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ELIDA - Coldwater scored the first two runs of the game and the last two runs on Monday night to down host Elida 5-3 in extra innings at Ed Sandy Field for their 13th straight win. The state ranked Cavaliers notched three singles in the third frame to punch across a pair of runs to
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Musketeers earn road win - Michael Hirn

DELPHOS - Sometimes it's not necessarily how you finish, but that you finish ahead at the end. Fort Jennings jumped on host Delphos Jefferson early and quelled a late rally attempt by the Wildcats for a 10-4 non-conference victory on Wednesday evening. "We've had some tight games with Jefferson...
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Nash said:
Defiance has racked up some impressive wins without losing, so far - Orchard Lake, Perrysburg, Jonathan Alder, Wapak...Gonna suck when they lose in the district or regional.
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Why would you think that? Solid wins vs a good Michigan team and a D1 team in Perrysburg no matter their record is a tough out
 
Bucks4nuts said:
Why would you think that? Solid wins vs a good Michigan team and a D1 team in Perrysburg no matter their record is a tough out
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Baseball might be the toughest sport in which to advance down a tournament trail. No one player can affect any given game in any sport like a pitcher can in baseball. Outside of the magical 3 titles-in-4-year period, Defiance has a history of losing in the regional. I don't remember the numbers anymore because unfortunately the school's athletic web site changed for the worse, but the ratio of district titles to regional titles is low, if you ask me. Sure, Start was tough to get past in the 90s, but the fact that many of the tournament losses have come randomly - as a favorite - against non-powerhouses has, in my opinion, been a bit disappointing.
 
Bucks4nuts said:
Why would you think that? Solid wins vs a good Michigan team and a D1 team in Perrysburg no matter their record is a tough out
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In 2002 we had a future MLB pitcher as a senior followed by another future MLB pitcher as a sophomore. We lost in the regional semis.

Just really hard to truly trust a long run, despite 4 state titles after stuff like that.

Hope were wrong and this is at least another final 4 year. Coach Weaver deserves his shot to start getting out of Held's enormous shadow.
 
Nash said:
Defiance has racked up some impressive wins without losing, so far - Orchard Lake, Perrysburg, Jonathan Alder, Wapak...Gonna suck when they lose in the district or regional.
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That was a great time to play Alder. They had three league games in four days including two against highly thought of Springfield Kenton Ridge leading up to Saturday’s game. They threw their #5/6 pitcher against Defiance and he really kind of held them at bay. Although Alder bats weren’t real active.
 
Northwood plays Eastwood tonight. Does anyone know what the state record is for consecutive games getting no hit? Northwood has been no hit in three consecutive games (Bowsher, Swanton, North Baltimore). The Rangers just keep on churning out ELITE teams and programs.
 
RollingTrain said:
That was a great time to play Alder. They had three league games in four days including two against highly thought of Springfield Kenton Ridge leading up to Saturday’s game. They threw their #5/6 pitcher against Defiance and he really kind of held them at bay. Although Alder bats weren’t real active.
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If you didn't score Alder was never going to win regardless of who was pitching. You think Defiance adjusted their rotation just for this game? I doubt Coach Weaver did that at this point in the season. Play the game, tip your hat, make no excuses and hope for a better outcome next time.
 
wrestlingdad3 said:
If you didn't score Alder was never going to win regardless of who was pitching. You think Defiance adjusted their rotation just for this game? I doubt Coach Weaver did that at this point in the season. Play the game, tip your hat, make no excuses and hope for a better outcome next time.
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No excuses, just simply saying that was a great time to play them. That’s baseball.
 
After knocking off St. John's Friday night at Fifth-Third, Defiance finally suffered a loss against Ft. Wayne Snider Saturday at home, 8-5. The 20-0 start was the second best ever, after a 22-0 start in 1999, according to a C-N post I saw.
 
wrestlingdad3 said:
If you didn't score Alder was never going to win regardless of who was pitching. You think Defiance adjusted their rotation just for this game? I doubt Coach Weaver did that at this point in the season. Play the game, tip your hat, make no excuses and hope for a better outcome next time.
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Defiance and the WBL also only play a single round robin so they don’t need to utilize their pitching in the same way that other teams and leagues do. Baseball is the highest variance sport in high school when it comes to non-league games imo because pitching matchups can make the game results nearly meaningless at times.

It’s why I’ve never put too much credence into players stats, some guys bat .350 on a terrible team facing everyone’s #3 or worse pitcher while other guys play on good teams and “only” hit .275 against everyone’s ace.
 
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