I was at the Ball State game last night and it was ugly, as they lost to North Texas 20-10. NTU amassed 512 yards of offense against what was supposed to be a strong Ball State defense. The attendance was good as 8,000+ students were part of the crowd of 16,000 on a nice night for football. The one good thing that could come out of this is that the team can't play much worse than they did on Thursday night. Seven of the 11 starters on offense are freshmen or sophomores, so this may be a rebuilding year that could mirror what happened three years ago when Nate Davis, Dante Love, Darius Hill, etc. were all underclassmen and the team was 5-7 and got beat by the likes of IU and North Dakota State. We will see next Saturday when 1-AA New Hampshire comes to Scheumann Stadium to face the Cardinals.
As if it wasn't enough that I had to sit through BSU getting demolished by a team they were favored to beat by 17 points, I was getting mobile updates on the Braves/Marlins game. Of course, the 6th inning came back to haunt us again as they gave up 6 runs in the inning to turn a 3-1 lead into a 7-3 deficit. I knew things were bad when I saw that Buddy Carlyle was pitching. Carlyle mostly pitches in games that are blowouts. Eight of his 17 games have come when the margin was 4 runs or more. The final score was 8-3 as the Marlins salvaged a split of the series. The Braves host the Reds tonight at 735p. Derek Lowe will pitch against Bronson Arroyo in a repeat matchup of the April 25th game when the Braves got to Arroyo early and beat the Reds 10-2. I was in attendance at that game and had a great time, which is expected when your team wins in the visitors park.
The Braves are 8.5 games behind the Phillies in the NL East and tied with the Marlins in second place. Atlanta is 4 games behind the Rockies in the wild card race.
Lance Lynn is scheduled to make his AAA debut for the Memphis Redbirds this evening. His opponent will be Oklahoma City and former major league pitcher Kris Benson. Game time is 805p EST.
Drew Storen pitched 1-1/3 innings last night for the AA Harrisburg and got his first win for the Senators. He struck out 3 batters and allowed only one hit. Opponents are batting .077 against him in 12 1/3 innings. Nationals GM Mike Rizzo has pretty much ruled out a call-up for Storen. I can understand that, as he has pitched a lot this year and Rizzo doesn't want to start Storen's active roster time before he has to. Expect Drew to get a shot at the major league club next spring.
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