It was a tough weekend for me sports-wise. The Indians lost 3 in a row to the Red Sox, and then lost game 1 of the Ohio Cup Series in Cincinnati to the Reds 4-2.( Game 2 will be tonight at 7pm in Great American Ballpark) And the NC State Wolfpack played in the longest game in ACC Tournament history, going 18 innings to lose to the stinking Tarheels. The Pack also played in the 2nd longest game in tourney history in 2011 going 15 innings before losing to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 7-6. Note to the NC State baseball team: take care of things in regulation. The Wolfpack will be hosting an NCAA Regional in Raleigh on  May 31st. The Pack earned the top seed in the Regional and will play the 4th seed Binghamton Bearcats in game 2 at 7pm. Game 1 will feature 2 seed Ole Miss vs 3 seed William & Mary.

The Ohio Cup is still up for grabs tonight as the Indians and Reds face each other in the 2nd game in Cincy tonight. Then the teams move to Cleveland for 2 games. Tonights pitchers will be Zach McAllister (4-3  2.89 ERA) for the Tribe and the Reds will use Mat Latos (4-0  3.17 ERA), a righty from Broward Community College. Latos last pitched on 5/22 in New York. He went 6 and 2/3 innings against the Mets, giving up 4 runs on 8 hits, walking 1 and striking out 4. The Reds won 7-4. McAllister last pitched on 5/23 in Boston. He went 5 innings against the Red Sox, giving up 3 runs on 5 hits, walking 3 and striking out 5. Cleveland won 12-3. The Tribe is now 2nd in the AL Central at 27-23, 2.5 games behind 1st place Tigers. Cincinnati is in 2nd place in the NL Central at 32-19 only 1.5 games behind the division and NL leading Cardinals.  The Indians and Reds have not faced each other in the regular season, but the Tribe swept them in 3 games to open the pre-season in Cleveland on Feb 22-24.  The Ohio Cup currently resides in Cleveland.