Indiana State @ Dallas Baptist (2/19)--Games Two & Three

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Another beautiful day for baseball in Dallas as the first pitch at 2:00 (EST) will be greeted with partly cloudy skies and a temperature of around 72-degrees. Winds could be a factor, as they'll be coming from the southeast at up to 20 miles per hour.

In game one, Jason Van Skike, who saw a lot of action last season as the Sunday guy (74 innings, 13 starts), will be brought into the limelight as a Saturday (or even Friday night) guy. Jason has the size and power to be very impressive this season. He needs to have confidence in his game and needs to get his head into the game. He needs to be able to get rid of the fourth or fifth inning glitches and to establish good ball control. Between the ears is where a lot of games are won. Hopefully this will be his year.

Yesterday, it appeared the guys on the bump had some rust and jitters, but showed promise. On paper, we have the pitching, the bats and the fielding to make a good run this year.

In game one, Dallas Baptist sends RHP Jason Pudenz to the mound. Pudenz, last year, only started three games and appeared in just 15 games. He sported an 8.23 ERA and opposing batters had a .303 average. But, this is a new season...so it is hard to say what we'll see today.

In game two, ISU will throw true freshman LHP Sean Manaea. Manaea, a 6'5" 215 pounder, was a high school MVP...but he is making a big leap to Division I ball. Dallas Baptist will send Jared Stafford to the hill today in game two. Stafford was the Patriot's top reliever, making 21 appearances with no starts. Stafford sported a 3.70 ERA and showed good ball control in his 48 innings.

Today's games are available through live stats on the DBU Baseball page and on-line through WISU with Vaso Michels calling the action.
 

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This maybe a team that takes 2/3 of the season to gel and be REAL dangerous by the end. We are going to be a good hitting team this year. Pitching is the key. Rea sounded good for 3 innings. Maybe tired in the 4th. I still look for him to be pretty dominant by the end of the year. Remember Petricka struggled early last year. Hopefully Ort plays today. He was either injured, sick, or in trouble yesterday. I caught the very end of yesterday's pregame show and Heller said we'll see if he can play tomorrow. (Today now)
 

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Bases loaded for DBU with no outs in the bottom of the 2nd. ISU gets DP...runner holds at 3rd. Run scores on passed ball by Lucas. 2-1 for ISU after 2.
 
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A walk and 2 singles with no outs leads to second run for DBU in bottom of 3rd. Another single loads the bases with one away. Third run scores on a fielder's choice. Fourth run scored as DBU batter legs out a single. 4-2 in favor of DBU. Another single leads to an earned run and an unearned run on a bad throw to third. 6-2 in favor of DBU at the end of the 3rd. Nine hits off Van Skike in three innings.
 
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Hedges scores on a single by Hartley in the 4th. Pearson gets a triple to plate two runs. Score now 6-5. Pearson scores on a sac fly by Ferguson. Ort hits three run homer over the right field scoreboard. A bomb! Yesterday's catcher for DBU is 3rd Patriot pitcher of day and he gets final out. Going to the bottom of the fourth, score 9-6 in favor of ISU.
 
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Brett Merkley comes on to relieve Van Skike with one out in the bottom of the fourth with runners on the corners and one out. Run scores on second passed ball on Lucas this game. Two runs score on a double. Now 9-9. Still one out in the bottom of fourth! Single drives in another run. DBU goes ahead 10-9. New pitcher is freshman LHP Tyler Pazik. 12 hits so far for DBU. 8 for ISU. Pazik issues a walk on four pitches. Pazik issues walk on four straight pitches. NO strike-outs for ISU pitchers yet today! Single scores another run for DBU to make score 11-9. Now 12-9 on a sac fly at the end of 4.

Reminder: Live Stats available at this link: http://www.sidearmstats.com/dbu/baseball/index.htm
 
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Kraemer bunts out to third. Hartley walks and Pearson singles to lead of fifth. Ferguson fouls out for second out. Strikeout ends top of fifth. 12-9 in favor of DBU.
 
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Pazik gets first two batters to ground out in bottom of fifth...followed by his second walk on the day. Then Pazik picks the runner! 12-9 in favor of DBU going to the top of the 6th.
 
Lucas hits double off the left-center wall to lead off 6th inning. Ort singles. Runners at corners. Lucas scores on passed ball. Ort steals 2nd. Now 12-10 with no outs. Hedges grounds out to 3rd. Ort holds at 2nd. Kraemer walks on a couple of close pitches. At end of 5.5, DBU leads 12-10. 2.5 hours for 5.5 innings!
 
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Lead-off single (14th hit) for DBU in 6th, a walk and an error loads bases with two outs. Grand slam for Austin Elkins. His second in two games! ISU down 16-10. New pitcher is senior knuckleballer Adam Richart who on any other day would be a back-up catcher. Richart gets a pop-up to the infield to end inning...thank goodness.
 
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True Blue...well they also have another game and the arms are young in the season. Last year, the pitchers were ahead of the hitters early in the season. This year, we're hitting well, but so is DBU. This pitching squad needs to mature quickly. What we're seeing is scary. Remember though, that these early games really don't matter much. They HAVE to be ready for conference play.
 

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bluepower said:
True Blue...well they also have another game and the arms are young in the season. Last year, the pitchers were ahead of the hitters early in the season. This year, we're hitting well, but so is DBU. This pitching squad needs to mature quickly. Remember though, that these early games really don't matter much. They HAVE to be ready for conference play.
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I understand that, but man someone step up!
 
True Blue...I hear ya! This is a painfull way to start the season. We did lose some good arms in both starting and relief positions. Van Skike is looking like last year's Van Skike.

In top of 7th, first two ISU batters (Pearson and Ferguson) strike-out. ISU pitchers still don't have a strikeout this game. Burnam grounds out. Still 16-10.
 
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Bottom of seventh...first batter walks...second batter flies out...runner legs out single...runners at corners...one out...runner scores on sac fly. Now 17-10. Runner walks. One out...runner at first. Past ball sends runner to second. Third passed ball of game. Runners at 2nd and 3rd. Single to left scores two runs. ISU is down...way down...19-10. Another runner scores on a single. Now 20-10. Inning ends on a popout to Ort!

ISU pitchers have not struck out any batters today...while DBU has 5 SO's.
 
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Top of 8th, Lucas singles. Ort flies out to left. Hedges singles to third. Walterhouse sac flies out to center...Lucas advances to third. Two out. Kraemer singles to right. Lucas scores. Hedges to second. Now 20-11. (Hey 2011!) Hartley walks to load bases. Pearson walks. Run scores. Now 20-12. Ferguson strikes out for third time today to end comeback threat.
 
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