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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: March 06, 2017, 01:27:23 PM »
Rigler picked up National pitcher of the week and Big 12 pitcher of the week honors.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 26, 2017, 07:20:43 PM »
Going to be ranked?

We won't be ranked, we might receive some votes. We'll probably have to win 7 of the next 8 to be ranked. Eastern Illinois who we play this weekend is 1-6, anything short of a sweep will hurt our rankings. Northwestern State is average at best. UC Riverside seems legit that will be our next chance to impress voters.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 26, 2017, 05:13:17 PM »
Gutsy performance gets Cats passed Liberty 4-3.
This was the very type of game that we found a way to lose last season. We already have one more one run win this season than we did all of last season.

Offensively nothing really stood out today other than our ability to manufacture runs. The Cats notched their first run in the first inning, when cam thompson had a leadoff single, a Wodtke groundout advanced Thompson, who scored on a Scudder single. The cats didnt score again until the 5th when the Cats loaded the bases to start the inning. An Eithier strikeout and Thompson hitting a grounder to second that appeared to be a taylor made double play seemed like it would end the inning, but Thompson's speed beat the throw from second allowing one run to score. Hanz Harker later scored on a wildpitch. The 6th inning began with a Scudder leadoff double, who advanced to third on a wild pitched and scored on a Rolette single.

Senior Parker Rigler started on the mound and gave up 3 singles to the first 4 batters he faced with one run scoring. Rigler settled down for a little bit until the 4th when he walked/beamed 4 of the first 5 batters, walking in a run. Rigler then induced an inning ending doubleplay.
Rigler pitched 5 innings giving up 2 earned runs, 4 hits, 4 walks, and got the win. Freshman Kasey Ford replaced Rigler for the start of the 6th inning. He threw a scoreless inning and 2/3 giving up a walk, a hit, and striking out one. Nick Jones subbed Ford and gave up a hit in 2/3 an inning before being relieved by closer Jordan Floyd who got in trouble in the 9th after recording two quick outs. Floyd gave up a single, who advanced to second on a wild pitch that ended up scoring on an error. Floyd had a runner on second when he induced a game ending grounder. Floyd recorded his 4th save of the season.

There was no reason for Kstate to win this game tonight, Liberty out hit us 8 to 6, drew 3 more walks, and left 5 more runners on base. These are the type of games we need to continue to win if we want to have a succesful season.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 25, 2017, 08:56:12 PM »
Cats take advantage of Liberty errors on the way to 8-2 win.
I know Liberty doesnt sound like a sexy win but they do have wins over Kansas and Kentucky already this season. Justin Heskett went 5 strong innings giving up two runs, both of which were unearned. The Juco transfer from Fresno City College pitches for contact and has given up a higher number of hits than our other pitchers but does a good job at making big pitches in big spots. Nick Jones came in and pitched an uneventful sixth after Heskett gave up a double to the leadoff man. Jones is a senior, i believe i called him a junior in a previous post. Freshman Tyler Eckberg pitched the last 3 innings. The freshman from Minnesota appears to be a strong strikeout pitcher tossing 5 Ks in three innings moving him to 9K in 6 innings on the season without giving up an earned run.

Offensively there were 4 stanouts. Freshman leftfielder Will Brennan went 2-4 knocking in the first 2 runs of the game and scoring a run himself. Quinton Crandall also had a 2 hit 2 run game and Junior Hanz Harker hit his first wildcat homerun with a solo shot in the seventh. The offensive player of the game was senior Steve Serratore who had 2 hits one being a grandslam in the 6th.
Cats have brunchtime rematch with Liberty tomorrow, first pitch is 10am central time.


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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 24, 2017, 04:14:40 PM »
Didn't get to listen to a lot of the game today, work got in the way.  What I did see is our Cats with a letdown after a big win last night. Conner Rule had a tough time behind the plate at keeping balls in front of him today. Brogan Heinen made his second start of the season giving up 4 runs (2 earned) in 5 innings of work took the loss. The Cats did burn a lot of pitchers last night and as a result we pitched our non pitching regulars in relief. Will Brennan (our regular LF) made his first appearance on the mound this season, the left handed freshman threw two innings and gave up two runs. Brennan may pitch on a semi regular basis as we have a severe lack of left handed pitching on the roster, outside of Brennan, Rigler and Floyd are our only lefty pitchers. Freshman Tom Skoro is redshirting this year.
Brennan was subbed by Tyler McKay who has had a difficult start to his K-State career, after giving up 3 runs in 2/3 an inning in the season opener, gave another 3 runs (2 earned) in two innings of work this afternoon, he did improve as two of the runs came from a home run in the top of the 8th.  Hopefully we have saved our pitching arsenal for the final two games of the weekend. Sorry not as detailed as usual, work happens.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 23, 2017, 08:34:42 PM »
I was not in Columbia for the game but listened to the whole game online.

The Cats started early with both Thompson and Wodtke drawing walks to start the game. Jake Scudder had the game of the season and it started in the first inning with a rbi double that scored Thompson. Wodtke scored on a sac fly, a Rolette single scored Scudder, and Rolette latered scored on a bases loaded walk. The cats put up a 4 spot in the first. The only other noteable offensive inning was the 4th where Scudder hit a 2 run homer to put them up 6-2. Scudder went 3 for 3 with a walk, 3 rbis and scored 2 runs.

Pitching wise Colton Kalmus started the same as last week when he walked the only two batters he faced. South Carolina loaded the bases in the first inning but couldnt score a run. Kalmus got out of the second inning only allowing one base runner before giving up a 2 run homer in the 3rd. Kalmus was replaced by freshman Caleb Littlejim in the top of the 4th who gave up 2 hits and committed an error before being ejected for a foreign substance on his arm, announcers never knew what it was, but my team source told me it was sunscreen. Jared Marolf came in with the bases loaded and induced a ground ball double play that scored the runner from third before striking out the next batter to end the inning. Marolf got 2 quick outs in the bottom of the 5th before giving up 3 hits and a hit batsman that scored 2 runs. Nick Jones came in and did what hes done all season and got us out of the jam. Jones got three up three down in the 6th and got 2 quick outs in the 7th before giving up two hits and being yanked for Zubradt. Zubradt, who recorded the win against ohio state on sunday, walked the next batter on four pitches. Zubradt left with 2 outs and the bases loaded. Freshman Kasey Ford took the mound and induced a deep fly ball out to end the inning. Ford then struck out the first 2 batters in the 8th before being relieved by senior closer Jordan Floyd who got the third out with a fly ball to the outfield. Floyd returned for the 9th and gave up 1 hit, struck one out and induced two ground balls to end the game. Floyd recorded his 3rd save of the season in as many opportunities. Marolf was credited with the win.

This wasn't only a huge win for K-State but a huge win for the conference that needed to show that we are more than just TCU, Tech, and OSU. Cats have no time to rest though, they return to action tomorrow at 1pm central time to take on undefeated St. John's.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 22, 2017, 10:40:18 PM »
Guys, I don't follow the Cats in baseball.  But, Hill has had 5 losing records out of the last 6 years.  That's not good, but that is awful.......Hot Seat?? :dunno:

Maybe you should pay attention more to baseball. But yes, the Cats havent been great the last few years. Hill was given a contract extension through the 2018 season after he won the big 12 title and led kstate to the best season in school history. IDK about the athletic department's willingness to pay buyouts for baseball.
I hate talking about this cause I know coach Hill and like him.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 19, 2017, 05:04:35 PM »
Cats beat Buckeyes 3-2 to take tournament title.
Kstate and Pitt both finished with 3-1 records but Kstate was given the title based on their head to head win over Pitt.
As far as the game. Parker Rigler started for the cats and pitched a real gem for the first 4 innings of the game. The left handed senior ran into trouble in the 5th and gave up 2 runs. Nick Jones replaced Rigler and got the Cats out of the jam which could have been much worse. Jones, a junior right handed submarine thrower has made 3 pitching appearances for the Cats this season and has done a fantastic job in his specialist role of getting us out of innings. In the 6th inning sophmore Mitch Zubradt took the mound and picked up the win by pitching 2 solid scoreless innings before being replace by senior left handed closer Jordan Floyd who recorded the 2 inning save.
Offensively, there were no huge standouts. Jake Wodtke and Cam Thompson each had 2 hit games. All but one position player recorded a hit. Great weekend and start of the season for the Cats, i for one was worried after the first game but it looked like the ball club shook off any jitters they may have had.
Next week cats will take on South Carolina, St. Johns, and Liberty (twice). Liberty  is 2-1 so far in the season having beaten Kansas and the Citadel. St Johns is currently undefeated but are untested, they take on coastal carolina tomorrow. South Carolina took 2 of 3 from UNC Greensboro. I will not be making the trip to South Carolina so you'll have to find your game info somewhere else next week.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 18, 2017, 10:20:57 PM »
Cats beat Delaware 7-0
Observations from Kissimmee.
By far the most complete game of the young season by the Cats. Brogan Heinen started and picked up the win, he pitched 5 innings of scoreless baseball giving up 3 hits. Big freshman flamethrower Kasey Ford subbed for Heinen and pitched 2 innings of scoreless baseball, hitting 94 MPH on the gun. Eckberg came and finished off the Blue Hens pitching 2 innings and recording 3 strikeouts.
Offensive standouts were Cam Thompson who went 3 for 3 plus a walk in four at bats, plus made some really nice plays in center (looks to be a special player early on). Quinton Crandall was the other noteable offensive player who had 2 hits with a triple. It was a very solid performance by the Cats all around.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 18, 2017, 02:10:26 PM »
Cats beat the Pitt Panthers 5-4.
Observations from Kissimmee:
Cats really did not do much at the plate outside two home runs. The first being a 3 run shot by Steve Serratore to put the cats up 3-2 and later was a 2 run shot by Quinton Crandall to put the Cats up 5-4 in the top of the 9th. The Pitt Panther starting pitcher was a big lefty that did a good job, he had a perfect game going through 4 innings and only gave up the 3 run HR.
Pitching for the Cats was Justin Hesket, he battled through 5 innings and have up 7 hits and 2 runs, but made some big pitches to get himself out of jams. Colton Kalmus replaced him and walked two batters on 8 pitches before being yanked in favor of Hudson Treu. Treu gave up 2 runs in 2 innings (only responsible for one, Kalmus responsible for the other). Nick Jones pitched a strong 8th inning and picked up the win. Jordan Floyd, the senior left hander was put in for the save opportunity in the bottom of the 9th. He gave up a double and a walk but struck out the final two batters.
Our Cats really need to work on blocking the plate better, through 2 games, 3 runs have scored from 3rd on past balls.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 18, 2017, 01:16:55 AM »
Photo shopped

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 17, 2017, 01:55:31 PM »
Cats drop opener 6-3 to Ohio State.
Observations from Kissimee:
Cats out hit the buckeyes 9 to 6 and really got better over the course of the game. Bryce Ward took the loss giving up 3 runs in 3 innings (all 3 runs gave up in the 3rd.) Tyler McKay replaced Ward and really struggled throwing 40 pitches and giving up 3 runs in 2/3 an inning. Nick Johns replaced him and got the Cats out of the 4th inning. Real standout of the game was Jared Marolf who threw 4 outstanding innings of shutout baseball. Tyler Eckberg came in the ninth and threw a scoreless inning. Offensive standouts were definetly Cam Thompson, the left handed batting freshman who plays centerfield and bats leadoff had 2 hits. Rollette also had a single and a double, he really needs to work on getting his throws down to second, but did throwout one base stealer. Im interested to see the rest of the weekend because you could see the batters grow more confidence with every at bat. 

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: February 15, 2017, 09:44:10 PM »
That would be really impressive if we finished 10th considering there is only 9 baseball playing Big 12 members. Why dont we wait and see before we start predicting dooms day?

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Kansas State Football / Re: Wild Wildcats in the NFL
« on: February 13, 2017, 07:43:26 PM »
Looks like Elijah Lee was not invited to the combine. Hope the kid gets a shot but would have loved to have him back.

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Kansas State Football / Re: KU football is hurting
« on: February 05, 2017, 09:40:41 AM »
KU football got 6 2018 commits yesterday. Three four stars all from louisiana, all with Bama and LSU offers. What the hell is happening on the Bayou?

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Kansas State Football / Re: Wild Wildcats in the NFL
« on: February 04, 2017, 09:57:52 PM »
Jordy was named comeback player of the year.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: January 22, 2017, 05:24:06 PM »
I'm going, but I have a relative on the team.

Who is going to Kissimmee to see the boozecats? Or is the easier question...who is not?

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Kansas State Football / Re: BANKS total EMAW stud...
« on: November 18, 2016, 12:37:41 PM »
Banks just committed to Tulane. Probably a good fit for their triple option if he can pick up the offense.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: October 30, 2016, 10:57:12 AM »
Kansas State Fall World Series Intersquad is this upcoming week. The first game on Tuesday at 3pm will be a matchup of freshman pitchers, as Jimmy Larson takes on Kasey Ford. Game 2 will be Thursday at 3pm and the 3rd game will be Sunday at 2pm.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: August 18, 2016, 07:06:58 PM »
Summer Updates:
Associate Head Coach and hitting instructor Andy Sawyers left to become the Head Coach of Southeast Missouri State. Mitch Gaspard, recent Head Coach of Alabama who resigned at the end of the season, was hired to replace him.
We lost one incoming recruit to the MLB draft in Cole Duensing who was a 6th round pick by the Angels who signed for $501k. Everyone else made it to campus.
Incoming freshman that will likely see significant playing time this season from what Im hearing is 6'6 290lb (not a typo, i dont care what his rivals page says he is) RHP Kasey Ford and Outfielder Will Brennan who was named co Kansas HS player of the year and was selected to the mid-plains summer league all-star team.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Football Recruiting Thread
« on: August 18, 2016, 11:18:09 AM »
As long as were taking in transfers, we should pursue Kendall Sheffield who just announced he is transferring from BAMA. Although, he will probably end up at KU, where all BAMA transfers go.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: June 10, 2016, 05:25:52 PM »
Congrats to Lucas Benenati on being selected by the Reds in the 10th round.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: June 10, 2016, 05:14:26 PM »
Looks like were losing incoming pitcher Cole Duensing out of Blue Valley Northwest. He was a 6th round pick by the Angels. Should be the only incoming recruit we lose to pro ball.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats 2015
« on: May 15, 2016, 07:29:41 PM »
Wednesday May 25 in OKC

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