Saturday, May 22, 2010

Good news, bad news, and no news

The good news - Ball State's baseball team beat Toledo to even the series at 1 each. BSU is tied with Central Michigan for the MAC West lead and is one game ahead of Toledo. BSU does have the tiebreaker on Central Michigan as they beat them in 2 of 3 games a few weeks ago. So, all the Cardinals have to do is win today to clinch the MAC West title and the #1 seed in the MAC tournament.

The bad news - The Ball State softball team lost to Tennessee in their first game of the NCAA regional tournament. The Lady Vols took a 3-0 lead after the first inning on a walk, a double, and a home run. UT added single runs in the fourth an fifth innings for the final margin. The Cardinals only managed 4 hits against Tennessee ace Ivy Renfroe. Alicia Barkley had two hits to lead the BSU offense. Elizabeth Milian took the loss, giving up 5 earned runs on 8 hits and 4 walks while striking out 3. The team faces an elimination game this afternoon against Louisville at 330p. If they win, they play the loser of the UT/Virginia game in another elimination game at 6pm.

Upset alert - Softball #7 seed Texas lost to BYU and East Carolina yesterday to be eliminated from the tournament. They are the only one of the top 16 seeds to lose a game so far.

No news - The Brownsburg baseball game against Fishers was rained out yesterday. The game is scheduled for this afternoon at 5pm. The Dogs (11-6 HCC) are a full game behind Westfield (12-5) in the HCC. Westfield plays Lafayette Jeff today. HSE (11-5) plays road games at McCutcheon and Harrison this afternoon. Another crazy day in the HCC.....

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