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[The Federalist Engineer]

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You know you are MSSTATE when are ranked #9 in the Nation and your current Friday Night starter is a Graduate Transfer from SE Louisiana University and Hinds. We probably still win a Super Regional and play two games in Omaha.

- OOPS, 3 times National Champs...I can't change the title

[Irondawg]

What’s the latest on tanner Allen?

[StarkVegasSteve]

Koestler throwing far too many pitches early.

[chef dixon]

Is koestler a guy that can throw a lot of pitches?

[chef dixon]

Lotta pitches but good to start with a zero for him

[Lord McBuckethead]

0-0 bottom of the 1st, 1 out. Westburg with the other way hit on a breaking pitch. Good job.

[CadaverDawg]

Westburg making adjustments and hitting that two strike curve the other way. Great sign

[Lord McBuckethead]

Their pitcher is around 94-95 mph, started game with a 3 pitch K of Rowdey. Rowdey must have thought he was going to throw 88 or something. Didn't get within 6" of the ball on three swings.

[Lord McBuckethead]

With this guy, you either get ready and think fastballs center of plate, or wait on his curve ball. It loops.
3rd batter K. 2 down.

[CadaverDawg]

This guy they're throwing seems tough. 94 mph from the left and a well located curve? Yikes

[Lord McBuckethead]

Foscue hits one 480 feet foul.
Look for off speed on this 3-2 pitch.

[Lord McBuckethead]

fly ball ends the inning
0 R, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1LOB,

[Lord McBuckethead]

Oregon State 1st and 2nd, one out.
Pitcher did not cover 1st base on the infield hit.

He is pitching pretty good, but already at 43 pitches 4 outs into the game. Time to get some grounders.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Sorry for the other thread. Didn't see this one, and this ones heading is better.

[Lord McBuckethead]

We really need a K here. This guy looks like he can rake it.

[Lord McBuckethead]

How the hell was that first pitch a ball? That looked perfect.
2-1 count.

[Lord McBuckethead]

ALRIGHT. THEY CHANGED IT
1-2 count. Got to get a breaking ball that starts at the heart of the zone.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Going to the bottom of the 2nd.

0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 2 LOB, and 1 BB.

I would have given the pitcher an error on that infield hit. Only issue with the play was that he never left the mound to cover 1st. Riley Self needs to be in that guys ear.

[FISHDAWG]

is that DH Tanner Leggett ?

[Lord McBuckethead]

1 down, dribbler to 1st for Pimentel.
2 down, James K's swinging.

Alright guys, he is coming right at you. Time to shorten your swing and keep your eye on the ball.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Hit batsman. runner on 1 with 2 outs. Let's get a couple hits here.

[Lord McBuckethead]

guys are trying to kill it. we may just need to make solid contact for a minute. dude is sitting at 26 pitches and dealing.
another swing out of our shoes. 1-2 count on tanner.

[chef dixon]

Leggett looks like he's never seen a pitcher like this before lol

[BeardoMSU]

What?s the latest on tanner Allen?

Bump

[chef dixon]

Dumb play by Oregon state to give Koestler a one pitch out

[Lord McBuckethead]

2 DOWN FOR OREGON.
Why do we pitch outside when we have the shift on? Now granted, neither pitch outside was thrown for a strike.

[Lord McBuckethead]

This pitcher we are facing is dealing. Rowdey swung at 3 higher fastballs last at bat. Good eye 2-0 count.
take an easy swing rowdey.

[chef dixon]

Chamberlain dragging his nutsack all around DNF right now

[Lord McBuckethead]

What is going on with Tanner Allen? Haven't heard about this?

[Lord McBuckethead]

Son of a bitch Rowdey. You saw that same pitch 3 times during that at bat.

[Lord McBuckethead]

pitch walk. Westburg is on. hatcher needs to start taking simple swings here.

[Lord McBuckethead]

runner on 1st, 2 down, hatch with a 1-1 count.

[Lord McBuckethead]

this guy must be hiding his pitcher really well. Our hitters just haven't figured it out.

[Lord McBuckethead]

17. Another strikeout.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 LOB, 0 Errors, 3 Ks looking stupid.

[PKADogs55]

He definitely has them off. Good fastball and off speed pitches.

[Lord McBuckethead]

New pitcher. throwing 93-95 so far. 2-2 count.

[Lord McBuckethead]

sims gets his first batter with a good fastball outside.

[TheRef]

Seeing eye ball for a double

[chef dixon]

Do we target dudes named Landon, Tanner and Luke on purpose?

[TheRef]

RBI Single for Oregon State up the middle. 1-0 OSU

[Dawg2003]

It's like pulling teeth to get them out, and their pitcher is mowing us down.

[HoopsDawg]

is that DH Tanner Leggett ?

Lemonis went crazy with the RH bats.

[TheRef]

Foscue absolutely tattooed that ball to left....but it drifted foul

[chef dixon]

Foscue got him rattled

[TheRef]

Four straight balls after the tattoo ball and we have 1 on, no out

[TheRef]

Pimentel swings and misses. That's 8 K for Chamberlain. Runner on 1st with 1 out. James up to the plate.

[TheRef]

Pitch in the dirt and Foscue takes 2nd. Wait....dispute over James being in the way.

[Lord McBuckethead]

WELL, NICE JOB JAMES.

[TheRef]

James determined to have stepped over the plate. Interference on James and he's out. Foscue back to first. 2 outs.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Our hitters...... not sure what they are looking for. He has a curve and he has a fastball. Pick one and keep your bat into the zone to make contact.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Bet the Tanner Legget looks at strike 3 in this at bat. It would be typical to miss on scoring a run here. Mississippi state style.

[TheRef]

Single through the left side. Runners at 1st and 2nd with 2 outs. Leggett up to the plate.

[Lord McBuckethead]

These runners need to do their best to stay in this guys head. Good move by the batter stepping out and then looking at the curve work on the plate.

[HoopsDawg]

Bet the Tanner Legget looks at strike 3 in this at bat. It would be typical to miss on scoring a run here. Mississippi state style.

Nah, swinging.

[PKADogs55]

Leggett needs to have a seat.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Then he follows that up with staring at the fastball.
Boom called it. Strike 3. Hate being right. Missed that ball by 8 inches and .3 of a second.
It was a ball by the way.

Our hitters need to get focused out there.

[HoopsDawg]

I don't understand how we could sit Landon Jordan.

[chef dixon]

I would have pinch hit there just after seeing Legetts first AB

[Lord McBuckethead]

when you miss it by 8 inches and are .3 of a second late on the pitch, it is like you just looked at it. The bat and ball where never in the same realm on that swing. Virtually impossible to hit if your bat is still behind the plate.
I mean, he watched a curve go by for a strike. Then he watched a fastball go by down the pipe. Then he just swung cause he was scared.

[chef dixon]

Also Pimentel cheese was supposed to be a stud, well he can join the party whenever he feels like it

[Lord McBuckethead]

Sims says 17 you Jobbu. I do it myself.
Time for Sims to get in the grill of his teammates. I know I would. Time to put up or shut up. We need to get their starter out.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Pimentel, somehow still adjusting to the game? The hitting coach needs to tell him to get his head out of his ass and do something other than hitting a slow dribbler to 1st or 2nd every at bat.

[Lord McBuckethead]

17N Cy Young out there pitching.

[HoopsDawg]

He's good and we are missing TA and LJ.

Rowdey with the hat trick.

[PKADogs55]

17N Cy Young out there pitching.

Its sad because he is pounding the strike zone. The few he has thrown outside, we go chasing .. and the ones over the plate we don't swing the bats. 10k's so far ... oops make that 11.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Wow. Struck out the side with his 3rd time facing these hitters. Dude is pitching a hell of a game so far.

[HoopsDawg]

95 on that last pitch. Wow.

[Lord McBuckethead]

He's good and we are missing TA and LJ.

Rowdey with the hat trick.

And it's only the 5th inning. He has maybe 2-3 more times to go.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Look the Oregon State guy is straight dealing. Our hitters have not caused him one iota of an issue. We have what 2 dribbler hits on a guy that is straight pounding the zone. Maybe all of our guys are hungover.

[chef dixon]

Only hope is Foscue takes him yard next inning and they panic and pull him

[PKADogs55]

Only hope is Foscue takes him yard next inning and they panic and pull him

He almost did earlier (Went Foul).

[Lord McBuckethead]

GENTLEMEN, as bad as out hitters have been, our catcher has a gun.

[Lord McBuckethead]

He almost did earlier (Went Foul).

Hell he hit one in the 1st or second that went like 480 feet.
Then missed 2 innings ago just outside the fair pole.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I say he get 2 this weekend. Just wish we could get some runners on before he come up.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Why did out hitter just appeal to the 3rd base ump to confirm his swing?

[Lord McBuckethead]

16 outs recorded so far 12 Ks.
At least we made him burn a few pitches that at bat.
Good work by Hatcher there.
Come on dawgs, this is this guys last inning.

[Lord McBuckethead]

This guy needs to go sit down, and we need to attack.

[Lord McBuckethead]

We finally got that guy out of the game. Rally time.

[chef dixon]

Was hoping Hatcher would get a BB

[HoopsDawg]

Nice AB from Hatcher. Wise move by OSU to pull him.

[PKADogs55]

Now watch the bats come alive. Dude pitched his ass off though.

[Lord McBuckethead]

That looks low to the hitter, but man it is painting the bottom of the knee cap.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Nope, still watching strikes go down the middle. Wish Rowdey would have been the first hitter this guy saw.

[Lord McBuckethead]

two 0-2 counts in a row. Guys, the 17ers are throwing strikes early and often

[Lord McBuckethead]

9 outs left, and we are probably going to need 4 to win this thing.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well done on the quick inning. Good play at 3rd there. Geauxtreauzx needs to get these guys up and ready to go.

[PKADogs55]

Well done on the quick inning. Good play at 3rd there. Geauxtreauzx needs to get these guys up and ready to go.

Our pitching and defense have been solid ... just need to figure out where these bats are hiding.

[Lord McBuckethead]

well shit, we put in a pitch runner. and can't even make contact on a bunt. What the hell.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well Legget has not even sniffed the panties of doing something positive in the lineup. You telling me we couldn't find someone else to go up there and whiff very poorly 3 times?

[PKADogs55]

well shit, we put in a pitch runner. and can't even make contact on a bunt. What the hell.

LEGGETT!

[Lord McBuckethead]

Tanner is gonna do it.

[Lord McBuckethead]

We need this walk here. We need a runner in scoring position. Let's go.
No way that was a strike. That was both inside and low.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well 17 me.

[Lord McBuckethead]

K after the 4th ball was called a strike. God dang it.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Ump just had to make his appearance known. Now this guy has turned into Cy Young.

[Lord McBuckethead]

That last pitch was exactly the pitch he called a strike a minute ago.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Why the 17 are our guys swinging for a 500 foot homer. Why the hell.

[PKADogs55]

That inning sure went to Hell in a hurry.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Sit down Rowdey, you ****ed this all up by trying to hit a bomb on a pitch that you should have just drove out of the infield. Just put the ball into play. For God sake.
I am counting that running mistake on Rowdey. Missed opportunities man. Little things compound into bullshit.

[HoopsDawg]

That last pitch was exactly the pitch he called a strike a minute ago.

Horseshit 3-0 call changed the whole inning. Also don't know why we didn't PH for Leggett.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Has Rowdey even touched the ball this entire game at the plate? I cannot even remember a foul ball or foul tip.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Horseshit 3-0 call changed the whole inning. Also don't know why we didn't PH for Leggett.

Leggett must be a great bullshitter.

[Percho]

Horseshit 3-0 call changed the whole inning. Also don't know why we didn't PH for Leggett.

And they scored their run during an inning when we threw two strikes that did not get called for an out.

[Lord McBuckethead]

2-0 OREGON STATE. 2 OUTS TOP OF 8.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I would steal on the next pitch, if I were OSU.

[Lord McBuckethead]

give them a strike to hit. Much better than walking guys into scoring position.

[CadaverDawg]

Positive: We haven't pitched any of our typical weekend starters, and we're going toe to toe with a really good team.

Negative: We're supposed to have a really good offense full of veteran hitters, and we look like trash at the plate.

[Lord McBuckethead]

We act like we are not 3 hits away from tying this game. But shit, we have to make plays.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Positive: We haven't pitched any of our weekend starters, and we're going toe to toe with a really good team.

Negative: We're supposed to have a really good offense full of veteran hitters, and we look like trash at the plate.

Yep. And everything they have score, we basically gave them.

[HoopsDawg]

Your positive isn't really a positive.

[CadaverDawg]

Could Tanner Allen really not play today? We could use him as a DH at very least. Really need someone to step up and hit the damn ball. When it was their starter, I could chalk it up to him being "on" today.....but it's everybody they throw at us. 16 K's and counting is embarrassing as shit

[HoopsDawg]

We've put the ball in play for only 3 outs thru 7 innings.

[Lord McBuckethead]

ALRIGHT. Rowdey, step one, be ready to hit. Step 2, swing the 17n bat at the 74 mph curve ball.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Not the one in the dirt.

[Lord McBuckethead]

See, putting the ball in play leads to good things.

[CadaverDawg]

Watch them call him out after review. Maybe not, looks like he was off. Hell of a play though

[Lord McBuckethead]

That 3rd baseman made a hell of a play right there. Dude was off, but Rowdey almost missed the bag. Got a foot drag as he passed.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Alright. Time to be patient, but shit Westy. They are calling the knee strike. Get ready.

[CadaverDawg]

Westy!!

[CadaverDawg]

Westburg starting to look the other way and if it's inside let his quick hands do the work. You can tell he has put in the work, and it's paying off.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Alright, Hatch let's eliminate their lead.

[CadaverDawg]

Crowd coming alive!

[Lord McBuckethead]

Westburg starting to look the other way and if it's inside let his quick hands do the work. You can tell he has put in the work, and it's paying off.

He obviously reads ED.

[CadaverDawg]

Balk! He was leaning

[CadaverDawg]

He obviously reads ED.

Clearly

[Lord McBuckethead]

I really do not want the walk here. Need a base hit.

[Lord McBuckethead]

But I will take a walk.

[Lord McBuckethead]

See, if 1st base is open, they are going to put Foscue on. We need Hatch to do it.

[PKADogs55]

Bucket ... You must have put on the rally cap

[Lord McBuckethead]

Alright. Good at bat. Foscue needs to just get a drive on one. Hit it hard and low. Let's go.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I really want a line drive into the gap. We have yet to do it all game. It is time.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Clear the bases and get him on 2nd/3rd. Let's go.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Just stay back on one Foscue.

[mparkerfd20]

FOSCUE!

[CadaverDawg]

Boom

[Lord McBuckethead]

Boom. That will work. Now, on the second pitch, get a hit and run on. Put the pressure on them.

[PKADogs55]

Holy Shit .. There he is. Better late than never.

[CadaverDawg]

Holy Pimentel!!!!!

[Lord McBuckethead]

Pimentel, no bunt sir. Booom.

[mparkerfd20]

HR PIMENTEL!!!! Hell yeah!

[The Federalist Engineer]

I was just thinking that Pimentel should be batting lower in the lineup, then....

[BeardoMSU]

MF'n BOOM!

[ZedFedder]

I forget Pimentel is only sophomore.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Dude hit that about 445. It was a smash.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Didn't he clear the entire right field standing lounge spaces?

[HoopsDawg]

We just bunted on 3-0. Wow. That's bad. Really bad.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Time to get another one. Base hit adds to it fellas. 0-2 count though.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Not as bad as missing the bunt on fastballs down the middle.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Landon Jordan, not a terrible at bat. Didn't do what we needed to, but he did fight back on that 0-2.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Tanners first pitch was about 3 inches low.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Can we also remove the 30 second wait time for posting during baseball?

[Lord McBuckethead]

Nice job Tanner. forcing the WP cause the pitcher is scared. Nice.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Scored 6 runs on 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB, 1 WP.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Like I said, we all act like we couldn't come back with just a few hits strung together. Now I understand the game thread lives and dies at each pitch/at bat/out/ bad call.

[RocketDawg]

I forget Pimentel is only sophomore.

The guy's got a head of hair, for sure.

[ScoobaDawg]

What a HUGGGGEEEE win. Way to go guys. that's a very good team.

[The Federalist Engineer]

We just bunted on 3-0. Wow. That's bad. Really bad.

Bunt to hit, Brock is supposed to be new Mangum

[SaintDawg]

Massive come from behind win!!!! Great job guys!!!!

[PKADogs55]

Good teams find a way to win those grinder games, Great Win!

[The Federalist Engineer]

What a HUGGGGEEEE win. Way to go guys. that's a very good team.

Yes, good exposure to West Coast Baseball and very good victory.

[BeardoMSU]

Good to see Price get the save, too. Helluva win.

[Homedawg]

Also Pimentel cheese was supposed to be a stud, well he can join the party whenever he feels like it

Yeah. Nice call.

[R2Dawg]

We just bunted on 3-0. Wow. That's bad. Really bad.

Yeah to a non baseball guy it appears that way, not what I would have done but commentator explained that the next pitch would be a fast ball down middle which is easiest to bunt. Kinda makes sense.

[HoopsDawg]

Yeah to a non baseball guy it appears that way, not what I would have done but commentator explained that the next pitch would be a fast ball down middle which is easiest to bunt. Kinda makes sense.

No it doesn't but it worked out. Will James head probably exploded.

[Homedawg]

No it doesn't but it worked out. Will James head probably exploded.

One can hope

[CadaverDawg]

Brock is supposed to be new Mangum

I hope this was meant sarcastically Lol

[Todd4State]

I hope this was meant sarcastically Lol

Yes. There will never be another Jake Mangum. He's a transcendent player.

[The Federalist Engineer]

I hope this was meant sarcastically Lol

It’s always sarcastic when a player is the “next” or the “new”

But I do wish someone can outright win the LF job, either the new Mangum or the new Bo Jackson

[hp22]

Luke Hancock gets great ABs. We have two very good catchers.

We have several arms that can get outs too. Today was an impressive win.

[klong-dog]

3 time National Champion you mean.