2023 Frisco Classic - Mississippi State vs. California - game thread

[elitedawgs]

Good morning from Frisco for day 3 of the Frisco Classic - we'll put the gae thread here.

The wind is blowing out at the park today, we will probably see some balls flying out of the park.

Cal run ruled Ohio State last night 16-1, scoring 10 in the fifth inning.

[elitedawgs]

https://twitter.com/EliteDawgs/status/1632415456781905920?s=20

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First pitch a ball, second pitch hits Amani Larry

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Larry steals second with Ledbetter at bat

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Ledbetter turns around abd bats from the left, works a full count and draws a walk. 2 on, nobody out.

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Chance immediately hits a ball into right center, bases loaded with no outs.

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Meeting on the hill after Hancock takes two straight balls.

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Hancock skies one to left field, caught, RBI. State up 1-0 early

[TNDawg35]

Go ahead and warn y’all… it’s an EXTREMELY tight zone so far… we may walk 25 people today…

[elitedawgs]

Alford hits it to first, 1B thought to go to second, decided not to, pitcher covered first can't handle the toss clean, Chance is safe, run scores, State up 2-0.

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Hines pops out, Highfill grounds into an FC to end the frame. State scores twice, Cal coming to bat.

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RHP Landon Gartman taes the hill for State, B1

[Saltydog]

Ump has a tight strike zone.........That certainly doesn't bode well for us...........What's the o/u on walks today?

[elitedawgs]

C Caleb Lomavita flies to deep center, almost to the track, but Ledbetter catches it, one down.

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CF Rodney Green at bat, K's, ball gets away, Highfill throws it to first, out. 2 down.

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SS Carson Crawford at bat, draws a walk on five pitches

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1B Peyton Schulze at bat, pass ball, gets away from Highfill, runner to second, drills a ball down the left field line just inside the bag, RBI. State up 2-1

[Saltydog]

Another pb by Highfill. That's been his issue......

[elitedawgs]

DH Luca Bove at bat, runner at third. Gartman gets ahead 1-2, count goes full, Gartman gets a K on a beautiful 78mph bearking pitch. After 1, State up 2-1.

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T2, RF Kellum Clark leads off for State, skies the first pitch he sees to 2B, who has to look up into the sun and drops it, Clark safe at first.

[elitedawgs]

SS Lane Forsythe at bat, hes hitting .333 for the weekend, K's looking. The ump has been calling that pitch for both teams. 1 down.

[parabrave]

Another pb by Highfill. That's been his issue......

Are they going through his legs or to the side??

[elitedawgs]

Top of the order Amani Larry up, slaps a double down the line just inside the 3B bag. Runners as 2nd and 3rd for Ledbetter.

[parabrave]

Well getting some timely hitting. 3-1

[elitedawgs]

Ledbetter up, falls behind 1-2, takes a ball 2-2, grounds one to deep SS, RBI, Larry to third, 2 down. State up 3-1

[elitedawgs]

Chance flies out to center for the 3rd out, State takes a 3-1 lead. Middle 2nd.

[elitedawgs]

Someone in the dugout chirping at the ref, who points into the dugout apparently warning someone, Lemonis comes out to talk to umpire Jason Bradley.

[Saltydog]

This one was straight down the middle and he just didn't catch it........

[elitedawgs]

B2, State up 3-1, RF Kade Kretzschmar at bat for Cal, falls behind 1-2, fouls one back, takes a ball 2-2, hammers one to right field for a solo home run, State ahead 3-2.

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2B Max Handron flies out to center, 1 down

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LF Jag Burden flies out to center, 2 down

[Saltydog]

Gonna have to score a bunch today........Gartman with a gopher ball..........

[elitedawgs]

3B Dom Souto pops out to 1B, after 2, State leads 3-2

[elitedawgs]

That solo HR was Kretzschmar's his second hit on the weekend, Cal's 4th homer on the weekend.

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T3rd, Hancock leads off, He's got a sac fly for an RBI on the day, hammers up one up the middle, SS gets to hit and knocks it down, can't get it cleanly, Hancock safe at first

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Alford at bat, flies out to center, 1 down

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Hines a bat, hammers one into the right field cornet for a double, tries to stretch it into a triple and gets thrown out at third. RBI, State up 4-2, 2 down

[ScoobaDawg]

Stupid stupid. No reason you tell Hines to come to 3rd there. That's all on the 3b coach

[parabrave]

well should he have gone for 3rd?? Heck even Jim mentioned that maybe Hunter should've stayed at 2nd.

[elitedawgs]

Highfill grounds out to SS. Middle of the 3rd, State up 4-2

[Pancho]

did he wave him on or give him the "stop" sign?

[ScoobaDawg]

did he wave him on or give him the "stop" sign?
Wave. Hines looked up looked like a little pause but he was waving

[elitedawgs]

B3, top of the order up for Cal - C Caleb Lomavita. Last time you saw a leadoff catcher? 4-8 on the weekend, works a 1-2 count, fouls a couple back, grounds one to 3B, Alford throws it, great save by Hancock at first, out, 1 down.

[GolfDawg]

We seem to be overly aggressive on the basepaths with our slower runners. I like being generally aggressive but you gotta leave Hines at second with one out there. Keep the pressure on the pitcher.

[elitedawgs]

CF Rodney Green at bat, absolutelly crushed one to right, solo HR, State up 4-3, 1 down.

[Saltydog]

Gartman gives up yet another dinger......He gives up a ton of those but at least he's not walking them in.......

[elitedawgs]

SS Carson Crawford, draws a walk on 4 pitches

[KOdawg1]

Our pitching is atrocious

[elitedawgs]

Foxhall out to talk with Gartman

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1B Peyton Schulze at bat, K's swinging, 2 down

[Saltydog]

Well, not that it would matter but Stinnett must be out..........

[elitedawgs]

DH Luca Bove at bat, quickly falls behind 0-2, runner steals second, throw just off a bit. Cal has Daniel Colwell warming in the pen, Bove flies out to left to end the frame. After 3, State up 4-3

[elitedawgs]

T4, State up 4-3, RF Kellum Clark leads off, works a full count, hammers one to deep center, the center fielder makes a great read and play catching the ball at the wall, 1 down.

[ScoobaDawg]

Clark stroked it deeep but needed another 10 feet in cf. Damn

[elitedawgs]

Forsythe at bat, works a full count, check swing ball 4, walks

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Cal meeting on the hill, signaling to the pen

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Cal brings in LHP Danial Colwell

[elitedawgs]

Colwell pitched on Friday, 1.2IP, 1 hit against OU

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Larry up, runner at first, grounds it up the middle, right to 2B, steps on the bag, throw to first pulls 1B off, Larry safe.

[elitedawgs]

3.2 4H 4R 2ER 2BB 1K is the final line for Cal pitcher Bougie - two errors by Cal's defense led to two runs. 62 pitches, 37 or which were strikes.

[elitedawgs]

Looks like State has Nate Dohm in the pen walking around.

[elitedawgs]

Ledbetter at bat, 2 down, Larry at first, steals second, throw got away from SS covering, Ledbetter grounds directly to 2B, out. Middle 4th, State up 4-3 - the first half inning either team has not scored.

[GolfDawg]

Forsythe should have been called for interference at second on review. Got lucky. This team seems to have low baseball IQ, lots of little things we don?t do well. We used to be a program that would out hustle and our coach other teams. We?d find ways to win games against teams that had the big recruits. Now it seems like we get better recruits with big arms and big bats we?re finding it hard to translate that into wins. We need to find that blue collar grit that was epitomized by players like Mangum, Sims, and TA.

[Saltydog]

Ledbetter has been terrible this weekned......He's not even hitting anything hard........

[elitedawgs]

State has stranded 4 through 4 innings.

[GolfDawg]

Ledbetter has been terrible this weekned......He's not even hitting anything hard........

Eh, not his best weekend but he reached on a walk in the first and drove in a run on what could have been a hit up the middle depending on defensive alignment. I?ll take ground balls over lazy fly balls all day

[elitedawgs]

B4th, Kretzschmer at bat, walks on 5 pitches. He crushed one to RF his last at bat.

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Kretzschmar steals second

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2B Max Handron draws a full count, draws a walk, 2 on nobody out.

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LF Jag Burden at bat, shows bunt, bunts to the pticher, out at first, runners advance. 1 down.

[662dawg]

Our Pitching is all mental. Tons of talent. The mental aspect is spreading throughout the whole pitching staff. Beginning to grow on the newcomers as well. Whatever Foxhall is doing is not working. Get someone in here that can get these guys heads right.

[elitedawgs]

Dom Souto at bat, grounds to 3B, out at first, RBI. Game tied at 4.

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C Caleb Lomavita at bat, runner at second, 2 down, Gartman hits him, 2 on, 2 out.

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CF Rodney Green at bat, Gartman gets ahead 1-2, ball gets away from Highfill, runner to third, count goes 2-2, dirtball results in a full count. K'd looking on Gartman's 95th pitch.

[GolfDawg]

Dohm is ready in the pen. Why are we not bringing him in? Lemonis consistently does this. Waits for the damage before making a move.

[elitedawgs]

T 5th, Colwell still pitching for Cal, Chance flies to center, 1 down

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Hancock at bat, walks on 4 pitches. Cal has Tyler Stasiowski warming.

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Alford at bat, he's hitless on the weekend, Hancock at first, hits it hard, but right to short for a made to order 6-4-3 double play to end the frame. Middle 5th, tied at 4.

[CaptainObvious]

Nothing pisses me off more that a first pitch out by the lead off guy in the inning followed by a 4 pitch walk to the very next batter.

[Saltydog]

I'm not sure about the talent......Sure there's some younger talent but there's not a lot of talent in the upper classmen......

[elitedawgs]

B 5th, Nate Dohm in to pitch for State.

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SS Carson Crawford leads off for Cal, K's - 1 down

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1B Peyton Schulze hammers one to deep center, out on the track. 2 down.

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DH Luca Bove at bat, walks on a 3-1 count.

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Luca Bove walks

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Kade Kretzschmar flies out to left, end of 5, tied at 4. First scoreless inning for Cal.

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T 6th, Colwell still pitching, Hines at bat, K's swinging, 1 down

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Ross Highfill up, works a 1-2 count, ball 2-2, hammers one down the 3B line, great play by Cal 3B Souto, 2 down

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Kellum Clark up, just misses a homer to right, foul, goes the other way, flies out to left. Middle 6th, tied at 4.

[elitedawgs]

State 4R, 4H, 0E, 4LOB
Cal 4R, 3H, 2E, 3LOB

Middle 6th

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B 6th, 2B Max Handron at bat, skies one to left, Chance fights off the sun and makes the catch, 1 down

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LF Jag Burden K's swinging, 2 down

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Dom Souto at bat, K looking, end of 6, tied at 4.

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FR Amani Larry to left - State up 5-4

[662dawg]

I'm not sure about the talent......Sure there's some younger talent but there's not a lot of talent in the upper classmen......

There's plenty of talent with the upper classmen. KC has tons of talent. Dohm, Nixon, Cade, Gartman, Davis, etc are all talented to go with our young guys. Gartman & Davis with had good years at their prior schools. Even Stinnet has talent, but for whatever reason he can't get his head right either. We have a mental problem & it begins & ends with coaching.

[elitedawgs]

Cal goes to the pen

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2 on 2 out for Alford, flies out to center, State up 5-4 - middle of the 7th

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B7, State up 5-4, leadoff C Caleb Lomavita up, hits a shot past 3B on a nasty hop, safe at first.

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Green grounds to 2B, out at 2B, 1 down

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Crawford bounces one to 3B, can't handle it cleanly, safe at first, no throw. 2 on, 1 out.

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1B Peyton Schulze up, runners at 1st and 2nd, K's swinging on a fastball up, 2 down

[DownwardDawg]

Thanks for the thread updates. Makes it nice being able to check the score here instead of reading 3 pages of crap with no score then going to the ESPN App to get the score.

[elitedawgs]

Bove HBP to load the bases with 2 out. Tying run 90 feet away.

[elitedawgs]

Kretzschmar up with the bases loaded, he's got a home run on the day, Maroon White chant briefly breaks out, Flies out to center to end the frame. State up 5-4 after 7

[BeardoMSU]

Dodged one there.

[elitedawgs]

Cal with 8 LOB today, State only 6 - what a difference a couple of hits make. Cal only left 9 in the first two games combined, they've almost doubled that today.

[elitedawgs]

T 8th, Hines up, grounds to 1B, pitcher covers, out

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Highfill at bat, dirves one to left, great effort to try and catch it, off his glove, Highfill to second.

[elitedawgs]

Kellum Clark just MURDERED a ball to center, easily 450 feet, two run shot, State up 7-4

[662dawg]

Kellum Clark just MURDERED a ball to center, easily 450 feet, two run shot, State up 7-4

I'd call it a double murder lol

[elitedawgs]

Forsythe grounds out, 2 down.

[662dawg]

Kellum Clark just MURDERED a ball to center, easily 450 feet, two run shot, State up 7-4

462 feet

[elitedawgs]

Larry at bat, smokes one to left center, makes a turn but stays at first. 2 down.

[elitedawgs]

Cal meeting on the hill.

[662dawg]

So with Highfill, Chance & Clark all hitting well, where does Jordan fit in moving forward?

[elitedawgs]

Ledbetter drives one deep to right, RF on his horse and makes the catch to end the frame. State up 7-4, middle 8th

[elitedawgs]

3B Nate Chester in for Slate Alford

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B 8, Handron hits a ball up the middle, tremendous stop by Larry, can't get the throw to first, safe.

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Burden flies out to center, 1 down

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Soutop hits a higly popout to center, 2 down

[elitedawgs]

Lomavita hits a high fly ball to right, out. State up 7-4 after 8

[elitedawgs]

State has Loftin and Tapper warming in the pen, RHP Joe Williams pitching in for Cal. T 9th

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T 9th, State up 7-4, Chance up, hits one to the right spot in short right center for a single.

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Hancock drills one to left, off the glove of LF, RBI, Hancock to second. State up 8-4

[elitedawgs]

Chester up, HBP

[elitedawgs]

Cal going to the pen

[elitedawgs]

New Cal pitcher LHP Chris Stamos, pitched on Friday, took the loss against OU on Friday in 1 IP. 3 hits on 4 runs.

[elitedawgs]

Hines grounds out, 1 down, runners at 2nd and 3rd

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Highfill at bat, pops out to short center, 2 down

[elitedawgs]

Kellum Clark up, 2 on, 2 out, K's swinging. Middle of the 9th, State up 8-4.

[elitedawgs]

Nate Dohm still in for State, pitch count at 51

[elitedawgs]

Green up, K's swinging, 1 down

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SS Crawford up, grounds to short, out, 2 down

[elitedawgs]

1B Peyton Schulze falls behind 0-2, just misses a homer foul, K's swinging. State wins 8-4

[msstate7]

Good win

[parabrave]

See what happens when we don't commit stupid errors and walk the entire lineup.

[662dawg]

Nate Dohm needs to be starting on Friday nights

[BuckyIsAB****]

If you want to save the season you have to go undefeated next week

[sandjunky]

7-5 after Frisco is where I had us. From what I?ve seen, 12-18 is ceiling in SEC play

So if we win remaining OOC at 13-0 that puts us

32-23

Is that good enough? I say no

[Cowbell]

Nate Dohm needs to be starting on Friday nights

I actually like the way we are using him. He can salvage a win. We have nobody else that can come out of the pen and shut people down right now. Our starter wasn't the problem Friday night. I would argue Dohm should have been the first reliever we went to after Lo on Friday.

What I'm really saying is I would hate to waste his innings when the bats and defense don't bother to show up.

[662dawg]

I actually like the way we are using him. He can salvage a win. We have nobody else that can come out of the pen and shut people down right now. Our starter wasn't the problem Friday night. I would argue Dohm should have been the first reliever we went to after Lo on Friday.

What I'm really saying is I would hate to waste his innings when the bats and defense don't bother to show up.

I can live with that as well. I just think he gives us the best chance possible to winning Friday night games.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I actually like the way we are using him. He can salvage a win. We have nobody else that can come out of the pen and shut people down right now. Our starter wasn't the problem Friday night. I would argue Dohm should have been the first reliever we went to after Lo on Friday.

What I'm really saying is I would hate to waste his innings when the bats and defense don't bother to show up.

Agreed. Dohm needs to be our Girodo. Find an opener, whoever that may be, that can get through the lineup one time and then go to Dohm.

[Quaoarsking]

If you want to save the season you have to go undefeated next week

Agreed. In fact we should go 6-0 over our next 6 to prove that we're not dead yet.

Valparaiso
Lipscomb x3
Nicholls and Louisiana-Lafayette in Biloxi

[Cowbell]

I can live with that as well. I just think he gives us the best chance possible to winning Friday night games.

I agree with you and that's what you would normally do if this team could get their crap together consistently.