Karns Vs. Powell

[impactbball]

What do you all think bout the game tonight?

[robpride]

great win panthers!!!!

 

 

attaboy scoop(kevin herman)

nice piece of hitting kid!.....

[impactbball]

Yeah he hit that ball pretty well, and Treece's shot too, it was a good game and close till the last....too many errors though on both sides.

[bizazz]

I just saw the final score posted. 14-9. Did Ownby suffer a lot of those runs?

 

We saw at the beginning of the season that Powell could swing the bat.

 

Looks like Powell opened the door on Karns just a bit, but Karns is still in control of its own destiny.

[HiwasseeVol]

Congrats to the Panthers...

 

This game was nothing like I expected in scoring with a 14-9 score. Shane Ownby didn't have his best stuff tonight and Kevin Cummings (LMU signee) was also not his best, but does go to 6-1 on the year with the win.

 

Powell scored first with 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning, all unearned as the Beavers committed 2 errors. The Beavers would score 4 runs in the top of the 2nd inning on two hits and two Powell errors (1 earned run). Powell would take a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the 2nd inning on a HR by Herman and a 2 run HR by Derek Treece. (3 earned runs).

 

No one would score in the 3rd inning, but Karns would score 4 runs in the 4th inning (1 earned) on 4 hits and one Powell error. Karns sent 9 to bat in the inning and I thought the runner that was throw out at the plate should have been held at 3rd. Kevin was sort of on-the-ropes and the Beavers would of had the bases loaded with 2 outs. Powell would tie the game at 8-8 in the bottom of the inning as two runs would score on two Powell triples and an intentional walk to Derek Treece. These two hits were scored triples, but I thought both should have been caught. (2 earned runs, but ??)

 

I thought Powell won the game in the 5th inning as Shane started the inning after throwing 90 pitches over the first 4 innings and was hit for 3 runs on 4 hits and 1 Beaver error (1 earned). Karns would score 1 run in the top of the 6th inning as Cale would steal 3rd and come home on an E2 on the throw and cut the lead to 11-9.

 

Shane would leave after the 5th inning and soph Evan Patterson would pitch the 6th inning and with two outs and a routine ball back to the pitcher, Evan would take his time and make a E1 on the throw to 1st base. Powell would then add three unearned runs for their final 14-9 total.

 

I had Powell for 13 hits, 6 errors and Karns had 7 hits, 4 errors.

 

On a side note the umpire in the field missed a few calls, not that it would have made a difference in the outcome, but they were pretty bad misses.

[bizazz]

You probably had the same base ump West seemed to get early in the season .

 

I give Cummings credit for resiliency. Remember back in week 1 he hung around and won a 9-8 game at West.

 

I saw the name "Cale" mentioned in the narrative. I take it his injury wasn't as serious as feared?

[HiwasseeVol]

Bizazz,

Cale came back from his surgery last Tuesday to play tonight, but he wasn't his old self, he was two for 4 tonight, but not his usual at the plate. He also had an E6 on the throw that might have got the Beavers a double play and out of the inning without the 3 runs in the first.

 

But it was nice to see him back, 1/2 a Cale is better than many in the state.

Edited April 21, 2004 by HiwasseeVol

[GPop]

HV, it is good to see Cale back.

[sportsfanatic01]

I really don't understand what all the Karns people think about Cale. He isn't that good. For him to be rated as one of the top shortstops in the country is a joke. The so called ALL AMERICAN got one ball out of the infield last night and the 1 that he did get out of the infield was a bloop right over 2nd baseman. He is not that good so stop talking about how he makes such a difference. Karns was definately a better team without Cale. O yeah and if it wasn't for daddy Cale wouldn't be going to Alabama.

[bizazz]

I really don't understand what all the Karns people think about Cale. He isn't that good. For him to be rated as one of the top shortstops in the country is a joke. The so called ALL AMERICAN got one ball out of the infield last night and the 1 that he did get out of the infield was a bloop right over 2nd baseman. He is not that good so stop talking about how he makes such a difference. Karns was definately a better team without Cale. O yeah and if it wasn't for daddy Cale wouldn't be going to Alabama.

I'm sure you're just posting this to get a reaction, so I started to not say anything.

 

Sure, it doesn't hurt that Cale's dad is who he is, but I hope HiwasseeVol will share with you some of his year to date stats.

 

Cale wasn't 100% last night - his first game back from suffering a broken nose.

 

College and Pro-scouts don't spend time and money offering scholarships and making scouting trips just to appease Daddy. It's a business for them. Ask Coach Delmonico if he'd like to have Cale follow his older brother to UT.

 

Whether someone is the #1 or #5 shortstop is entirely subjective. But there's no subjectivity involved in assessing Cale's ability. He has traveled across the country to various showcases and pro-camps. If he were doing it with mirrors, or on reputation alone, someone would've figured it out by now.

 

You achieved your purpose, you got a reaction. I don't have a dog in this fight, but will speak my mind when I know that someone is being trashed undeservedly.

 

Try someone else next time.