No. Colorado vs. ORU

[theeagleman5]

Looks like a lovely weather weekend in Tulsa for this important 3 game series with the Bears....a sweep would be fantastic but nothing can be taken for granted with this bunch of Golden Eagles....hoping for some big crowds at Chapman Park.....GO BLUE!!!! 

[TrueBlue82]

This weekend’s series with Northern Colorado presents one of those “all or nothing” scenarios for ORU. The Golden Eagles’ lifetime record against UNC is 15-1-1, with the loss occurring in our most recent game in Greeley. While the two teams ARE literally “in the same league”, they are not “in the same league” competitively.  
 

Therefore, while a sweep would be fantastic (as noted by Eagleman5), anything less than a sweep would be absolutely devastating. If ORU takes care of business, and the Bizon steal a game or two from the Tommies in Saint Paul, next weekend could be VERY interesting.  

[Otis 83]

3 hours ago, TrueBlue82 said:

While the two teams ARE literally “in the same league”, they are not “in the same league” competitively.  

Absolutely spot on.  Northern Colorado's RPI is 268 and their ELO ranking is 255 compared to ORU at 108 and 145 respectively.  This little table is also indicative of that fact

Record by Quadrant                       Q1     Q2     Q3       Q4

Northern Co                                    0-0    2-2    5-10    10-16 

ORU                                                 4-7    0-1     5-6     18-5            

Pitching Matchups have partially announced as we face the TBD brothers again this weekend.  
RHP Easton Teel (4-2, 3.18) vs. TBD
RHP Nathan Love (6-6, 3.36) vs. TBD
RHP Brendan Asher (1-2, 6.46) vs. TBD

 

[theeagleman5]

Excellent pitching tonite for the Good Guys in a 4-1 win....one down two to go....

[Texasgrip]

32 minutes ago, theeagleman5 said:

Excellent pitching tonite for the Good Guys in a 4-1 win....one down two to go....

Except that N. Col. got their only run (2nd inning) after: single/HBP/HBP/Walk.

That part was NOT excellent.

Still, a W! ...which is all that matters at this point.

[theeagleman5]

Geez, Gripper...just 1 run 6 hits given up by Teel and Patton...maybe our standards are just a tad high??? 

[Otis 83]

2 minutes ago, theeagleman5 said:

Geez, Gripper...just 1 run 6 hits given up by Teel and Patton...maybe our standards are just a tad high??? 

Actually I thought Grip’s post was very on brand for you

[Texasgrip]

9 hours ago, theeagleman5 said:

Geez, Gripper...just 1 run 6 hits given up by Teel and Patton...maybe our standards are just a tad high??? 

...or maybe I'm just bitter that I missed $1 hot dog night?

[Bogus Smith]

9 hours ago, Texasgrip said:

...or maybe I'm just bitter that I missed $1 hot dog night?

You didn't miss much, @Texasgrip .....they "ran out" of the $1 hot dogs and started selling their normal $5 hot dogs by the second inning.  The old bait-and-switch mode of marketing.  Not a good look for ORU athletics or Sodexo.  They probably need some caveats like, "while supplies last" and/or "limit four dogs per person" as they were selling hot dogs to some by the bag.

[Otis 83]

Love has an uncharacteristically choppy start and exits the game in the 5th down 3-2. However the offense responds in the bottom of the frame with 3 2 out runs so far. 
 

Make it 4 runs. ORU 6 No Co 3

[theeagleman5]

Nice 7-3 win but ORU owes the fans a $1 dog day tomorrow in the home finale. 

PS...over 900 fans according to box score.....was today graduation at ORU or last Saturday???

[eagle88]

10 hours ago, Bogus Smith said:

You didn't miss much, @Texasgrip .....they "ran out" of the $1 hot dogs and started selling their normal $5 hot dogs by the second inning.  The old bait-and-switch mode of marketing.  Not a good look for ORU athletics or Sodexo.  They probably need some caveats like, "while supplies last" and/or "limit four dogs per person" as they were selling hot dogs to some by the bag.

I wonder who made the call to stop selling $1 dogs? Heck I’ll kick in some $ so we don’t have a bad look! Why not do $1 dogs every other game to get more cheeks in the seats!

[Otis 83]

1 hour ago, theeagleman5 said:

Nice 7-3 win but ORU owes the fans a $1 dog day tomorrow in the home finale. 

PS...over 900 fans according to box score.....was today graduation at ORU or last Saturday???

Does 900 include the pups?

[Texasgrip]

1 hour ago, theeagleman5 said:

.....was today graduation at ORU or last Saturday???

Last Saturday.

[TrueBlue82]

Big day at Chapman Park today:

• Mother’s Day
• Senior Day
• A win would make Ryan Folmar the coach with the most wins in ORU baseball history, eclipsing Larry Cochell.
• A win (or NDSU loss) would clinch the #1 seed for the Summit League tournament.
• A win (with an NDSU win), would place ORU and UST in a virtual dead heat for the regular season title with one week remaining. 

[eagle88]

22 minutes ago, TrueBlue82 said:

Big day at Chapman Park today:

• Mother’s Day
• Senior Day
• A win would make Ryan Folmar the coach with the most wins in ORU baseball history, eclipsing Larry Cochell.
• A win (or NDSU loss) would clinch the #1 seed for the Summit League tournament.
• A win (with an NDSU win), would place ORU and UST in a virtual dead heat for the regular season title with one week remaining. 

You forgot $1 hot dogs for first 10 fans!

[theeagleman5]

More Solid pitching at Chapman today with Good Guys up 7-1 in the 8th.... looks like Bears will go home empty handed....

[ORU82]

While are we leaving this guy on the mound?  This is brutal to watch.

Finally coach pulls him but the damage is already done.