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Post by The Cats on Mar 18, 2018 19:58:45 GMT -5
Unfavorable weather forecasts and travel concerns have led to the cancellation of Western Carolina baseball’s midweek nonconference game against Tennessee Tech originally scheduled for Wednesday (March 21) afternoon at Smokies Stadium, the home ballpark of the Tennessee Smokies Double-A team. Tennessee TechDate/Location: Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2018 | 4:00 pm ET | @ Kodak, Tenn. (Smokies Stadium) Radio: Catamount Sports Network TV/Video: none Live Stats: GameTrackerSeries: WCU leads in the all-time series, 15-4 - Wednesday is slated to be the first neutral field meeting between the two programs all-time with a series history dating back to 1991
TTU's Conference: Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Mascot: Golden Eagles 2018 Record: 14-5 overall, 5-1 conference, 9-1 home and are on a 5 game win streak. The Golden Eagles were selected to repeat as the OVC champions in 2018, and five players were picked as preseason All-OVC. Seniors Trevor Putzig, Chase Chambers, and Travis Moths, as well as juniors Kevin Strohschein and Ethan Roberts were all selected to the team. The Golden Eagle offense is off to a record-setting pace in 2018, leading the nation in batting average (.351), doubles per game (3.05), home runs (40), home runs per game (2.11), slugging percentage (.621) and scoring (10.9). Tech also ranks second nationally in both hits (249) and runs (207), third in on base percentage (.441) and fourth in doubles (58). _____________________________________ Smokies Stadium (formerly known as Smokies Park) is a baseball stadium located in Kodak, Tennessee, just east of Knoxville and adjacent to the tourist centers of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg. The park, which opened in 2000, has a capacity of 6,412. It is the home of the Tennessee Smokies of the Southern League. Smokies Park was constructed as a replacement facility for the since shuttered Bill Meyer Stadium in Knoxville  |
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Post by wcatradio75 on Mar 19, 2018 19:46:04 GMT -5
I wish we'd make this an annual tradition and build a rivalry w/Tennessee Tech. I'm in Cookeville tonight, and although the town is bigger than Cullowhee, there are a number of similarities (aside from colors being purple and gold). I went to TTU for a football game in the 70's when we would play them occasionally. And Smokies Stadium is beautiful.
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Post by gatacats on Mar 20, 2018 7:47:31 GMT -5
Beautiful place to play baseball. I also would like to see this series continue. Great way to end the series Sunday Cats. Remember though, the hardest part about a two game winning streak is game two. I hope we build off of Sunday and continue moving players in the correct places and allowing new faces to keep internal competition happening. It was great to see some OFs with limited chances come in and contribute. Hopefully as we roll towards conference play that wasn't just a"you had your chance" opportunity. Looks like there are a few hits and runs that have been kept in the dugout. I bet there are a few more in there. Watched Coach Moranda's post game praising of his young lineup and had to investigate. It's interesting that Kent also had three Fr. position players and pitched four Fr. pitchers at us Sunday. In my opinion there is still some tweaking that needs to be done before we begin SoCon play. Way too many strikeouts, but it looks as though strikeouts don't have any bearing on PT. That being said let's hang another W Wednesday and head to The Citadel on a roll. Go Cats!!
Gata Cats
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Post by Pitching on Mar 20, 2018 8:36:24 GMT -5
I agree as a team we need to cut down on strikeouts. I also, thought pitching was good this weekend but as a pitching staff we still allow too many walks. Purus threw well but 7 walks will not be so successful next time. Luckily he dodged several bullets that game after getting 2 quick outs then walking 2 batters. I know one of those times it brought up Kent St.'s best hitter. Friday and Saturday we only walked 2 but also hit 2 batters. Sunday we walked 8 (but we won because he kept the hits way down) I just looked up the stats and as a team we have walked 105 batters and hit 32 batters. That seems very high. That has us averaging giving up just over 8 free bags a game. We will have to sow that up in order to stay on the winning track. I will say other than Sunday I feel the pitchers are doing a little better with that.
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Post by bigbaseball on Mar 20, 2018 12:02:04 GMT -5
Beautiful place to play baseball. I also would like to see this series continue. Great way to end the series Sunday Cats. Remember though, the hardest part about a two game winning streak is game two. I hope we build off of Sunday and continue moving players in the correct places and allowing new faces to keep internal competition happening. It was great to see some OFs with limited chances come in and contribute. Hopefully as we roll towards conference play that wasn't just a"you had your chance" opportunity. Looks like there are a few hits and runs that have been kept in the dugout. I bet there are a few more in there. Watched Coach Moranda's post game praising of his young lineup and had to investigate. It's interesting that Kent also had three Fr. position players and pitched four Fr. pitchers at us Sunday. In my opinion there is still some tweaking that needs to be done before we begin SoCon play. Way too many strikeouts, but it looks as though strikeouts don't have any bearing on PT. That being said let's hang another W Wednesday and head to The Citadel on a roll. Go Cats!! Gata Cats I agree with the comments above and do agree that the pitching thrown at us on Sunday was inferior to what we have seen. Strikeout rate is unbelievable. IT WILL BE OKAY!!!! WE ARE CLOSE!! |
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Post by The Cats on Mar 21, 2018 9:07:00 GMT -5
Unfavorable weather forecasts and travel concerns have led to the cancellation of Western Carolina baseball’s midweek nonconference game against Tennessee Tech originally scheduled for Wednesday (March 21) afternoon at Smokies Stadium, the home ballpark of the Tennessee Smokies Double-A team.
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