Horns vs Dawgs Game 1

[EdwardDrayton]

All pitching in the 1st. 0-0 after one.

[BeardoMSU]

GD walks...

[EdwardDrayton]

GD walks...

Every time

[Ranchdawg]

A friend of mine son was recruited by Schlossnagle when he was at Tx A&M. Friend’s son said he was a total jerk. Let’s beat the jerk!

[EdwardDrayton]

SullyStache Smash gets us on the board!!!

[Ranchdawg]

Do it Hunter!

[EdwardDrayton]

This Texas dude has a wicked slider.

[BeardoMSU]

Well, we got em back and more. Real quick, lol.

[EdwardDrayton]

BOOM!!! Three run jack by Ross!!! State takes the lead 4-2!!!

[EdwardDrayton]

Well, we got em back and more. Real quick, lol.

Love how quickly we answered!!!

[Ranchdawg]

Got family from Ft.Worth Tx. They both graduated from University of Texas at Austin. My niece’s both parents graduated from MSU. Niece’s son has been to multiple baseball camps at MSU under Lemonis. Niece’s husband played baseball at Univ. Of Texas at Austin. Y’all be nice to them please!
They are on the berm.

[Coach34]

Pico de Gallo has really grown up. Really good to see with each start

[BeardoMSU]

Outside of the walk and dinger, Pico looking great. And efficient, too. Only 63 pitches through 5.

[EdwardDrayton]

Pico through five: 2H, 2R, 2ER, 6K, 1BB, 62 pitches, 40 strikes

Righteous.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Downs is having a bad day at the office. This Texas Lefty is not throwing anything sweeping, he's actually one where I would like to bat Nolan Stevens.

Down to Left-Field and Stevens to RF.

Stallman has not looked good vs the Texas Carrot Top.

[parabrave]

OK Highfill time to get your run back. And there you go.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Stallman batting like he lost his glasses today. I can't believe there was not a pinch hitter.

Stevens or Frei

That was a wasted opportunity to hurt Texas.

[Coach34]

We are seeing again today what the book is on us- lots of offspeed pitches

[Ranchdawg]

Here we go again. Leaving the the 1st infantry on base again.

[Coach34]

So ****ing stupid to run him back out there in the 7th

[BeardoMSU]

Well it was fun for 6 innings....

Jesus what a collapse

[msstate7]

Serious question - do you think we will beat Oklahoma or Texas in any sport in the next 5 years?

[Coach34]

Terrible Parker. We get what we ****ing deserved for running Pico back out there

[Thick]

Hungate throwing BP. Borbas or whatever was hugging the plate,,,,keep throwing outside never comes inside and then grooves one down board street!

[SaintDawg]

Great job coaches. Well done. ****ing idiots.

[CaptainObvious]

How did Arkansas and LSU do today? I was told they would be our biggest worry for this season with this solid pitching staff and bullpen State brought in from the portal.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Might get lucky with Texas having a mental midget pitcher.

The dude that is out there last inning was not throwing strikes, our guys were just offering and swinging at it.

Cupp was high-IQ enough to recognize he was going to walk.

[BeardoMSU]

How did Arkansas and LSU do today? I was told they would be our biggest worry for this season with this solid pitching staff and bullpen State brought in from the portal.

Ark got smoked by Bianco Ball.

[Coach34]

How did Arkansas and LSU do today? I was told they would be our biggest worry for this season with this solid pitching staff and bullpen State brought in from the portal.

UPig got smoked

[CaptainObvious]

Ark got smoked by Bianco Ball.

Damn! Wasn't Ole Miss picked dead last again? Heck, they are 5 wins away from matching their worst season in the Bianco era.

[CaptainObvious]

Has Texas stopped scoring in the 7th yet?

[Thick]

I totally expect our basketball team to fukk things up, but for some reason, I expect more from baseball?.so frustrating! Top of the lineup 0-12 through 7

[The Federalist Engineer]

Good experience for Dotson.

I expect him to do well here.

[KOdawg1]

I get bringing the contact pitcher in trying to get a double play, but next time maybe bring in a guy who can throw 90 that doesn't look like BP.

[CaptainObvious]

I totally expect our basketball team to fukk things up, but for some reason, I expect more from baseball?.so frustrating! Top of the lineup 0-12 through 7

Yep. Not winning many games with the 1st 3 guys in the order going 0 for the game. Usually a good thing to get in the bullpen up 5-3 but State is not a "usual" lineup.

Stall man just doesn't look like a table setter and apparently Frei asked Lemonis niece out on a date. We lack speed in Center and don't wear glare proof sun glasses in Right. Our catcher has 4 rbi but can't throw it from home to 3rd with a runner 45 feet off the bag. Most teams have two guys warning in the bullpen in the 7th with a lead but we only had 1 while as usual our coaches are sitting on the bench playing switch sticking the thumb up their butt and then moving it to the mouth and back and forth!

[parabrave]

Dam leave for 30 mis and WTF.

[msstate7]

Pitching is our strength!!!! lol... lemonis is a joke

[CaptainObvious]

Well coached team. We don't pinch hit for Stallman or Chance but we trot out a PH after Hines hits a 200 foot pop up and he is first pitch swinging. Instead of trying to work the pitcher who is cruising Stevens is going for a first pitch 3 Run homer with no one on base! Just dumb

[BeardoMSU]

Pitching is our strength!!!! lol... lemonis is a joke

How many LOB do we have this game? 2 innings in a row of zero pressure by us, too. Cooked.

[parabrave]

Stallman batting like he lost his glasses today. I can't believe there was not a pinch hitter.

Stevens or Frei

That was a wasted opportunity to hurt Texas.

Was thinking the same. Dam the top 6 4 for 20 with 3 from Sullivan. Wonder what Freis would've done.

[EdwardDrayton]

Texas has eight runs on eight hits and one walk. They have left ONE baserunner.

[parabrave]

How many LOB do we have this game? 2 innings in a row of zero pressure by us, too. Cooked.

5 3 from Stallman and 1 from Cupp and HH has his daily LOB. Could've been more but the top of the order really sucked except for Sullivan

[KOdawg1]

Lol this team ain't hosting shit

[Coursesuper]

Lol this team ain't hosting shit

I?m thinking you might be onto something.

[parabrave]

And Freis gets on base in his only AB.

[parabrave]

Damm Lemon leave Stallman in when you need a hit. WTF is your problem. Every LL coach knows you put a PH in.

[parabrave]

Heck If Reese gets on I'd walk Sulli8van to get to Hines.

[BeardoMSU]

Heck If Reese gets on I'd walk Sulli8van to get to Hines.

And they will, lol

[parabrave]

Big Hit by Reese. Now what you going to do Schloss with Sulluvan up.

[ZedFedder]

Close but no cigar

[EdwardDrayton]

It's hard being a State fan.

[DawgFromOxford]

Now it?s a fight to not get swept. Got find a way to get Ws when Pico starts.

[Ranchdawg]

Money can’t buy you happiness but it damn sure can buy some baseball players that can hit!

[StarkVegasSteve]

Big Hit by Reese. Now what you going to do Schloss with Sulluvan up.

Pitch to him. We are the least clutch program in America. Tonight may do Lemonis in. We are staring a 1-5 or 0-6 start in the face.

[EdwardDrayton]

Gotta go back to the decision to bring Hungate first out of the pen. He looked less than pedestrian.

[Cooterpoot]

Be surprised if we don't get swept

[Coach34]

****ing pitching coach cost us that one

[StarkVegasSteve]

Also if Hunter Hines ever takes another AB outside of a throwaway blowout midweek game then we absolutely need to fire everyone. His regression is the biggest regression in State baseball history. And I watched Wes Rea go from an all fields hitter to a player who could not hit a dead red fastball.

[EdwardDrayton]

Pitch to him. We are the least clutch program in America. Tonight may do Lemonis in. We are staring a 1-5 or 0-6 start in the face.

We've seen enough now that is cause for concern.

[Coach34]

Got to come back and play ball. Sunday is a new day

[tcdog70]

Should have brought Stone in after Pico

[StarkVegasSteve]

We've seen enough now that is cause for concern.

Oh it is past concern. We had a chance to put the game away and struck out with the bases loaded for the 477th time of the Lemonis era. His players just are not clutch is what it comes down to. Cann and Cohen’s guys were clutch.

[Coursesuper]

****ing pitching coach cost us that one

We absolutely gave them a free run. Something that the last couple of teams has been doing with regularity.

[tcdog70]

****ing pitching coach cost us that one

I don’t know . You got a guy hitting over 400 on the bench. Shitty Coaching.

[EdwardDrayton]

Should have brought Stone in after Pico

It's easy to second guess in hindsight but damn Hungate was tossing up soft serve ice cream.

[StarkVegasSteve]

And I have not even gotten to Downs dumbass hero ball shit when his pitcher is throwing a 17 one hitter. Just corral the ball and let them have a single. Again, another 17 idiotic play under Lemonis. AKA: The norm.

[EdwardDrayton]

Oh it is past concern. We had a chance to put the game away and struck out with the bases loaded for the 477th time of the Lemonis era. His players just are not clutch is what it comes down to. Cann and Cohen’s guys were clutch.

Yeah. I was soft serving it a little. You know, kinda like Hungate.

[Ranchdawg]

I am not advocating firing Lemonis but Geesh we gotta do something to shake things up. Errors, unable to get to catch fly balls to the outfield and pitchers that have no business pitching in certain situations and multiple runners stranded on base. Rinse and repeat for the last 2yrs!

[StarkVegasSteve]

I am not advocating firing Lemonis but Geesh we gotta do something to shake things up. Errors, unable to get to catch fly balls to the outfield and pitchers that have no business pitching in certain situations and multiple runners stranded on base. Rinse and repeat for the last 2yrs!

I am advocating for firing him. It may not be any better, but I know it will not be worse. And we need new life.

[HoopsDawg]

****ing pitching coach cost us that one

He's cost us 3 games this year

[Dawgface]

I am advocating for firing him. It may not be any better, but I know it will not be worse. And we need new life.

Well put.

[EdwardDrayton]

****ing pitching coach cost us that one

The five runs in the 7th were just painful to watch.

[parabrave]

And I have not even gotten to Downs dumbass hero ball shit when his pitcher is throwing a 17 one hitter. Just corral the ball and let them have a single. Again, another 17 idiotic play under Lemonis. AKA: The norm.

This. Dammit better a single than a triple cause no one is backing you up.

[Todd4State]

I am advocating for firing him. It may not be any better, but I know it will not be worse. And we need new life.

Well the answer sure the **** isn't promoting the pitching coach to head coach who can't tell when his pitcher should come out before giving up five runs like some of our fans want to do.

That's FOUR of our losses now for the exact same reason so far. Parker can see develop pitchers but has no idea when to take them out.

[Coach34]

I don’t know . You got a guy hitting over 400 on the bench. Shitty Coaching.

We scored 7 runs. That is enough to win games

[StarkVegasSteve]

Well the answer sure the **** isn't promoting the pitching coach to head coach who can't tell when his pitcher should come out before giving up five runs like some of our fans want to do.

That's FOUR of our losses now for the exact same reason so far. Parker can see develop pitchers but has no idea when to take them out.

Who is advocating for that dumbass decision. The guy has never been a HC ANYWHERE. Honestly, that is pretty Mississippi State. Lets promote an asst because he was a good asst, but has never run his own program…..sound familiar?

[Activated Alpha]

Am I misremembering because I thought we praised Parker last year for not leaving our pitchers out there to rot. I do remember us blasting Foxhall for doing that

[Cooterpoot]

****ing pitching coach cost us that one

We don't have the pen we thought we had other than numbers and we aren't throwing our best when we need to. Parker better get his shit straight fast!

[StarkVegasSteve]

Am I misremembering because I thought we praised Parker last year for not leaving our pitchers out there to rot. I do remember us blasting Foxhall for doing that

Well in the non con we had a problem with putting the wrong pitcher out there and leaving him in too long. We figured it out later in the year. It also helped that we started pitching Stephen and Cjintje longer.

[Coursesuper]

We don't have the pen we thought we had other than numbers and we aren't throwing our best when we need to. Parker better get his shit straight fast!

That has hurt, no excuse for it to continue to happen.

[Todd4State]

Who is advocating for that dumbass decision. The guy has never been a HC ANYWHERE. Honestly, that is pretty Mississippi State. Let's promote an asst because he was a good asst, but has never run his own program…..sound familiar?

I've definitely seen some of our fans say that. Not you.

[The Federalist Engineer]

1-Letting Stallman bat 5 times was bad. 5 clueless AB's. With his twin brother HH 1 for 9. Especially with Frei and Stevens watching.

2-Downs feaking out, that's baseball. He is suspect now, definitely not a RF. With Stallman at LF, that's a bad OF.

3-Hungate, why didn't he use this blown save and meltdown for last spring in the Regional. That's baseball I guess. This was Chernobyl level.

4-Highfill and the pickoff at 3B. But he had 4 RBIs and no pass balls and no stolen bases. Forgiven. Plus Downs put the kid at 3rd to begin with.

5-PH for Cupp, a kid that understands strike zones but not Stallman. Plus Cupp is difference maker at SS. Bad.

6-Pinch run for Reece, what? That kid is quick and already at 2nd base.

7-Coach34 would have pulled Pico after 6, I would have left him for the 7th, so that's my fault, not St. Justin's fault.

[Coach34]

My biggest problem with the coaching staff since the first game Lemon coached is that they try to steal outs with pitchers and leave them in too long. Today was yet another example

Stallman has played well to this point but he should have been hit for
I knew Trout was not going to be of help today
Parker sux for sending Pico out in the 7th and then not pulling Hungate when he was gettin torched. I dont understand. We have plenty of arms. I'm bringing McPherson immediately after the first 2 guys got hits. ****ing stupid to lose this game today

[basedog]

Our pre schedule was fairly iffy to really know and after the loss today, it’s still early to know how things work out. But I’m not surprised.

Not the way we needed to start the Sec at home. Need to win the second game to ease the pain.

[basedog]

My biggest problem with the coaching staff since the first game Lemon coached is that they try to steal outs with pitchers and leave them in too long. Today was yet another example

Stallman has played well to this point but he should have been hit for
I knew Trout was not going to be of help today
Parker sux for sending Pico out in the 7th and then not having Hungate when he was gettin torched. I dont understand. We have plenty of arms. I'm bringing McPherson immediately after the first 2 guys got hits. ****ing stupid to lose this game today

I totally agree. Fact is we did several dumb things on decisions by players and coaches.

[Bothrops]

Gonna be swept by Texas is all major sports from now on.

[basedog]

Lemonis is in top 10 highest paid college baseball Coaches. Our hitting Coach is also one of highest paid as assistant coach. We have a 65 million dollar investment in a baseball stadium, gotta start getting our investment back soon!

[Pancho]

like church softball, the team with the most E's loses.
there were plenty E's that have been mentioned here already. this looked like the spring break high school games i've been to this week except the part where some of the high school coaches are better baseball minds.

[Coach34]

Lemonis is in top 10 highest paid college baseball Coaches. Our hitting Coach is also one of highest paid as assistant coach. We have a 65 million dollar investment in a baseball stadium, gotta start getting our investment back soon!

Is he? He's 9th in the SEC

[Pancho]

i hope he helps us finish higher than 9th in the SEC

[basedog]

Is he? He's 9th in the SEC

Sec is by far best baseball conference and has been for a long time. We rank 84th in RPI, and are in 14th place in Sec with RPI. We are ranked every year at the top are very close to #1 in game attendance. It goes back to Coaching to get us where we belong nowdays.

[Coach34]

well lets see where the season ends. Right now 1 game in I dont think we can make a decision yet

[Coach34]

Sec is by far best baseball conference and has been for a long time. We rank 84th in RPI, and are in 14th place in Sec with RPI. We are ranked every year at the top are very close to #1 in game attendance. It goes back to Coaching to get us where we belong nowdays.

get over attendance. Thats way down the line for recruits now. They want money

[basedog]

get over attendance. Thats way down the line for recruits now. They want money

We have money for baseball. I think college kids want to go where fans treat them like kings. Basketball is different.

It is early but I think I heard a drum warming up in the LFL. Lemonis has no excuses for baseball, he had everything needed and won but then he got lazy and content. It showed and now he has to prove himself or else.

[Coach34]

Lemon better win- nobody disputes that

[msstate7]

We don't have the pen we thought we had other than numbers and we aren't throwing our best when we need to. Parker better get his shit straight fast!

It's always Parker or Jake. Lemonis has the best job in the world... we always blame his subordinates

[maroonmania]

Pico is only good for about 5 or 6 innings and has shown that throughout the early season. Bringing him back out for the 7th was a mistake. And while Hungate crapped the bed its hard to fault the staff for bringing him in as the first option as I don't think he had given up an earned run all year. I still think we are short one more high level SEC starter and we all questioned during the off season why we didn't go after a top line starter in the portal? We got Pruitt who was decent but we really didn't add a top line starter for a team that lost its Fri and Sat SEC starters that were both really good. Afraid we are going to pay for not making that move. We would have been better off spending more NIL on another top line starter than whatever we spent on pulling in a bunch of position players as we now have more servicable position guys than we can even play. 7 runs should be enough to win on most SEC Friday nights. One bad inning was all it took to blow yesterday's game. Lots of pressure now on our starters for game 2 and 3 and both will by iffy.

[Pancho]

should have pulled in a quality catcher too

[basedog]

should have pulled in a quality catcher too

I couldn't understand leaving Hungate in it was clear he didn't have it.

I don't feel good about winning two games Sunday, heck I am iffy about winning one now. Hope i am wrong.

[StateDawg44]

It's always Parker or Jake. Lemonis has the best job in the world... we always blame his subordinates

Lemonis deserves and gets plenty of blame.

Bottom line is, this is the product he will deliver year in and year out because he can?t recruit a team. Sooner the excuse makers realize it the sooner we quit having people defend Lemon.

[Pancho]

44 has the situation loud and clear. we must accept the mediocre quality which oozes from lemo. we will be discussing issues such as this all season long

[EdwardDrayton]

No baseball. No basketball. What's a man to do. <sigh>

[tcdog70]

We scored 7 runs. That is enough to win games

Not today. Got to find a place to play him

[Offshore Dawg]

If the bullpen is so good why leave the SP in an inning too long.

[maroonmania]

No baseball. No basketball. What's a man to do. <sigh>

Celebrate! No losses today!

[Leroy Jenkins]

If the bullpen is so good why leave the SP in an inning too long.

Because Lem has tried to squeeze 2-3 more outs from a SP his whole career. Outsmarting himself almost every time.

[Coach34]

Because Lem has tried to squeeze 2-3 more outs from a SP his whole career. Outsmarting himself almost every time.

It's literally the worst thing about this staff. Always trying to steal outs instead of letting a RP start the inning clean