SDSU Game Two WE BETTER WIN Thread

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Lineups consistent so far this year for the most part.

Would like to see Houston DOMINATE to give me some hope going forward

[CadaverDawg]

What time does it start? 3:30?

[msstate7]

What time does it start? 3:30?

1:45 pretty sure

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Leadoff double for SDS...

[msstate7]

Leadoff double for SDS...
Nothing cheap about it either. Wonder why Robson was so shallow on guy with that kind of pop

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Still 0-0 War Machine Dawg!!!

[msstate7]

Good play Houston

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1st and 3rd, 1 out

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Sac fly

SDS 1
MSU 0

[msstate7]

I hope Houston is rusty or something bc he isnt getting many swing and misses. Sds all over him.

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Good guys up to bat

[CadaverDawg]

Houston's getting his shit ripped

[CadaverDawg]

Robson hitting it well

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Robson single. Don't bunt.

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Robson stolen base. Don't bunt

[CadaverDawg]

Stolen base=Better than bunt. WAYbetter

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Why show bunt there. Dumb. If he throws a strike we're down 3-2 count. Sit on fastball 3-1 and kill it.

Oh well.

1 and 2 no outs

[msstate7]

If only we were in the horizon league

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Lowe!! Finally showing up

Double scores Robson

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Rooker does a job, grounder to 2B scores Kruger

2-1 MSU

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More situational hitting success!

3-1

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2 out double for Hump!

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Well needed inning. Batting around.

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Marrero backwards K

4-1

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Lol at these retards bunting here down 3 runs.

If I was their AD this coach would be fired.

[Bucky Dog]

Anybody have a score from first game this morning?

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Anybody have a score from first game this morning?

FAU wins 4-2

[msstate7]

Anybody have a score from first game this morning?

4-2 fau

[Bucky Dog]

Thanks. By the way, there are 42 people at the game!!

[msstate7]

Thanks. By the way, there are 42 people at the game!!
From 9k on Friday... Way to kill fan interest in 48 hours diamond dawgs

[msstate7]

Q!!! He's my favorite current state player regardless of sport... Love Q

[Bucky Dog]

From 9k on Friday... Way to kill fan interest in 48 hours diamond dawgs

Filling in nicely now. Just topped 100.

[War Machine Dawg]

SDSU BOMB off Houston. 5-5. After an E5 on Collins. He needs to DH.

[mparkerfd20]

Houston we have a problem. You

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Wow with two outs...

Tie game

[Bucky Dog]

Ok so from what I see, Collins is NOT a regular third baseman for us. He has made two costly errors and couldn't make a play on the bunt, even though it is a tough play. And then Houston gives up a 3 run 2 out bomb. Tied 5-5. Really???

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Yay pitching again

[War Machine Dawg]

Houston we have a problem. You

Collins has to share some blame, too. Routine ground ball that should've gotten Houston out of the inning and he boots it into the OF.

[MarketingBully]

Have we ever had a good third baseman under Cohen? Maybe Butts? That's it.

[MarketingBully]

Collins has to share some blame, too. Routine ground ball that should've gotten Houston out of the inning and he boots it into the OF.

That's all on Collins. That was an easy routine average third baseman play. He tried to snag it out of the air instead of trying to field it by getting behind it. He is not a third baseman. That was a little league play.

[War Machine Dawg]

If it were up to me, I'm playing Hump or Stovall at 3B and putting Collins in LF or DH when Kruger gets healthy. He damn sure isn't ready defensively for 3B. Or it may be time for Collins to sit. Hump/Stovall at 3B, Rooker LF, Brown RF, Marrero C, Kruger DH. That's our best lineup offensively and defensively, imo.

[msstate7]

We aren't good

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Blake Smith to the pen

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If it were up to me, I'm playing Hump or Stovall at 3B and putting Collins in LF or DH when Kruger gets healthy. He damn sure isn't ready defensively for 3B. Or it may be time for Collins to sit. Hump/Stovall at 3B, Rooker LF, Brown RF, Marrero C, Kruger DH. That's our best lineup offensively and defensively, imo.

Collins DH
Hump 3B
Brown LF
Kruger C

[maroonmania]

Dang, leave for 5 minutes where we are up 5-1 and now tied at 5-5. Looking like I may get a lot more free time this Spring. If we go to 1-3 this season is almost over before it starts.

[Bucky Dog]

I think it is time to move Reid to the cleanup spot and maybe put him back at third and put Kruger in OF and DH Collins IMO.

[Bucky Dog]

Please don't bunt!!!

[Bucky Dog]

And we bunted and the pitcher can't make the play!!! Why bunt the 7th place hitter who is hot in the third inning???

[War Machine Dawg]

I think it is time to move Reid to the cleanup spot and maybe put him back at third and put Kruger in OF and DH Collins IMO.

Kruger is a C. He's only DH this weekend because he's got a nagging injury. I expect he & Marrero to platoon and Kruger will DH when he isn't behind the dish. The obvious solution is Hump to 3B, Brown to LF/RF, and Collins to the bench/DH depending on who's behind the plate. DH when Kruger is back there, bench when it's Marrero.

[maroonmania]

Wes Johnson is not showing me much yet. We gave up 18 runs and 38 hits in the first 3 games and now have given up 5 runs in this one through only 3 innings.

[War Machine Dawg]

Please don't bunt!!!


And we bunted and the pitcher can't make the play!!! Why bunt the 7th place hitter who is hot in the third inning???

Bunting for a hit the whole way, that's why. Wasn't a straight sac. If it had been a straight sac, I'd be losing my shit with y'all.

[War Machine Dawg]

Wes Johnson is not showing me much yet. We gave up 18 runs and 38 hits in the first 3 games and now have given up 5 runs in this one through only 3 innings.

1) He's only been here less than half an offseason. Butch had these guys all fall.

2) It has wayyyyyy more to do with the guys on the bump than what Wes is teaching them. They're throwing harder, but the control isn't there and they're showing the same mental fragility. Some guys you can fix, some you can't. We seem to have more of the latter. Just gotta wait for them to graduate.

3) The freshmen battle, so I'd expect to see the biggest difference with them.

[maroonmania]

Marrero, so far, is a major liability in the lineup.

[msstate7]

Marrero has shown nothing so far... Hopefully he picks it up soon

[Bucky Dog]

Bunting for a hit the whole way, that's why. Wasn't a straight sac. If it had been a straight sac, I'd be losing my shit with y'all.

I have to somewhat disagree because he squared on the first pitch too. It was a well executed bunt. I think it was called from Coenz

[Bothrops]

Wes Johnson is not showing me much yet. We gave up 18 runs and 38 hits in the first 3 games and now have given up 5 runs in this one through only 3 innings.

We don't have any pitchers that are ready at this point, and I'm guessing some won't ever be.

[maroonmania]

Caught a break there because Robson could have been rung up. Instead we get the bases loaded walk.

[War Machine Dawg]

Bart confirmed game time was moved up. Thought I saw it scheduled for 330. May partially explain the smaller crowd.

[maroonmania]

Jack "Freddy" Kruger continues his hot hitting, now 8-5.

[maroonmania]

This ump has a tight strike zone for what you normally see in college.

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This ump has a tight strike zone for what you normally see in college.

Good most have usually been obnoxiously large. Batters box to batters box

[War Machine Dawg]

One positive: We're showing a lot of plate discipline this inning. We'd have been hacking and giving them free outs in years past. Now we're taking the walk and getting runs.

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Back to back walks

10-5

[War Machine Dawg]

And that'll do it for SDSU's pitcher. Another bases loaded walk to Collins, Dawgs expand the lead. 10-5 good guys.

[Bucky Dog]

The new pitcher just walked out of the stands I think***

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So these guys...... Suck

[War Machine Dawg]

WTF was Rooker thinking?!

[MarketingBully]

One positive: We're showing a lot of plate discipline this inning. We'd have been hacking and giving them free outs in years past. Now we're taking the walk and getting runs.

If we had this approach with the freshman pitcher from Florida Atlantic yesterday, the result would have been much much different. We bailed that ****er out way too much by swinging and making contact on pitches you couldn't do much with even if you made good contact. Those pitches you have to lay off and if they call them strikes so be it.

[maroonmania]

WTF was Rooker thinking?!

Guess he felt bad about the error in the outfield. By getting thrown out at home it ended up the same as a sac fly.

[War Machine Dawg]

Gridley grounds to 3B, Hump forced out at 2B.

11-5 Dawgs after 3.

[War Machine Dawg]

FYI, teams have agreed to a 10-runs after 7 mercy rule. Keep that in mind moving forward, this could end early.

[state66]

Houston is wild

[99jc]

FYI, teams have agreed to a 10-runs after 7 mercy rule. Keep that in mind moving forward, this could end early.

if we could schedule them for 40 games we might host

[state66]

IMO if we were to pitch houston against FAU they would have smoked us again. I dont know what to think of our starting pitching right now.

[War Machine Dawg]

Two mean reach with two outs and Houston is done. Blake Smith taking the hill.

[CadaverDawg]

If SDSU hits Houston this hard, I can't imagine how LSU and Florida will send those 99 mph fastballs out of the yard and into the gaps. Heat is nothing if it's flat heat....D1 college kids can hit 99 mph with no movement and no control

[CadaverDawg]

if we could schedule them for 40 games we might host

Might

[War Machine Dawg]

Our pitching staff is wild

FIFY

Starters are averaging roughly 20 pitches/inning. That's too many.

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If SDSU hits Houston this hard, I can't imagine how LSU and Florida will send those 99 mph fastballs out of the yard and into the gaps. Heat is nothing if it's flat heat....D1 college kids can hit 99 mph with no movement and no control

See: Dakota Hudson last two years

[msstate7]

4 games in and we haven't had a starter go 5 yet

[War Machine Dawg]

Smith only needs 3 pitches to get the out. 11-5 after 4.5

[CadaverDawg]

4 games in and we haven't had a starter go 5 yet

Time to start Trevor and piggy back Ross**

[BiscuitEater]

And we bunted and the pitcher can't make the play!!! Why bunt the 7th place hitter who is hot in the third inning???

Your an idiot .. clearly a bunting for a hit and not a sacrifice. And, it was a great bunt and resulted in a hit .. + moved there runner.

[CadaverDawg]

Bart just called Alexander "Luke Reynolds"

[state66]

Im pretty concerned about memphis after watching these 4 games. Anyone know who we are throwing? Havent seen paul young yet.

[MarketingBully]

It seems like we went away from what worked which was defense and pitching. The 2013 team was solid everywhere defensively except for third base which didn't hurt us too bad that year. It seems like we are weak on the left side of our infield (3rd/SS). We play out of position a lot in the outfield and it seems like no one has a great arm out there either so all of the base runners seem to take extra bases on our outfielders. Several of the doubles I have seen the opposition hit this weekend would have easily been outs to our outfielders in the past. Even Robson plays out of position in center field. If we don't have a great defensive outfield in our park, it's going to be a long long long season.

[maroonmania]

Nice to see our stellar base running under Cohen is still in tact. ***

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Kruger!

[War Machine Dawg]

Jack "Freddy" Kruger BOMB!!!! 12-5 Dawgs

[maroonmania]

Kruger with a solo dinger. Should have been a 2 run shot if Marrero hadn't thrown away an out at 2nd base.

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Jack "Freddy" Kruger BOMB!!!! 12-5 Dawgs

13-5

[BiscuitEater]

Marrero has shown nothing so far... Hopefully he picks it up soon

Just like that .. he gets a hit. Who else are you going to bitch about?

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Im pretty concerned about memphis after watching these 4 games. Anyone know who we are throwing? Havent seen paul young yet.

Pauk Young, the invisible man

[maroonmania]

Too bad we can't play SDS every game this year.

[CadaverDawg]

Pauk Young, the invisible man

Paul Young = Big Foot

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Pauk Young, the invisible man

Is he a real player?

[CadaverDawg]

Is he a real player?

He's a Unicorn*

[CadaverDawg]

https://i.imgflip.com/zlbb7.jpg

[War Machine Dawg]

He's a Unicorn*

Dammit, beat me to it.

[CadaverDawg]

Hope Gavin is ok. Looked like it hurt that right arm when he slid in to 2nd

[War Machine Dawg]

I just assumed we were clearing the bench.

[War Machine Dawg]

15-5 Good guys after 5. Brown backwards K to end the inning.

[War Machine Dawg]

Smith gets 2 of the first 3 out. Wes Johnson out of the dugout, pitching change coming. Smith wasn't happy, he wanted to stay in. Love that attitude.

[War Machine Dawg]

Ryan Rigby the new pitcher.

[maroonmania]

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If I had a dollar for every time someone posted that he had either left the team or been kicked off I could buy a pretty nice dinner.

[War Machine Dawg]

Backwards K for Rigby to end the top of the 6th. 15-5 Dawgs.

[War Machine Dawg]

If I had a dollar for every time someone posted that he had either left the team or been kicked off I could buy a pretty nice dinner.

I'm willing to bet he was kicked off but allowed to work his way back. Just a hunch, no info to back it up.

[War Machine Dawg]

This ump is ready to go home. The strike zone has become HUGE. Kruger draws a walk to start B6. Cole Gordon up.

[War Machine Dawg]

Gordon K. Smith up. 1 out, Kruger on 1B.

[msstate7]

Just like that .. he gets a hit. Who else are you going to bitch about?

Corner outfielders' defense, Collins in the field, starting pitching not even being able to give us 5, and whoever/whatever I see that's not up to my expectations of miss state baseball. Sorry, I'm not happy with this start...

[War Machine Dawg]

Smith draws a walk. 2 on, 1 out, Hunter Stovall batting.

[War Machine Dawg]

Stovall stings it to the CF, Kruger advances. 1st & 3rd, 2 out, Mangum up.

[War Machine Dawg]

Mike Smith swipes 2B.

[War Machine Dawg]

Routine ground ball to SS. 15-5 Dawgs after 6. 3 outs left!

[War Machine Dawg]

New pitcher: Paul Young. HE DOES EXIST!!!

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History in the making! ! Paul Young spotted!

[msstate7]

Ok, I liked that Paul young. Keep pouring that gas

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Well shit

[War Machine Dawg]

Young with a backwards K on 4 pitches. Next guy up hits a rocket back up the middle that catches Young on his throwing elbow. He threw a couple pitches practice pitches and decides he can't go. Now we're making a change to Ryan Cyr (Sear). Shit, Young was looking really good. 93+ on the fastball and a sharp hook at 77.

[state66]

Haha that would happen to Paul Young. Man, he cant catch a break with his arm health.

[War Machine Dawg]

Dribbler down the 1B, fielded by Lovelady. High throw, but Gordon grabs it and makes the play. 2 out.

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Paul Young aka Roy Hobbs

We'll see him in the bigs in 20 years reaching back one game perfect game retirement.

[War Machine Dawg]

Haha that would happen to Paul Young. Man, he cant catch a break with his arm health.

No kidding. Hopefully it isn't anything serious, just some numbness and/or soreness plus bruising. He was filling up the strike zone with gas.

[War Machine Dawg]

Popup to Gordon and you can.....

WRAP IT IN MAROON AND WHITE!!!!!! 15-5 Dawgs.

[msstate7]

Not happy with the weekend, but nice way to close it out anyway with the pen doing work today. Get a win Tuesday and I'll feel a little better about this year

[War Machine Dawg]

Not happy with the weekend, but nice way to close it out anyway with the pen doing work today. Get a win Tuesday and I'll feel a little better about this year

Beating Tiger High will do nothing for my confidence in this team. Our next opportunity to show any real improvement will be the Dodger Classic in March.

[maroonmania]

Yep, we averted disastrous by beating a team from South Dakota twice but couldn't do much of anything with the competent team we played. Not a good start to the season by any means.

[state66]

I hope we come out and pop Memphis but I think we are in for a tough game with the way we are playing.

[I seen it dawg]

Nichols St isn't horrible.