UCAFANS.COM | GO UCA BEARS!

there will be much more coming out about this soon, but Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage will be in town April 29-May1 for our weekend series against Northwestern State. There will be events going on April 29 including a silent auction, with the Friday night game on the 30th being 'Goose Gossage Night' at the ballpark. This is a MAJOR opportunity to support this baseball program financially so I hope all you will get the word out for this big weekend.

Good for Goose.....

good for the baseball program... Goose already has money!
But seriously, it's good to have a program that had a son of a Hall of Famer matriculate through and now have him willing to come back and do this for us. It's cool to hear the stories from Doug and Ronnie about Goose's Hall of Fame Induction weekend. So a big thanks to Goose for doing this for us.

http://www.ucasports.com/sport.asp?action=news&sportid=7&article=3705

...
Thursday 4/29: Tailgate Party & Silent Auction at Bear Stadium (6 p.m.). $20 adult admission includes live entertainment, meet & greet photo opportunity with Goose, Free Food provided by various restaurants and businesses, games for the kids, door prizes, and much more. Kids 12 and under are FREE. Bring your tent out and tailgate with the Goose! Silent auction items will be available throughout the night, including NY Yankee items, tickets to a St. Cardinals game, local sports items, & much more...

Friday 4/30: Family Fireworks Night at the Ballpark featuring Goose Gossage. UCA vs. Northwestern State starting at 6:30 p.m. The Goose will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Free Commemorative Goose Gossage t-shirt for the first 200 fans. Goose will be signing autographed copies of his new book for fans with purchase. Fireworks light show & display will follow the conclusion of the baseball game, provided by Mad Max Fireworks.

Saturday 5/1: Breakfast of Champions at New Life Church, off of Dave Ward Drive (8 a.m.). $30 ticket price for (1) adult and (1) child. Additional children are $10. Breakfast will be provided sponsored by Waffle House. All kids 14 and under will receive a goodie bag that includes an autographed baseball, coupons, and other prizes. Goose will address all participants on his experiences of playing Major League Baseball and becoming a Hall of Fame inductee in 2008.
Tickets for the event are available at the UCA baseball house, Athletics Department Triplex #2, or by calling 501 450 3150.

All proceeds go to benefit UCA Baseball Foundation.
For information, call 501 450 3150.

as for the games, the Bears take on the team tied for 2nd place in the SLC with SFA this weekend. The Demons earlier in the season were projected to make the NCAA field along with Southeastern La. and Texas State. Not sure how that plays out at this time, but it wouldnt shock me.

NW State blanked Texas State yesterday 8-0, to win one of the 3 games at San Marcos. Apparently, had they not committed 7 errors or some number like that the first 2 games, they wouldve been in line to sweep or take 2 of 3. The Demons can pitch, period, and they feature one of the best closers in college baseball, Chad Sheppard.

Game times 6:30, 2 and 1, and as the post above details, a LOT to do beginning Thursday night around the ballpark all weekend long. Hope to see you guys at Bear Stadium all weekend long!

Here's the forecast for the weekend as of now... UGH! (updated, Thursday morning 10 am)

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77.

Should have known better than to schedule this event the same weekend as Toad Suck. Enuff said right there concerning the weather.

I know, and I updated my earlier post with the latest forecast. Not looking good at all, especially Friday night...

decent turnout last night at the stadium. I expected more people,I guess, but for a 1st time event it went pretty smoothly it seemed.

Weather already looks like crap outside, it may be a long, or short weekend of baseball around Conway depending on your perspective.

One pitch away....
UGH!

Ballgame.
How disappointing.

One strike away from the win. Instead an error and a homer on a full count put us down one.

Then we go 3-up-3-down, along the way pinch hitting for a guy hitting .310 with a guy hitting .217 and only 21 ABs on the season.

And we pulled Bobby after the 8th to bring in the pitcher on our team who has lost more games than any other --- granted, I don't have a suggestion on who else to put in in that situation.

Heartbreaking loss and way to end the game.


NWSU 4-7-1
UCA 3-7-2

Bobby Prichett pitched a great game for 8 innings giving up 6 hits and 2 runs with 8 Ks and 3 BBs.

Michael Marietta went 2 for 4 and Michael Pair was 1 (HR) for with 2 RBIs.

Regroup and get the Demons tomorrow.

You know who I would have put in in that situation? Bobby Pritchett.

Dude had just got done mowing through the 7th and 8th and, going back to the 6th, had retired nine straight. Of those nine outs, two were strikeouts and only two were recorded in the outfield. The ball didn't leave the infield (between the lines, at least) in the 8th. So yeah it was late in the game and I'm not sure what his pitch count was, but that shouldn't matter. He was dealing. Unless he complained about having a tired arm or was hurt or something, I don't at all understand the rationale in pulling him for the 9th.

Bears win Game 2 over Northwestern State by 5-4 in 13 innings....great job guys...

http://www.ucasports.com/sport.asp?action=news&sportid=7&article=3744

NWSU 4-15-3
UCA 5-13-0

Helps to make no errors....espcially when opponent gives you 3....

Getchell 3 for 6 with 2 RBIs
Throneberry 3 for 6 with 1 RBI
Marietta 2 for 2

Nice pitching by Ward, Brewer, McKinzie and Wild....

Be nice to get a series win tomorrow....