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March 14, 2010

Baseball News - "Dores over Ohio 7-4... Belmont drops DH to Jacksonville... ETSU continues offensive onslaught in 14-1 win over SIUE... Tech splits pair with Buffalo... Tennessee tops UConn 3-2... Lipscomb loses slugfest with Michigan 17-14... Bisons close out tourney with Ball St loss... MTSU falls to ULM 8-5... Memphis splits DH with Dallas Baptist... Peay beats Charlotte 8-2... Carson Newman sweeps DH from Tusculum (story later)... Miller has big day in Cumberland sweep... King posts 5 run ninth to beat UTM 5-4... Brewton Parker tops Lee 3-2 in extra's... Trevecca splits DH with ER Hawks... Union splits DH with William Carey...

March 13, 2010

Baseball News - Knox Sentinel East TN HS Baseball Preview... ETSU puts up 24 in big win of SIUE... Lipscomb tops Illini 8-6... Big innings cost Memphis... Vandy storms past Ohio... UTM runs past King... UT's Arby's Classic rescheduled for Sat/Sun... Tyler Burnett delivers game winner in the 11th, MTSU wins... Charlotte rallies to top Austin Peay... Union tops William Carey 8-4... Trevecca tops Embry Riddle... Freed Hardeman tops Brescia in slugfest 24-14... Lambuth hits a buzzsaw... Cumberland mashes out 16-4 win... Bethel wins two more in Florida...

March 12, 2010

TCCAA Week Three

Columbia vs Chattanooga

Mike Corn/Columbia: "I have always admired the way Coach Dennis gets his kids to play. He runs a first class program and knows how to win. His teams are always fundamentally sound and usually do not beat themselves. I feel like Cleveland is one of the top 2 teams in our conference and with Greg taking two last weekend from the Cougars they're a sending a message to the rest of the league that Chattanooga State is the team to beat. I hope my kids are up to the challenge. Chattanooga has traditionally played great situational offense. They will put the ball on the ground and force our infield to execute. Greg's teams are usually opportunistic and have the ability to put together big innings if they pres-sure you into a mistake. With the added pop in the middle of their line-up it makes them a very, very dangerous offensive ball club. The obvious thing we have to do is continue our pitching and defensive efforts. As well as our pitching staff has been competing we owe a big part of their success to the consistency of our glove work. The "inside the numbers" issue is our failure to hit with runners in scoring position. We must improve on our 6 for 27 w/RISP showing against Southwest. " Starters: Andy Fennell, tba (Kaleb Pitts, Jason Overton, Tyler Cole)

Greg Dennis/Chattanooga: "We are expecting to see a fundamentally sound Columbia State team that has already shown success this season. Taking two out of three of their first two series, it is obvious that Coach Corn has already gotten his guys to buy into his philosophy and they are showing success at it. We are sure we will have our hands full. " Starters: Zach DeBord, Matt Taylor

Cleveland vs Motlow

Aaron Bryant/Cleveland: "Motlow is going to be a tough matchup for us coming off this week. Offensively they can always swing the bat and the way our pitchers have been giving up free bases, we know that they can hurt us with one swing. Motlow is off to a great start and have already beat some really good opponents. For us to be successful we have to get something out of our pitching staff. Falling behind in the count has been the norm for us and you just can’t win consistently like that. Our offense has continued to feel the burden of having to carry our club. That has got to change and hopefully we can come in fresh this weekend and get off to a good start." Starters: Travis Tingle, Tyler Brown, Cody Ferrell

Dan McShea/Motlow: "Cleveland will be a tough opponent. They are pretty solid all around. We need to get to their pitchers. They always seem to have a plethora of quality pitchers. We also need to continue improving on the mound. (We have to) Keep the ball out of the middle of the plate and take advantage of opportunities." Starters: Southard, Robertson, Taylor

Dyersburg vs Jackson

Robert White/Dyersburg: "."

Steve Cornelison/Jackson: "Playing Dyersburg is always a test. I'm sure they will be athletic like always and will play hard. In order for us to be successful we will need continue to improve defensively and at the plate." Starters: Tyler Farley, Joe Burns

Volunteer vs Walters

Steve Cornelison/Jackson: "We have to build on last weekend and continue to improve at the plate. We played Motlow in the Fall and I thought they were a really good team. Playing on the road we need to be sharp in every area to have a chance to win the series." Probable Starters: Tyler Farley (1-0), Joe Burns (1-0)

Dave Shelton/Walters: "We've got to continue to improve our defense if we're gonna have a chance against Vol on the road. Hopefully our pitchers will step up like they did last weekend. If not, it will be a long two games for us." Starters: Will Scott, Michael White

Southwest vs Roane

David Lane/Roane: "Roane State has to play solid defense behind quality pitching from our starters.We will also have to find ways to put runs on the board." Probable Starters: Casey Garner (1-0), Nick Caldwell (1-1), Kragen Caughron (1-0)

Bo Reynolds/Southwest: "I know Coach Lane will bring a well prepared Roane State baseball team I hope we will be able to match up with them. We will see if our baseball team continues the climb up that slippery slope to becoming a pretty good baseball team! Pitching keeps pitching-Defense keeps Defending- Hitters start Hitting!!! WE could have a chance! " Starters: Justin Wright, Cameron Odom

March 11, 2010

Baseball News - Division 1 Scores and Recaps... Tusculum tops St. Andrews... Rhodes defeats Millsaps... LMU wins in bottom of the ninth... Flames explode, bomb Bryan... Milligan wins slugfest over King... FHU sweeps DH from CBU... Cumberland splits DH... CN tops Anderson 10-6... Dyersburg St splits DH with NW Shoals, winning 12-7, losing 7-4... Jackson splits with Forest Park, losing 15-2 and winning the nightcap 11-9, on a 3 run walk off HR by Camron Sherwood in the bottom of the 11th... Embry Riddle 2 Trevecca 1...

March 10, 2010

Baseball News - TCCAA Player of the Week is Adam Whitlock of Chattanooga State. Whitlock had 4 hits, including a double and two home runs, including a grand slam, and 5 rbi... Other standout performances were turned in by Shamichael Black of Volunteer State who went 5-9 with a double, 4 rbi and a pair of stolen bases and Columbia State's Ethan Williams who had 5 hits, a home run, 2 rbi and 3 stolen bases... the TCCAA Pitcher of the Week is Michael White of Walters State. White threw 8 innings, gave up 1 unearned run, struck out 8 and walked none... one other standout performance from last weekend was turned in by Andy Fennell of Columbia State who tossed 8 innings giving up 1 unearned run with 6 strikeouts and 2 walks... from Monday: Cleveland State beats Wabash Valley 9-6... Ryan Casteel goes 3-4, Cody Hooper 2-4 3rbi, Gray Hutchinson, Gray Mutchnick and Troy Zawadski all added 2 rbi as well... yesterday, Olney Central beat Cleveland 6-1... MTSU pops Belmont 10-1... WKU beats UT in 10 innings, 5-4... South Alabama tops TTU 6-4... Farragut, Hardin Valley and Bearden baseball preview from Farragut Press... Cleveland St tops Wabash... Loudon rebuilding in 2010... Greenback has a mix of youth and veterans in 2010...

March 8, 2010

Baseball News - New HS Previews: Dresden... Columbia and Siegel... MTCS... Elizabethton and Greeneville... Davy Crockett, Knox Central, Morristown East and Lenoir City... ETSU takes series with #30 St. Johns with 8-6 win... Lipscomb beats Canisius 6-5... Memphis routes Oakland 16-6... Jacksonville State tops MTSU... Indiana State tops UTM... Govs rally to win finale of Riverview Inn Invitational... LMU completes sweep of Brevard... Big inning leads Buffs past Montreat... Bradley completes sweep of TN Tech... Maryville wins 7th in a row, beat Oglethorpe... Cumberand takes 3 of 4 from #3 Oklahoma City... Scores: Lambuth 8 Christian Bros 3... TN Wesleyan 10 Va Intermont 0...

March 7, 2010

Baseball News - Vols drop 4-2 decision to Kennesaw St... ETSU tops #30 St. Johns... Lipscomb falls to Canisius... Memphis tops Oakland... Bradley takes game over TTU in extra's... Belmont splits with Eastern Michigan... CN relies on long ball to beat Tiffin... Bethel blitzes CBU... Cumberland splits with #3 Oklahoma City... LMU takes DH from Brevard in SAC series... Milligan splits with Montreat in AAC... Rhodes splits with #14 Marietta... TN Wesleyan sweeps Va Intermont in AAC opener, 6-5; 8-6... Wingate sweeps Tusculum in SAC play... Vandy cruises by IllSt... Maryville wins sixth in a row...

TCCAA Wrapup - Week 2: Chattanooga sweeps DH from Cleveland... Walters sweeps Jackson... Columbia splits with SW to take series ... Dyersburg and Motlow split DH... Roane splits with Volunteer...

March 6, 2010

Baseball News - St. Johns tops ETSU 10-2... MTSU tops Jacksonville St 10-3... Belmont wins slugfest with Eastern Michigan... Huff and Hudson power Govs... Lipscomb wins 7-1... Memphis drops 6-4 decision to Oakland U... Vandy drops Kent State... Binghamtom upsets UT... Bryan sweeps Virginia-Wise 5-4, 8-4... Lee 13 Emmanuel 1... Bethel 10 Christian Bros 0... Trevecca 11 Pikeville 1...

TCCAA Wrapup - Week 2: Cleveland St tops Chattanooga 11-7... Columbia squeaks by SW 2-1...

March 5, 2010

Baseball News - 10 New HS previews will be posted this weekend!! The 10th-ranked Walters State Senators swept a pair of games from the visiting JV Buffaloes of Milligan College Thursday afternoon at Senator Field. Walters State never trailed in the opening game and rolled to an 8-1 victory before ending the finale in mercy rule fashion by the score of 15-5. The wins improved the Senators to 7-3 for the year. In the opening contest, the pitching duo of Cade Chambers and Chris Armstrong pushed Walters State to victory. Chambers, making his first start on the mound, allowed only one earned run on four hits in a four innings to record his first victory in a Senator uniform. Armstrong recorded the save after tossing three scoreless innings and giving up only one hit. Dylan Pratt, Sam Munson and Logan Bowers each had two hits in the win, with Munson driving in four runs and Pratt tallying a pair of RBIs. Munson, Pratt and Adam Guinn all had a double in the first game. In the second game, Walters State used their offense to pull away for the win. Munson, Shaun Ball and Corey Davis each had two hits in the second contest, with Davis smashing a grand slam in the third inning. Ball got the scoring going for Walters State with a solo homer in the first inning, and the Senators put up four runs in the first, and five runs in the second and third innings. Shane Grimm (2-0) recorded his second straight relief victory by giving up two hits in 0.2 innings of work in relief of starter Josh Bryant. .Cullen Park and Zach Fairchild combined to toss three scoreless innings as well for Walters State, with Park working the third inning and Fairchild taking the hill for the final two innings of the victory...

TCCAA Week Two

Columbia @ Southwest

Mike Corn/Columbia: “Southwest is coming off a very competitive weekend against a great Cleveland State club so I have no doubt that they can play. I really cannot speak on Bo’s team except for the fact that they are young just like us. I am certain that he will have them ready to play. My biggest concern is the Columbia State Chargers. How we will come out of the gates after last weekend’s success and no mid-week games. Can we remain hungry and play like we have something to prove or will we play lethargically as we did in game three of the Vol State series. I expect Southwest to come out fired up and ready to go so will be challenged to match their enthusiasm and intensity all weekend. “ Probable Starters: Andy Fennell, Jason Overton, Tyler Collins

Bo Reynolds/SW: " :Mike has come in to his first year at Columbis State and put together a very good baseball team. We will have to play our best baseball of the year to compete with them this weekend something that has been out of our reach so far this year! I know they will put the pressure on us offensively from pitch #1 to #100 and if we can handle that part of the game we have a chance. We have to improve in all phases of the game! #1 make the routine play #2 get ahead of hitters #3 COMPETE at the plate (we have to many players who go brain dead from one pitch to the next pitch! Yes we are young that is no longer a excuse (25 FR 6 SOPH)!! Yes the weather has been the worst ever (12 rain or snow outs) (NO home games in February)!! Man up pull your big boy pants up and get after it!!!!" Probable Starters: Justin Wright, Cameron Odom, Daniel Billingsley

Chattanooga vs Cleveland

Greg Dennis/Chatt: "This weekend's opponent is Cleveland State and much like last weeks ( Dyersburg State ) they have been a mainstay at the top of the league standings since I got here to Chattanooga State. They are always very talented in the field and at the plate and run some of the best arms in the region to the mound on a regular basis. Coach Policastro and his staff do a superb job of preparing for each weekend and it shows in their overall record over the past years. We are going to have to work hard and battle in order to try and come out of Cleveland with any victories." Probable Starters: Zach DeBord, Matt Taylor, Will Phillips

Aaron Bryant/Cleve: "We have started off really well this season but know that we have got our work cut out for us this weekend against Chattanooga State. They are off to a great start as well and the series always works itself into a battle every year. They do the small things really well and you can’t expect them to make mistakes to take advantage of. We know that they will be fired up and play with a high intensity and we will have to match that. Our keys to success will again have to be to eliminate free bases. Our offense has really bailed us out a few times already this season and we need them to continue to stay hot and execute. On the mound we have to be able to put games away. Too often this season we jump to a lead and our pitchers let teams back in games. It all comes down to throwing strikes and who will get the big hit. Should be a very exciting weekend." Probable Starters: Travis Tingle, Tyler Brown, Zane Leffew

Dyersburg @ Motlow

Robert White/Dyersburg: "Motlow is coming off a big weekend against Jackson. They are extremely hot and for us to go into Tullahoma this weekend will be tough. They are going to swing the bats and get after us. We have been "snake bitten" the last couple of weeks, but hopefully we can recover and put all three phases of the game together. We must cut down on stranding runners with two outs. We have to come out and compete, that's all there is to it." Probable Starters: Neil Robinson, Taylor Reeves

Dan McShea/Motlow: "Dyersburg is always a very tough opponent. They play well in all phases and are well coached. We need to continue to improve and play well in all phases. We need to put a whole game together, twice!" Probable Starters: Andy Southard, Colton Robertson

Jackson vs Walters

Steve Cornelison/Jackson: "We will need to continue to work hard and improve. We haven't played as well as I would have hoped early but it's early and I would think that our guys would be excited about playing our first home conference series. I know Walters will be well coached and prepared so we will have our hands full." Probable Starters: Tyler Farley, Joe Burns or Gavin Lindsey

Dave Shelton/Walters: "For us to have a chance on the road this week at Jackson, our defense has to improve. We've made a ton of errors thus far and cannot continue to do so if we are going to be successful." Probable Starters: Will Scott, Michael White

Roane vs Volunteer

David Lane/Roane: " Vol State always plays us tough. We have to be able to rebound after a rough weekend at Walters and have everything clicking on Saturday to have a chance." Probable Starters: Kragen Caughron, Nick Caldwell

Mike Crossland/Volunteer: "If we don't play any better defensively than we did last weekend versus Columbia State we will drop another Conference Series this weekend. We were outplayed last weekend in every area of the game. The lone bright spots were the way that Hatfield and Robinson threw for us. We were out hustled and Mike's team played harder than we did. We have addressed this all week and I think we will play a little harder against Roane. I know that David has his team playing hard and they will be ready to go. Just like every week in our confer-ence the team that executes will win the series." Probable Starters: Chris Hatfield, TBD

March 4, 2010

Baseball News- Vandy tops Tech 10-1... Belmont tops WKU 5-3... EKU over UT with Grand Slam in 10th, (See video) 8-7... MTSU smacks SIU... Trojans walk away from Patriots...

March 3, 2010

Baseball News - Belmont tops Murray 8-6... Toppers beat Peay 14-7... MTSU beats SIU 17-4... FHU tosses 2 no hitters in sweep... Lambuth sweeps Mid-Continent 6-1, 3-2... Cumberland tops St. Catherine in 10... Rhodes beats Union 9-1... TCCAA Player of the Week is Ethan Williams of Columbia State. Williams went 5-11, hit 2 home runs, and added 6 rbi as the Chargers took a 3 game series from Volunteer... TCCAA Pitcher of the Week (Co-winners this week) is Travis Tingle of Cleveland State and Tyler Burstrom of Chattanooga State. Tingle tossed a complete game shutout, striking out 7 without a walk... Burstrom relieved and picked up both wins over Dyersburg. Tyler pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, striking out 3 without a walk... in other notable TCCAA performance's this week: Motlow State's Colton Robertson threw a complete game shutout... Walters State's Dylan Pratt went 7-11 with a HR and 4 rbi and Cleveland State's Lance Rorex and Ryan Casteel both went 4-8 with 4 rbi...

March 2, 2010

Baseball News - HS All Americans... BA Top 25 College Rankings... Cumberland duo named POW's for TranSouth this week... Forsythe named to Johnny Bench Watch List... Holland's 10K's lead Memphis to win over Bradley on Sunday... CBI POW's... CBI Composite D1 Poll...

March 1, 2010

Baseball News - Walters outslugs Roane 20-10... Carson Newman completes sweep of Newberry... NKY smashes Christian Bros... Frazier's 10 rbi fuels Cumberland sweep... FHU run rules Union (KY)... Catawba outslugs LMU in game 3... Maryville sweeps Sewanee... Milligan drops pair of one run games... Rhodes drops one run game to York College... Belmont wins in 10th with 2 outs... ETSU wins 6-5... MTSU completes sweep of Ohio... Vandy edges Oklahoma St... Tech mashes Cleve 21-3... Vols fall 1-0 to #10 Oregon St... Memphis loses 3 run lead in 9th, fall 9-8 to Pittsburgh... Govs win in extras, beat Northern Illinois...

February 28, 2010

Baseball News - Sat Feb 27 NCAA Division 1 Scores and Recaps... Union completes sweep, now 12-1... Trevecca completes sweep... Milligan knocks off Shawnee St... MTSU tops Ohio 5-4... LMU splits with Catawba... Lee completes SSAC sweep... King splits with Southern Poly... Cumberland sweeps DH... Carson Newman sweeps SAC DH... Tusculum splits SAC twinbill... Vols bounce back with 9-2 win over Oregon State... Belmont squeaks by E Illinois 8-7...

TCCAA - Week One Wrapup - Cleveland sweeps Southwest 3-0, 13-12... Walters sweeps Roane 6-1, 6-3... Motlow sweeps Jackson... Chattanooga sweeps Dyersburg, 5-4 and 6-5 in 10 innings... Columbia takes 2 of three from Volunteer...

February 27, 2010

Baseball News - Lambuth player needs your prayers... Follow the journey I had this week at TN Baseball Report Blog... my hosting company is great, they have never had an outage in the 9 years I have been with them until this week - so its hard to complain - but getting the site back up and running both on their end and mine has been a time consuming affair - more than I had really - but we've got it worked out!! YaaaaaaaaHoooooooooooooo!! Belmont wns... Lipscomb falls at Tulane... ETSU beats St. Peters... Toledo tops Memphis in Service Academies Classic... TTU falls to Cleve St... UTM tops Houston Bapt.... Peay tops N. Illinois... UT mashed by Oregon State... UCLA whacks Vandy... Blue Raiders thump Ohio... Union sweeps DH... Tusculum beats Brevard in SAC series... Trevecca takes 2 from Pilots... Rhodes beats Emory 5-3... Lee shuts out Southern... Southern Poly tops King 3-2, snaps 4 game win streak... Freed Hardeman rallies to beat McKendree... Cumberland adds weekend games... CN drops two at Lander...

February 25, 2010

Baseball News - We've been down since Feb. 22 - hopefully this will be up before the weekend, we'll see... Friday Division 1 Games... NAIA Scoreboard... HS Previews: Knox Halls... Huntingdon, Halls and Middleton... Anderson County and Dobyns Bennett... McMinn Central... Brentwood and Indpendence... USJ... and DCA... I"m out of HS previews, get me some more guys!!

TCCAA Week One

Volunteer @ Columbia Fri/9 2pm Sat DH 1pm

Mike Corn/Columbia: "Vol State is probably one the most talented teams in our league this year. I hope that playing the likes of Wallace, Wabash Valley, Gadsden and Calhoun early this season has prepared us to play such a physically gifted team. Vol will hit one through nine and place several power arms out there on the mound. Our success will depend on our ability to throw strikes and make the routine play. Offensively, we need to do a better job of getting the leadoff guy on base and hitting with runners in scoring position. If we have a chance to compete we will have to play our best baseball of this young season." Probable Starters: Andy Fennell (0-1), Kaleb Pitts (0-12), tba game 3

Mike Crossland/Vol: "Keys to series: Pitchers have to throw strikes. (We will need to get) timely hitting. Which team comes ready for Confer-ence baseball. I know that Coach Corn will have his team ready to go this weekend and I hope that we can match their intensity and execute well enough to stay in an opening conference series on the road." Probable Starters: Bryan Hayeslip (1-0), Corey Collins (0-0), Chris Hatfield 1-0

Chattanooga @ Dyersburg Sat. DH Noon

Greg Dennis/Chatt: "We look forward with great uncertainty to playing Dyersburg this Saturday. It has already been an unusual spring since we have no home field to play on and are going to be on the road for this spring. Dyersburg is always such a tough opponent and to get them right off of the bat is even more daunting. They hit the ball so well and always pitch it superbly. With the stud Sophomores they have coming back on the mound we are going to have to really be ready to grind out some at bats to be successful. Our goal is to try and get off on the right foot and learn a little about competing in this tough conference." Probable Starters: Matt Taylor (1-0), Will Phillips (2-0)

Robert White/Dyersburg: "Chattanooga State is always a tough match up for us. Coach Dennis and his staff do an outstanding job with their players. They will be fundamentally solid with good pitching. We must play extremely well to walk out of there with a split. Our pitching must do a better job than they have to date. Offensively, we cannot strand runners and must "cash in" when we get runners in scoring position. This series will be no different than years past, it should be a good one." Probable Starters: Neil Robinson, Taylor Reeves

Southwest @ Cleveland Sat. DH Noon

Aaron Bryant/Asst. Cleve: "Our first weekend in conference play is always exciting. Southwest will be a good club and have the same excitement that we will so we know that we have our work cut out for us. They can always swing the bat and you can’t let their big hitters beat you. For us to be successful this weekend we must find a way to eliminate or reduce free bases. We have put too many guys on base by walks so far this season and soon it will come back to hurt us. Offensively we have to maintain our approach of being able to execute 1-9 in the order. Should be a better overall year for us offensively and if we can just make teams earn their runs we should have a successful year." Probable Starters: Travis Tingle, Tyler Brown

Bo Reyolds/Southwest:

Jackson @ Motlow Sat. DH Noon

Dan McShea/Motlow: "Jackson returns a lot of key guys on the mound and as always, they will be well coached and well prepared for this contest. Under the new format, pitching rotations are changed a little because you will need one less starter when you face a team from the other half of the conference. We will have to have a good approach at the plate. Jackson returns their top two starters from last year as well as some other good pitchers." Andy Southard (1-0), Colton Robertson (2-0)

Roane @ Walters Sat. DH Noon *Friday 9 inning game changed to Sunday - time to be determined

Dave Shelton/Asst. Walters: "Obviously, we'd all like to get off to a good start in the Conference, and its going to be tough for us to do so against Roane State. Coach Lane has done a great job of improving the talent there and they are off to a very good start to the season. We know they will be ready to play this weekend. We've not played very well up to this point and are going to have to work hard to improve are weaknesses for us to be competitive on the weekends in the TCCAA. The biggest keys for us will be our pitching and our defense. Our defense has been brutal to this point and must improve if we are to have a chance this weekend. We don't have the pitching depth to give teams 4 or 5 outs per inning, so we have to help ourselves out by taking the outs that are given to us." Probable Starters: Will Scott (0-2), Michael White (0-1), Chris Costantino (2-0)

February 24, 2010

Baseball News - my website host has had a major catastrophe and we've been down and out for 3+ days... first time we've had any problem and they have been great to work with but it has been a major hassle... for this reason I have opened a TN Baseball Report Blog which I won't use alot, but if I'm away from home and need to post or something like this happens people will have a place to go for info... UTM tops Memphis... Vandy tops Peay 2-1 in 11 innings...

February 22, 2010

Baseball News - ETSU tops Delaware 10-9... Murray completes sweep of Lipscomb... Blue Raiders rained out with 4-0 lead... Vandy holds Niagra to field goal in 21-3 romp... Illinois State outslugs Peay 15-8... UT-Martin tops IUPU-FW 7-6 in 11... TTU tops Ga Southern 12-9... W

Milligan def Indiana Tech 8-3 Game 2 Indiana Tech def Milligan 3-2... Calumet St. Joseph def Lambuth 10-9 Lambuth def Calumet St. Joseph 15-2... Rio Grande def Lee 6-5

Columbia State divided a Saturday doubleheader with the nation’s eighth-ranked Wabash Valley, Ill. team at Dave Hall Field. The split leaves the Chargers with a 4-6 record going into Tuesday’s home 2 p.m. doubleheader with Wallace State, a Cullman, Ala. team they split with in their season opener. The Chargers opened the weekend with a pair of wins over the Cumberland College junior varsity snapping a four-game losing string. “I think we got back on track this weekend,” said Columbia State head coach Mike Corn. “It was good to get three wins and competing very well against a team like Wabash Valley.” Columbia State will open their TCCAA schedule Friday hosting Vol State at 2 p.m. Friday in a single game. The same two teams will play a 1 p.m. doubleheader here on Saturday.
Wabash Valley, Ill. 10, Columbia State 9, 10 inn.: The visitors tied the game in the ninth on a solo homer by Tyler Oliver, then scored the deciding run in the tenth on a home run by Edmond Rivera. Oliver also blasted a 3-run fifth inning roundtripper. Keith Koser was the winning pitcher. Columbia State had a 14-10 hit advantage with Blake Rogers delivering four hits. Blake Hayes added a double and a single and Josh Lindsey had two singles. Andy Fennell pitched the first 5.1 innings for Columbia allowing six runs. Casey Delgado hurled four frames giving up four runs and taking the loss. James Kessler and Aaron Hyder retired one batter each.
Columbia State 4, Wabash Valley, Ill. 2: The Chargers scored three times in the sixth inning to overcome a 2-1 deficit. Bailey Turner ignited the comeback with a single. Jeff Birkofer reached on an error advancing pinch runner Mark Rayburn. A sacrifice bunt by Blake Gentry which led to an error plated Rayburn with the tying run. Justin Pearson forced Gentry at second but was safe at first on a close play followed by an argument which allowed two runners to score. Columbia had five hits including singles by Ethan Williams, Justin McQueen, Rogers and Pearson. Kaleb Pitts pitched the first four innings allowing two runs, four hits and three walks. Sam Davis picked up the victory in relief giving up just one hit and recording five strikeouts.
Friday’s Games
Columbia State 13, Cumberland JV 3: The Chargers reached the run rule with a seven-run sixth inning. Columbia collected 13 hits led by Ethan Williams and Justin McQueen with a triple, double and a single apiece. Josh Lindsey and Cody Crutcher both drove in two runs with a pair of singles. Cody Lane smashed a two-run homer. Eric Lindsey had a triple while Blake Hayes added a single. Jason Overton pitched the first two innings for the Chargers with Chris Henley (one hit, three K’s) picking up the win with three scoreless innings of relief. Aaron Hyder hurled the sixth inning.
Columbia State 3, Cumberland JV 0: Tyler Cole (five K’s, two hits) and Josh Brown (three K’s, one hit) hurled four and three innings respectively for the Chargers. Columbia made the most of four hits which included doubles by Tyler Turner (RBI) and Jeff Birkofer.
Lane and McQueen added one hit each while Mark Rayburn and Bailey Turner had one RBI apiece.

The seventh-ranked Walters State Senators bounced back from Saturday’s loss to the fifth-ranked Spartanburg Methodist Pioneers with a 6-3 decision over the Pioneers at Senator Field on Sunday. With the win, the Senators improve to 2-3 on the year, while the loss dropped Spartanburg to 3-1 for the campaign. Walters State pitcher Chris Constantino led the way for the Senators on the mound, as the freshman tossed a complete game gem. Constantino, a native of Lincoln, RI, allowed three unearned runs on only three hits while fanning eight batters and walking five in the win that improved his record to 2-0. Freshman second baseman Shaun Ball paced the Senators at the plate, going 4 for 4 with a double and scoring a pair of runs. Freshman Adam Guinn added a pair of doubles with an RBI, and fellow freshman Corey Davis drove in a pair of runs in the win. Sophomore Dylan Pratt added an RBI double and scored two runs, while fellow sophomore Sam Munson drove in a run as well for the Senators.

Jackson 16 – McHenry 2 Rob Maxwell was 3-4 (2B,HR) with 6 rbi. Josh Tutwiler and Josh Hattaway added 2 hits each. Joe Burns got the win.

February 21, 2010

Baseball News - TCCAA: Jackson 12 – McHenry 11 : Cheyenne Von Kanel went 2-4 with 4 rbi. Ryan Williams and Josh Tutwiler added 2 hits and 2 rbi each. Stephen Thompson got the win in relief. Jackson 20 – McHenry 5 : Josh Hattaway and Issac Winders were both 2-4 with HR’s. Rob Maxwell and Josh Tutwiler (2) also homered. Hunter Marbry picked up his 1^st win going 4 innings... Fifth-ranked Spartanburg Methodist spoiled the home opener at Senator Field for the seventh-ranked Walters State Saturday afternoon, as the powerful Pioneer squad grabbed a 15-8 victory over the Senators. With the win, Spartanburg improves to 3-0 on the year, while the defeat drops Walters State to 1-3 for the campaign... Vandy pounds Niagra 16-2... TTU loses to Ga Southern 16-9... Stubbs walk off single gives UT series victory... Wiedman gets game winner as Memphis tops MTSU 7-6... ETSU shocks #34 Kansas State 10-6... Murray beats Lipscomb 16-6... Belmont sweeps series with pair of one run victories over Evansville 13-12, 7-6... Austin Peay beats Iowa 13-8... UT Martin sweeps DH with IUPUI 5-3, 5-1... Union goes to 7-1 with sweep... Tusculum splits with Catawba, lose first SAC series... Trevecca completes 3 game sweep of Auburn-Montgomery 2-1, 12-9... Lambuth sweeps Calumet-St. Joseph 18-2, 11-5... Reinhardt beat Martin Methodist 8-3... TN Wesleyan splits w/ Lindenwood, losing 3-2 and winning 7-1... Milligan splits with Indiana Tech... CNEagles split twinbill with LMU... Tanner Moore singles in winning run in 11th for Lee... King shuts out WVa Tech 13-0... Sprague tosses shutout as Cumberland splits DH... Freed Hardeman splits a DH, losing 14-11 in 9, winning 5-4... Bethel tops Olivet 8-5... Christian Bros sweeps Eagles...

February 20, 2010 WOW - first weekend with a bunch of action!!

Baseball News - Six TN HS players named to Collegiate Baseball's All-America List... TCCAA: Jackson sweeps McHenry 2-0, 7-5... Dyersburg has won 3 games in the last couple of days - sweeping Freed-Hardeman JV 20-7, 9-8 and splitting with NW Shoals 13-5, 4-8... Cleveland sweeps Vincennes 3-1, 12-10... Ryan Castell was 2-2 with 2 rbi in game one, while Cody Hooper was 4-4 with 6 ribbies in game two... Chattanooga swept Gadsden 8-5, 15-4 on Thursday to go 5-0... Chatt visits South Georgia this weekend... Peay wins opener... Belmont tops Evansville... Lipscomb drops 9-7 decision to Murray State... Citadel tops ETSU in opener... MTSU rally spoils opening of FedEx Park in Memphis... UT smacks Xavier 16-6 in opener... Tennessee Tech opens with 5-2 win at Georgia Southern (story later)... Vandy shuts out Niagra 9-0... Carson Newman rally falls short as LMU wins 15-12... Union tops CBU... Greener's 7 ribs powers Cumberland sweep... Perez pitches FHU over Sterling... Lambuth offense explodes... Lee sweeps Georgetown... Martin Methodist loses slugfest to Reinhardt 22-12... TN Wesleyan sweeps Lindenwood 8-6, 6-3... Trevecca gets it DUNN... Catawba tops Tusculum in SAC opener...

February 19, 2010 HS Previews will be added over the weekend

Baseball News - Gilson tosses perfect game, Lee sweeps DH... Union goes to 4-0 with pair of wins... Bryan beats Toccoa Falls 11-1... Trevecca falls 8-7 to IUSE... Vandy opens with Niagra... UT opens with Xavier... Brentz on Golden Spikes Watch List... Memphis to christen FedEx Park with MTSU on Friday... TTU opens at Georgia Southern... Lipscomb set to host Murray State... ETSU to open with The Citadel... Belmont hosts Evansville in opening series... Peay host Riverview Inn Classic this weekend...

February 18, 2010

Baseball News - NW Florida tops SWTNCC 7-5 in a game in which Southwest outhit NW 10-6... in game two SW lost to 14-0 to MS Gulf Coast in a game played with all freshmen... Cleveland St beat Tusculum JV 8-2... Trevor Burgess had a hit and 2 rbi for the Cougars... Troy Zawadski added two hits to the CSCC attack... Zane Lefew picked up the win on the hill... TN Wesleyan beat Martin Methodist 11-6 and Cumberland tops UNA 12-6 in limited NAIA action... NCAA Division 1 starts Friday... the HEAT is on!! D1 Baseball - you can get any score and story using this link - if I don't have, check at the D1 site... Richmond named SAC POW... Rhodes tops CBU... Maryville tops Emory 4-3... Former Lee Flame, Lance Zawadski named to top prospect list... King blasts Southern Wesleyan...