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I agree, as I said yesterday Meig's defense is not as good with Roberts on the mound (for reasons you pointed out). I do have to say that Watkins has seemed to realize that he can't be as "all-out" at SS as he tended to play earlier in the year (by this I mean he seems to be slowing down just a bit to more cleanly get the ball out and make a throw with less velocity to first thus diminishing the risk of throwing the ball away). Meig's really misses Howie Meadows behind the plate and his bat in the line-up (although he DH'd against ND and nearly jacked one, don't know if they plan to do the same tonight). Should be a good game if Roberts is "on" and the bats stay hot.

If you win you host and that's better than traveling, besides if you have a couple of good pitchers you throw your #2 tonight and your #1 again Friday with 3 days rest. If Marion's 3,4 and 5 are as good as their #1 and #2 then they either don't have anyone that stands out or they're truly blessed with lots of good pitchers. But as they say, that's why you play the games.

Yeah, I read the paper and sounded like Chargers just couldn't find a hole with their bats. The Tigers really miss Meadows, behind, and at, the plate but their D is usually solid, not as good with Roberts on the mound but hopefully good enough to win. If Marion's pitching is less than stellar Tigers should win. A win would be huge allowing Tigers to host again Friday.

It was good win for Meigs, as the paper said Garland didn't have his best stuff (the ump's strike zone was the middle of the plate and the middle of the thigh and acted as though he'd never seen a curve, definitely a hitter's ump which contributed to his struggle greatly) but he did keep throwing hard and induced a lot of ground balls and go the win. The defense played well and the bats came through at key points. Too bad for Central, do you know anything about Marion (pitching, bats, teams defeated/defeated by).

I know Shaw is a good pitcher so the 1-0 score is not that telling if Shaw was "on". I'm much more curious if Marion's pitching is as good as the 0 on the Central side indicates. Roberts has very good control, and Meigs' bats seem to be heating up at the right time so this could be a dual if Marion has a good #2 to throw.