Arkansas Pine Bluff - Tuesday Baseball Thread

[mparkerfd20]

McCord on the mound.

[mparkerfd20]

First batter lines one up the middle on 2-2 count. Hit's 2nd batter. 2 on, no outs for APB.

I'm just not sold on McCord. He's simply not ready.

[DudyDawg]

2 RBI single. He's not impressing. Looks like zac houston going to the pen


Turned two. 2-0 to bottom 1

[mparkerfd20]

McCord is taking a dump on the mound. Get him out of there.

[mparkerfd20]

Double play ends the pain. 2-0 APB Bottom 1 coming up.

[mparkerfd20]

Heck Ks on a good slider inside.

[mparkerfd20]

3-1 grounder for Vickerson. 2 outs, no on...

[DudyDawg]

Diving catch in center on a rip by hump. Slow start on a warm (if a tad muggy) Tuesday. Need to see more from McCord here. Been throwing meatballs so far.

[chef dixon]

This pitcher has pretty bland stuff. We should put up big runs, but poor start for us that's for sure.

[mparkerfd20]

3 up 3 down for State in bottom of the 1st. APB came to play... early. I can't keep up play-by-play so bowing out for now.

[DudyDawg]

McCord gets first two, plunks third, gets yanked. Daniel Brown coming in. Sheesh.

[preachermatt83]

McCord just ain't ready

[mparkerfd20]

About time. The McCord experiment isn't showing good results so far. I'd much rather see Hudson get the shot for midweek starter.

[preachermatt83]

About time. The McCord experiment isn't showing good results so far. I'd much rather see Hudson get the shot for midweek starter.

Absolutely.

[chef dixon]

Damn Daniel Brown can sling it pretty good.

[preachermatt83]

Daniel brown reminds me a lot of Lindgren

[DudyDawg]

Houston, Hudson, Laster if we make Tatum a weekend guy are all good options

[chef dixon]

That was stupid by Gridley.

[smootness]

Anybody know why Smith didn't get the start today? We need to get him going offensively.

[JohnnyQuid]

That was stupid by Gridley.

I feel like he's been called back like 5 time on HBP. I understand what we're trying to do but his are just too obvious.

[smootness]

One thing I love about this team - you have to throw us strikes. We're not going to go up there hacking to help you out.

[preachermatt83]

Houston, Hudson, Laster if we make Tatum a weekend guy are all good options

Heard today that they are looking at two options for this weekend
Fri- Tatum
Sat-Sexton
Sun- Preston

Or

fri- Preston
Sat-Sexton
Sun-Tatum

They want McCord to take that'd week starter role Bc they want Laster to be a long reliever but if McCord can't do it(and he can't) then they will give Hudson a try with Laster in the wing if Hudson can't do it.

[smootness]

Dang it, Holland.

[mparkerfd20]

Holland looks lost at the plate. He's another huge disappointment at the plate so far.

[smootness]

Heard today that they are looking at two options for this weekend
Fri- Tatum
Sat-Sexton
Sun- Preston

Or

fri- Preston
Sat-Sexton
Sun-Tatum

They want McCord to take that'd week starter role Bc they want Laster to be a long reliever but if McCord can't do it(and he can't) then they will give Hudson a try with Laster in the wing if Hudson can't do it.

Sounds good. Hopefully Hudson impresses enough there to get a shot in the weekend rotation eventually.

[smootness]

Holland looks lost at the plate. He's another huge disappointment at the plate so far.

Another? Who else has been a huge disappointment?

[preachermatt83]

Anybody know why Smith didn't get the start today? We need to get him going offensively.

Because he looked silly in his ABs Sunday. Right now Vick and Cody are both gonna be hard to get out of the line up the way they have been hitting. Cody Brown is flat out good.

[Irondawg]

He's just pulling his head out so badly on his swings, might be time to sit him down for a few days and work out the kinks

[mk1984]

Update for those without radio or live stats?

[preachermatt83]

Anybody know why Smith didn't get the start today? We need to get him going offensively.

I think they are gonna try to get him going by slowly working him into PH roles to see how he does.

[preachermatt83]

He's just pulling his head out so badly on his swings, might be time to sit him down for a few days and work out the kinks

I agree completely.

[smootness]

State got the bases loaded w/ 2 outs in B2 through walks but Holland struck out to end it.

Brown just K'd the first batter in T3, second batter grounded out.

2 outs in T3, 2-0 APB.

[preachermatt83]

2-0 them. Top 3

[mk1984]

Thanks

[preachermatt83]

Sounds good. Hopefully Hudson impresses enough there to get a shot in the weekend rotation eventually.

That would be awesome.

[smootness]

Brown K's another to end the T3. Still 2-0, APB.

Brown is filthy. His motion even looks a good bit like Lindgren's.

[engie]

Holland is King at 2.5x his JUCO rate. I dunno what it's going to take -- but we've got to get him going.

[preachermatt83]

Going bottom 3. 2-0 them

[chef dixon]

As long as D. Brown is finding the zone and getting ahead of these hitters, they won't score again.

[preachermatt83]

Brown K's another to end the T3. Still 2-0, APB.

Brown is filthy. His motion even looks a good bit like Lindgren's.
Sure does.

[mic]

[QUOTE=mparkerfd20;340309]Holland looks lost at the plate. He's another huge disappointment at the plate so far.[/QUOT

It's March 3rd... It's baseball... He will be Ok...

[mparkerfd20]

Another? Who else has been a huge disappointment?

There should have been a comma between huge disappointment and at the plate. McCord has been a disappointment on the mound and Holland has been a disappointment at the plate. Both have time to turn it around though.

[DudyDawg]

They weren't even sniffing brown.

1 out, Vick up. Heck Ks. 2-0 still, bottom 3

[chef dixon]

We need to start crushing this guys 85mph fastball straight down broadway

[preachermatt83]

Heck leads off bottom 3 with a k

[DudyDawg]

Vick squares first three pitches. I understand that is what we will do a lot come sec play, small ball for sacrifices and hits, but it's Arkansas Pine Bluff. Swing the bat

[DudyDawg]

Vick walks. Hump up one down

[preachermatt83]

Vick walks.

[chef dixon]

DudyDawg has an incredible live feed or he is at the game

[DudyDawg]

DudyDawg has an incredible live feed or he is at the game

Haha I'm at the game. It's 65 in starkville, wouldn't miss it.


Medina in to pitch for APB

[I seen it dawg]

Heck leads off bottom 3 with a k

He's terrible get him out.

[DudyDawg]

Gridley K, Robson up. Two down, men on first and second

[mparkerfd20]

This crappy pitcher making some of our guys look silly right now.

[preachermatt83]

Bad ab Gridley.

[DudyDawg]

Home plate ump is. Uhhh. Inconsistent

[DudyDawg]

3-1, high pitch called a strike. Robson Ks swinging on 3-2. 2-0 to top of four

[preachermatt83]

Did he just say we are hitless??? Against Ark PB.

[mparkerfd20]

6Ks through 3 innings. OUCH!

[smootness]

Did he just say we are hitless??? Against Ark PB.

Yep, 5 runners on, all via walk or HBP. And I think 3 or 4 Ks.

ETA: Or 6. Yikes.

[DudyDawg]

Daniel brown is the next lefty in the Girodo Lindgren line.

[Irondawg]

We are routinely watching fastballs down the middle and then taking bad cuts at everything else when we do swing. Couple of bad AB's with RISP the last two innings.

[State82]

That was without a doubt the worst called strike I have ever seen in a game. Bases should have been loaded.

[DudyDawg]

They haven't even thought about squaring brown up yet. First two of the fourth get out on lazy choppers. So does third. One two three inning. Gotta wake up the bats. Wes leading off for us, 2-0 bottom 4

[smootness]

Whoever works State's in-game graphics must be playing Candy Crush on the job. It just went from 0 outs and a runner on 1st to 2 outs and nobody on with a 1-out grounder to 2nd.

They pretty consistently have the wrong number of outs and wrong count up.

[smootness]

Time for some hits. I would say it's time for some XBH, but you have to start somewhere.

[EdDawg]

Anyone know the msu radio station for Hattiesburg? Hailstate.com lists 98.1, but I have not heard any state games on that station in 2 years.

[DudyDawg]

Rea plunked, Reynolds up

[smootness]

They got that call right, but how the heck is an ump at 2B supposed to accurately tell if a batter went around?

[DudyDawg]

Reynolds whiffs. Slow start for him too. Rooker had a hand wrapped maybe that's the reason he's playing

[chef dixon]

We might as well just not swing for the rest of the game.

[smootness]

It's definitely taking Holland and Reynolds some time to adjust from JUCO. I don't think it's a coincidence that they're the two with some bad habits at the plate.

[smootness]

Terrible throw to 2B by the pitcher on a grounder back to him, now 2 on and 1 out for State. Still no hits, though.

[DudyDawg]

Lovelady grounds to pitcher but he throws it to the center fielder trying to get Wes. Holland up, 1 down, 1st and 2nd.


Holland single. Bases jacked for Heck. One down

[smootness]

A hit! Holland with a single, bases loaded for Heck.

[preachermatt83]

Ha!! Who saw ump diggin his butt?? Hahaha.

[DudyDawg]

RBI single by heck. Still loaded one down, Vick up

[preachermatt83]

Cmon Heck.

[preachermatt83]

Atta boy.

[smootness]

Good rip by Heck to score 1, they hold Lovelady at 3rd. Bases still loaded, 1 out.

[DudyDawg]

Pitching change. Walsh.

[preachermatt83]

Pitching change for APB

[preachermatt83]

Make this guy throw strikes. He looks to b wild.

[DudyDawg]

Vick beats out double play, run scores. 2-2, first and third hump up

[smootness]

Great job by Vickerson to get down the line there. That was big. We need Humphreys to bust this open here.

[preachermatt83]

Way to hustle Vick

[DudyDawg]

Fly out to right. 2-2, heading up to top 5th. We take far too many first pitch strikes IMO. Need to attack teams like this. That's how holland got our first hit

[mparkerfd20]

Long fly ball for Hump. 2-2 after 4

[smootness]

Well, Humphreys wasn't too far off there.

He's hitting the ball fairly well, just not totally on top of it yet. I think once he turns the corner and starts barreling it up a little better, we're going to see some fireworks.

[smootness]

Fly out to right. 2-2, heading up to top 5th. We take far too many first pitch strikes IMO. Need to attack teams like this. That's how holland got our first hit

I generally agree, though the 1st pitch to Humphreys was just a really good pitch. Looping curveball that dropped into the zone.

[I seen it dawg]

Our mantra is patience and drive pitch counts up and get into pens. It won't change and it works.

[smootness]

Good to see an opponent finally get called back by the HBP rule. And it really is a good rule, you shouldn't be able to stick your arm out and get 1B.

[smootness]

The State graphics guy strikes again. That was an 0-0 pitch that walked the guy.

[DudyDawg]

Hump got jammed a bit and almost put it to the track. He also crushed his first fly out.

Daniel brown walks one, gets second to fly out, then makes a great play on a slow chopper to himself. Turns two. End of top 5

[DudyDawg]

I generally agree, though the 1st pitch to Humphreys was just a really good pitch. Looping curveball that dropped into the zone.

I agree, wasn't specific. Just a general observation

[smootness]

DP ends the inning, even though we may not have gotten the out at 2nd and definitely didn't get the out at 1st.

Oh well, I'll take it.

[DudyDawg]

Gridley lead off single

[smootness]

Robson back to doing Robson things.

[preachermatt83]

Rea goin deep here. Callin it. Watch.

[smootness]

Rea Ks. The 3-1 pitch was the only thing even close to hittable. The 3-2 pitch was in the dirt, and it was the only pitch of the AB he swung at.

Both runners steal on the K, though. Runners at 2nd and 3rd, 1 out.

[preachermatt83]

Way to make me look dumb rea. Dang

[I seen it dawg]

Way to make me look dumb rea. Dang

Can't blame all that on Rea......bazinga!

[DudyDawg]

Second and third, one down, Reynolds walks. Chucked for Lovelady

[mparkerfd20]

Rain coming down? Looks like it on the feed... Also looks like APB pitcher trying to stall some.

[Dallas_Dawg]

Reynolds got lucky that neither of those last two pitches were called strikes

[DudyDawg]

Lovelady GIDP

[DudyDawg]

Rain coming down? Looks like it on the feed... Also looks like APB pitcher trying to stall some.

Yes, lightly

[DudyDawg]

Brown is lingo. Little wild right now (still young), but you can see how nasty he is. Low 90s most fastballs. I don't think they've squared a ball yet

[smootness]

That was a horribly played ball by Humphreys. He may need to just stay at DH.

[smootness]

Brown is lingo. Little wild right now (still young), but you can see how nasty he is. Low 90s most fastballs. I don't think they've squared a ball yet

Yeah, he was a completely overlooked part of the recruiting class that is going to play a huge role this year.

[Homedawg]

Hump is not good out there!

[smootness]

I'm not really sure why we pulled Brown, unless we just felt like he was at his pitch limit.

Anyway, tarp is coming out. 2 outs with a runner at 2nd in T6.

[msstate7]

We need to finish this game. Don't wanna a tie on our record

[messageboardsuperhero]

We've left 9 ****ing men on base through five innings...

Our offense in the past week has look a lot like it did last year- in a bad way. Just downright painful to watch at times. We desperately need to get Collins back and get Humphreys, Rooker, Smith, Holland, Reynolds, etc. going. At least Rea has been hitting the ball pretty well when healthy.

[msstate7]

Someone please post restart time when it's announced.

[Coach34]

Humphreys is batting .230 by the way with SEC pitching coming on the horizon

[DudyDawg]

Left the game (rain) but here is some stuff I saw

First, daniel brown is nasty. They maybe hit one ball semi-solid, and it was a flyout to right, not deep at all. He's going to be really good.

IMO, we need to be more agressive at the plate, especially against teams like this. Don't like bunting for hits against and Arkansas Pine Bluff. Do that to get something going against vandy. Also would like to see us attack more first pitches. Holland broke up the no-no doing that.

We have really solid plate discipline. That's encouraging.

McCord struggled again. I don't think he should start again until he gets a good outing under his belt. I would try either Houston or Hudson for these games, and go with Laster if Tatum becomes a weekend starter and those two don't get it done.

Left too many guys on base.

Other than that, it was just a midweek game. Not much to read from it. It was a weak opponent in a midweek with not many folks there, not surprised we came out sluggish. Not gonna read too far into the game, other than the raging hard-on daniel brown gave me. Low 90s fastball and a solid breaking ball. Hope to see him a lot on SEC weekends if he can keep this up

[DudyDawg]

Humphreys is batting .230 by the way with SEC pitching coming on the horizon

He's hitting balls hard tho. His first was a frozen rope that happened to be right at the CF. He got jammed and still almost put one down the right field line deep. I'm not worried. Reynolds has been the opposite. Lots of lazy balls and whiffs. I'm not as optimistic about him finding a groove before sec ball.

[Smitty]

Someone please post restart time when it's announced.


Soon

[Homedawg]

He's hitting balls hard tho. His first was a frozen rope that happened to be right at the CF. He got jammed and still almost put one down the right field line deep. I'm not worried. Reynolds has been the opposite. Lots of lazy balls and whiffs. I'm not as optimistic about him finding a groove before sec ball.

He didn't get jammed. It was a breaking ball out over the plate. I'll agree he's strong, though

[DudyDawg]

He didn't get jammed. It was a breaking ball out over the plate. I'll agree he's strong, thought

Was sitting directly behind his back, so it looked inside but maybe I just couldn't tell from that angle.

He's still hitting balls hard, even if they aren't falling. Needs to be more agressive tho IMO. But I'm not too worried.

[smootness]

Humphreys is batting .230 by the way with SEC pitching coming on the horizon

I'm cool with you posting this as long as you don't go nuts when I continually post every hit, HR, and RBI he has later in the year.

Your fascination with being right above State players having success is bizarre.

[smootness]

Heck on base with 1 out in B6, btw.

Vickerson flies out, 2 down.

Humphreys flies out, 2-2 after 6.

We have to get the bats going.

[messageboardsuperhero]

10 men LOB through six innings... Atrocious.

[TStationDawg]

Let's see Reid:
Fielding: Check? Nope!
Avg: check? Nope!
Power: check? Got one!!!! Atta boy!!!!!!
Strikeouts: check? Right up there with the Babe!!!!

[smootness]

I'm not that worried with the LOB stat. To me, you're always going to leave guys on base, and it means you're at least getting guys on.

The problem the last 2-3 games is the lack of hits overall, especially the lack of XBH.

[smootness]

Let's see Reid:
Fielding: Check? Nope!
Avg: check? Nope!
Power: check? Got one!!!! Atta boy!!!!!!
Strikeouts: check? Right up there with the Babe!!!!

Very quality post. Good job!!!**

[messageboardsuperhero]

I'm not that worried with the LOB stat. To me, you're always going to leave guys on base, and it means you're at least getting guys on.

The problem the last 2-3 games is the lack of hits overall, especially the lack of XBH.

Men LOB is a product of not getting XBH- which was our problem last year and has been the last several games this year too.

[TStationDawg]

Thanks**. Where am I incorrect?

[DudyDawg]

Is the continuation of this one on WatchESPN

[Smitty]

Not looking good.

[mparkerfd20]

We gonna dick around and lose if we aren't careful.

[messageboardsuperhero]

Jesus, we are flat out anemic right now.

[smootness]

Robson is really struggling suddenly. That was a really bad AB.

[sandwolf]

Well that was a pretty piss poor bottom of the 7th.

[Smitty]

Let's see Reid:
Fielding: Check? Nope!
Avg: check? Nope!
Power: check? Got one!!!! Atta boy!!!!!!
Strikeouts: check? Right up there with the Babe!!!!

Babe didn't K all that much. 12.5% for the career.

[smootness]

Men LOB is a product of not getting XBH- which was our problem last year and has been the last several games this year too.

Eh. Getting XBH will also leave men on base. The guys who hit the XBH.

I get what you're saying, and averaging close to 2 men LOB isn't necessarily a good thing. But it's also not necessarily a terrible thing. You can rack up a lot of hits and score a lot of runs and still leave a lot of men on base.

[Smitty]

Robson is really struggling suddenly. That was a really bad AB.

8 hole SEC hitter... Or Michael Smith in CF. Can't do his shit vs talent. Bunting for a .500 avg I mean.

[smootness]

Thanks**. Where am I incorrect?

I didn't say you were incorrect. But I loathe pointing out State athletes' weaknesses or shortcomings with no purpose behind it, especially when it's loaded with sarcasm.

[smootness]

8 hole SEC hitter... Or Michael Smith in CF. Can't do his shit vs talent. Bunting for a .500 avg I mean.

I disagree with this. I think he's just in a slump and chasing too much right now.

[Smitty]

Thanks for the out MFers

[TStationDawg]

Because that's what the ENTIRE post was about**

[smootness]

Bad play by Gridley there. He might not have had a great chance to get the runner anyway, but that wasn't close enough to the line to see if it rolls outside the baseline. You just have to go hard at it.

[smootness]

Because that's what the ENTIRE post was about**

Uh, yeah, it pretty much was.

It would be like me saying, 'State Pitcher X? Great, you can throw hard. But you're awful at everything else.'

[preachermatt83]

The fact that we are having to use Ross in a mid week game again Arkansas PB is rediculous. Our hitting is a joke right now. We spent so much time trying to bunt this weekend that we forgot how to hit. Awful. Also why did we pull Houston??

[smootness]

Runners on the corners, 1 out for APB in T7. Need a DP from Mitchell here.

Nevermind, we're pulling Mitchell. Do not like this move.

Fitts in. Better throw strikes. I'm not sure why we pulled our best ground ball pitcher when we need a DP, but I hope it works.

[Smitty]

Might have left Ross in for the DP there. 50-50 call. Fitts ain't the K guy we had in Holder and Lingo. Need a K or DP here

[msstate7]

Are we gonna get our 1st loss here? This would be an awful loss

[maroonmania]

Not looking good at the moment. Our offense definitely seems to be going backward over the last few games.

[Bothrops]

It's gonna be a hell of a test to win this one.

[preachermatt83]

Now we are going with Fitts with a runner on third. Watch him throw a stupid wild pitch.

[sandwolf]

Why did we pull Houston?

[Smitty]

Shit. Need a K now.

[messageboardsuperhero]

We are just playing some bad bad baseball right now.

[preachermatt83]

Can't blame all that on Rea......bazinga!

NICE!! Ha

[smootness]

Wait, this is the 8th?

Oh yeah, it is. I'm stupid.

[TStationDawg]

lol! You r killing me. Hit more HR and field your positition like a D1 player and I won't say anything else....until then.....

[preachermatt83]

We are going to lose this stupid game. Sickening.

[DudyDawg]

lol! You r killing me. Hit more HR and field your positition like a D1 player and I won't say anything else....until then.....

He just moved out there, and is learning to play it. Mee are three weeks in. Calm down

[Smitty]

Put in Hudson and blow smoke by these assholes!!!!!

[messageboardsuperhero]

We are ****ing imploding on ourselves like a dying star.

[mparkerfd20]

Ballgame

[messageboardsuperhero]

My God, Fitts just walked in a run on four pitches. Didn't even attempt to compete. We look pathetic right now.

[smootness]

lol! You r killing me. Hit more HR and field your positition like a D1 player and I won't say anything else....until then.....

Just a difference of opinion. I like to support our players regardless. You would prefer to call them out for performing at less than a D1 level.

[msstate7]

Wow... Are we sure fitts is our best option at closer?

[sandwolf]

Fvck me.....Fitts better not walk in the go ahead run.

[preachermatt83]

We need a closer.

[sandwolf]

And there it was. Unreal.

[smootness]

I figured Fitts would hurt us at some point.

He just isn't the guy to come in and shut a team down in a dangerous situation. He's surprisingly done ok so far this year doing it, but you knew it was only a matter of time.

I would much prefer a guy like Daniel Brown be the go-to guy in those situations.

[messageboardsuperhero]

Sadly, I have zero faith that our offense can score again tonight against ****ing Arkansas Pine Bluff's midweek scrubs.

[JohnnyQuid]

Fitts just doesnt fit the part to me. Think we're trying to force a round plug in to a square hole with him. Didnt like the move the move when i saw him coming out, hate it now.

[preachermatt83]

regional host gets shot with loses to teams like this.

[messageboardsuperhero]

Wow, some good fortune there. Let's get off our ass and score some runs.

[maroonmania]

Well, they've scored the go ahead run and still have the bases juiced with one out and haven't even made solid contact all inning.

[preachermatt83]

I figured Fitts would hurt us at some point.

He just isn't the guy to come in and shut a team down in a dangerous situation. He's surprisingly done ok so far this year doing it, but you knew it was only a matter of time.



I would much prefer a guy like Daniel Brown be the go-to guy in those situations.

Agreed!!

[sandwolf]

Yes sir!

[smootness]

Big DP to end the T8, 3-2 APB.

We have to get something here.

Should have left Mitchell in. Bad call there.

[JohnnyQuid]

That ball was smashed, helps to be lucky sometimes.

[preachermatt83]

Tell what ISO like, the energy and emotion from Heck right there

[maroonmania]

And the best hit ball of the inning ends up in a line out DP. At least we are still in this, if that ball had been a few feet in either direction and we would have been down by 3.

[99jc]

We have made this shitty team look like the Yankees we shoulda blown them out.

[smootness]

Time for some guys to step up and hit the ball.

[Smitty]

This is worse than Central Arkansas 2 years ago. Awful. Shit lineup to begin with by the way.

[preachermatt83]

Cmon rook

[smootness]

Awful strike 2 call there to Rooker. That pitch wasn't even close. Rooker grounds out, 1 down.

[TStationDawg]

What's this? Calling someone out?

[Smitty]

If he can pinch hit he can DH!!

[DudyDawg]

Collins on deck, Rooker PH, Swinarski looks like he will bat too

[preachermatt83]

Rooker watches two perfect pitches and then dribbles a stupid ball to the 2nd baseman.

[smootness]

What's this? Calling someone out?

Who did I call out?

[msstate7]

This is worse than Central Arkansas 2 years ago. Awful. Shit lineup to begin with by the way.

There shouldn't be a lineup that ark PB is shutting down like this

[preachermatt83]

Awful strike 2 call there to Rooker. That pitch wasn't even close. Rooker grounds out, 1 down.

Really. I thought it was a strike.

[smootness]

APB CF made a great catch, and a whole bunch of people cheered like crazy.

Collins with his 1st appearance of the year here.

[preachermatt83]

Collins batting

[smootness]

Really. I thought it was a strike.

Looked well down and in to me. Catcher didn't even attempt to frame it.

[preachermatt83]

I would love for Collins to smash one right here.

[messageboardsuperhero]

My God. We are beyond anemic right now.

These are the losses that cost you hosts. Absolutely RPI killers. I'm sure Cohen is glad we scheduled all these home games against SWAC teams now.**

[preachermatt83]

Looked well down and in to me. Catcher didn't even attempt to frame it.

10/4

[Smitty]

Top of the order coming up. Pinch hit Michael Smith for Robson if it gets to that.

[smootness]

Collins pop-out to SS to end B8. Still 3-2 APB.

Well, we have one inning. You would think you could easily get 1 across against APB, but we only have 2 in 8 innings, so....

[99jc]

7th ranked my ass

[preachermatt83]

We are going to lose. This crap drives me nuts.

[smootness]

Top of the order coming up. Pinch hit Michael Smith for Robson if it gets to that.

Your fascination with Robson is strange.

[msstate7]

This will be a terrible loss. Not only have we been shut down, we've used 2 of our best relief pitchers

[preachermatt83]

Top of the order coming up. Pinch hit Michael Smith for Robson if it gets to that.

No, Cody Brown. Smith looked lost at the plate Sunday. He ain't gonna PH for Robson tho.

[maroonmania]

This Ark-PB pitcher is one of the best I've seen this year. Not optimistic about a 9th inning rally.

[preachermatt83]

And now Britton in.

[Smitty]

Vote #DanielBrown for closer

[messageboardsuperhero]

Get Fitts's ass out of there. He isn't even competitive right now.

[preachermatt83]

This Ark-PB pitcher is one of the best I've seen this year. Not optimistic about a 9th inning rally.

What? He's throwing meat.

[Smitty]

No, Cody Brown. Smith looked lost at the plate Sunday. He ain't gonna PH for Robson tho.

Southpaw arm

[preachermatt83]

Get Fitts's ass out of there. He isn't even competitive right now.

Amen!!

[smootness]

If you guys want to feel better, this APB team got swept by McNeese State.

[mstatefan91]

This is why you don't schedule teams like this....

[preachermatt83]

Southpaw arm

Didn't I see where brown was hitting like 480 against lefties? Could be wrong but think I saw that.

[Smitty]

Good result TERRIBLE decision. Take the out at 1st.

[smootness]

This is why you don't schedule teams like this....

Yeah, I agree. It's baseball, anything can happen in a 1-game scenario.

[preachermatt83]

If you guys want to feel better, this APB team got swept by McNeese State.

Oh Lord help us.

[messageboardsuperhero]

Arkansas Pine Bluff is ****ing awful. Losing this game would be a joke.

[smootness]

Good result TERRIBLE decision. Take the out at 1st.

He had him pretty easily, it wasn't a close play.

The second one was definitely more dicey. I'm ok with it, though; these guys are bunting them right back to Fitts.

They definitely just said, 'Hey, here's two outs.'

[Smitty]

Didn't I see where brown was hitting like 480 against lefties? Could be wrong but think I saw that.

It's early and we've played bullshit

[messageboardsuperhero]

If you guys want to feel better, this APB team got swept by McNeese State.

That makes me feel fantastic.**

There is zero excuse for losing this game. "That's baseball" be damned.

[preachermatt83]

We need Reid to smash one. I thought we were supposed to have more power this yr? Well where is it. ??

[preachermatt83]

Throw Fastballs Fitts

[smootness]

That makes me feel fantastic.**

There is zero excuse for losing this game. "That's baseball" be damned.

True...although, it is baseball haha.

[maroonmania]

That makes me feel fantastic.**

There is zero excuse for losing this game. "That's baseball" be damned.

Well, when you get held to 5 hits you can lose to just about anyone.

[preachermatt83]

This is it. All or nothing right here. Hard to believe but this game could determine a host spot or not.

[99jc]

We deserve to lose we played like shit offensively

[smootness]

On to B9, still 3-2. Ok, time to figure out if we've got some guys who can get it done when they absolutely have to do it.

Top of the order due up, you should be able to find a way to squeeze one across. If Heck gets on, I want whoever hits second (is it Britton?) to at least slap a bunt instead of just straight sacrificing.

[Smitty]

Kinda called that.

[smootness]

This is it. All or nothing right here. Hard to believe but this game could determine a host spot or not.

This game alone won't determine anything. It definitely means we have to do a little more than we had to, though.

It will make a bigger difference for a national seed than it will for simply hosting.

[smootness]

Heck Ks. Awful. 3 Ks for him tonight.

Michael Smith pinch-hitting.

[maroonmania]

Heck Ks. Fat Lady is warming up.

[smootness]

Smith grounds out to the SS. 2 down.

It's all down to Humphreys.

[smootness]

Base hit by Humphreys. Cody Brown is the PR on 1st, 2 down for Gridley.

[preachermatt83]

Huge moment for a freshman.

[Smitty]

****. It's 2012 all over again.

[smootness]

Gridley grounds out to 3B, ballgame. APB wins.

Terrible.

Hopefully Cohen uses this to light into some people. Sometimes this just happens in baseball, but it still shouldn't.

[preachermatt83]

Rediculous. I can't believe this crap. Go ahead and keep starting McCord Cohen while Hudson is on the bench. Dumb.

[maroonmania]

Make your travel plans.

[mparkerfd20]

Worst loss in Cohen, Ray, or Croom era.

[smootness]

The hitting was obviously awful, but the pitching wasn't good enough, either. McCord should be completely out of the rotation now, and the move to pull Mitchell backfired in a big way.

[messageboardsuperhero]

Wow. We just ****ing got our ass beat by Arkansas Pine Bluff. Just an all around awful performance. McCord pitches terribly. Mitchell and Fitts choke big time. And our offense played its worst game in a long time- we let a SWAC midweek staff strike us out 10+ times and left 11 men on base. What an embarrassment. Losing to a ****ing SWAC team is unacceptable under any circumstances. Period.

[preachermatt83]

Heck Ks. Awful. 3 Ks for him tonight.

Michael Smith pinch-hitting.

Imagine what's gonna happen when we face real pitching.

[sleepy dawg]

Well that stings a little. I sure was hoping for an undefeated pre-SEC season.

[smootness]

Worst loss in Cohen, Ray, or Croom era.

Oh please.

[preachermatt83]

Worst loss in Cohen, Ray, or Croom era.

No

[msstate7]

Our schedule has been bad. A loss like this is an absolute rpi killer

[messageboardsuperhero]

Gridley grounds out to 3B, ballgame. APB wins.

Terrible.

Hopefully Cohen uses this to light into some people. Sometimes this just happens in baseball, but it still shouldn't.

Bull-****ing-shit. Losing to a SWAC team isn't a "just baseball" moment. It is completely and totally unacceptable under any circumstances. These games matter- and we didn't play like it tonight. We got our asses beat.

[smootness]

Bull-****ing-shit. Losing to a SWAC team isn't a "just baseball" moment. It is completely and totally unacceptable under any circumstances. These games matter- and we didn't play like it tonight. We got our asses beat.

I'm not really disagreeing with you. For the team, you can't accept that, and it shouldn't happen.

But this kind of things happens in baseball much more often than in other sports.

If we sweep San Diego, our ranking won't fall much, if at all.

[Todd4State]

Wow. We just ****ing got our ass beat by Arkansas Pine Bluff. Just an all around awful performance. McCord pitches terribly. Mitchell and Fitts choke big time. And our offense played its worst game in a long time- we let a SWAC midweek staff strike us out 10+ times and left 11 men on base. What an embarrassment. Losing to a ****ing SWAC team is unacceptable under any circumstances. Period.

Don't disagree with anything. It's all because we were selfish.