LSU Game 1 Thread

[Will James]

Lets roll

[ScoobaDawg]

ESPN3 if you dont have CSS
loving some chromecast right now

[DudyDawg]

Seeing the giant Tony C's add behind home for them, I don't mind ours as much anymore. Also one of the most stereotypical ads I've ever seen

[Will James]

JakeVick

Ball out 1-0
Strike away 1-1 - announcers are idiots
Foul 1-2
Ball low 2-2

Curve good 2 strike approach, putting the ball in play up the middle (not a popup)
MFer was off the bag.. Already getting hosed

Good AB

[TopDog58]

Ump blows first call of the game. Nice

[DudyDawg]

Horrible call. He was a clear six inches of the bag on that catch

[Will James]

Detz

Ball 1-0
Swinging at a ball low 1-1
Good changeup 1-2 Nasty change
Swinging fastball away

K

Meh

[preachermatt83]

Home cookin?

[mstatefan91]

Great start to the game FB UMP. Get some glasses cause you obviously need them!

[preachermatt83]

Rea watches too many good pitches

[Will James]

Rea

Taking fastball in (he cant hit that) 0-1
Taking another fastball (classic Rea) 0-2 Bet he swings and misses an offspeed pitch now
Fastball up 1-2 OK here comes the offspeed Rea K
Nope taking fastball down the middle

Rea takes absolutely horrible at bats. That was bullshit he has no approach, Cohen has issues with 2 strike adjustments and Rea is awful at it.

[rcsteph1]

Not a good start for the bullydawgs. That first play really sets the tempo

[Will James]

Alex Box 1st base bleachers look like they arent the best sightlines

[Will James]

Nola got the outside call... Fitts isnt

[rcsteph1]

Three straight balls to start for Fitts.... and he walks the first batter

[Will James]

Where the **** was that last pitch?

**** these umps already

Leadoff walk

[Bothrops]

**** Lsu.

[Will James]

Bregman was due.. Low BABIP*

[mstatefan91]

Oh this could be bad

[Will James]

Need more discussion in this thread! Where errbody at

[mstatefan91]

And CSS is having technical difficulties...

[Will James]

Great CSS....... Cheap production there

[rcsteph1]

Welp my ESPN3 just went out

[mstatefan91]

Should have been a double. ****

[rcsteph1]

And I guess we were jinxed by announcers on our good infield

[Will James]

Easy double play? The guy was already sliding in when the ball would have gotten to 2nd...

Dub masses

[mstatefan91]

Get out of the early jam

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Heck hasnt been good the past several games

[Will James]

Heck makes a play to end the inning.

Let's have good at bats here.

[rcsteph1]

Heck makes up for it and gets us out of inning no harm, gotta get some bats going

[mstatefan91]

Easy double play? The guy was already sliding in when the ball would have gotten to 2nd...

Dub masses

Should have been a double. Probably wouldn't have been "easy" but should have been a double

[rcsteph1]

They sure are giving Nola the outside corner.

[mstatefan91]

Pirtle down swinging

[Will James]

Pirtle

0-1
0-2
Ball up 1-2
FB K.

[mstatefan91]

Oh bullshit strike

[rcsteph1]

well I tell you one thing, NOLA is throwing strikes, our guys are gonna have to put the bat to the ball or he's gonna have a good night

[mstatefan91]

well I tell you one thing, NOLA is throwing strikes, our guys are gonna have to put the bat to the ball or he's gonna have a good night

Helps when the ump is on your side.

Heck out on a foul fly

[Will James]

Heck

Curve 0-1
Curve was in but the ump is all on Nolas nuts 0-2 BULLSHIT
FB out Blue wanted to call it 1-2
Foul ball.. 1-2

Popout to 1B

2 down. Tough arm out there and the ump aint helping

[mstatefan91]

Armstrong safe on error

[rcsteph1]

Armstrong is pretty fast.

[Will James]

Armstrong

Look what happens when you look for and hit the fastball

Man on 1st throw pulls 1B off bag

[rcsteph1]

I think we gonna have to give the first pitch green light tonight.

[Will James]

CT

Ball out. I'd send DA.. 1-0
CT swinging 1-1

Groundout to 2nd.

[mstatefan91]

going to the bottom of the 2nd... scoreless

[rcsteph1]

CT should have made that play a little closer..

[rcsteph1]

Heck fields another, 1 away

[mstatefan91]

one up and one down

[Will James]

Announcers are still idiots

[mstatefan91]

two up and two down

[rcsteph1]

Announcers are still idiots

We got the CSS A team didnt we!

[rcsteph1]

Fitts hit Stevenson in the Foot. 2 outs runner on First

[mstatefan91]

Fittz hits a batter on the foot. One man on first w/ 2 outs

[rcsteph1]

Flyball out. going to 3rd 0-0

[mstatefan91]

End of 2nd.. Scoreless

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Nice signs behind home plate lsu

[rcsteph1]

I'm a Tony's fan

[mstatefan91]

Hendu to second on another error

[rcsteph1]

2nd error on third baseman. Hendu on 2nd

[Will James]

Henderson

fastball out 1-0
Good cut 1-1
Curve strike 1-2

Good approach Hendu E5 Hendu to 2nd base on the throw

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

My 2 boys representing.

[mstatefan91]

Hendu to third on a Collins sac bunt

[rcsteph1]

Collins sacrifices Hendu to third

[Will James]

Collins

BUNTFAIL 0-1 Holy shit why are we bunting **** that shit John

We moved the runner Great****

Problem when you play for 1 is sometimes you get it AND ONLY IT

[mstatefan91]

Really need a good at bat from Vick

[rcsteph1]

Vickerson needs to find a way to get a hit

[mstatefan91]

Vick strikes out

[rcsteph1]

Really need a good at bat from Vick

And we didn't get it

[Will James]

JakeVick

0-1
Foul ball 0-2
Curve K

WHY IN THE HELL DO YOU GIVE AWAY OUTS ON A STRIKEOUT PITCHER MORON

[DudyDawg]

All we needed was that ball put in play...,..

[mstatefan91]

JakeVick

0-1
Foul ball 0-2
Curve K

WHY IN THE HELL DO YOU GIVE AWAY OUTS ON A STRIKEOUT PITCHER MORON You right

[Will James]

Detz

Ball way out - Cohenball meddling ****s another inning it seems -1-0
Curve strike 1-1
Strike way out. **** you blue piece of shit 1-2
Ball up 2-2

K

WHY DO YOU BUNT THERE AGAINST THE LEAGUE LEADER IN K'S IDIOT

[rcsteph1]

Collins

BUNTFAIL 0-1 Holy shit why are we bunting **** that shit John

We moved the runner Great****

Problem when you play for 1 is sometimes you get it AND ONLY IT

Sometimes you don't even get that

[TopDog58]

JakeVick

0-1
Foul ball 0-2
Curve K

WHY IN THE HELL DO YOU GIVE AWAY OUTS ON A STRIKEOUT PITCHER MORON

When does this clown get the boot? I'd pay to see John Cohen knock his ass out cold.

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Get him in however you can. Squeeze if you have to

[Will James]

"John why did you bunt there and **** up your inning"

Nobody ever asks this

[rcsteph1]

That hurt. Armstrong took a bad route on a well hit ball. Legged out a triple for LSU

[Will James]

Get him in however you can. Squeeze if you have to

Or just play baseball with a man on 2nd and no outs.

[mstatefan91]

Shit

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

As oppose to 3 strikeouts to end the inning? We arent touching nola.

We shouldve bunted him home too.

[rcsteph1]

Back to back triples. LSU1-0

[mstatefan91]

we are down 1-0. No outs and two triples back to back. Shit

[rcsteph1]

Perfectly hit ball down first base line. better get somebody warming up

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Or just play baseball with a man on 2nd and no outs.

Against nola? Right.

[Will James]

How is it possible to score by just letting hitters hit?

How retarded would scoring 1 run by bunting in the 2nd damn inning look now even if we had scored him

[Saltydog]

nt

[TopconDog]

Back to back triples. LSU1-0

Fitts has been through the lineup 1 time he is done

[Will James]

Against nola? Right.

Wait so you advocate giving away outs to a guy already prone to K us. Glad you are here to give the masses another view into your colossal ignorance

[DudyDawg]

I think it's early to say it's over but this does feel like we've woken a sleeping giant in a way

[rcsteph1]

The way we are swinging the stick that run and especially the guy on third may be all it takes, still a lot of game left. Bracewell warming up

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

We would be tied 1-1 numb nuts

[mstatefan91]

Come on Fitz. Get your stuff together

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

It doesnt matter what I say. You are an idiot. Majority agrees with that.

Youve never even swung a baseball bat.

[Will James]

As oppose to 3 strikeouts to end the inning? We arent touching nola.

We shouldve bunted him home too.

I fully expect you to eat crow if Nola has less than 23 K's now

[TopDog58]

How is it possible to score by just letting hitters hit?

How retarded would scoring 1 run by bunting in the 2nd damn inning look now even if we had scored him

We scored zero by having two guys fail to make any contact. Why are you still on this, MOron? We scored ZERO. So what the hell do your hypotheticals have to do with anything?

[Will James]

We would be tied 1-1 numb nuts

Oh we're assuming a perfectly executed squeeze? Have you watched our bunting the last few years

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

I fully expect you to eat crow if Nola has less than 23 K's now

You are too dumb to function.

[rcsteph1]

nt

So my question is were we afraid to throw our best against their best?

[Saltydog]

once or twice at the most. He usually doesn't pitch deep into games and after they adjust, he's hittable. He really needs to work on developing his change up.

[Will James]

We scored zero by having two guys fail to make any contact.


exactly

[rcsteph1]

Why was heck playing in?

[mstatefan91]

Not looking good

[Will James]

Why was heck playing in?

Cohen

[Bothrops]

I knew they would hit our ass this weekend.

[rcsteph1]

I'm telling you. LSU is taking BP right now

[rcsteph1]

Fitts def balked right there can't be mad at anybody but himself

[mstatefan91]

Out of all the stuff that pitchers do, how in the **** is that a balk? I really don't understand the rule but whatever

[rcsteph1]

I knew they would hit our ass this weekend.

They always find a way to...

[rcsteph1]

Out of all the stuff that pitchers do, how in the **** is that a balk? I really don't understand the rule but whatever

he had a defined movement and then tried to reset, sucks but he was over thinking it

[Saltydog]

best pitcher.

[Will James]

Lindgren vs LSU

5.2 IP
7 K
0 BB

[Will James]

Did he just say Jonathan Holder is no longer here?

[rcsteph1]

This idiot just said Holder is no longer on team... do some research

[mstatefan91]

Did he just say that Holder is no longer at Mississippi State? Did I hear that right?

[slickdawg]

Did he just say that Holder is no longer at Mississippi State? Did I hear that right?

I think I heard the same thing.

[rcsteph1]

best pitcher.

Yea I was just snowballing, I just wonder what the thought behind starting fitts

[rcsteph1]

Unbelievable Detz with a lazy throw over to first and let runner get to third

[Will James]

They just moved the runner without an automatic out. How'd that happen?

[DudyDawg]

One example of what we lose w Detz at third. Britton would've looked the man on second back there

[mstatefan91]

Detz should have just faked and totally got the out at third**

He made the safe play. We needed a definite out

[maroonmania]

Fitts seems to be getting a little worse every outing and now we are going to burn up Bracewell. Really wish we would have gone with Mitchell tonight. Not sure why we pitched Fitts on 4 days rest.

[Coach34]

There's a play where having Britton over Detz is better- Britton gets the lead runner there

[rcsteph1]

They just moved the runner without an automatic out. How'd that happen?

That's on your guy at 3rd

[rcsteph1]

Good strikeout for Bracewell

[mstatefan91]

Think if Detz screws that play up? Then you would have had 2 on with no outs.

[mstatefan91]

Yeah, Detz did not make such a dumb play after all. The shit you guys give him is uncalled for sometimes.

[rcsteph1]

Think if Detz screws that play up? Then you would have had 2 on with no outs.

I agree. I think he made the right play. However it goes back to little league, look the guy back and then make the throw, don't just come up and make a leisure throw to first

[Coach34]

Think if Detz screws that play up? Then you would have had 2 on with no outs.

How about just looking the runner back like an average fielder would do?

[Will James]

That's on your guy at 3rd

Hey I want him as the permanent DH.

Huge Britton fan here I think he's about to break out at the dish

[DudyDawg]

Off topic a bit but how great would it be to have a guy like Wes at first as another infielder. Heck just threw one a bit high for any other first baseman but he just stretched that arm up. He is easily our best defender and a lot of it is because of size alone

[mstatefan91]

I agree. I think he made the right play. However it goes back to little league, look the guy back and then make the throw, don't just come up and make a leisure throw to first


How about just looking the runner back like an average fielder would do?
I see what you guys are saying. Fair enough

[rcsteph1]

Off topic a bit but how great would it be to have a guy like Wes at first as another infielder. Heck just threw one a bit high for any other first baseman but he just stretched that arm up. He is easily our best defender and a lot of it is because of size alone

His size helps us more times than not

[mstatefan91]

Wes flies out. 1 down

[Will James]

Big 'un

Curve strike (who saw that coming*) 0-1
FB away 1-1
HUGE swing on a changeup 1-2
Big cut with 2 strikes.. foul (good approach***) 1-2
Still around it with 2 strikes… 1-2
Curve in the dirt.. Fully expecting a backwards K here on a fastball
Curve flyout to 2B

[mstatefan91]

Off topic a bit but how great would it be to have a guy like Wes at first as another infielder. Heck just threw one a bit high for any other first baseman but he just stretched that arm up. He is easily our best defender and a lot of it is because of size alone

Not just size. He has great mechanics throwing. But the size definitely helps

[Will James]

Pirtle

Ball away 1-0
Ball.. 2-0 gotta get on base here
3-0

BB

[mstatefan91]

Pirtle walked

[rcsteph1]

Good at bat for Pirtle. Four ball walks

[Political Hack]

a announcer just said 23 State alumni or players are either playing pro or working for a pro team. That's a lot.

[rcsteph1]

I see what you guys are saying. Fair enough

Bottom line he got the out which we needed and the runner moving over didn't hurt us. Need to get a run back here

[mstatefan91]

Good play by Ibarra

[Will James]

Heck

Ball on whats been a strike all nite long 1-0
1-1 Right down the middle SWING….Best one you'll see all night Heck. (approach)

Lets take a perfect fastball and ground a curve. This is why we don't have an offense. Routine for this club.

[mstatefan91]

First strike is high

[rcsteph1]

Heck of an at bat by D Armstrong

[Coach34]

great AB by Armstrong

[Will James]

DA

0-1 Fastball down the middle (our approach consistently sucks.. Cohen)
1-1 ball low
1-2 Yeah another Take fastball Swing Curve Approach…. K coming
1-2 Foul on curve
2-2 Curve low
2-2 Foul. Way to hang DA
3-2 Curve low. DA showing why he's in the lineup. Last year he's already K'd twice this AB

CLOSE but Ball out.. Great AB DA!!!

[DudyDawg]

One hell of an AB from Armstrong. Still can't understand why he isn't getting a chance to lead off

[mstatefan91]

Got a break there. Could have been called a strikeout

[Coach34]

Bottom line he got the out which we needed and the runner moving over didn't hurt us.

Cant count on luck every time

[rcsteph1]

Let's see what CT can do. Runners on first and sec

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Armstrong on....aGain

[rcsteph1]

Cant count on luck every time

^^^^X2

[rcsteph1]

And CT fans. bottom of 4th down by 2

[Political Hack]

that's disappointing but at least we got into his pitch count some that inning.

[Will James]

CT

0-1 Another take…. right down the chute
0-2 Foul. CT behind in the count… Always. (less than 5% walk rate)
1-2 Ball up
1-2 Curve foul.

Did I say I wasn't sold on CT this year? Right now he's on the pine if WJ is managing

[Will James]

Cant count on luck every time

Except with Ross

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

You say a lot of things.
The empty can rattles the most...

[rcsteph1]

that's disappointing but at least we got into his pitch count some that inning.

Finally made him work a little. but don't think we hurt him much

[rcsteph1]

Four Pitch walk for Bracewell

[whosyourdawgy]

CT

0-1 Another take…. right down the chute
0-2 Foul. CT behind in the count… Always. (less than 5% walk rate)
1-2 Ball up
1-2 Curve foul.

Did I say I wasn't sold on CT this year? Right now he's on the pine if WJ is managing

CT's first strike wasn't a take. It was a check swing where he was gonna swing but fooled on the pitch. He definitely committed to a swing and then tried to pull up

[Will James]

Leadoff walk..

[mstatefan91]

Except with Ross

You seriously still think Ross is lucky? You should at least consider changing your mind because well, you're wrong

[Will James]

You seriously still think Ross is lucky? You should at least consider changing your mind because well, you're wrong

It's a joke dunce. Not rehashing it for the lowest common denominator among us

[rcsteph1]

All I hear is a bunch of guys jerking off lsu.... move on guys

[DudyDawg]

Woody in the pen

[Will James]

The white flag appears to be rising

[rcsteph1]

Woodruff warming up

[mstatefan91]

It's a joke dunce. Not rehashing it for the lowest common denominator
There's this thing on here that people do when they say something sarcastic dunce

Ross Mitchell is a lucky bastard**

[rcsteph1]

Everybody safe slow hopper to Heck

[whosyourdawgy]

OK, that hit and run doesn't look good for us tonight. If they can get that in for a hit, luck may not be on our side tonight

[Saltydog]

nt

[DudyDawg]

Everybody safe slow hopper to Heck
On hit and run
Would like to see Cohen using it a tad more with this team

[Political Hack]

those classy LSU fans are hammering our guys right now.

[DudyDawg]

those classy LSU fans are hammering our guys right now.
It's respectful and playful ribbing of players****

[rcsteph1]

LSU is just getting the lucky bounces

[rcsteph1]

Sorry but that's all NOLA needs

[Will James]

What the hell Blue?

[DudyDawg]

Sorry but that's all NOLA needs
Unfortunately I think you're right

[Political Hack]

we hung 17 on Vandy's ace. A few well placed errors would help.

[whosyourdawgy]

Why are our players all so much smaller than other SEC schools. We look like a bunch of damn midgets out there compared to other teams. Except for Rea, we are damn little. Most all LSU's players are long rangy guys. We are all short compact guys with no power.

And with that comment, Woodruff is coming in for Bracewell. Not the outings from our staff we were looking for I'm sure

[rcsteph1]

we hung 17 on Vandy's ace. A few well placed errors would help.

We need to get the bats off the bus for the later part of the game

[Coach34]

Perfect spot to pitch Woody:

If he throws well- lots of confidence...if he doesnt? We more than likely werent going to win this one anyway

[smootness]

Why are our players all so much smaller than other SEC schools. We look like a bunch of damn midgets out there compared to other teams. Except for Rea, we are damn little. Most all LSU's players are long rangy guys. We are all short compact guys with no power.

And with that comment, Woodruff is coming in for Bracewell. Not the outings from our staff we were looking for I'm sure

Well, sounds like LSU needs more short compact guys.

[Will James]

Hendu

1-0
1-1 Swinging
2-1 Close but low
2-2

Backwards K on a fastball.

Cohenapproach and Cohenball leading to a no-hitter

[DudyDawg]

Watching the game on CSS and saw a nice clip of a cheerleader in a cutoff jersey and tiny shorts. Hope to see us make this change as well, ya know, for family entertainment

[rcsteph1]

Against somebody like Nola we have to swing the bat. I know of 3 backwards K's I believe

[Will James]

Collins

0-1
1-1
Flyout in foul territory

This game is hard to watch

[Will James]

Vick

Swinging strike away 0-1
1-1 ball way out
1-2 change up swinging strike
Fastball K

Put the GD ball in play

[Political Hack]

NOLA is straight dealing it. that guy is filthy.

[rcsteph1]

I'm sorry but Our leadoff spot just isn't the same without A-Fray. Its painful to watch

[Saltydog]

nt

[bgdog]

I know its not that rare of a thing but I ****ing hate when the batter slams his bat down after a shitty ab. Vick does it all the time.

[DudyDawg]

Again, let's see Armstrong, at least for ONE GAME. He's at least been running counts high and giving himself a chance by putting it in play

[Bothrops]

Nola reminds me of one of those starters for UCLA last year.

[Pollodawg]

Yep. This one's over. Wake me up when you get the slit between them legs fixed, and you're ready to swing the damn bats.

[msstate7]

I'm sorry but Our leadoff spot just isn't the same without A-Fray. Its painful to watch

I'm sick of Vick leading off

[DudyDawg]

I know its not that rare of a thing but I ****ing hate when the batter slams his bat down after a shitty ab. Vick does it all the time.
Agree. Vick looked like a pissy 12 year old doing that. Grow up

[maroonmania]

Nola is a dang good plus all it really takes to keep our offense in check is don't walk us or hit us. We sure as heck don't collect enough hits by themselves to score very much.

[Pollodawg]

Nola is good, but he aint that good. We've lit his ass up before.

[Coach34]

We're gonna get no-hit...then Ross will ram it in their ass tomorrow...rain out for Game 3

[DudyDawg]

Woodruff is showing his stuff to be right there w nola right now. If he could piece it all together he could be huuuuuge for us out of then pen this year, especially since Ross isn't in it anymore

[rcsteph1]

We're gonna get no-hit...then Ross will ram it in their ass tomorrow...rain out for Game 3

Somebody's gonna grow some balls and mess it up... my money is on Armstrong

[DudyDawg]

Detz single up the middle

[rcsteph1]

Or Detz beat him to it

[Will James]

Detz

0-1 curve low swing.. low seams can't get here fast enough
1-1
2-1 out
2-2 another curve. need low seams to make the game real again
2-2 foul

And Detz breaks it up. Atta boy

[jbjones]

Detz! There goes the zilch in the H column....

[rcsteph1]

here we go. got that monkey off our back

[Will James]

Rea

Lets have a smart at bat…..

swinging at a curveball out of the gate. If you are looking for it then HIT IT HARD

F-8

[Will James]

Pirtle

1-0 Ball out

Lazy fly ball to left. We take dumbass swings and do that a lot. especially the lefties

[DudyDawg]

That was odd. Heck HBP on hand on check swing but seemed like correct call

[Will James]

The WJ crew is on the base paths

[Political Hack]

I don't get the Armstrong love. Give me Cody Brown all damn day.

[Will James]

DA

Good cut 0-1
Taking fastball.. SWING IT 0-2.. Ennis get your boy right
The Armstrong weakness…. The K

Damnit

[Will James]

I don't get the Armstrong love.

Ennis has watched him play before

[DudyDawg]

Shitty AB by Armstrong but I still wanna see him lead off

Announcers said he posted a 6.39 sixty. Sounds like a good guy to put up top while batting over 300

[Coach34]

Woody waking up would be huge for us

[Will James]

And Britton makes that play.

Attaboy Cohen

[Bothrops]

Yeah Detz played that as well as he could but doesn't have the velocity of Britton

[Will James]

Glad CT is back so he can swing at the first pitch and pop it up to the infield..

…. The more they stay the same

[maroonmania]

Other SEC scores:
SC 2 Ark 1
Ark 4 SC 1
Vandy 6 TN 4
KY 17 FL 1
AL 5 TA&M 1 (9th)
Aub 5 OM 2 (8th)
GA 1 Mizzou 1 (9th)

[Harrydawg]

We will look back on this game with fondness.......as the game that Woody was BACK!


Huge!,,,,,,!!!!!!

[Will James]

Vick

0-1

Single

He suckkkkksssss*

[Will James]

JV > CT for WJ

[Will James]

Detz

Need to get on and Rea find his swing somewhere...

0-1
1-1
1-2 curve check swing
2-2 Ball low
foul ball way to hang.. Need a Detz AB here

Well shit

[DudyDawg]

And that ends it. we haven't played well but also haven't caught any breaks. Too bad

[whosyourdawgy]

And like I said earlier, this just isn't going to be our night. That would've been our triple if runner not on first

[Bothrops]

We will be lucky to win one against them down there. I don't expect them to go quietly tomorrow with Mitchell. They play their best against us in every sport.

[whosyourdawgy]

Like Coach said though, this is great for Woodruff and bodes well for his season. He is dealing it

[Saltydog]

I thought coming into the weekend that we would maybe win one, if we played three. Not sure that's gonna happen.

[Coach34]

Yes Sir- we now start Woodruff next Friday

[maroonmania]

coming into the weekend that we would maybe win one, if we played three. Not sure that's gonna happen.

Well we were highly unlikely to beat LSU with Nola pitching no matter what LSU did last weekend.

[Will James]

We have a bad overall approach at the plate.
We have to play Britton.

[DudyDawg]

I agree coach. Woody looks like he's got it going. If brown can't throw Sunday save him for southern and use woody friday

[rcsteph1]

Yes Sir- we now start Woodruff next Friday

I think he stays in the pen, but can be very effective that way if he continues on like he did tonight. Looked good when nothing else went right for us

[whosyourdawgy]

Let's just hope we can get tomorrow in with no rain delays. We are once again depending on Ross to put us on his back.

[rcsteph1]

I may be standing alone but I think it was smart not to start Ross tonight.

Think about it. We pitched combined well enough to have a chance to win, Unfortunately Nola was lights out. Our hitting never got off the bus, we helped him out by getting behind in the count. I don't think Ross pitching would have changed the outcome of the game. We got a lot of groundballs tonight just couldn't make the plays on them. That's how they bounce. Not hitting the ball, all the strikeouts and back to back triples beat us.

[Saltydog]

nt

[DudyDawg]

I agree. Keep Ross on Saturday where he's comfy and rested. No need to change that

[whosyourdawgy]

I may be standing alone but I think it was smart not to start Ross tonight.

Oh no, you are right. We leave Ross on Saturday. It was either Fitts, Bracewell, or Woodruff. Hindsight Woodruff woulda been the one, but it wouldn't have mattered. We weren't gonna score on Nola tonight

[slickdawg]

You know, we could pitch Greg Maddux and it wouldn't matter. If we don't get timely hits, we aren't going to beat anybody.

[Coach34]

I think he stays in the pen, but can be very effective that way if he continues on like he did tonight. Looked good when nothing else went right for us

No Sir- he is the most talented pitcher we have. He is the difference in us making Omaha and us flaming out in a Regional. Throw him backin on Friday's and see if he can do his thing. Preston Brown is a reliever- not Woody

[Will James]

Woodruff being "back" would be great but let's see him go 6 IP, 7 K, 1 BB, 1 ER next week before anointing him

[State82]

I may be standing alone but I think it was smart not to start Ross tonight.

No way you are alone in that thinking. With our offensive prowess, starting Ross against Nola is just asking to dump a great pitching performance right down the drain. We got 'em right where we need them now. We got 2-hit tonight against a Top 5 pitcher. So what. Now we have one going tomorrow.

[rcsteph1]

No Sir- he is the most talented pitcher we have. He is the difference in us making Omaha and us flaming out in a Regional. Throw him backin on Friday's and see if he can do his thing. Preston Brown is a reliever- not Woody

You think hes got IT mentally? OR is he more comfortable out of the pen?

[Coach34]

You think hes got IT mentally? OR is he more comfortable out of the pen?

i think he has the talent of a 2nd or 3rd round draft pick. And with that you have to take chances of whether he has "IT" mentally or not. We won't make Omaha without him pitching big innings for us- so you have to roll the dice

[preachermatt83]

Woodruff being "back" would be great but let's see him go 6 IP, 7 K, 1 BB, 1 ER next week before anointing him

exactly!

[rcsteph1]

i think he has the talent of a 2nd or 3rd round draft pick. And with that you have to take chances of whether he has "IT" mentally or not. We won't make Omaha without him pitching big innings for us- so you have to roll the dice

He has a shot. Hope he can continue to improve

[MarketingBully01]

i think he has the talent of a 2nd or 3rd round draft pick. And with that you have to take chances of whether he has "IT" mentally or not. We won't make Omaha without him pitching big innings for us- so you have to roll the dice

I assume Woodruff had a good game coming in relief? Guys, I love the witty banter regarding the game but if you could please put the inning and score after every half inning so we can tell what the score is and what inning it is. Couldn't watch the game nor hear the game tonight. Other then that, thanks for the game thread!

[DownwardDawg]

No way you are alone in that thinking. With our offensive prowess, starting Ross against Nola is just asking to dump a great pitching performance right down the drain. We got 'em right where we need them now. We got 2-hit tonight against a Top 5 pitcher. So what. Now we have one going tomorrow.

This is how I think also. I don't claim to know half as much as some of our regular baseball posters, but I know that we cannot hit and we were not going to beat Nola regardless. I thought it would have been a waste to pitch Ross against him. Now we will win game 2 and have a chance to take the series. Unless Woody is back completely, I wouldn't waste Ross against another ace this year, until the post season.

[cujo]

Try following MS State Baseball or HailState on Twitter

[DownwardDawg]

I assume Woodruff had a good game coming in relief? Guys, I love the witty banter regarding the game but if you could please put the inning and score after every half inning so we can tell what the score is and what inning it is. Couldn't watch the game nor hear the game tonight. Other then that, thanks for the game thread!

I agree. The baseball threads are much better when you or Cadaver do them. Will does a decent job but always gets sucked into childish banter. This is the best website on the internet for all things MSU, but the game threads could be better. Football threads are way better than these baseball threads have been lately.