Game 2 vs South Alabama thread

[CadaverDawg]

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[basedog]

Some of y'all need to take a "chill pill" before the first pitch. I just read the Columbia post and the "strain" some have is awful!

Quit staining on every pitch***

[msstate7]

Atta boy, Cody

[The Federalist Engineer]

Some of y'all need to take a "chill pill" before the first pitch. I just read the Columbia post and the "strain" some have is awful!

Quit staining on every pitch***

I had a lunch on the line, now she has to buy ME lunch

[I seen it dawg]

Swing at everything Jake shit

[I seen it dawg]

Their 3b is pretty damn good

[msstate7]

Their 3b is pretty damn good

Understatement... 2 great plays

[msstate7]

Come on offense

[I seen it dawg]

Goddammit freshman block the ****ing ball with a guy on first and 2 outs.

[CadaverDawg]

Good grief. Our bats are awful. Even the guys like Rooker that get hits, they fall behind 0-2 every at bat. We have no discipline up there, don't know how to be selective, and then wonder why we can't hit.

[CadaverDawg]

Come on offense

7, what did you think about the lineup I proposed at the end of the Game 1 thread? Figured you'd like it since I had Blaylock at 2

ETA: Here it is...


I'd be fine with putting Cody at DH or RF to get better bats in the lineup.

Maybe...

Mangum CF
Blaylock LF
Rooker DH
Alexander 3B
Cody Brown RF
Gridley SS
Bragg 1B
Skelton C
Stovall 2B

Yalls thoughts?

[msstate7]

Good grief. Our bats are awful. Even the guys like Rooker that get hits, they fall behind 0-2 every at bat. We have no discipline up there, don't know how to be selective, and then wonder why we can't hit.

Their SP had an era over 5 coming in

[msstate7]

7, what did you think about the lineup I proposed at the end of the Game 1 thread? Figured you'd like it since I had Blaylock at 2

ETA: Here it is...
At this point, I'm open to any change. This lineup isn't working. I do like it

[TNDawg35]

This isnt Mississippi State baseball.... Were better than this... These guys need a wake up call...

[msstate7]

Vansau in for mcnamee

[msstate7]

Every pitcher we face has a career day.

[CadaverDawg]

Vansau & Blaylock hit it hard, but 3 up 3 down again.

1-0 USA

[GTHOM]

Well 7 looks like I was wrong about the offense, 5 runs is an explosion for us

[CadaverDawg]

Plumlee out, Barlow in.

[I seen it dawg]

Great job by Barlow. We need that kid to be consistent so badly. Got to have a lefty.

[CadaverDawg]

1st & 2nd with 0 outs, Alexander up. Only MSU could screw this up

[msstate7]

Gotta bunt, right?

[CadaverDawg]

Gotta bunt, right?

100%

[msstate7]

Gridley, we need ya

[msstate7]

Atta boy, gridley

[msstate7]

Mr big hit, Cody brown

[CadaverDawg]

Cody so clutch!
2-1

[I seen it dawg]

Cody!!!!!!!

[I seen it dawg]

He needs to be in lineup. Adds a veteran presence badly needed

[CadaverDawg]

Vansau & Blaylock HBP

3-1

[msstate7]

Skelton needs to bust this open

[msstate7]

Atta boy, freshman

[CadaverDawg]

Skelton single!

4-1

[I seen it dawg]

There we go freshman. Get him going

[MaroonFlounder]

NO LEAD IS SAFE

[CadaverDawg]

Dammit, bomb makes it 4-2, 1 out

[msstate7]

Go get em

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

4-2 solo homer for USA

[I seen it dawg]

Make a ****ing pitching change.

[msstate7]

Cann just woke up... 2 batters too late

[MaroonFlounder]

We outta pitching? Barlow not getting it done.

[msstate7]

Ashcraft in... interesting. Guess self starting tomorrow

[I seen it dawg]

Wtf the rh is ready in the pen goddammit. I'm behind I guess. Go to the rh before they are juiced. Shit

[CadaverDawg]

Why not go RHP the batter before if you weren't gonna let Barlow face the lefty? So dumb

[MaroonFlounder]

Why, after all the pitching changes at the end of La Tech game, do you leave Barlow out there to load the bases?

[msstate7]

Ashcraft -- 5.73 era, 2.00 whip

[msstate7]

Huge k

[msstate7]

Tied up

[CadaverDawg]

****

[maroonmania]

Well, see I got back just in time for the late game collapse.

[maroonmania]

And there's the out always one batter too late.

[msstate7]

Roberto alomar may be wearing a hunter Stovall jersey. What. A. Play

[I seen it dawg]

We insist on calling breaking ball after breaking ball. Eventually one will be left in the zone. Throw a ****ing fastball Henderson you ****ing dolt. ****er throws a hundred.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Tied up
That was their best hitter. Had him 1-2 and couldn't finish him off

[msstate7]

That was their best hitter. Had him 1-2 and couldn't finish him off

It was good hitting. We fooled em twice, but couldn't hold the foul and then he muscled it to right

[confucius say]

Score? 4-4? Bottom 7?

[msstate7]

Score? 4-4? Bottom 7?

Yep

[I seen it dawg]

That's how you use a bullpen. Make changes.

[maroonmania]

That's how you use a bullpen. Make changes.

That's a weakness on this team. They had bases loaded down 2 with 2 outs and their best left handed hitter at the plate (dude is batting .500) and we had no left handed bullpen option to go with. Guess it is what it is.

[sandjunky]

That's a weakness on this team. They had bases loaded down 2 with 2 outs and their best left handed hitter at the plate (dude is batting .500) and we had no left handed bullpen option to go with. Guess it is what it is.

We also threw him 4 straight breaking balls

[I seen it dawg]

Bingo

[maroonmania]

Man, feels like its been a while since we scored more than 5 runs in a game.

[msstate7]

Rooker the man

[Skydawg1]

Home run Rooker!

[msstate7]

Dammit. Stovall hurt

[msstate7]

False alarm. Apparently Stovall ok

[msstate7]

Gotta break no doubt, but good inning dawgs.

[I seen it dawg]

Just straight gas. Use it

[maroonmania]

4 run lead with 3 outs to go and we just can NOT throw strikes. 2 on due to being HBP, unreal.

[maroonmania]

Ashcraft has lost it.

[maroonmania]

Mangum to pitch? Is Rigby unavailable?

[msstate7]

Jake has gas, but can no control... bases loaded

[maroonmania]

This team has no hope. Loads the bases and USA has yet to hit a ball.

[msstate7]

2 walks in a row

[msstate7]

We lost mangum's bat and glove for that?

[maroonmania]

Please get him out of there!

[Activated Alpha]

Why can't we have a single game without any drama? Every game requires some whiskey to bring the high blood pressure down...

[maroonmania]

Are Canny and Henderson brain dead?

[msstate7]

I thought this was 8th... good win

[maroonmania]

Fortunate, the USA batter went after a ball out of the zone to fly out. Need another out.

[maroonmania]

Never been more glad to see a game end. Nice day even WITH all the drama.

[CadaverDawg]

We'll take it. Just says "Win" in the win/loss column....not "dramatic, heart wrenching, wins over subpar teams".

[Activated Alpha]

I'm just concerned on how this will transfer over to our SEC play. I'm glad we have won 10 games, but the lack of consistency is going to kill us on the weekends.

[maroonmania]

We'll take it. Just says "Win" in the win/loss column....not "dramatic, heart wrenching, wins over subpar teams".

Just crazy that we pick that situation to give Mangum his first pitching experience (at least that I'm aware of). Glad we survived it.

[maroonmania]

I'm just concerned on how this will transfer over to our SEC play. I'm glad we have won 10 games, but the lack of consistency is going to kill us on the weekends.

At this point anything over 10 wins in the SEC and I will be very pleasantly surprised.

[basedog]

Young team that will get better over time.

Nice weekend.

[Todd4State]

It's good to win those two games and the first three this weekend. We win tomorrow and then beat UAPB- not exactly a given with this team- and then all of a sudden we're 12-6 headed into SEC play. The thing that upsets me is we should be no worse than 14-4 with a loss to Texas Tech and two on the road to Oregon and some pretty nice wins over La Tech, Oregon, and Texas Tech.

We have talent. Some of it is young- like Blaylock and Skelton. I think the biggest thing that has killed us overall is our pitching staff management. We're leaving guys in too long- and it's making it a LOT harder on us. And has already cost us a few games. And it could have cost us two more today. Cann has to improve in that area if he wants to reach our goals. I'm pretty sure a lot of it is Henderson- and I think part of it is Cann maybe not being totally comfortable with him. It has to be kind of awkward when your pitching coach has more head coaching experience than the actual head coach.

It's a good thing that the SEC looks like it's down this year and we don't have Florida or Vandy on the schedule.

[Todd4State]

We'll take it. Just says "Win" in the win/loss column....not "dramatic, heart wrenching, wins over subpar teams".

We'll let the Clarion-Ledger and the people in Nashville handle that.

[Todd4State]

I'm just concerned on how this will transfer over to our SEC play. I'm glad we have won 10 games, but the lack of consistency is going to kill us on the weekends.

Not having four games in a weekend should help Cann out some. If Pilkington pitches like he capable we will win some of his games too. We need to get Rigby back to 100% as well.

[msstate7]

It's good to win those two games and the first three this weekend. We win tomorrow and then beat UAPB- not exactly a given with this team- and then all of a sudden we're 12-6 headed into SEC play. The thing that upsets me is we should be no worse than 14-4 with a loss to Texas Tech and two on the road to Oregon and some pretty nice wins over La Tech, Oregon, and Texas Tech.

We have talent. Some of it is young- like Blaylock and Skelton. I think the biggest thing that has killed us overall is our pitching staff management. We're leaving guys in too long- and it's making it a LOT harder on us. And has already cost us a few games. And it could have cost us two more today. Cann has to improve in that area if he wants to reach our goals. I'm pretty sure a lot of it is Henderson- and I think part of it is Cann maybe not being totally comfortable with him. It has to be kind of awkward when your pitching coach has more head coaching experience than the actual head coach.

It's a good thing that the SEC looks like it's down this year and we don't have Florida or Vandy on the schedule.

Not playing vandy and Florida may be a bad thing. They look pretty bad at the moment. And of course, I'm playing... they won't be down long

[GTHOM]

We'll take it. Just says "Win" in the win/loss column....not "dramatic, heart wrenching, wins over subpar teams".

USA and Columbia have both played SEC teams, idk if Columbia has won one or not but I know they gave Florida all they wanted and USA skulldragged Auburn on tuesday. Not saying we fixed our issues at all but today was a good day