Wednesday, May 21, 2008

MAC Tournament Game 1: #4 NIU vs #5 Ball State

It's crunch time for the NIU Baseball team

Pregame Articles
http://niuhuskies.cstv.com/sports/m-base...08aab.html

http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/...orts03.txt

MAC Tournament Central

Pitching Matchup

RHP Trevor Feeney (5-4, 4.43 ERA) vs RHP Tyler Pritchard (3-6, 5.50 ERA)

-These two pitchers squared off in game 1 of the regular season series. The Huskies won that game 4-1 thanks to Trevor Feeney's gem. The senior righthander went 8 innings giving up only 1 run on 5 hits. Pritchard had a decent yet shaky outing going 5 innings and giving up 3 runs on 5 hits and 4 walks. Jeff Thomas and Danny Reed each collected 2 hits off Pritchard.

Analysis
-NIU went 2-0 against Ball State this season, winning 4-1 and 7-6.

-Jordin Hood was 3-3 in game 2 of the series with 2 homeruns.

-Ball State is struggling coming into the MAC Tournament. They have lost 6 out of their last 7 games. NIU has won 5 of their last 6.

-Game 1 in a double elimination tournament is very crucial. Lose and it's very tough road back to the winners bracket.

1 comment:

  1. Good luck in the game, I hope you're wrong, but I think that we're screwed.

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