MSU v AU Game 3 - Sweep the leg...

[SaintDawg]

"You got a problem with that?" - "No, Sensei."

Going to the Megadeth concert in Brandon this eve. Imma keep up on the phone.

[msstate7]

What's first pitch time?

[SaintDawg]

What's first pitch time?
Tentative, 5pm

[parabrave]

"You got a problem with that?" - "No, Sensei."

Going to the Megadeth concert in Brandon this eve. Imma keep up on the phone.

Danielsun go for the forehead

[magrooder]

Cade struggling a little with his control

[R2Dawg]

Cade struggling a little with his control

Not a great start, needs to get out of this jam.

[magrooder]

Ump seems to be calling them close too

[EdwardDrayton]

Cade works out of trouble in the first but throws 27 pitches.

[magrooder]

And he worked out of it without any damage. Right field is where fly balls go to die today.

[KOdawg1]

Good job of working out of trouble

[magrooder]

Good to see Yeager able to play today. Hope the arm doesn't effect his play

[magrooder]

James beats out the swinging bunt

[magrooder]

He's safe at first

[EdwardDrayton]

Umpires should undergo weekly eye exams.

[magrooder]

Smith K's the side

[KOdawg1]

HR #11 for Hines

[magrooder]

Hines BLASTED that hit to right field 1-0 Dawgs

[EdwardDrayton]

Hunter Hines. “Wind? What wind?”

[KOdawg1]

Ball is jumping today

[magrooder]

Kellum with the oppo homer 2-0

[Leroy Jenkins]

Slim Reaper.

[magrooder]

Cade gives up the lead off walk

[Saltydog]

Pitch count getting high with all the walks.......

[magrooder]

He gets out of another tight spot without any runs, but he's over 60 pitches in 3 innings

[KOdawg1]

Final from Columbia, SC...

USC 9, OM 8.

USCe wins the series and hands OM its 10th conference loss. Quick fall from when they were #1 in the country a few weeks ago.

[Commercecomet24]

Final from Columbia, SC...

USC 9, OM 8.

USCe wins the series and hands OM its 10th conference loss. Quick fall from when they were #1 in the country a few weeks ago.

Just watched the end of that one. Couldn't happen to nicer people lol. And some folks on here said they had a chance to win it all, lol.

[Cowbell]

Slim Reaper.

He was due - good for him

[BeardoMSU]

Final from Columbia, SC...

USC 9, OM 8.

USCe wins the series and hands OM its 10th conference loss. Quick fall from when they were #1 in the country a few weeks ago.

SC almost ****ed up. Blew an 8-4 lead top9, yet were able to get a sac fly to walk em off bot9.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Cardinal sin.

[KOdawg1]

Cardinal sin.

Yep.

[Commercecomet24]

Cardinal sin.

Yep. Hines coming up you can't do that geez

[Saltydog]

Just watched the end of that one. Couldn't happen to nicer people lol. And some folks on here said they had a chance to win it all, lol.

They're like us. They'll go as far as their sticks will get them. Give me pitching and defense any day of the week.

[Commercecomet24]

They're like us. They'll go as far as their sticks will get them. Give me pitching and defense any day of the week.

I agree on the pitching and defense but I knew going into this year their pitching was not good and that's held true.

They're not gonna win an NC no matter how good their bats are with the arms they had going into this year.

ETA and they're horrible defensively.

[Schultzy]

I like these big cuts from our young guys. Hines is seeing the ball.

[CaptainObvious]

Who is wearing Clark?s uniform today?

[Leroy Jenkins]

Tim Hudson thinks he is super cool.

[KOdawg1]

Outstanding start by ED's adopted grandson.

Wasn't always pretty, but I don't care how it looks as long as those goose eggs are put up.

[magrooder]

Low pitch inning by Cade, need to see him go 7 or 8 today.

[Cowbell]

Watching replays of the home runs lately as I always listen to the radio broadcast and I'm pleasantly surprised to see that these home runs are coming off breaking pitches what we couldn't hit two weeks ago. Hines hit a nasty pitch out.

[magrooder]

Fristoe and Tullar stirring in the BP. Come on Cade make some pitches

[DownwardDawg]

Huge pitch!!!!

[Leroy Jenkins]

As fragile as our relievers are, we need to give them a clean inning. Not wait til bases are loaded like yesterday.

[magrooder]

Smith nuts up and shuts em down

[Commercecomet24]

Cades got some big stones!

[EdwardDrayton]

Get this man some runs.

[KOdawg1]

Need some more runs.

I don't trust our bullpen to hold them

[magrooder]

This AU pitcher is just cruising

[EdwardDrayton]

Tony Vitello acting the fool again; bumps umpire. Surely a suspension is coming.

[Commercecomet24]

Tony Vitello acting the fool again; bumps umpire. Surely a suspension is coming.

He's a punk.

[magrooder]

Hold your breath boys.

[msudawg1200]

Tony Vitello acting the fool again; bumps umpire. Surely a suspension is coming.

I can't stand that douche canoe

[Cowbell]

I can't stand that douche canoe

As much as I hate OM, I hate that bunch even more. Bianco is atleast a respectable human being. You can't act the way they do in our league - the humbling is coming...

[msudawg1200]

As much as I hate OM, I hate that bunch even more. Bianco is atleast a respectable human being. You can't act the way they do in our league - the humbling is coming...

You are correct

[State82]

And here we go. Status quo. Without fail.

[Mjoelner34]

Visual definition of insanity on full display now.

[CaptainObvious]

Fristoe just doesn?t look like he gives a shit!

[KOdawg1]

Anndddd just like that, Fristoe effs it up

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Nice hustle Cumbest. Not

[magrooder]

That ain't on Fristoe. Crap guys

[Hambone]

Lemonis said in an interview I think Monday that people wouldn’t like it, but he would continue to go with Fristoe.

[magrooder]

Fristoe is done

[Mjoelner34]

Shit, I'd leave him in now. It's too late anyway.

[CaptainObvious]

Fristoe will be pitching somewhere else next year. He just looks like a guy who is not interested.

[RougeDawg]

That ain't on Fristoe. Crap guys

Yea the F*ck it is. I?m sitting here calling his pitches. He?s a clown show.

[PGHBulldogBG]

Tony Vitello acting the fool again; bumps umpire. Surely a suspension is coming.

I wouldn?t be surprised to see him in Oxford next year. Seems like the kind of coach they would go after as I?m pretty sure is done barring a complete turnaround

[KOdawg1]

That ain't on Fristoe. Crap guys

Hitting a guy and allowing a double is absolutely on Fristoe.

[magrooder]

Yea the F*ck it is. I?m sitting here calling his pitches. He?s a clown show.

I'm talking about the grounder to short being missed causing the score.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Fristoe needs some good luck to get things going in his direction. He can be good.

[Hambone]

He’ll be here next year. He isn’t going anywhere.

[Saltydog]

Folks bitching Fristoe but who you gonna bring in? They're all equally bad and some (Tullar) are worse.

[KOdawg1]

He’ll be here next year. He isn’t going anywhere.

I could see him transferring. Almost did last year

[CadaverDawg]

Why tf did we run for Hancock? Now we lose his defense AND bat the rest of the game. Stupid. If we were trailing, maybe, but in a tie game? Dumb coaching.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Fristoe will be pitching somewhere else next year. He just looks like a guy who is not interested.

He celebrated getting the third-out like he shut down Auburn with three Ks or something

Never seen that before from an MSU player, kinda sad

[CaptainObvious]

That ain't on Fristoe. Crap guys

The hit batter with a 1-2 count and one out wasn?t in Fristoe?? The meat pitch for a run scoring double wasn?t on Fristoe?? He created the issues and got burned by bad luck.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Why tf did we run for Hancock? Now we lose his defense AND bat the rest of the game. Stupid. If we were trailing, maybe, but in a tie game? Dumb coaching.

I think we ran for Siebert

[Homedawg]

Fristoe will be pitching somewhere else next year. He just looks like a guy who is not interested.

I'll take that bet

[Mjoelner34]

I'm talking about the grounder to short being missed causing the score.

Nobody was getting thrown out even if he stopped it. The runner would have scored on the sac fly by the next batter so yeah, it's on Fristoe.

[Homedawg]

Why tf did we run for Hancock? Now we lose his defense AND bat the rest of the game. Stupid. If we were trailing, maybe, but in a tie game? Dumb coaching.

We didn't

[CadaverDawg]

I think we ran for Siebert

Oh...well in that case it's fine. I saw one of our beat guys say Hancock, and I'm driving so I am not watching. Following via here and twitter. Thank you.

[Homedawg]

Yea the F*ck it is. I?m sitting here calling his pitches. He?s a clown show.

Sure you are.

[CadaverDawg]

We didn't

Yeah I trusted one of our unreliable beat guys. Shame on me

[State82]

Folks bitching Fristoe but who you gonna bring in? They're all equally bad and some (Tullar) are worse.
Very true. This team will not hold a 2-3 run lead out of the pen for more than an inning, if that. Not possible

[WSOPdawg]

Damn Fristoe is snake-bit

[mparkerfd20]

Fristoe in so we've given up. Oh well 2 of 3 is better than nothing.

[CadaverDawg]

I knew when we only had a 2-0 lead when Cade came out that we were likely toast. Hope the pen proves me wrong.

[WSOPdawg]

Here comes Pico... hopefully he's on and can get 2 quick outs and strand the runner at 2nd.

[Homedawg]

That Yeager play or missed play is a killer. He's been good all year. Bad time to bigger one up

[Homedawg]

Fristoe in so we've given up. Oh well 2 of 3 is better than nothing.
We have sooooo many other options..... walker? Tepper? Tullar? Now kohn. That's pretty much it. You pick

[Cooterpoot]

Fristoe continues his struggles. Wheels are wobbling on this game.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Pico got some Ronald McDonald feet. Damn.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Fristoe in so we've given up. Oh well 2 of 3 is better than nothing.

JF ERA in the SEC is +9

At least the game is still tied, could have been much, much worse

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Pico is Guacamole

[KOdawg1]

You know what? I don't blame the bullpen. They suck and the injuries of course haven't helped. We know this.

I blame our offense for only scoring 2 runs against Auburn's third starter.

[mparkerfd20]

JF ERA in the SEC is +9

At least the game is still tied, could have been much, much worse

You were saying?

[Cowbell]

The bigger issue is we have nobody left if Pico doesn't work now. For us to do anything meaningful, Fristoe has to grow a pair. That's why lemonis will continue to run him out there no matter how bad it gets. If he quits using him we have not shot to win a regional.

[State82]

You know what? I don't blame the bullpen. They suck and the injuries of course haven't helped. We know this.

I blame our offense for only scoring 2 runs against Auburn's third starter.
You are dead on. This shit is pathetic.

[CaptainObvious]

Regardless, the inconsistency with the bats makes it nearly impossible fort his team to sweep a team. We will not win any SEC games with 2 runs. It isn?t happening. Heck we beat SWAC team 2-1 with this team.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Pico worried about keeping his hat on instead of covering 1st

[Cooterpoot]

Kohn isn't ready yet. The wheels are now off. More sorry defense at bad times.

[magrooder]

Should be interference on the hitter

[State82]

If he quits using him we have not shot to win a regional.

We have absolutely NO shot of winning a regional. We have almost no shot of even making a regional.

[Cooterpoot]

Should be interference on the hitter

Never getting that call if you don't throw it or make contact.

[RougeDawg]

Lemonis said in an interview I think Monday that people wouldn?t like it, but he would continue to go with Fristoe.

Those who keep sticking their hands in a fire and wondering why they get burned, deserve to get burned

[Mjoelner34]

Obvious choice was to bring in Hunt. It's going to be funny seeing the responses to this knowing that 90% of those responding about how stupid that is were bitching about only using Sims once per weekend last year.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Whew.

[EdwardDrayton]

Attaway Pico. Now tell them to score some runs.

[Cowbell]

We have absolutely NO shot of winning a regional. We have almost no shot of even making a regional.

Even more reason to keep running him out there.

[Saltydog]

James k's low and away and Hancock grounds out to the right side. Shocked. Our only chance is them hanging a pitch and one of our guys getting lucky and riding it out.

[KOdawg1]

Pretty sad ABs from our leaders.

[Cooterpoot]

Obvious choice was to bring in Hunt. It's going to be funny seeing the responses to this knowing that 90% of those responding about how stupid that is were bitching about only using Sims once per weekend last year.

Not going to turn him around like that with him coming off injury.

[CaptainObvious]

2-3-4 batters go quietly against a guy with 96 pitches in the 8th. But at least State hit our 50th and 51st Solo HR out of 63 on the year. Being facetious but I bet State leads the country in Solo Homeruns.

[Homedawg]

Obvious choice was to bring in Hunt. It's going to be funny seeing the responses to this knowing that 90% of those responding about how stupid that is were bitching about only using Sims once per weekend last year.

Hint tonight wasn't an option after burning him last night. He's coming off a arm injury

[Homedawg]

2-3-4 batters go quietly against a guy with 96 pitches in the 8th. But at least State hit our 50th and 51st Solo HR out of 63 on the year. Being facetious but I bet State leads the country in Solo Homeruns.

Sure seems that way!

[West Tn Dawg]

When does Lemonis see that Fristoe is not a pitcher? He has directly cost us two games and we won despite him a couple of others. STOP running him out there!

[HoopsDawg]

Hint tonight wasn't an option after burning him last night. He's coming off a arm injury

I guess you could argue we lost this game last night when we had to burn Hunt. Might should have gone with Kohn last night to start the 8th instead of bringing PJ back out and then going to Talley.

[Homedawg]

When does Lemonis see that Fristoe is not a pitcher? He has directly cost us two games and we won despite him a couple of others. STOP running him out there!

Again I ask, who did you want in there?? We don't have anyone left. And at some point he has to pitch. It is what it is.

[State82]

Even more reason to keep running him out there.

I do agree there. For sure. This game is on the anemic bats anyway.

[PMDawg]

We're about to hit back to back jacks.

[Homedawg]

I guess you could argue we lost this game last night when we had to burn Hunt. Might should have gone with Kohn last night to start the 8th instead of bringing PJ back out and then going to Talley.

Now that's a valid point.

[magrooder]

Kohn gets out of it without further damage.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Well. Here. We. Go. Boys.

[GolfDawg]

Maybe we can have some more 9th inning heroics, but if we don't, as was said earlier this is on Lemonis for burning KC last night. We had an 8 run lead and put PJ back out there when he was done. Should have used Tepper, Walker, Cheatham, Fristoe, etc with the EIGHT RUN LEAD. Instead you force yourself to use KC in game 2 and now you don't have a stopper to protect your 2 run lead today. Nice job by Pico to stop the bleeding though.

Might as well walk off another one right?

[HoopsDawg]

Maybe we can have some more 9th inning heroics, but if we don't, as was said earlier this is on Lemonis for burning KC last night. We had an 8 run lead and put PJ back out there when he was done. Should have used Tepper, Walker, Cheatham, Fristoe, etc with the EIGHT RUN LEAD. Instead you force yourself to use KC in game 2 and now you don't have a stopper to protect your 2 run lead today. Nice job by Pico to stop the bleeding though.

Might as well walk off another one right?

Didn't have to use any of those guys. Could have just used Kohn. I would have even been ok with Talley had he started the inning. Running PJ back out there was a major error in judgement.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Nice, Downs.

[PMDawg]

Great AB Clark.

[HoopsDawg]

This loss ranks right behind Friday night vs LSU, Saturday vs UGA, Saturday vs Tulane as far as games that the coaching staff really contributed to the loss as well as the players. That's 4 games right there that would have made a HUGE difference in this season.

[magrooder]

He's safe

[Quaoarsking]

Maybe safe? Not as clear as I thought!

[CadaverDawg]

Only State could have a pinch runner hosed at the plate to end the game.

[magrooder]

I don't know, maybe out.

[PMDawg]

safe

[EdwardDrayton]

Game 3. Two runs. L

Nooo, that’s not predictable.

[ImissCityBagel]

wtf

[PMDawg]

I think he was safe, but they couldn't see enough to change it.

[magrooder]

Should never have needed that call to begin with.

[mparkerfd20]

That play may very well keep us out of postseason. Wow

[somebodyshotmypaw]

So Germantown’s Bryson Ware guns down Germantown’s Matt Corder to end the game.

[Homedawg]

I thought at first he was safe. But looked out to me by and inch. Either way they were never changing the call on the furled. Had he been called safe he would be safe

[Leroy Jenkins]

https://media4.giphy.com/media/fXK6nNrqoW9NNWWcPD/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b95230a6d4755a023f03f5914043e02 0f8fc8989bb9a&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g

[R2Dawg]

Problem on the call is ump is only looking at the tag, he don't know where the hand is. How do we not get that call at home, the defending NC? You think Bama football gets screwed like that at home?

[msstate7]

Great weekend.

[IngomarDawg]

Is Jess Davis still on the team? How is he not the runner there? He must have pissed lemonis off at some point

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Ump had the best view. The third baseman cut in front of Corder slowing him down as he was about to round 3rd but he was out at the plate.

[Duke Silver]

https://baseballwithr.wordpress.com/2020/12/21/summarizing-a-runs-expectancy-matrix/comment-page-1/#:~:text=A%20basic%20object%20in%20sabermetrics,)% 20of%20a%20half%2Dinning.

Maybe we’ll quit sac bunting one of these days…

[State82]

Should never have needed that call to begin with.
Absolutely right. The call was correct but two 17ing runs on the third day of a three game series is bullshit.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Is Jess Davis still on the team? How is he not the runner there? He must have pissed lemonis off at some point
I wondered the same thing?

[EdwardDrayton]

Only State could have a pinch runner hosed at the plate to end the game.

We had to gamble. We never should have put ourselves in a position to need to gamble.

[IngomarDawg]

I can?t understand why he?s not playing more often than McGowan or corder? Truly confused

[Hambone]

Absolutely right. The call was correct but two 17ing runs on the third day of a three game series is bullshit.

Their day 3 starter is legit. Threw a complete game winner against Vandy last weekend.

[EdwardDrayton]

Their day 3 starter is legit. Threw a complete game winner against Vandy last weekend.

Maybe. But Vandy has lost 7 of their last 8 SEC games.

[State82]

Their day 3 starter is legit. Threw a complete game winner against Vandy last weekend.
Oh there's no doubt. But when you plate 2 runs in this league you lose 9 times out of 10. Fristoe is catching hell over something that can't be put off on the bullpen.

[maroonmania]

Oh there's no doubt. But when you plate 2 runs in this league you lose 9 times out of 10. Fristoe is catching hell over something that can't be put off on the bullpen.

Exactly, maybe I'm forgetting a game but I don't think we've played an SEC game all year that we would have won scoring 2 runs. We just don't have the shutdown pitching this year to do that. The Friday LSU game is the closest we've come but couldn't hold on.

[Captain Falcon]

Two was the bare minimum that we had to have and we got it.

It won?t be easy but our next three series are very winnable. All three are against teams that currently have fewer SEC wins than us.

[Homedawg]

https://baseballwithr.wordpress.com/2020/12/21/summarizing-a-runs-expectancy-matrix/comment-page-1/#:~:text=A%20basic%20object%20in%20sabermetrics,)% 20of%20a%20half%2Dinning.

Maybe we’ll quit sac bunting one of these days…

Thanks will

[The Federalist Engineer]

Ump had the best view. The third baseman cut in front of Corder slowing him down as he was about to round 3rd but he was out at the plate.

I need to look closer at the 3rd baseman but Corder seems like a slow pinch runner. Gunned out on a loopy throw.

That Auburn LF feels like Larry Walker but that was all Little League World Series

Fat little boy thrown out by a Fat little girl from Indiana, or something like that

[somebodyshotmypaw]

I need to look closer at the 3rd baseman but Corder seems like a slow pinch runner. Gunned out on a loopy throw.

That Auburn LF feels like Larry Walker but that was all Little League World Series

Fat little boy thrown out by a Fat little girl from Indiana, or something like that

The Auburn left fielder and our runner went to high school together.

[The Federalist Engineer]

The Auburn left fielder and our runner went to high school together.

How cute, they can discuss "that time that people thought I was fast but am actually slower than Sid Bream on two bad knees"..."no shit man, I was a pinch runner"

[HoopsDawg]

How cute, they can discuss "that time that people thought I was fast but am actually slower than Sid Bream on two bad knees"..."no shit man, I was a pinch runner"

Corder can run but too bad we didn't let the gold glover play CF so Skinner could have been the pinch runner. Another managerial error.

[Offshore Dawg]

Dawgs can't hit a sinker ball pitcher, been that way all year

[msstate7]

We moved up around 12 spots this weekend in rpi to #78. OM is 56th, so massive series for both teams trying to stay alive for postseason.