ISU Pummels Illinois-Springfield 21-1 (3/27)

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bluepower

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I first want to say that The Sycamores need to watch who they play. Try to play even or up in non-conference play. These "batting practice" games don't do much to prepare you for real baseball. And the pitchers, likewise, aren't seeing competitive opposition. The Prairie Stars managed only one run on three hits.

Today's batting practice resulted in 21 runs for ISU as the team had 19 hits and remarkably only left four on base! All the damage came in the first three innings...scoring four in the first and third and 13 in the second. Final score 21-1.

ISU's 21 runs tonight are their most since scoring 20 against Butler on April 6, 2010 in a 20-7 victory in Indianapolis

While there is no ten run rule in non-conference play, the two coaches agreed to shorten the game to seven innings.

Rather than talking about specifics, here is the live stats page:

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=4281

Here's the game summary story and box score from GoSycamores.com:

http://www.gosycamores.com/ViewArti...56&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205405039&DB_OEM_ID=15200
 
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totally agree with needing to play D-I teams, I feel bad for Illinois-Springfield for having to live thru that game. Wow.
 
Back in the day, the Sycamores played the likes of....

Wisconsin-Parkside, IUPUI, Rose-Hulman, St. Joseph's, SIU-Edwardsville. Heck, we played Rick Heller's NAIA Iowa team.
 
ISUCC said:
totally agree with needing to play D-I teams, I feel bad for Illinois-Springfield for having to live thru that game. Wow.
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The Boy'z gotta have a break now & then...also, beats a pitching machine & batting cage.

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I dont have a problem with playing a team like Illinois-Springfield.....

durting your season. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, we did it during the Bob Warn era. What we found out was that games against teams like Illinois-Springfield, Wisconsin-Parkside, St. Joseph's you learned what kind of focus your team really has. Do they treat the opponent as someone they should beat and go through the motions? Or do they go out there and play them as if the opponent was an MVC team?

Also, in games like that, you get to play some of your younger players or guys that are backups who usually dont get a lot of playing time. You find out who you have in a real game situation because if injuries occur, you get an idea of who can step up and play. Bob Warn used to do that a lot. He found guys on his bench during games like this that came in handy in other games against MVC teams.

Heck, Bob used to schedule games against teams like Illinois-Springfield knowing that due to class schedules, he wouldn't have many of his top players available to begin with. He would start all backups and then use many of his key players as substitutes as the game progressed as they got to the stadium. He would use guys like Boi Rodriguez as pinch-hitters off the bench. Or bring in someone like a Mike Farrell to pitch a few innings late in the game even though the outcome was not in doubt, just to get them some work and keep them sharp for the weekend MVC series.

I used to keep the scorebook for Indiana State games when Bob coached and after a game against an opponent like Illinois-Springfield, it would be a mess due to all of his substitutions. He would often play guys out of their normal position just to see if they could do it in a real game situation. That way he found out if somebody could play a different position, put a shortstop in the outfield, put an outfielder in the infield, a catcher at first base, try an outfielder as a pitcher. Anything to get his players out of their comfort zone.
 
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Sometimes you have to take the games you can get to fill the schedule. Did what we were supposed to do, now time to move on.
 
TJames said:
durting your season. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, we did it during the Bob Warn era. What we found out was that games against teams like Illinois-Springfield, Wisconsin-Parkside, St. Joseph's you learned what kind of focus your team really has. Do they treat the opponent as someone they should beat and go through the motions? Or do they go out there and play them as if the opponent was an MVC team?

Also, in games like that, you get to play some of your younger players or guys that are backups who usually dont get a lot of playing time. You find out who you have in a real game situation because if injuries occur, you get an idea of who can step up and play. Bob Warn used to do that a lot. He found guys on his bench during games like this that came in handy in other games against MVC teams.

Heck, Bob used to schedule games against teams like Illinois-Springfield knowing that due to class schedules, he wouldn't have many of his top players available to begin with. He would start all backups and then use many of his key players as substitutes as the game progressed as they got to the stadium. He would use guys like Boi Rodriguez as pinch-hitters off the bench. Or bring in someone like a Mike Farrell to pitch a few innings late in the game even though the outcome was not in doubt, just to get them some work and keep them sharp for the weekend MVC series.

I used to keep the scorebook for Indiana State games when Bob coached and after a game against an opponent like Illinois-Springfield, it would be a mess due to all of his substitutions. He would often play guys out of their normal position just to see if they could do it in a real game situation. That way he found out if somebody could play a different position, put a shortstop in the outfield, put an outfielder in the infield, a catcher at first base, try an outfielder as a pitcher. Anything to get his players out of their comfort zone.
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Good points, TJ!
 
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