Super Regional - Game 2 - Pilkington

[ShotgunDawg]

Vanderbilt's bullpen never ends

[Coach007]

Come on dawgs

[CadaverDawg]

First pitch pop up. Terrible approach. Awful

[MarketingBully]

First pitch swinging there...great.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Got to watch a couple pitches. At least see a couple.

[ShotgunDawg]

Just atrocious by Westburg. First pitch out of the zone.

That's a horseshit effort

[BulldogBear]

Lead off double. Bunt to third. Sac. fly.
Why? We get in position for a sac fly and it generally means an auto K for out #2.

[bostondawg]

Lol lazy ass popup with only 3 outs left.

[msstate7]

This guy walks a lot and we hacking. We're last in sec in walks and obp. This is a legit complaint against Gautreau, and I like the guy

[Bulldog1]

Ridiculous.

[Skydawg1]

Thanks Jake.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Wow. That sucks for Mangum.

[MarketingBully]

Shit.

[preachermatt83]

Jake that's stupid

[ShotgunDawg]

Synthetic turf fellas

[maroonmania]

Come on Mangum you got to run there no matter what.

[BulldogBear]

Little League freaking mistake. You make contact you are on your horse. Little League 101!

[I seen it dawg]

Dumping our pants. Make plans to watch tomorrow.

[CadaverDawg]

It's over. We blew it and are out of arms for tomorrow

[Cooterpoot]

We done. For the season. Gary pissed this away saving Self for tomorrow. FIVE 17ING OUTS!!

[mparkerfd20]

That was clearly foul

[Coach007]

Who we got left in the pen??

[ShotgunDawg]

We need Rowdy to yank one out

[preachermatt83]

I do not want Gary as our HC. He does some of the dumbest crap

[msstate7]

Gotta hope neff can get us through this inning

[bostondawg]

I swear you would think Gary Henderson is trying to sabotage our team, but against his best wishes people like MacNamee just keep it alive.

[Cooterpoot]

This is some Bianco type shit.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Bet their guys don't swing at the first pitch.

[MarketingBully]

That was clearly foul

Yep. It hit behind home plate. Apparently that is a fair ball.

[confucius say]

Vandy using all their big arms tonight. That's good at least. Even if they come back tomorrow, it's back to back days.

[Bulldog1]

So nervous.

[CadaverDawg]

5 outs from Omaha and in MSU fashion we blow it. We'll give up 15 runs tomorrow and Vandy will be trotting out flamethrowers all day. You have got to play to win with 5 outs from Omaha. Can't stick with Neff there

[Lord McBuckethead]

We need a quick three here. Let us get 3 in the 10th to close this out. Let's go.

[Percho]

It's ok to swing at first pitch if it is teed up in the strike zone but we swing at them over our head.

[confucius say]

Who we got left in the pen??

Mcquary. Smith.

[Bulldog1]

Please Neff shut them down. I'm so nervous.

[ShotgunDawg]

Is Steven Scott 30?

[Skydawg1]

Y'all need to chill.

[preachermatt83]

85 mph. We cannot extend neff. Go to somebody else.

[maroonmania]

Really wanted to win this one tonight because I don't feel good about a game 3 on their home field.

[CadaverDawg]

This is shocking...we don't even have anyone up. How can you not at least have Blake Smith up or somebody

[BayouDawg]

We got this shit

[preachermatt83]

5 outs from Omaha and in MSU fashion we blow it. We'll give up 15 runs tomorrow and Vandy will be trotting out flamethrowers all day. You have got to play to win with 5 outs from Omaha. Can't stick with Neff there

Absolutely correct

[Bulldog1]

This is shocking...we don't even have anyone up. How can you not at least have Blake Smith up or somebody
It's beyond me.

[MarketingBully]

What type of shift do we have on here?

[MarketingBully]

And Self doesn’t pitch.

[ShotgunDawg]

Welp

[Bulldog1]

Garbage. Why did we not pitch SELF in 8th inning.

[CadaverDawg]

There's yalls Head coach of the future. Ole pant shit Gary

[Lord McBuckethead]

No called strike on the 1st pitch was bullshit.

[msstate7]

Good season

[preachermatt83]

Gary Henderson lost that game. 100 percent on him.

[Randolph Dupree]

Hendersoned

[bostondawg]

God I don't want Gary Henderson to coach tomorrow. ****ing send him back to Lexington as fast as possible.

[ShotgunDawg]

No called strike on the 1st pitch was bullshit.

Agree, changed the AB

[Lord McBuckethead]

Wow, we gave them this one.

[BayouDawg]

I swear if we make Henderson our HC I?ll drop a deuce on cohen?s face

[Bdawg]

Belt high and down the gut. Over.

[maroonmania]

Y'all need to chill.

Ok, we can certainly chill now, we blew the game.

[mparkerfd20]

F you Gary Henderson

[MarketingBully]

Gary Henderson lost that game. 100 percent on him.

Not pitching Self in the eighth and the boneheaded weird shifts lost us this game.

[BayouDawg]

Gosh way to piss it a away

[CadaverDawg]

No Omaha for us. We blew our chance tonight by not putting our best out there to try to win it

[ShotgunDawg]

Gary Henderson lost that game. 100 percent on him.

Gonna disagree. the score was only 4-3

What lost the game was Allen's inability to put the ball in play twice with guys on 3B & less than 2 outs

[Lord McBuckethead]

Also, why not have a standard warning track. That turf shit is dangerous.

[maroonmania]

Belt high and down the gut. Over.

The main thing is Self is rested for tomorrow.**

[Percho]

What lost that game was the balls out of the strike zone that we took a swing at.

[confucius say]

This is on us not tattooing their sucky ass starter. Should have never been close.

[I seen it dawg]

Muther****ing ****ed around on offense is what cost us tonite. Can't win these games only scoring 3 runs. Just a hirseshit performance with way too many horseshit at bats.

[Maroonthirteen]

Everybody in the damn stadium knew that was coming.

Dumb saving your closer.

[msstate7]

Gary Henderson lost that game. 100 percent on him.

Last 5 innings, we got 2 hits. We also struck out with a runner at 3b and 1 out. This was a team loss

[Bulldog1]

I do not have a good feeling about tomorrow.

[Lord McBuckethead]

God, everything about Vandys field sucks dick.

[ShotgunDawg]

Vanderbilt is so bad for college baseball.

Them being good lessens the sport.

It would be like Northwestern being the best college football team.

[I seen it dawg]

Gonna disagree. the score was only 4-3

What lost the game was Allen's inability to put the ball in play twice with guys on 3B & less than 2 outs

Ding ding ding winner. Tanner Allen didn't single handedly kill us but he stabbed us a whole bunch of times.

[Bulldog1]

How we left Rowdey on 3rd after a 1 out triple I WILL NEVER KNOW. WHAT A JOKE.

[maroonmania]

No Omaha for us. We blew our chance tonight by not putting our best out there to try to win it

Yep, gotta put your best out there for 6 outs to nail it down and Gary was too cowardly to do it. If we had gotten beat going for it I would have had no problems with it. Neff pitched WAY too long tonight.

[msstate7]

Vanderbilt is so bad for college baseball.

Them being good lessens the sport.

It would be like Northwestern being the best college football team.

Vandy isn't the best college team. Florida has passed them

[KOdawg1]

Difference in the game? We get a guy on third base with 1 out, and we choke. They get a guy on third with one out, and they score. Simple as that.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Yep. This was an all around team loss. Not capitalizing on easy runs early. Terrible at bats during the last 5 innings. Lack of focus really. Then the horrible shifts Henderson is calling. We win this game 3-2 even with that homer if we just play people in their normal locations.

[BayouDawg]

Vandy isn't the best college team. Florida has passed them

Truth

[Mjoelner34]

So Henderson doesn't think Self can get 5 or 6 outs but tomorrow we may need him to get 9 or 10.

[BayouDawg]

I have feeling we go full on inverted penis tomorrow. Hope I?m wrong

[CadaverDawg]

Difference in the game? We get a guy on third base with 1 out, and we choke. They get a guy on third with one out, and they score. Simple as that.

Yep. Our 3 hole hitter being an automatic strike out killed us.

[Cooterpoot]

Garbage coachiing the last couple innings.

[Activated Alpha]

Yeah they have all the momentum now. We will cave in typical fashion. What time does it start yomorrow?

[ShotgunDawg]

Vandy isn't the best college team. Florida has passed them

Just pisses me off that the sport we care so much about is dominated by schools who could care less.

[CadaverDawg]

So Henderson doesn't think Self can get 5 or 6 outs but tomorrow we may need him to get 9 or 10.

I can't understand it. How can you sleep at night knowing you had the game in hand but didn't go to your best arm

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Oh my gosh guys stop with this whole "Season's over" "No Omaha for us" BS. We won 4 straight elimination games last week. We scored 10 of this teams' friday pitchers just yesterday. We'll have Gordon, France, and Self good to go tomorrow. We would have won tonight if A) we didn't do dumb shifts B) Allen could put the ball in play, or C) Self was put in. Any of those 3 go our way and we're in Omaha. And y'all want to act like this team is beat

Stop the over dramatic BS. Tonight sucked, but we still have a great chance to win this thing

[msstate7]

We will use JB. Vandy is 4th in the sec in offensive walks. This is not a good stat

[Skydawg1]

God, everything about Vandys field sucks dick.Rest assured, if Vandy advances, they will not be winning any titles away from their plastic field. Bullshit stadium.

[bostondawg]

We're just extending this season, hurting our coaching search, and letting the embarrassment Henderson still breathe our dugout air.

[Todd4State]

No Omaha for us. We blew our chance tonight by not putting our best out there to try to win it

If there is a silver lining at least we have him available for tomorrow. Unfortunately we're going with JB instead of France because for some reason we don't want to throw our third best guy.

[msstate7]

Just pisses me off that the sport we care so much about is dominated by schools who could care less.

Sucks

[CadaverDawg]

We will use JB. Vandy is 4th in the sec in offensive walks. This is not a good stat

Yeah, we blew our shot tonight. We'll get smoked tomorrow

[dawg93]

Henderson managed this like a typical weekend series...you don't do that in the postseason when you are 5 outs from Omaha. You put your best on the mound to START the 8th and let him get 6 outs. He only threw 15 pitches last night!! If the logic is to bring him in with the lead, then we were up 3-2 to start the 8th and still up with only 1 out. He may be out there tomorrow and we don't even sniff the lead. What a waste!!

[Activated Alpha]

Oh my gosh guys stop with this whole "Season's over" "No Omaha for us" BS. We won 4 straight elimination games last week. We scored 10 of this teams' friday pitchers just yesterday. We'll have Gordon, France, and Self good to go tomorrow. We would have won tonight if A) we didn't do dumb shifts B) Allen could put the ball in play, or C) Self was put in. Any of those 3 go our way and we're in Omaha. And y'all want to act like this team is beat

Stop the over dramatic BS. Tonight sucked, but we still have a great chance to win this thing

Yes we have those 3, but what are the chances Henderson puts them in?

[Todd4State]

We're just extending this season, hurting our coaching search, and letting the embarrassment Henderson still breathe our dugout air.

Comments like this are hilarious to me because when we were doing well it's some crazy coach in waiting scenario for a lot of our fans and now most of our fans want him gone again.

[KOdawg1]

Well, we were 5 outs away from Omaha and we blew it. Not counting this team out because I've learned not to do that, but I just don't see us winning tomorrow.

[BayouDawg]

Well on the bright side if we lose tomorrow we may finally get to name our HC. It better not be hendo. I appreciate what he has done this year but he makes the most senile coaching decisions

[Todd4State]

Yes we have those 3, but what are the chances Henderson puts them in?

Probably pretty high because JB and probably Denver are not going to last long. Just being honest.

[Bothrops]

Yeah, we blew our shot tonight. We'll get smoked tomorrow

Certainly the way it feels right now.

[Bdawg]

We also missed a score because the ball hit the pitcher. I was waiting to see if that would come back to get us. It obviously did. I will also add not doing your job with men at third Allan). Crazy shifts every freaking inning(Henderson) and not bringing in your stud to close it when you know your pen sucks for Sunday( Henderson)

[Todd4State]

Well on the bright side if we lose tomorrow we may finally get to name our HC. It better not be hendo. I appreciate what he has done this year but he makes the most senile coaching decisions

I honestly don't see us doing that even if we make it to Omaha or even if we won the whole thing. There would be some sentiment to hire him but I don't think Cohen would.

LT definitely would.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Yeah they have all the momentum now. We will cave in typical fashion. What time does it start yomorrow?

Cave in "typical fashion"??? What team have you been watching? Because it isn't the one that came from the losers bracket to win a regional, then won last night after Vandy tied. To say this team caves is the dumbest shit I've heard all night

[dawg93]

We'll be lucky to only be down 2 by the time Billingsley leaves the game tomorrow.

[MarketingBully]

Difference in the game? We get a guy on third base with 1 out, and we choke. They get a guy on third with one out, and they score. Simple as that.

No. Difference in the game is the ridiculous shifts we used tonight. That and Self. At some point we are going to have to win a ****ing one run game with our pen or what’s the point? Neff did his job getting four outs. You go to Self with six outs to get. When have we pitched Neff for extended innings? That triple was a joke. It was a freaking routine ground ball to the shortstop. It wasn’t even smoked or hit that hard. It rolled all the way to the wall because we had our infield shifted one way and our outfield shifted another. We lost this one because of coaching.

[MaroonFlounder]

So tomorrow. Billingsley, McQuary, Blake Smith. 3 that are fresh?

[Activated Alpha]

Probably pretty high because JB and probably Denver are not going to last long. Just being honest.

I know. Mainly sarcastic because we had self tonight, but didn't use him

[Bdawg]

Just pisses me off that the sport we care so much about is dominated by schools who could care less.

+ million and have one of the best coaches

[smootness]

Everybody chill out. Billingsley is not great, but their #3 sucks too.

[Todd4State]

We also missed a score because the ball hit the pitcher. I was waiting to see if that would come back to get us. It obviously did. I will also add not doing your job with men at third Allan). Crazy shifts every freaking inning(Henderson) and not bringing in your stud to close it when you know your pen sucks for Sunday( Henderson)

Honestly my biggest gripe with Henderson is how he manages the pitching staff and bullpen. It's obvious that he tries to save everyone instead of playing to win the game at the moment. Look at how many times Pilkington has thrown 100 pitches in a game no matter how he performs. Same thing with Small last night.

Whoever we get needs to be able to bring in and develop elite arms- like Butch did. That's how you win in Omaha.

I think our pitching staff under Henderson finished around 11th in the league.

[msstate7]

Vandy's likely starter, Hickman has an era of 5.22. JB's is 5.05. We have self and France tomorrow too. Might now be such a bad matchup

[BayouDawg]

I honestly don't see us doing that even if we make it to Omaha or even if we won the whole thing. There would be some sentiment to hire him but I don't think Cohen would.

LT definitely would.

Agree 100% about Larry tea bagger. PHUCK him

[Activated Alpha]

Cave in "typical fashion"??? What team have you been watching? Because it isn't the one that came from the losers bracket to win a regional, then won last night after Vandy tied. To say this team caves is the dumbest shit I've heard all night

Not speaking of this season, but of state's post season history. Games like this have broken us in the past

[Todd4State]

Everybody chill out. Billingsley is not great, but their #3 sucks too.

Yeah- but unless we put up an 8 spot on him in the first inning they're going to bring out a bunch of guys throwing 94+ that our hitters can't catch up to.

[Cloak]

Vandy's likely starter, Hickman has an era of 5.22. JB's is 5.05. We have self and France tomorrow too. Might now be such a bad matchup

That's what I'm thinking, my Sunday just got more exciting.

[MarketingBully]

Vandy's likely starter, Hickman has an era of 5.22. JB's is 5.05. We have self and France tomorrow too. Might now be such a bad matchup

I think we can win tomorrow. That’s what our team has done all year. We have to have our backs to the wall before we perform.

[Bothrops]

Slugfest coming?

[MarketingBully]

Yeah- but unless we put up an 8 spot on him in the first inning they're going to bring out a bunch of guys throwing 94+ that our hitters can't catch up to.

Allen killed us that game at the plate. If he does anything but strike out we get that run home. I also didn’t think that guy caught the ball without aid from the wall.

[Todd4State]

Slugfest coming?

I think it depends on whether the umpire gives Billingsley the call on his curveball or not. It seems like SEC umpires usually did not.

[KOdawg1]

Yeah- but unless we put up an 8 spot on him in the first inning they're going to bring out a bunch of guys throwing 94+ that our hitters can't catch up to.
This. They've found out how to shut us down. Just throw heat. Our guys can't hit it and if they do, it doesn't leave the infield. Also, it may just be me that has noticed, but
we can't hit left handed pitching worth a crap

[Todd4State]

Allen killed us that game at the plate. If he does anything but strike out we get that run home. I also didn’t think that guy caught the ball without aid from the wall.

I agree about Allen. He looked like a freshman tonight.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Look, hate to say it but that's baseball. I hate to see us lose, but shit man the guys are battling. We got this. Slugfest tomorrow, hope we can have an amazing 6 innings out of our starter and have the 5 run lead from the get go.

[Lord McBuckethead]

This. They've found out how to shut us down. Just throw heat. Our guys can't hit it and if they do, it doesn't leave the infield. Also, it may just be me that has noticed, but
we can't hit left handed pitching worth a crap

We'll both of our switch hitters hit the ball better from the left side.

[KOdawg1]

I agree about Allen. He looked like a freshman tonight.
Skelton looked lost tonight too. I'd consider playing Gilbert tomorrow.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Vandy's likely starter, Hickman has an era of 5.22. JB's is 5.05. We have self and France tomorrow too. Might now be such a bad matchup

Oh no, haven't you heard? There's 0 way our team can win a big game. JB, France, Gordon, and Self is a terrible staff and even though we scored 10 game 1, there's also no way we can do that again in game 3. Our team will "cave" under pressure, just like we did against top 10 teams in the regular season and in the regionals.

There's no need to look at what Vandy's pitching situation is, we've already lost. They rolled out good arms tonight, which clearly means they many more such arms and definitely didn't use up their best guys. All hope is lost, may as well name the new coach now

[msstate7]

This. They've found out how to shut us down. Just throw heat. Our guys can't hit it and if they do, it doesn't leave the infield. Also, it may just be me that has noticed, but
we can't hit left handed pitching worth a crap
Come on mane... we hit ark, om, and Florida staffs. They have big time velocity. They got us tonight. Still got another shot tomorrow

[KOdawg1]

We'll both of our switch hitters hit the ball better from the left side.
Yup. Rowdey did hit his triple from the right side, but Jake has looked like a completely different hitter batting right.

[Todd4State]

Skelton looked lost tonight too. I'd consider playing Gilbert tomorrow.

Absolutely. He should be rested and ready to go.

[MarketingBully]

Oh no, haven't you heard? There's 0 way our team can win a big game. JB, France, Gordon, and Self is a terrible staff and even though we scored 10 game 1, there's also no way we can do that again in game 3. Our team will "cave" under pressure, just like we did against top 10 teams in the regular season and in the regionals.

There's no need to look at what Vandy's pitching situation is, we've already lost. They rolled out good arms tonight, which clearly means they many more such arms and definitely didn't use up their best guys. All hope is lost, may as well name the new coach now

Lol I’m not that dramatic and never said we’d lose. I just wish Henderson had played to win in the eighth and ninth instead of playing to save arms. They didn’t hit Self worth a shit yesterday except for a fluke ball to left. Self has not allowed an earned run since the Kentucky series. He’s dialed in with the cutter and batters aren’t hitting it well. I’m not counting this team out at all.

[CadaverDawg]

Is Vandy's starter tomorrow RH or LH? Please say RH

[KOdawg1]

What was France's pitch count Friday night? Realistically, how much could he give us tomorrow?

[MarketingBully]

Is Vandy's starter tomorrow RH or LH? Please say RH

Hickman is a righty.

[Todd4State]

What was France's pitch count Friday night? Realistically, how much could he give us tomorrow?

Wasn't it like 30-40?

[MarketingBully]

What was France's pitch count Friday night? Realistically, how much could he give us tomorrow?

Both Gordon and France pitched 35-39 pitches. They should be good to go.

[CadaverDawg]

By the way, Alexander missed the bus to the hotel tonight because Henderson had him sitting in the parking lot instead of a seat

[CadaverDawg]

Hickman is a righty.

Good

[Todd4State]

Lol I’m not that dramatic and never said we’d lose. I just wish Henderson had played to win in the eighth and ninth instead of playing to save arms. They didn’t hit Self worth a shit yesterday except for a fluke ball to left. Self has not allowed an earned run since the Kentucky series. He’s dialed in with the cutter and batters aren’t hitting it well. I’m not counting this team out at all.

I feel bad for Neff though. He basically gave up a triple on what should have been a ground out to SS to a guy hitting .215.

[msstate7]

By the way, Alexander missed the bus to the hotel tonight because Henderson had him sitting in the parking lot instead of a seat

Haha

[Todd4State]

By the way, Alexander missed the bus to the hotel tonight because Henderson had him sitting in the parking lot instead of a seat

LOL!

[KOdawg1]

By the way, Alexander missed the bus to the hotel tonight because Henderson had him sitting in the parking lot instead of a seat
Nice.

No one will be able to convince me that it's smart to basically play him at 3B. His range is limited already, so why make balls up the middle completely impossible now?

[CadaverDawg]

I feel bad for Neff though. He basically gave up a triple on what should have been a ground out to SS to a guy hitting .215.

Whoever called that shift should be fired

[KOdawg1]

I feel bad for Neff though. He basically gave up a triple on what should have been a ground out to SS to a guy hitting .215.
It also probably would have been a double had it been played on a real field. Grass would've slowed that ball down, instead it rolled on the carpet all the way to the wall.

[Todd4State]

It also probably would have been a double had it been played on a real field. Grass would've slowed that ball down, instead it rolled on the carpet all the way to the wall.

Yeah their stadium is BS. We got screwed this year by the construction- I bet we host a regional next year almost on principle alone as long as we are close to hosting.

[Bulldog1]

Whoever called that shift should be fired

Yep. Honestly it's not the first time we've had this problem this year.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

I swear if we make Henderson our HC I?ll drop a deuce on cohen?s face

No you won't.

[MarketingBully]

Whoever called that shift should be fired

What sucks is we are calling an incomplete shift which is even worse. In a true pull shift, you bring the second baseman to the third base side of second. Otherwise you are just giving a giant hole up the middle because you really can’t predict where a hitter is going to hit it just that you know it’s going to be hit to that side. By not bringing Stovall around, we literally had a wide gap where if it’s hit up the middle the ball could get all the way to the wall. I don’t care who your shortstop is if you have an incomplete shift the shortstop is going to fail.