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Friday, May 9 |
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High
school baseball
[MAY 9, 2003]
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Corn Belt Tournament
At Bloomington
Pontiac 100 160 0 - 8-13-1
Olympia 004 000 2 - 6-8-2
Newbury (W) and Shields. Dusty Hayes (L, 2-2), Derek Dudgeon (5),
Ross Thompson (7) and Rush Olson.
Home run - Olympia - Derek Foley (grand slam in 3rd).
Hitting stars - Olympia - Foley (3 hits, 5 RBI) |
University High 100 001 0 - 2-4-2
Olympia
060 000 x - 6-6-2
Kyle Ferguson (L, 2-4), Tyler Cox (2) and Williams. Trevor Smith (W,
4-3) and Olson.
Olympia (17-8) - 3B - Neil Birky. Two hits - Birky. RBI - Dusty
Hayes, Derek Foley, Birky, Olson. Pitching - Smith (2 walks, 10
strikeouts). |
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High
school softball
[MAY 9, 2003]
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At Fairbury
Olympia
300 011 0 - 5-13-0
Prairie Central 000 000 0 - 0-6-1
Jessie Shay (W, 20-1) and Amber Lessen; Ashley Gerber (L, 7-3) and
HEather Tarter.
Hitting stars - Olympia - Erin Canopy (3 hits), Lessen (3 hits, 2
RBIs), Tiffany Prager (2 hits, RBI).
Records - Olympia 27-1 overall, 8-0 Corn Belt Conference; Prairie
Central 13-9, 1-7. |
At Hartsburg
Peoria Manual
001 00 - 1-2-7
Hartsburg-Emden 743 0x - 14-6-1
Called because or 10-run rule.
Berner (L), Welsh (1), Cody (3) and Johnson; Jenna Leesman (W, 2-0)
and Alyssa Moehring.
Hitting stars - Hartem - Ashley Luken (2 hits).
Record - Hartem 11-8 overall. |
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Redbird baseball starts short-handed
this weekend against Bradley
[MAY 9, 2003]
NORMAL -- Jim Brownlee and the Illinois State baseball
team will be without the services of starters Jay Molina and Jon
Peacock for the first two games of the four-game Missouri Valley
Conference series with Bradley this weekend at O'Brien Field in
Peoria.
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Molina and Peacock
are finishing a three-game suspension per NCAA rule 5-16-c-(1) for
their actions in a benches-clearing brawl last Saturday at Redbird
Field in the second game of a doubleheader against Indiana State.
The game was called a double forfeit, with each team receiving a 7-0
loss in the conference standings. Molina and Peacock also sat out
the final game in the series with Indiana State Sunday.
"We are still breathing as far as qualifying for the
Valley postseason tournament goes," said Illinois State head coach
Jim Brownlee. "Losing Jay and Jon hurts, but you have to play the
hand that you are dealt, and we will find a way to adjust. Our guys
have been playing well over the last two weekends, and if we can
continue to play well over these next two weekends and qualify (for
the tournament), we could be very dangerous."
The Redbirds open the series against the Braves at 7
p.m. Friday. The Friday game will be broadcast live on WJBC
1230 AM, with pre-game commentary beginning at 6:45 p.m. Fans
interested in listening via the Internet should go
to www.wjbc.com and click on the "Listen Live" link in the left
column.
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Saturday's doubleheader begins at 4 p.m.
and will be available via webcast at either
www.redbirds.org or
www.wjbc.com following the conclusion of Illinois State softball
coverage at the Missouri Valley Conference softball tournament. Sunday's 1 p.m. baseball game will also be available to fans via webcast, with pre-game commentary set to start at 12:45 p.m.
In addition to the Illinois State suspensions, Indiana
State will lose John Purdom and Kevin Egli for four games for their
involvement in the altercation. The additional game suspension was
issued by the conference because Egli participated in the fight
after he was ejected earlier in the game, while Purdom, in the
opinion of the umpires, instigated the fight. Bob Warn, head
baseball coach at Indiana State, will also sit out one game for
allowing Egli to stay in the dugout following his ejection.
[Rob
Huizenga,
athletics media relations,
Illinois State University] |
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Articles from the past week |
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Thursday:
Wednesday:
Tuesday:
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Monday:
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Mayfield's
Mutterings...:
How 'bout those Cardinals
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High school
baseball
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High school
softball
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High school
track and field
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Redbird baseball wins first game of doubleheader
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Double forfeit ruled in baseball brawl
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Redbird
baseball drops Sunday game to
Indiana State
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'An Evening With the Redbirds' moves to spring
date
Saturday:
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High school
baseball
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High school
softball
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High school
track and field
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Lincoln College
softball
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Redbirds win first Friday Valley game, 8-5,
over Indiana State
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Lightning strike cancels WJBC webcasts
for weekend games
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Larson steps down as coach of Redbird
gymnastics
Friday:
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High school
softball
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High school
baseball
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Johnson inks new
deal
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How 'bout those Cardinals
By Jeff Mayfield
[MAY 5, 2003]
I
think they're up to something like seven in a row? With all the
injuries that they've had, can you believe it? They have really been
playing some good ball of late. Lots of people want to talk about
their hitting. Others want to talk about their defense. I think I
will start with what seems to be getting the job done: their
starting pitching.
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You knew going into
the thing that probably Matt Morris and Woody Williams were going to
shine. But did you count on much from Brett Tomko, Jason Simontacci
or even Garrett Stevenson? How 'bout the outing Simontacci delivered
in Busch Stadium Friday night to 41,000-plus delirious redbird
backers sporting their FREE new T-shirts? He completely dominated
Montreal almost from start to finish. And to get an outing from him
like that now, when the Cards' bullpen is completely dismantled,
couldn't be bigger. Then follow that up with a huge performance by
Stevenson and then another rock steady show by Morris, and the Birds
are covering up a multitude of deficiencies.
How can I say that?
Look at what the pen has provided over the last couple of weeks… or
should I say, what they HAVEN'T provided? Two or three times over
that span they have blown huge leads in the ninth! Great or even
good teams canNOT survive on a steady diet of that. I guess you
could say that the good news is that somehow St. Louis has weathered
most of those storms. But as the old adage goes, where there's smoke
there is fire; and our hurlers have spent more time tossing gas on
the flames than getting the fires out! Hopefully, as injuries begin
to heal up, so will the bullpen's woes. If not, the Birds may just
tease their fans along all year.
You do have to be
happy with the everyday lineup, as I really wasn't trying to
downplay it all that much. Fernando Vina has been on a holy tear
since shaving off his Fu Manchu! He's even hit his first two homers
in something like his last thousand at-bats. He's also made a few
spectacular plays in the field. Tino Martinez has delivered a few
times as well, after a woeful start last season. Scott Rolen
continues to show why he was one of the best pickups in baseball
over the last few years, and he plays a very stingy third base as
well. And what can you say about Edgar Renteria? He may be the
Cards' MVP over the long haul, when you consider how consistent he
has been with both the bat and glove; he is nothing short of
amazing.
As you roam the
Cardinals' outfield you are not stunned by the names save one:
Albert Pujols. Pujols is simply and easily one of the five best
players in the game right now. And to think just a couple of hundred
games ago he was playing Class A baseball. Is baseball a funny game
or what? Who knows what will happen with J.D. Drew? Labeled as a
can't-miss superstar, injuries have slowed him almost continually.
Now he is making solid contact but hitting the ball right at people.
He can't seem to buy a break. Don't know if the Cards will wait him
out to see what he can do when and if he ever gets healthy, or if
they will continue to shop him and maybe continue to shore up the
pitching corps. You'd have to say that Eduardo Perez, Eli Marrero
and Orlando Palmiero have done an excellent job for St. Louis.
Without that trio and some of the work by Kerry Robinson, the Birds
could have been in a hole by now that they may never have been able
to climb out of.
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Despite their stellar
play so far, one concern remains. This is NOT the speediest outfield
that you will ever lay eyes on! From a defensive standpoint this
concerns me greatly, when you consider how much long relief and
stoppers have struggled up to this point in the proceedings.Mike
Matheny continues to cover a multitude of sins for the Cardinals.
Obviously one of the best defensive catchers in all of baseball,
he's gotten some big hits along the way too. And the way he works
with pitchers has really helped guide St. Louis to a share of first
place as of today. That is a huge factor in the Cards' meteoric rise
over the last two weeks. It is also a critical component of how far
they can go and whether they can withstand the rash of injuries that
have beset them in the early going.
It is still way too
early to predict how these redbirds will fare. Though Card fans
throughout the region are hoping for a return to the glory of the
1982 season!
Cardinal fastballs
--Former pitching great
Danny Cox will be managing in the independent league.
--Another former
redbird hurler, Ricky Horton is now serving as the director of the
St. Louis area Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
--The secret weapon,
Jose Oquendo, is getting so aggressive as the Birds' third base
coach, he's beginning to remind longtime fans of Hal Lanier.
Remember the awesome job Lanier used to do for the Cards?
--The Cards outscored
the Expos and the Mets 48-16 during the homestand.
--The last time the
redbirds swept a homestand of six or more games was Aug. 13-19,
2001, when they swept Cincinnati and Philadelphia for seven games.
--The last time they
swept Montreal was Sept. 28-30, 1992.
--St. Louis will play
only NL Central opponents for the next month.
--The Cardinals will get their first look
at the Reds' new
Great American Ball Park starting tonight in Cincinnati.
[Jeff
Mayfield]
Editorial note: The LDN sports staff plans to
bring you some other baseball updates on the Chicago Cubs, White Sox
and others over the next few months…
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