Lamar Baseball 2024

[spidersal]

Way to go Cardinals. Now 2 huge series in Louisiana Nichols series is probably for SLC championship and NO also crucial good luck and keep it going

[myrecordwashorrible]

Cardinals more to 37-10 on the season with an 8-4 win over Rice on the road. 

Off to Nicholls for the biggest conference series of the season to this point. 

 

[spidersal]

Nice win Cardinals, now need to win series at Nichols

[myrecordwashorrible]

Cards fall in extra innings 5-4 last night. Now have a 1 game lead on Nicholls.  

[myrecordwashorrible]

Come back win! Cards take game 2 against Nicholls 9-7 as they go extra innings again tonight.  Rubber match and a huge game tomorrow.  

 

[spidersal]

Win tonight 9-7 in extras. Back up to 2 game lead. Need to win tomorrow the top 2 teams in the SLC are having a very good series

[myrecordwashorrible]

3 minutes ago, spidersal said:

Win tonight 9-7 in extras. Back up to 2 game lead. Need to win tomorrow the top 2 teams in the SLC are having a very good series

Yes they are!  Would have been a great series to travel over and watch. 

[spidersal]

Couldn’t get it done today in 3-0 loss to Nichols. Very important last series at NO   a sweep may be necessary to avoid a 1st place tie with Nichols. Let’s get it done Cardinals 

[myrecordwashorrible]

Cards shut out 3-0.  Hold a 1 game lead over Nicholls with Nicholls now holding the tiebreaker. 

LU finishes up conference next week at UNO and Nicholls faces McNeese. 

[myrecordwashorrible]

UNO falls to NSU in today's delayed game.  This leaves LU 2 games ahead of UNO as they head their for this week's final conference series starting Thursday. 

Holding a 1 game lead on Nicholls who finishes with McNeese.  

Sweep for LU and they take first place. Win 1 and 2nd place is worst case scenario.  All other scenarios depend on Nicholls and McNeese outcomes.

Could go into the final weekend in 1st yet be in 3rd when all is complete.  Big series for LU and if you are an LU fan "suck it up" and root for the Pokes. 

[myrecordwashorrible]

13-3 win over Alcorn.  Now at 39 wins.  UNO starting Thursday and SLC tournament the following Wednesday. 

4 games scheduled the first 3 days of the tournament. Even if you're not a pitch clock fan, you might would appreciate it if your school had the latest game.  This is a change from last year. There was a play in game between the 6th and 7th seed, thus only 6 teams were in the "actual" tournament. This year 8 teams qualify for the double elimination format. 

[myrecordwashorrible]

UNO series starts off with a double header today due to weather concerns.

[myrecordwashorrible]

12-3 LU takes opener over UNO.  Magic number is 2 for regular season conference championship.  Hit 40 wins today. 

LU plays again today. McNeeseand Nicholls start their series in a few minutes. 

[spidersal]

What a fantastic finish in game 2 with a clutch pinch hit in the 9th

A win tomorrow assures the SLC championship. Way to go Cards, keep it up

[myrecordwashorrible]

Lamar leads UNO by 4 runs on 3 separate occasions only to fall behind 9-8 by the end of the 7th.  Down to their final strike and get a 2 run double in the top of 9. Hold on and win it 10-9.  

Now, magic number is down to 1.  Nicholls still has 2 games against McNeese left and LU faces UNO in the regular season finale tomorrow. Go Birds!

[myrecordwashorrible]

1 minute ago, spidersal said:

What a fantastic finish in game 2 with a clutch pinch hit in the 9th

A win tomorrow assures the SLC championship. Way to go Cards, keep it up

MY Uncle Spidey and his positive posts!!!  

[CallisburgWildcat]

What a game.  I got nervous giving up the leads like that and down to our last strike.  Lets go for the sweep tomorrow.

[myrecordwashorrible]

Come on McNeese!  Cards fall 8-6. 

[spidersal]

Well, they couldn’t get the sweep. No less than a tie for 1st, hopefully McNeese will come through

That being said, a fantastic regular season 41-13 and 17-7 in conference. I have to be honest, I didn’t think they could do it with Davis leading them. Thankfully I was wrong

Now Cardinals, you have to get it done in the tournament or unfortunately sit at the house with an excellent record

The committee will not take 2 teams from the SLC

[myrecordwashorrible]

Nicholls as you all likely know must lose to McNeese tomorrow for Lamar to be the out right conference champion. That is what most of us want to see.  

With that said here's an odd scenario that could happen. There are 3 games left in conference play as Northwestern is playing out of conference and 2 of the 4 series are complete.  The aforementioned Nicholls vs McNeese and 2 games in the UIW and HCU series are left to play. If Nicholls wins and UIW spilts with HCU there will be a 4 way tie for 5th. McNeese, Southeastern. Corpus, and UIW would all sit at 10-14.  No idea on the conference tie breaker for tournament seeds.

Truly wish the conference had a better website that already stated this as well as the tiebreaker scenario. 

It has been one fun season and see you all in Hammond Wednesday. Well, some of you. Go Cards!!

Uncle Spidey...you da man!!!  Snakehead, thanks for the updates.  Everyone else, have a great summer and enjoy what's left of the college baseball season. 

[myrecordwashorrible]

Anyone looking for a college game to watch?  UIW and the Fightin Lance Berkman's will be playing their double header at Lamar today. Games start at 2.  HCU must sweep the double header to get in the SLC tournament and UIW needs 1 win to reach the tournament. 

[snakehead26]

18 hours ago, myrecordwashorrible said:

Nicholls as you all likely know must lose to McNeese tomorrow for Lamar to be the out right conference champion. That is what most of us want to see.  

With that said here's an odd scenario that could happen. There are 3 games left in conference play as Northwestern is playing out of conference and 2 of the 4 series are complete.  The aforementioned Nicholls vs McNeese and 2 games in the UIW and HCU series are left to play. If Nicholls wins and UIW spilts with HCU there will be a 4 way tie for 5th. McNeese, Southeastern. Corpus, and UIW would all sit at 10-14.  No idea on the conference tie breaker for tournament seeds.

Truly wish the conference had a better website that already stated this as well as the tiebreaker scenario. 

It has been one fun season and see you all in Hammond Wednesday. Well, some of you. Go Cards!!

Uncle Spidey...you da man!!!  Snakehead, thanks for the updates.  Everyone else, have a great summer and enjoy what's left of the college baseball season. 

 I will let Southland figure it this year on the tiebreaker. I think it was the WAC I did the spreadsheet on a few years ago in a complicated situation.

Top of the 5th it is early but McNeese lead Nicholls 9-3.

Other than falling into the 1,4,5,8 or 2,3,6,7 part of the bracket the seeding probably doesn't help a whole lot toward winning the championship. Again, it will be who plays well next week. Already happened to McNeese on the women's softball...lost 2 conference games all year then eliminated in the tournament and missed the NCAA tournament.

I guess we will chat next week and maybe a little on the other message boards but always appreciate all the inputs.

 

[snakehead26]

1 hour ago, snakehead26 said:

 I will let Southland figure it this year on the tiebreaker. I think it was the WAC I did the spreadsheet on a few years ago in a complicated situation.

Top of the 5th it is early but McNeese lead Nicholls 9-3.

Other than falling into the 1,4,5,8 or 2,3,6,7 part of the bracket the seeding probably doesn't help a whole lot toward winning the championship. Again, it will be who plays well next week. Already happened to McNeese on the women's softball...lost 2 conference games all year then eliminated in the tournament and missed the NCAA tournament.

I guess we will chat next week and maybe a little on the other message boards but always appreciate all the inputs.

 

Still looking good 10-3 in the 9th

[myrecordwashorrible]

Whoa!  That half inning took a while.  Birds are the out right champions. 

HCU and UIW play final game with last spot for tournament on the line (not meaning 8th seed, just final qualifier).

[spidersal]

Way to go McNeese and congratulations to the Cardinals on a super championship 

Now put your game into high gear for the SLC tournament