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Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Elephants Coming To Town Let the circus begin! The Cal. State Fullerton Titans come to Blair Field Thursday through Saturday for 3 night games, all beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday should be a jewel of a pitching matchup...for the second week in a row after Cesar Ramos v. Mike Pelfrey at Wichita State. Here's the lines: Cesar Ramos, 3-2. 1.65 ERA. Ricky Romero, 5-1, 1.70 ERA. Cesar has not had much run support. The Fullerton offense is MUCH better than WSU's or Baylor's. Chances are, unless Romero is off, the Dirtbags will need at least 2 or 3 runs to be in a position to win. Friday it's Marco Estrada (5-0, 1.94) against Ryan Schreppel (4-0, 1.80). Not the marquee headliner that Ramos v. Romero is, but still one of the better matchups you'll find in college baseball. Marco has been a very pleasant surprise. Not that it wasn't known he was good...he had a very good run at Glendale College. Saturday could be very interesting. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if both teams go with a new No. 3 starter. Fullerton's Scott Sarver (3-2, 10.07) has been very ineffective. Jered Hughes (1-2, 4.34) has been great from the windup. Problem is, he has pitched from the stretch a lot....in 29.0 innings he has 14 walks and 9 HBP (and 7 WP). Opponents are hitting only .264 against him, so control is really the issue. When he is good, he's very good...great fastball, great stuff. But he now has 3 bad starts (out of 5) in a row (13 ER in 13.0 innings). If Long Beach State changes, which I wouldn't say is likely - just possible, my bet is they go with either Donnie Hume or Cody Evans. I would actually be surprised if Fullerton stays with Sarver. Fullerton clearly has the edge in hitting - their batting average as a team is higher than the Dirtbags slugging percentage (.355 batting average, .544 slugging percentage, versus .283 and .338). After the great starting matchups in games 1 and 2, Long Beach has the edge in pitching (staff ERA 2.31 v. 3.88 ) with pretty good depth. This will, in my opinion, not be a sweep. I think it's 2-1 Long Beach, because it's at Blair Field, and because our guys are motivated, and because you all would have a heart attack if I said differently.
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