Todd4State
03-10-2019, 05:46 PM
We dominated the first two games even though we weren't totally clean and then we won a game where we walked way too many guys and found a way to win. If this was last year I can almost guarantee that we would have lost the Sunday game. People will dwell on the walks for a couple of days because that's what fans do but with Foxhall I don't think it's a going to be a persistent problem based on the other 15 games.
Small and Ginn allowed a combined one earned run the entire weekend. They are as advertised and will give us a shot to win any SEC series this weekend because they can match up with most any other pitcher in the SEC and it will be difficult to beat both in the same weekend. And Keegan is solid. But he's a five-six inning guy and is going to probably give up 2-4 runs a game which is OK for Sunday. We certainly have the bullpen and offense to cover and I think that now that SEC play is starting we will see Small and Ginn go a little longer. I'm still hopeful that Cerentola can take over as the three by the end of the year and I hope that we see him extended against Grambling for another inning or two.
Outside of Colby White and Leibelt the bullpen had a rough weekend. Just too many walks and that needs to get corrected. At the very least I trust White, Gordon, Barlow, and Leibelt so we have something to work with. We need to get Plumlee, Self, Brandon Smith and Eagan back on track. But- basically for most of them they had one bad game and it could be an anomaly. Probably good that it happened before we play Florida.
Skelton is second on the team in home runs and had a big weekend this weekend. He and Foscue dropped more bombs on Maine than the Spanish allegedly did. He's hitting a decent .255 but is holding his own and showing why he should start. Probably our most improved player in the pre-SEC season.
Tanner Allen is really struggling at the plate and right after Westburg hits his first home run he tweaks a hamstring. Halter filled in and has done well though and is hitting a solid .289. Foscue has exceeded my expectations and is still launching bombs. Landon Jordan is looking better and better every week too at the plate and at second base. Really need to get Westburg back ASAP and I think he will be back soon. Westburg had a tough game making two errors but all in all we made three the entire weekend and a reason why we won today was because we made zero.
Mangum and MacNamee are playing like seniors and Mangum got the go ahead hit and MacNamee drove in what would be the winning run. I like how that inning and game we showed our offensive balance by getting two drag bunts that resulted in hits and then we cashed in with our seniors. On top of that to further illustrate our offensive balance- Foscue and Skelton had bombs. And to further illustrate our balance on offense- we had 12 stolen bases this weekend including six today. May have been the scouting report saying that their catcher is bad but it shows that our coaches can take advantage of weaknesses of our opponents. We now have 27 stolen bases on the year after having 34 all of last year including the postseason. Rowdey has been struggling still and probably needs to sit. I want to see what Cumbest can do.
This week we get Grambling and we get to see Cerentola go again and then we get Florida on the road. It will be tough because while Florida has lost some games this year- most have been midweek and unless they have a pitching injury I am unaware of we aren't going to be facing their midweek guys. They have a good weekend series win over Miami and Winthrop is a decent mid major usually. As usual I am expecting a pretty intense weekend series when we play them. Hopefully we get off to a great start in SEC play.
Small and Ginn allowed a combined one earned run the entire weekend. They are as advertised and will give us a shot to win any SEC series this weekend because they can match up with most any other pitcher in the SEC and it will be difficult to beat both in the same weekend. And Keegan is solid. But he's a five-six inning guy and is going to probably give up 2-4 runs a game which is OK for Sunday. We certainly have the bullpen and offense to cover and I think that now that SEC play is starting we will see Small and Ginn go a little longer. I'm still hopeful that Cerentola can take over as the three by the end of the year and I hope that we see him extended against Grambling for another inning or two.
Outside of Colby White and Leibelt the bullpen had a rough weekend. Just too many walks and that needs to get corrected. At the very least I trust White, Gordon, Barlow, and Leibelt so we have something to work with. We need to get Plumlee, Self, Brandon Smith and Eagan back on track. But- basically for most of them they had one bad game and it could be an anomaly. Probably good that it happened before we play Florida.
Skelton is second on the team in home runs and had a big weekend this weekend. He and Foscue dropped more bombs on Maine than the Spanish allegedly did. He's hitting a decent .255 but is holding his own and showing why he should start. Probably our most improved player in the pre-SEC season.
Tanner Allen is really struggling at the plate and right after Westburg hits his first home run he tweaks a hamstring. Halter filled in and has done well though and is hitting a solid .289. Foscue has exceeded my expectations and is still launching bombs. Landon Jordan is looking better and better every week too at the plate and at second base. Really need to get Westburg back ASAP and I think he will be back soon. Westburg had a tough game making two errors but all in all we made three the entire weekend and a reason why we won today was because we made zero.
Mangum and MacNamee are playing like seniors and Mangum got the go ahead hit and MacNamee drove in what would be the winning run. I like how that inning and game we showed our offensive balance by getting two drag bunts that resulted in hits and then we cashed in with our seniors. On top of that to further illustrate our offensive balance- Foscue and Skelton had bombs. And to further illustrate our balance on offense- we had 12 stolen bases this weekend including six today. May have been the scouting report saying that their catcher is bad but it shows that our coaches can take advantage of weaknesses of our opponents. We now have 27 stolen bases on the year after having 34 all of last year including the postseason. Rowdey has been struggling still and probably needs to sit. I want to see what Cumbest can do.
This week we get Grambling and we get to see Cerentola go again and then we get Florida on the road. It will be tough because while Florida has lost some games this year- most have been midweek and unless they have a pitching injury I am unaware of we aren't going to be facing their midweek guys. They have a good weekend series win over Miami and Winthrop is a decent mid major usually. As usual I am expecting a pretty intense weekend series when we play them. Hopefully we get off to a great start in SEC play.