Game 3 at Florida

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Didn't see it posted yet. Dogs down in order but I think we'll get to this pitcher soon

[msbulldog]

I'm with you.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

James isn't looking sharp as far as location goes. Hopefully he settles in

[BiscuitEater]

Break, break .. OM loses at home to Bame, to even their series .. sorry for the interruption.. carry on!

[chef dixon]

Pretty classic James first inning there

[CadaverDawg]

I'm not sold on James as Sunday starter. Not sure who else could be, but he gets hit pretty solidly. Hope he settles in though...we need him

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Break, break .. OM loses at home to Bame, to even their series .. sorry for the interruption.. carry on!

I don't think many will object to such interruptions

[BeardoMSU]

Is that Luke Alexander as FB coach? I thought he transferred?

[msstate7]

Is that Luke Alexander as FB coach? I thought he transferred?

S&C coach for baseball (wink, wink)**

[Saltydog]

Yes, that's Luke. He's a grad asst I believe.

[Dawgcap]

S&C coach for baseball (wink, wink)**

Now that was funny!!

[CadaverDawg]

Tough break for Gilbert. He smoked that ball

[CadaverDawg]

Is that Luke Alexander as FB coach? I thought he transferred?

Foam Bat coach?*

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

We're making good contact with this guy, wouldn't surprise me for us to string a couple hits together when the lineup turns over

[chef dixon]

Gilbert crushed that ball. Unlucky.

[chef dixon]

GREAT inning by James.

[CadaverDawg]

When James gets that change up working he's tough. Just needs more consistency. Great inning there

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

When James gets that change up working he's tough. Just needs more consistency. Great inning there

Yep, location is often a couple inches off and that's all it takes at this level. If he can get his FB location slightly better he's a Saturday level starter

[BeardoMSU]

Yes, that's Luke. He's a grad asst I believe.

Nice. Glad he stuck around to still be a part of the team in someway.

[chef dixon]

I think you have to go on that and make them make the play

[CadaverDawg]

I think you have to go on that and make them make the play

I agree

[CadaverDawg]

Westy delivers!!

1-0

[chef dixon]

I think you have to go on that and make them make the play

Like i said***

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

James is doing fantastic. Would be thrilled if he can get us 5 ip of 0-1 run baseball and it looks possible today. Pitch count is below 40 through 3

[CadaverDawg]

James is dealing. This is great to see. If we get this James every week, we'll be breaking out brooms a lot this year

[Homedawg]

James is dealing. This is great to see. If we get this James every week, we'll be breaking out brooms a lot this year

Solid summer in the cape did wonders for his confidence.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Absolute bullshit call

[Commercecomet24]

Gift runs,not a balk

[CadaverDawg]

Bullshit ball call costs us 2

[Saltydog]

Absolute bullshit call

Agreed. He came to a stop.

[Coldsleeve Jr.]

Balk my ass

[CadaverDawg]

Going to need to score some runs to earn this sweep. I could see this being a 10-8 type of finish

[magrooder]

Foscue needs to stop that ball

[CadaverDawg]

Spoke too soon on James dealing. Had a few good innings but he just misses his spots too much

[CadaverDawg]

Foscue needs to stop that ball

Yeah that was a weak effort

[CadaverDawg]

Good thing this game doesn't matter.**

Because we got some work to do

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Poor James gets shafted by the balk and the lazy effort by Foscue

[Coldsleeve Jr.]

Someone in here said it but cerantola on sundays with Keegan in relief. Plumlee midweek

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Someone in here said it but cerantola on sundays with Keegan in relief. Plumlee midweek

Except we play 2 midweek games

[Coldsleeve Jr.]

Except we play 2 midweek games

Yeah but I've been drinking

[Coldsleeve Jr.]

Yeah but I've been drinking

And we only have 1 more week with 2 midweek games for rest of season

[CadaverDawg]

Damn Gilbert, wtf you watching?

[magrooder]

Halter has got to quit stepping out on the pitch or he's going to keep hitting that weak grounder off the end of the bat

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Halter has got to quit stepping out on the pitch or he's going to keep hitting that weak grounder off the end of the bat

Eyah I don't get it. he tries to pull everything and yet never does. Even outside he's trying to pull. Surprised the staff hasn't told him to play it normal, his average would probably by at least .030 points higher and he'd K less

[CJDAWG85]

Halter has got to quit stepping out on the pitch or he's going to keep hitting that weak grounder off the end of the bat

I?ve noticed this too. He completely bails out of every swing. Horrible approach.

[Dawg2003]

Sunday pitching will be an adventure.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Sunday pitching will be an adventure.

Always is when you have to play 2 midweek games. Like the guy was saying here earlier, after this week we get Ceratola who I think can provide an extra 2-3 quality innings

[magrooder]

Didn't look like it hit him on the replay.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Didn't look like it hit him on the replay.

Cause it didn't. And James didn't balk. and Gilbert got unlucky with the base of the bat catching ball 4, or his line drive going right at the 3B. Brakes haven't gone our way in this one

[MarketingBully]

We are playing this third game like it didn’t matter.

[MarketingBully]

Damn Gilbert, wtf you watching?

Gilbert did get hit by that pitch and the ball didn’t hit the bat. The ump sucked there.

[Coldsleeve Jr.]

Cause it didn't. And James didn't balk. and Gilbert got unlucky with the base of the bat catching ball 4, or his line drive going right at the 3B. Brakes haven't gone our way in this one

Breaks*

[magrooder]

Gilbert with the strong throw nails the runner

[magrooder]

Suck it OSullivan

[RocketDawg]

Didn't look like it hit him on the replay.

He was safe but I suppose they didn't want to bring everybody back out onto the field.

[And I took your statement totally out of context]

[RocketDawg]

Suck it OSullivan

I guess we wanted to give him a St. Patrick's Day gift because we seem to be less than interested in this game.

[MetEdDawg]

Keegan May have pitched himself out of the Sunday role. Plumlee might be the next to get a turn.

[MarketingBully]

He was safe but I suppose they didn't want to bring everybody back out onto the field.

[And I took your statement totally out of context]

You couldn’t tell definitively from any of those angles. The umps on replay made the right call.

[magrooder]

Gilbert looking good in the field today

[mparkerfd20]

Was a great weekend but wish we could have gotten the sweep.

[Saltydog]

Keegan May have pitched himself out of the Sunday role. Plumlee might be the next to get a turn.

I would be good with that, actually. Keegan is one of those guys that seems to struggle once he goes thru the order once.

[MetEdDawg]

I would be good with that, actually.

Plumlee has better stuff. Both have a ton of experience. But Plumlee has the better chance for long term success I think on Sundays

[MetEdDawg]

Was a great weekend but wish we could have gotten the sweep.

Definitely not over yet. Lineup is about to turn over

[msstate7]

Cumbest looked as overmatched as a batter can be

[The Federalist Engineer]

Halter has improved immensely

[magrooder]

Halter must be reading ED

[msstate7]

Damn

[PCHSDawg]

YUP

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

The **** is this bullshit? My god I swear the umps have a bias in this one

[msstate7]

Nice job self. Need to find a way to get a few sec innings out of him

[MarketingBully]

Not our game in the third game. Sully made a number of defensive adjustments and they ended up helping him this game. Especially at third and in left field. That Mangum hit should have tied the game. Instead long out.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Glad to see Self and Price have some quick innings

[MarketingBully]

Overall can’t be too upset taking 2 out of 3 from the Gators on the road. I’ll take 18-2 and 2-1 start in the SEC.

[msstate7]

Cumbest isn't ready for sec pitching

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Cumbest isn't ready for sec pitching

Yup he's not there yet

[maroonmania]

Had to miss Game 3 and just got back home. Reading through the thread it seems everyone is primarily irritated with our pitching in Game 3 but just looking at the score we gave up the fewest runs of the weekend in Game 3 but only scored 2 pitiful runs. What happened to our offense against Florida's #3 starter?

[MarketingBully]

Had to miss Game 3 and just got back home. Reading through the thread it seems everyone is primarily irritated with our pitching in Game 3 but just looking at the score we gave up the fewest runs of the weekend in Game 3 but only scored 2 pitiful runs. What happened to our offense against Florida's #3 starter?

We would have swept Florida but Mangum hit a shot that the left fielder (who had played second all series long) robbed him of at the wall. Mangum had two guys on with that hit and it was a ball that if it wouldn’t of been a homer it would have been off the top of the wall and over. If that goes out, we would have been up 5-4. It was a game saving catch for the Gators. Every defensive adjustment Sully made in game 3 paid dividends as every defensive sub made plays. The new 3rd baseman robbed several guys of a hit. And that left fielder made two great defensive plays. It just wasn’t our day in the third game imo.

[Liverpooldawg]

A series win AT a Top 10 team.... that's outstanding folks.

[MetEdDawg]

A series win AT a Top 10 team.... that's outstanding folks.

And to be honest I think there is a noticeable gap between us and Florida. Had we gone full tilt game 3 we could have won it.

We are better than Florida by a good margin I think and that to me was the most telling thing. It took multiple spectacular defensive plays, us not putting out our best lineup, and our starter not even going 4 innings for them to beat us by 2 at their place. And we had the tying and go ahead run at the plate multiple times in the last 1/3 of the game.

[Todd4State]

And to be honest I think there is a noticeable gap between us and Florida. Had we gone full tilt game 3 we could have won it.

We are better than Florida by a good margin I think and that to me was the most telling thing. It took multiple spectacular defensive plays, us not putting out our best lineup, and our starter not even going 4 innings for them to beat us by 2 at their place. And we had the tying and go ahead run at the plate multiple times in the last 1/3 of the game.

Yep. I think us having to play a DH put us at a little bit of a disadvantage. It factored in leaving Ginn and Leibelt in too long. And it pretty much took Cole out of the series. We weathered it pretty well though.

[MarketingBully]

Yep. I think us having to play a DH put us at a little bit of a disadvantage. It factored in leaving Ginn and Leibelt in too long. And it pretty much took Cole out of the series. We weathered it pretty well though.

Yeah I think some of those lineup changes probably had more to do with the DH then getting players experience. He probably still makes the sub of Hatcher for Rowdy but Skelton definitely starts at catcher if that game is on Sunday. Then we probably go with Collins at DH against the righty with Hatcher in left. Florida made a lot of changes to their lineup for the second game but they probably don’t do that either if they are straight 3 Friday Saturday Sunday games. We probably sweep if there is no Double Header. But that’s why baseball is such a hard sport to win. Just a weird game.