Season starts with a series down at Tennessee Tech (Cookeville, TN) today and tomorrow.
Due to weather, the game times have been changed. One game today at 3 PM and double-header tomorrow, time TBD.
Stats will be available here: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=119818
2016 Baseball Opening Day
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To bad these aren't home games but you can't predict the weather when doing the schedule.
Right...it's unseasonably warm for us right now (mid-60s today)...so it's beautiful out. However, it's really windy and all the snow has just melted, so any ground is a soggy marsh.ibleedpurpleandgold wrote:To bad these aren't home games but you can't predict the weather when doing the schedule.
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Member of the Marching Leathernecks - 1996-2000
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You can also...well...kinda watch the game on periscope here: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1jMJgWZOezjJL
Quality isn't great, it's essentially just a static camera that someone set up pointed at the field, but you can kinda tell what's going on and you can hear the announcer if you turn it up a bit. Got it going on my second monitor....60 degrees out, baseball on the "TV"...sure feels like spring to me.
Currently TTU guys on 1st and 2nd, 1 out, bottom of the 1st, no score.
EDIT - the video is down now. TTU ended up loading the bases and getting a grand slam. Now top of the 2nd, WIU men on 3rd and 1st, 1 out, TTU up 4-0.
Quality isn't great, it's essentially just a static camera that someone set up pointed at the field, but you can kinda tell what's going on and you can hear the announcer if you turn it up a bit. Got it going on my second monitor....60 degrees out, baseball on the "TV"...sure feels like spring to me.
Currently TTU guys on 1st and 2nd, 1 out, bottom of the 1st, no score.
EDIT - the video is down now. TTU ended up loading the bases and getting a grand slam. Now top of the 2nd, WIU men on 3rd and 1st, 1 out, TTU up 4-0.
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3 combined Hr's and just going to the bottom of the 3rd wind must be blowing out today.
I think it is. They were mentioning that it's pretty windy there. Looks like about 15-20 mph winds from the south/southwest. The stadium sits so that wind directly south to north would be going pretty much straight out right field (that's where our second guy hit his HR I know). Balls hit in left field would be pulled out to center field, but if you're hitting towards right field, it's a batter's day.ibleedpurpleandgold wrote:3 combined Hr's and just going to the bottom of the 3rd wind must be blowing out today.
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Member of the Marching Leathernecks - 1996-2000
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Tennessee Tech scored two runs on a walk-off single with two outs in the bottom of the 9th to win the game 13-12.
Western had scored six runs in the top of the 8th to take a 12-8 lead. Tenn Tech came back with 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th to make the score 12-11 going into the 9th.
It was 68, sunny, but windy.
Attendance at Tennessee Tech was 254.
The Saturday double-header will begin at 1PM.
Western had scored six runs in the top of the 8th to take a 12-8 lead. Tenn Tech came back with 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th to make the score 12-11 going into the 9th.
It was 68, sunny, but windy.
Attendance at Tennessee Tech was 254.
The Saturday double-header will begin at 1PM.
Tennessee Tech won game 1 of Saturday's double-header 6-3.
Tennessee Tech won game 2 of Saturday's double-header 6-5.
Tennessee Tech pitchers combined to strike out 25 batters in the two games.
Attendance at Tennessee Tech was 240.
Western baseball will be in Carbondale next weekend for a three-game series with SIUC.
Tennessee Tech won game 2 of Saturday's double-header 6-5.
Tennessee Tech pitchers combined to strike out 25 batters in the two games.
Attendance at Tennessee Tech was 240.
Western baseball will be in Carbondale next weekend for a three-game series with SIUC.