Doubleheader Game 1 vs Arizona Game Thread

[TheRef]

Staring lineup for 11 AM First pitch

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-8YllWU8AAbYbX.jpg:large

[chef dixon]

I figured we'd see Humphreys out of the line up pretty soon.

[cbrunt29]

I like Gridley in the 3 hole

[War Machine Dawg]

Where the hell is Rooker?

[chef dixon]

Sexton looks awesome so far.

[msstate7]

Wow

[chef dixon]

Where the hell is Rooker?

Maybe we will see him and Smith v. Samford.

[maroonmania]

Sexton looking sharp for sure.

[TheRef]

Three up, three down. Three strikeouts. Two swinging, one looking.

Christ....Sexton is making Arizona look silly

[maroonmania]

I'm just not a Vickerson fan. He is just Mr. Fly Ball. Upper cuts everything.

[I seen it dawg]

My boy!!! Never gives up ABs

[Dawg61]

I'm just not a Vickerson fan. He is just Mr. Fly Ball. Upper cuts everything.

He's hitting .480

[TheRef]

Looks like there's some substance on the Arizona pitcher's cap bill.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-8onDhVEAA2GWx.jpg:large

[Dawg61]

My boy!!! Never gives up ABs

Hell of a find by Cohen. He's a true freshman? Ridiculous .550 bavg

[chef dixon]

That Dalbec dude is a beast

[Dawg61]

Handsome? Wtf. I'm gonna name my boy Huge Dick

[msstate7]

Hell of a find by Cohen. He's a true freshman? Ridiculous .550 bavg

It'll be interesting where his avg settles at. He's been great, but really had some good fortune too

[maroonmania]

It'll be interesting where his avg settles at. He's been great, but really had some good fortune too

Yep, pop up HRs are always nice to get.

[chef dixon]

Since when is Sexton the new Randy Johnson?

[Dawg61]

Lovelady has thrown out 10 runners already! That's insane. He is a MUST in the lineup going forward.

[TheRef]

Lovelady has thrown out 10 runners already! That's insane. He is a MUST in the lineup going forward.

Platoon him and Collins?

[Dawg61]

Btw State owns the SECNetwork today. Baseball and basketball game both on SECN. That has to be a first.

[Dawg61]

Platoon him and Collins?

Lovelady is #1 catcher. Collins rests him once a week and Collins plays 1st or DH the other games. Lovelady has a MLB arm. Can not replace that type of threat. Terrific dilemma to have.

[TheRef]

Speaking of...using your Xbox to watch the game is amazing...easy UI (user interface)

[chef dixon]

We have got to be one of the most walked teams in baseball to this point. 2 on, no outs. Brown up to bat

[maroonmania]

2 poor bunt attempts by Brown.

[msstate7]

Awful at bat there

[chef dixon]

Holland has had a lot of opportunities with runners on base. Time for him to capitalize here.

[Dawg61]

Speaking of...using your Xbox to watch the game is amazing...easy UI (user interface)

Xbox One? I was in Seattle when we played LSU in football this year and the only way I could watch the first half was through Xbox One. It was a channel that showed the camera ten feet above the players on the field and had no announcers just could hear everything in the stadium. It was so awesome to watch!

[rcsteph1]

Gotta get the bunt down there. Didn't look comfortable at all.

[PMDawg]

Great strategy to bunt there.**

[TheRef]

Xbox One? I was in Seattle when we played LSU in football this year and the only way I could watch the first half was through Xbox One. It was a channel that showed the camera ten feet above the players on the field and had no announcers just could hear everything in the stadium. It was so awesome to watch!

360. You can get the full SEC Network broadcast through it.

[mparkerfd20]

Sexton is flat out dealing today. Our bats just need to warm up to help him out. And as I type that Heck with the E.

[Dawg61]

Butch Thompson and Cohen need big raises.

[War Machine Dawg]

Once aGAIN Cohen's obsession with bunting early in the game bites us in the ass. A straight sac bunt prior to the 7th inning should NEVER be an option. It's the worst play in baseball. Cohen took the bat out of the hands of a .315 hitter with that shit.

[maroonmania]

Think we caught a break there, looked safe to me on the replay.

[PMDawg]

Wow, he was so safe.

[Bully13]

2 poor bunt attempts by Brown.

you had a pitcher in trouble who had lost confidence in finding the strike zone. walked the 1st two batters. I say you make him throw strikes, especially this early in the game. we gave the pitcher a break there. getting 2 walks to start an inning and not get a run. the odds are against that but we managed to fail. starting with bunting in that type of situation.

[chef dixon]

haha the pop up base hit for Vickerson

[maroonmania]

you had a pitcher in trouble who had lost confidence in finding the strike zone. walked the 1st two batters. I say you make him throw strikes, especially this early in the game. we gave the pitcher a break there. getting 2 walks to start an inning and not get a run. the odds are against that but we managed to fail. starting with bunting in that type of situation.

Cohen gonna Cohen. He ain't changing at this point.

[War Machine Dawg]

****ing Cohen! Bunting Gridley?

[War Machine Dawg]

It worked, but shit. It sucks giving up an out for 90 feet and 0 runs.

[TheRef]

I 17'n LOATHE this fake throw crap from the Arizona pitching staff.

[chef dixon]

Still looking for our first XBH of the weekend.

[War Machine Dawg]

Robson drives in Vickerson. 1-0 good guys.

[chef dixon]

NEVERMIND

[TheRef]

Still looking for our first XBH of the weekend.

Wes Rea says hello...

[War Machine Dawg]

And there's the first XBH. Grizzly Rea doubles home the run. 2-0 good guys.

[BeardoMSU]

Looks like there's some substance on the Arizona pitcher's cap bill.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-8onDhVEAA2GWx.jpg:large

He's been grabbing that spot before every pitch almost. He couldn't be anymore obvious.

[TheRef]

43% of all RBIs this season have been with 2 outs....

The secret to life.

[Dawg61]

Nice hit Rea

[War Machine Dawg]

He's been grabbing that spot before every pitch almost. He couldn't be anymore obvious.

Craig Kimbrel approves. Except this guy wishes he had Kimbrel's stuff.

[Dawg61]

Sexton is filthy today

[chef dixon]

Everything Sexton is throwing is on the edge of the zone. He's on top of it today.

[BeardoMSU]

Sexton is dealing. Damn. 7k's.

[mparkerfd20]

Wow. Sexton. 8k thru 4

[BeardoMSU]

Make that 8k's. Holy hell he is nasty today.

[Bully13]

good grief Sexton.

[TheRef]

Give Sexton 8 Ks on the day...Christ this kid is pitching like his life depended on it.

[Dawg61]

2nd time Sexton has struck out the side. Filthy!

[Hattdawg]

Clear the mechanism

[TheDogFather]

Crazy performance so far from Sexton. The looks on the AZ batters faces....

[BeardoMSU]

If our starters continue to play like they have been, there really isn't a ceiling to how good this team can be.

[War Machine Dawg]

If our starters continue to play like they have been, there really isn't a ceiling to how good this team can be.

Starters that can consistently get deep into games has been the one thing we've missed so far under Cohen. Stratton and Graveman are pretty much the only two we've had. If Brown and Sexton keep this up, and Tatum becomes what we think he can.......Katie bar the door.

[War Machine Dawg]

2-0 Dogs after 4.

[maroonmania]

Man, hate not getting a run there. We are letting this pitcher off the hook. Nice turn by AZ on the double play though.

[starkvegasdawg]

Someone just fart in the dugout?

[TheDogFather]

The fake fart by Preston Brown was classis. Gotta love your teammates.

[TheRef]

Someone just fart in the dugout?

They acted like Preston Brown did during his interview...they're having fun out there.

[starkvegasdawg]

Squared that one up.

[mparkerfd20]

Well darn

[Dawg61]

Ball barely got out. Damn

[TheRef]

SEXTON CANNOT BE STOPPED

[maroonmania]

Boy that HR really turned this game around. We've wasted a few opportunities to have put another run or two on the board.

[TheRef]

Video of the videobomb

https://twitter.com/FIYAMEDIA1/status/571740493748543488

[Dawg61]

Bama got more preseason votes than us and they have to play all their home games in Hoover this year? Joke

[Mjoelner34]

Bama got more preseason votes than us and they have to play all their home games in Hoover this year? Joke

The voters thought it was football.**

[maroonmania]

No way he should have been given first base with that.

[mparkerfd20]

Why not? It hit him. Hell the problem is we didn't get 1st earlier

[TheRef]

Why not? It hit him. Hell the problem is we didn't get 1st earlier

New rule...you have to make an effort to get out of the way. Judgement call by home plate umpire.

[War Machine Dawg]

Yeah, that shit is going to suck this season. Ball hits you, go to first. You shouldn't have to move.

[maroonmania]

New rule...you have to make an effort to get out of the way. Judgement call by home plate umpire.

Exactly, on a slow curve and you don't move an inch until the ball has made contact with you. And I didn't really see the elbow being "stuck out" on ours. Pretty much the same situation on both.

[chef dixon]

Its a silly rule. If the ball is going to hit a player when he is standing in his legal zone, he shouldn't have to get out of the way.

[War Machine Dawg]

New rule...you have to make an effort to get out of the way. Judgement call by home plate umpire.

Bring in Fernando Vina to teach guys how to "get out of the way" by turning into the pitch. Dude was a master of that.

And Grizzly Rea getting it going.

[JohnnyQuid]

New rule...you have to make an effort to get out of the way. Judgement call by home plate umpire.

People keep saying new rule, but that's always been a rule I'm pretty sure. They're just making it a point of emphasis to enforce it.

[maroonmania]

Here comes the bunt brigade.

[War Machine Dawg]

People keep saying new rule, but that's always been a rule I'm pretty sure. They're just making it a point of emphasis to enforce it.

This.

[War Machine Dawg]

Here comes the bunt brigade.

As we should. It's an inning too early to be doing that shit, especially with a .315 hitter at the plate who's already f'd up his early attempt to sac bunt.

[chef dixon]

Thing of beauty by Lovelady. 4-2.

[War Machine Dawg]

Brown & Lovelady with RBI singles. 4-2 Dawgs, Holland batting. Holland safe on a sac bunt attempt bobbled by the catcher.

[chef dixon]

Unlucky for Heck. Got a good rip, double play. 5-2 dawgs.

[chef dixon]

Wild pitch. 6-2.

[War Machine Dawg]

And we promptly ground into a 6-4-3 DP, but a run scores. WP, run scores. 6-2 Dawgs.

[BiscuitEater]

Sometimes that bunt stuff works

[BeardoMSU]

The potential of this team has me feeling wooly.

[War Machine Dawg]

6-2 Dawgs after 6. Mitchell back to the bump, I'd assume.

[Coach34]

I dont know if this team can make it to the Championship series in Omaha- but this is the best team Cohen has had to date.

[War Machine Dawg]

The potential of this team has me feeling wooly.

I'm with you.

http://i.imgur.com/476KSyN.jpg

[msstate7]

The potential of this team has me feeling wooly.

We're winning without our best hitter and a potential weekend starter.

[War Machine Dawg]

I dont know if this team can make it to the Championship series in Omaha- but this is the best team Cohen has had to date.

Agree. You need a ton of things to go your way to get that far. But this team can definitely make things happen for itself.

[BiscuitEater]

We're winning without our best hitter and a potential weekend starter.

When is Collins expected back?

Lovelady has been the surprise of the year ... so far.

[msstate7]

When is Collins expected back?

Lovelady has been the surprise of the year ... so far.

No idea when collins will return.

I think our early season mvp is lovelady. When our star went down it could've affected our team, but lovelady has stepped up huge.

[Dawg61]

I dont know if this team can make it to the Championship series in Omaha- but this is the best team Cohen has had to date.

Definitely the best start to a season for a Cohen team.

[Dawg61]

OMG that catch!!

[TheRef]

Real recognize real...that's a damn good catch.

[Dawg61]

Rea has hit the ball hard three times in a row. Looks like he's got his weight shift figured out again. We're a much more dangerous lineup when the big boy is roping doubles all day.

[msstate7]

OMG that catch!!

Looked like Edmonds. I'd say andruw, but we all know he'd get that ball standing up

[Dallas_Dawg]

Wonder how Lovelady would have done catching Lingo and Holder?
Let's not count Collins out either, he has a GUN on him as well.

[preachermatt83]

#hailstate

[drunkernhelldawg]

Great ball game today. Gotta love what Cohen's giving us.

[BiscuitEater]

Has MSU starter been announced for game 2?

[TheRef]

Has MSU starter been announced for game 2?

If I had to guess...Tatum.

[Dawg61]

Nice win! Great performance from Sexton and Rea hit three ropes.

[RougeDawg]

Rea has hit the ball hard three times in a row. Looks like he's got his weight shift figured out again. We're a much more dangerous lineup when the big boy is roping doubles all day.

I agree. Someone worked with Rea on his swing in the off season. It it much more quiet than it was last year. He doesn't appear like he's trying to do too much, like he did much of last year. If he can stay in this swing approach and slot, he will put up some All SEC numbers his year. Of course it will also depend on the hitters around him also protect him.

[Bothrops]

This was a great performance. Let's keep it up. We're really gonna like our offense when it warms up!!

[maroonmania]

I assume Tatum and Laster get the last 2 starts. McCord pitched earlier in the midweek.

[BiscuitEater]

I agree. Someone worked with Rea on his swing in the off season. .

Rea had a good summer ...

Played summer ball for the Bethesda Big Train of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League, where he finished second in the league in home runs and was a finalist in the annual CRCBL Home Run Derby ?

[engie]

Humphreys is out sick today. Since there was speculation about it earlier in the thread.

We're expecting Collins back very soon. And Smith could be playing right now I believe. Think we're holding them back for warmer weather...

[Todd4State]

When is Collins expected back?

Lovelady has been the surprise of the year ... so far.

Collins will likely be back for SEC play.

[msstate7]

Collins will likely be back for SEC play.

Hopefully we get him a couple of OOC games in before sec play