clinton wins the other four states (also 55-45), she would have to have 75% of the remaining 277 uncommitted super-delegates on her side to lead Obama going into the convention. I don't see 208 super-delegates intentionally dividing the party just so Clinton can get the nomination. Hillary just needs to stop campaigning and go back to New York and Washington DC and be a senator. It would be better for the party, better for her, and better for the nation.

The Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 5-3. Jair Jurrjens pitched 6 innings, only giving up 1 run. He had 8 K's and is 4-2 on the season. Yunel Escobar and Mark Kotsay had 2 hits each. Kotsay and Chipper Jones each had a home run. Mark Teixeira was 0-4 and left 5 men on base, continuing to slump in the clean-up spot in the order. The bullpen is still struggling. Will Ohman gave up two runs in his inning of work, but the rest of the bullpen held the Padres scoreless over the last two innings. Closer Rafael Soriano had pain in his elbow yesterday and will probably not come off the DL as scheduled. Pete Moylan may have season-ending elbow surgery, thus losing another bullpen arm. From what I have been reading, John Smoltz may return to the closer role when he comes back from the DL. The problem is that the starting pitching is only going 5.5 innings per game. This leaves a great strain on the bullpen, which is shown by the two elbow injuries on Soriano and Moylan. Maybe Smoltz will help solidify the bullpen and as the season goes on the starting rotation could possibly throw one more inning per game to relieve some of the stress on the bullpen.

Ball State hosted #19 Michigan yesterday. Michigan came out strong, leading 9-0 after three innings and winning easily 15-8. The Wolverines scored 4 in the first inning off of Brendan Stines. Stines only recorded one out before being replaced and is now 3-3. The Cardinals used 9 pitchers in the game. Matt Stokelen led the BSU attack with 3 hits, 3 RBI, and his fifth homer of the season. Mark Isenberg had two hits after taking over in right field in the sixth inning. Ball State is 26-18 and hosts Northern Illinois for a three-game series this weekend.

The Brownsburg Bulldogs lost a heart breaker to Lafayette Jeff last night, 6-5. The Dogs led 5-4 going into the bottom of the seventh, but Jeff got two runs off of pitcher Tucker Barnhart to eek out the victory. Curtis Drake had 3 hits for the Bulldogs, while Alex McGowan and Mark Conover had 2 hits a piece. McGowan had 2 RBI to lead the team. The Dogs host Jeff tonight in the final game of the home and home series. Brownsburg is 15-3 overall, and 8-3 in the HCC, tied for second with Jeff. Noblesville leads the conference with a 10-2 record.