AU game 1

[Leroy Jenkins]

I hate if for Lane but he was in the lineup for his glove, so if he's going to keep booting the ball.... Mershon gives you so much more offensively. Switch hitter, can bunt for a hit, can steal a base, makes contact, watches fewer strike 3's.

https://twitter.com/HailStateBB/status/1649529692905504768?s=20

[EdwardDrayton]

Attaway Cade.

[WSOPdawg]

Great 1st inning for Cade... he's locked in.

[Cowbell]

Cade....

Did we hire a pitching coach on the side????

[Activated Alpha]

Other than the first AB, Cade looked dominant. And I agree on Lane. He needs to sit this weekend and next. Get his head straight and hopefully resets

[KOdawg1]

Damn Cade

[Leroy Jenkins]

Attaway Cade.

He ain't taking much time is he? He definitely don't need a pitch clock.

[SailingDawg]

Interviewing Cohen in the announcer's booth. 17 him!

[EdwardDrayton]

Other than the first AB, Cade looked dominant. And I agree on Lane. He needs to sit this weekend and next. Get his head straight and hopefully resets

What I liked about the first AB though is he challenged the batter to put it in play 3-2 and did not try to nibble.

[662dawg]

Other than the first AB, Cade looked dominant. And I agree on Lane. He needs to sit this weekend and next. Get his head straight and hopefully resets

He needs to reset in a different uniform next year unfortunately. Grateful for all he's done for MSU tho.

[bulldogcountry1]

Interviewing Cohen in the announcer's booth. 17 him!

Tv: muted

[KOdawg1]

Cohen slobbing all over Kennard makes me want to puke

[EdwardDrayton]

Vail looks a little like a young Jeff Brantley in the face and body.

[Saltydog]

This guy is eating us alive with 90 mph fastballs.......

[WSOPdawg]

Vail looks a little like a young Jeff Brantley in the face and body.

Was thinking the exact same thing. Hopefully he won't pitch like Brantley as the game unfolds and we can plate more runs that AU.

[EdwardDrayton]

Tv: muted

Yep. Hard enough just to look at him.

[Ranchdawg]

Cohen can go eat crap for all I care. Just shut up traitor.

[Saltydog]

Eff Cohen. . . . .

[662dawg]

Cade looking like a future hall of famer thus far lol

[Leroy Jenkins]

Looks like the outside corner is open for business.

[WSOPdawg]

Cohen can go eat crap for all I care. Just shut up traitor.

I definitely don't consider Cohen a traitor as I was ready to see him removed from being our AD. Auburn can have him.

[EdwardDrayton]

Really liking the approach Cade is taking tonight. Score some runs and we're going start this series with a W.

[bulldogcountry1]

We better start lighting this pitcher up the second time through.

[EdwardDrayton]

Will someone please get this 17 OFF MY TV SCREEN?!!?

[WSOPdawg]

Nice bunt by Mershon followed by Ledbetter into the gap... c'mon Hunter.

[KOdawg1]

Just a non-competitive AB from Hines with RISP.
Several selfish swings.

[KOdawg1]

Just a non-competitive AB from Hines with RISP.
Several selfish swings.

Followed by 3 selfish swings from Jordan.

Too worried about hitting a 450 ft bomb instead of putting the ball in play

[EdwardDrayton]

Vail is a real dude pitcher.

[662dawg]

Just a non-competitive AB from Hines with RISP.
Several selfish swings.

He looked awful. Then the pitcher blows a 89 mph fastball by Jordan lol

[Skydawg1]

Just a non-competitive AB from Hines with RISP.
Several selfish swings.Pretty bad sequence there. 2 RISP only 1 out, back to back K's.

[WSOPdawg]

3 & 4 hole hitters are not supposed to make it that easy -- gotta be better than that, guys.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Can't remember when I've seen so many 1st pitch strikes. Good to see.

[Ranchdawg]

Deadgum Gotro how many runners are we going to strand in scoring position. Fix it talk to your batters. All you had to do was hit something to right side of the field or deep fly ball and we score a run.

[KOdawg1]

Cade doing his job at least.

Wonder how far we'll let him go

[Activated Alpha]

Only at MSstate do we allow opposing players to reach never before seen career highs

[KOdawg1]

Only at MSstate do we allow opposing players to reach never before seen career highs

Especially an average guy like thos

[HoopsDawg]

My goodness. He's throwing 88 and his curve doesn't tunnel. Lot of break but not THAT tough. 9 freaking Ks thru 4.

[bulldogcountry1]

Especially an average guy like thos

9ks in 4 innings. Trash.

[EdwardDrayton]

Only at MSstate do we allow opposing players to reach never before seen career highs

Make no mistake. Vail is delivering some serious spin. He gets a little loose with a few fastballs and we've chased those but he's pitching well.

[CaptainObvious]

Ah yes. The MSU cryptonite. The left handed breaking ball.

[KOdawg1]

9ks in 4 innings. Trash.

His single game high was 8. We let him pass that in just 4 innings.

[CaptainObvious]

As good as Cade has been, his misses have been up and in. Constantly.

[Activated Alpha]

That was a hard hit. Glad it was to deep CF

[CaptainObvious]

Does Ledbetter not have an arm? That should have been a double play.

[EdwardDrayton]

Cade is driving the bus. Let's get a few runs on board.

[CaptainObvious]

Imagine if we had Kohn, Simmons and Auger available. Then we would all be pissed at our batters and not the pitching. 😂

[magrooder]

Does Ledbetter not have an arm? That should have been a double play.

I don't know if he has an arm or not, but both other outfielders should have been yelling first base so he'd know to come up throwing

[Activated Alpha]

We need to chase this guy this inning

[CaptainObvious]

Back up to that Larry swing there. That pitch was dead center cut and he couldn?t square it. Must be some kind of movement on it.

[KOdawg1]

Good AB Larry

[EdwardDrayton]

Amani with the keen eye and a leadoff walk.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Got to get the bunt down. If not, hit and run on the next pitch.

[Lord McBuckethead]

We made them make a play, advanced the runner. Nice. Who is up now?

[Lord McBuckethead]

Against this guy, we all should be sitting curve as a right hander.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I wouldn?t be mad at a passed ball right here.

[Commercecomet24]

Cade is looking like a sure enough ace!

[EdwardDrayton]

Vail losing his release point a little bit.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Now, who is coming up? Look fastball pitch one. Send the runners on the first pitch. Let?s attack.

Well maybe not with a lefty up.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Two runners in scoring position. Is Hunter going to miss the breaking ball by 18in again?

[KOdawg1]

After a career weekend last week, Hines has had 3 ABs about as bad you can have. Just pitiful

[Saltydog]

Hunter has no clue against this guy. NONE!!!!! He's absolutely killing us tonight just not being able to put a ball in play.

[WSOPdawg]

Dammit Hunter, 17!!!

[Lord McBuckethead]

Hunter Hines. WTF. 3 terrible at bats against this scrub.

[Activated Alpha]

Vail has made Hines his little bitch tonight

[magrooder]

Attaboy.

[EdwardDrayton]

Dang. Poor AB by Hunter.

[CaptainObvious]

Hines with the sombrero. He has left a small village on the base paths tonight.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Hines on track for the golden sombrero.

[CaptainObvious]

Hines is looking for a solo HR guys.

[EdwardDrayton]

Cade is looking like a sure enough ace!

He's been very impressive tonight.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Hunter has no clue against this guy. NONE!!!!! He's absolutely killing us tonight just not being able to put a ball in play.

Because he absolutely refuses to hit the ball to left field. Absolutely looks to pull everything. He lies and says he is working the other side of the field. I have never seen him take a lefty to left field.

As good as he is, that is a massive issue with his game at the moment. It is almost like GoTro needs to tell him to only hit it to left against lefties. Look for it. Go for it.

[Activated Alpha]

Might need to get the pen warmed up

[Lord McBuckethead]

Hunter Hines should have 4 RBIs right now. Terrible at bats.

[Activated Alpha]

Damn good play by Alford right there

[Lord McBuckethead]

Might need to get the pen warmed up

Right now, Auburn is missing everything by almost a Hunter Hines on his out pitch. No need to pull him.

[EdwardDrayton]

Still a little shaky at times but looking like we have a defensive lineup we can move forward with.

[Lord McBuckethead]

What a terrible idea to send the guy from first.

[WSOPdawg]

Great job, Dakota

[WSOPdawg]

What a terrible idea to send the guy from first.

Tried to catch us sleeping

[EdwardDrayton]

Haha!! Overestimated those wheels LaRue. Have a seat!!

[Lord McBuckethead]

We are about to rake this pitcher. Time to square them up.

[Lord McBuckethead]

17 A. Dakota swinging for home run and misses by a foot.

Dammit guys, line drives.

[WSOPdawg]

This new Auburn pitcher has a lot of deception when he throws.

[EdwardDrayton]

Don't ask me why. It's idiosyncratic. I hate sidearmers.

[WSOPdawg]

Oh good, Slate tapped his chest

[Activated Alpha]

Reminds me of last Friday when OM only used two pitchers

[Lord McBuckethead]

Damn we suck.

[WSOPdawg]

Oh good, Slate tapped his chest

and swings through his tail... geesh!!!

[WSOPdawg]

Reminds me of last Friday when OM only used two pitchers


Yep, we couldn't get the key hit with RISP then either. Hope we figure things out soon.

[Lord McBuckethead]

This new Auburn pitcher has a lot of deception when he throws.

He does, but I think our players are coached to close their eyes when swinging.

[bulldogcountry1]

NOBODY is shortening up with two strikes.

[mparkerfd20]

Jake has never been that good of a hitting coach. Never understood why some you can't get off his jock.

[CaptainObvious]

Hines Leads the team in Ks by a lot!!! But he has a heck of a lot of company tonight.

I just don?t see the consistency for this team to be a tourney team. They get a great pitching performance but are a couple more at bats from being shut out by another bad team.

[Activated Alpha]

Are we going to waste an outstanding performance by Cade?

[WSOPdawg]

Are we going to waste an outstanding performance by Cade?

Surely not, believe it or not but Auburn has the WORST team ERA in the SEC this year (even worse than us... we're due)

[EdwardDrayton]

Cade flinging the pea tonight fellas. We have our Friday night guy.

[Activated Alpha]

We need to string a shit ton of hits together in this inning boys

[StarkVegasSteve]

Cade is pitching his ass off. It'd be great if we didn't strand runners and 2nd and 3rd every inning.

[WSOPdawg]

Surely not, believe it or not but Auburn has the WORST team ERA in the SEC this year (even worse than us... we're due)

AU - 6.41
UGA - 6.29
State - 6.21

[Lord McBuckethead]

May want to remind every single one of our players, shorten your swings you C-unts

[StarkVegasSteve]

Clark needs to sit if the starter is worth a crap and we need to put in Chance. Kellum feasts on relievers and midweek guys.

[Saltydog]

You're not going to win games when you have non competitive bats like we're having up and down the lineup tonight.

[Activated Alpha]

Honestly cannot wait till Clark graduates

[StarkVegasSteve]

Alright Mershon....this would be an opportune time to find a gap somewhere

[WSOPdawg]

Clark needs to sit if the starter is worth a crap and we need to put in Chance. Kellum feasts on relievers and midweek guys.

Chance for Clark in the lineup wouldn't be a bad idea as Kellum has been struggling big time lately

[EdwardDrayton]

Oh, I dunno, maybe hit it to the right side?

[EdwardDrayton]

Mershon

[WSOPdawg]

Way to get down the line, Mershon!

[ZedFedder]

Mershon is the kind of guy this team needs. He?s an absolute gamer.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Be real nice if Hunter could actually make contact with one here.

[magrooder]

Third big at bat this game for Hines time to step up.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Hines has flat out sucked tonight. No way around it.

[EdwardDrayton]

Oof. Hunter with the deep drag on the ass bag tonight.

[magrooder]

Another good at bat by Hines

[StarkVegasSteve]

PH Chance for Hines for the love of god

[ZedFedder]

He won that last game for us against OM. Sometimes it just isn?t your day.

[662dawg]

Hines has left 6 runners on base tonight. 5 in scoring position.

[ZedFedder]

PH Chance for Hines for the love of god

That would be a terrible move. Hines is our best player.

[mparkerfd20]

Somebody go poke Hines in the ass with a cattle prod. Damn he's sucking ass tonight. Probably his worst game of thr year.

[mparkerfd20]

That would be a terrible move. Hines is our best player.

Not tonight. He's the worst.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Hines. WTF.

[StarkVegasSteve]

That would be a terrible move. Hines is our best player.

He had 3 hits all of last weekend, he had 3 hits the weekend before that, and has 3 Ks tonight. Bryce can at least make contact.

[ZedFedder]

Not tonight. He's the worst.

That?s not how baseball works.

[KOdawg1]

A lefty throwing a slider to Hines is an automatic strikeout. He's set on dead pull

[StarkVegasSteve]

Good to see Dohm dealing. Need two good innings out of him and hope the bats wake up for another run so we can bridge it to Nixon

[StarkVegasSteve]

And on cue he hits him on a 1-2 count.

[CaptainObvious]

Remember when left handers were rare in college because they all got drafted and signed ? Every dad in America started teaching his son to bat left handed because of the preponderance of right handed pitchers. Now every program has great lefthanders and because of the damn 11.7 scholarship rule, and the game roster limits nobody has any right handed hitting depth to platoon. No way we should have to stack 3 lefties in the first 5 if the recruiting is top level.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Remember when left handers were rare in college because they all got drafted and signed ? Every dad in America started teaching his son to bat left handed because of the preponderance of right handed pitchers. Now every program has great lefthanders and because of the damn 11.7 scholarship rule, and the game roster limits nobody has any right handed hitting depth to platoon. No way we should have to stack 3 lefties in the first 5 if the recruiting is top level.

Agreed 100%. Especially if the starter is a lefty, which was the case tonight.

[EdwardDrayton]

Flash Gordon with the heat. On to the 8th.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Huge K right there.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Dare I say, Highfill's receiving is getting much better.

[WSOPdawg]

Nate K's the side. Time to take a lead.

[662dawg]

Remember when left handers were rare in college because they all got drafted and signed ? Every dad in America started teaching his son to bat left handed because of the preponderance of right handed pitchers. Now every program has great lefthanders and because of the damn 11.7 scholarship rule, and the game roster limits nobody has any right handed hitting depth to platoon. No way we should have to stack 3 lefties in the first 5 if the recruiting is top level.

We have Bryce Chance & Conor Hujsak on the bench so it's the coaches choice to play the lefties.

[662dawg]

Double play Hancock up to bat. Let's see what happens.

[ZedFedder]

Great to get Dakota?s speed on the bases.

Never mind. lol.

[662dawg]

Double play Hancock up to bat. Let's see what happens.

Every single time. It happens every time in big situations.

[KOdawg1]

That's our captain!

[StarkVegasSteve]

Double play Hancock up to bat. Let's see what happens.

If he wasn't just markedly better than Hines at 1B I would've sat our "captain" a month ago.

[EdwardDrayton]

Hang in there fellas. One swing can bring it home.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Hines wants to pull solo HRs as bad as Luke wants to hit soft grounders

[Leroy Jenkins]

I don't always roll one over to the right side, but when I do it's a DP at the most inopportune time.

[KOdawg1]

Hines wants to pull solo HRs as bad as Luke wants to hit soft grounders

After Luke's career is done, teams should pay him to take live BP at practice because he gives the right side of the infield impeccable defensive opportunities

[662dawg]

If he wasn't just markedly better than Hines at 1B I would've sat our "captain" a month ago.

I've never seen a player ONLY hit when it doesn't matter & an automatic out when it matters the most as much as Hancock does.

[WSOPdawg]

Great to get Dakota?s speed on the bases.

Never mind. lol.

Two things: (1) why has Lemonis abandoned the running game (we ARE top 3 in SEC in steals) and (2) why not have Luke bunt or sacrifice Jordan to 2nd if he's not gonna try to swipe the bag?

[R2Dawg]

Double play Hancock up to bat. Let's see what happens.

For a guy that used to be clutch, he is so unclutch this year.

[WSOPdawg]

I don't always roll one over to the right side, but when I do it's a DP at the most inopportune time.

Winner winner

[662dawg]

There's no way he didn't leave early

[R2Dawg]

There's no way he didn't leave early

Agree, there is no way. I want to see it.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Another Friday, another wasted great start. Rinse, Repeat

[662dawg]

Welp that's game & likely the end of our post season hopes.

[WSOPdawg]

Nate (pointing to Highfill): "I got you!!!" just before he throws a meatball right down the middle that flies out to CF to score the runner from 3rd. I thought you had him, Nate???

Sh!t

[BeardoMSU]

Another Friday, another wasted great start. Rinse, Repeat

Hitting Coach is beloved, tho***

[KOdawg1]

Pathetic performance tonight.

Bunch of mental midgets at the plate trying to jack bombs all over the place.

Good job pitching. Our fearless hitting coach let you down tonight. We sure pumped our chests with 2 strikes tho

[WSOPdawg]

F@cktard hitting with RISP has cost us this game. Way to coach'm Gautreau.

[bulldogcountry1]

Mershon way out of position on the throw down. The ball was there.

[WSOPdawg]

Finally have above-average starting pitching with GREAT defense from the left side of the infield (Slate Alford, I'm talking about you) and the mental midget hitting of the offense decides show up (meaning we suck at hitting tonight)... un-17ing-believable!!!

[R2Dawg]

Another Friday, another wasted great start. Rinse, Repeat
Yep we lose a close game we should win every single weekend. UK, SC, OM, add Aub to the list.

[EdwardDrayton]

Hitting Coach is beloved, tho***

^^^^^^^

[StarkVegasSteve]

Why the hell do you not PH right here? Clark can't hit lefties and you have Bryce on the bench.

[Skydawg1]

Finally have above-average starting pitching with GREAT defense from the left side of the infield (Slate Alford, I'm talking about you) and the mental midget hitting of the offense decides show up (meaning we suck at hitting tonight)... un-17ing-believable!!!Tonight has been MADDENING.

[CaptainObvious]

I didn?t see the hitting coach strike out 15 times tonight. We just don?t have SEC talent that some keep saying we have. It just isn?t in the dugout or it would be in the lineup. The Lemonis formula is the failure. Recruit power hitters who cannot hit anything but mistake pitches. Recruit power pitchers who have trouble with control.

On our batters, they are good against weak pitching.

[Quaoarsking]

Absolutely brutal loss.

[ZedFedder]

Have to win the next two.

[Activated Alpha]

Tonight?s loss is brought to you by the players and Gotro

[R2Dawg]

A great chance to move closer to post season and as expected we blow it. It took a season worst batting and a season best pitching and a lucky hit base runner for an average Aub team to beat us by 1. 1 in million chance at making post season.

[EdwardDrayton]

Another very winnable game gets away. Backs to the wall now have to win the next two.

[GolfDawg]

Not sure why you don?t have Chance stealing on the 3-2 count. At least he would be on second and if they have SS covering you have a hit.

[KOdawg1]

Clean house if we don't make the tournament. Goat can go too.

[msstate7]

Next 2 games are huge for lemonis. If we lose 1 of them, the newly installed training wheels will most likely fall off

[MBDawg601]

What the hell did I just watch? Our guys got mowed down by a couple guys throwing 90mph fastballs.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Love to see Chance in the lineup tomorrow for Clark, but god forbid we take him out. Hell he might hit a homer on May 14th so we have to keep giving him ABs

[mparkerfd20]

**** this team.

[EdwardDrayton]

A second unimaginable season is materializing before us. There are no words.

[CaptainObvious]

A great chance to move closer to post season and as expected we blow it. It took a season worst batting and a season best pitching and a lucky hit base runner for an average Aub team to beat us by 1. 1 in million chance at making post season.

So you?re saying there?s a chance.

[CaptainObvious]

Not sure why you don?t have Chance stealing on the 3-2 count. At least he would be on second and if they have SS covering you have a hit.

Have you looked in our dugout at the guys coaching?

[Lord McBuckethead]

I didn?t see the hitting coach strike out 15 times tonight. We just don?t have SEC talent that some keep saying we have. It just isn?t in the dugout or it would be in the lineup. The Lemonis formula is the failure. Recruit power hitters who cannot hit anything but mistake pitches. Recruit power pitchers who have trouble with control.

On our batters, they are good against weak pitching.

It is the entire mentality at the plate. Hunter Hines alone lost this game for us. He loves a solo homer, goes 0-4 with 4ks today. With runner on every at bat I watched.

[Todd4State]

Not sure why you don?t have Chance stealing on the 3-2 count. At least he would be on second and if they have SS covering you have a hit.

Because there was one out and you can't take a chance on ending the game with a strike him out throw him out double play.

[EdwardDrayton]

Sorry we did not bring the support Cade. You deserved better.

[CaptainObvious]

Last week we stepped all the way up to a mediocre team. Tonight, we stumbled back into a steaming pile of crap.

Thompson failed his audition tonight to be our next coach because his team actually sucks too. State just out sucked them tonight.

[GolfDawg]

Because there was one out and you can't take a chance on ending the game with a strike him out throw him out double play.

The routine double play wasn?t much fun either? in a game when you can seem to find a hit much less contact, sometimes you gotta take a risk to get things going.

[BeardoMSU]

It is the entire mentality at the plate. Hunter Hines alone lost this game for us. He loves a solo homer, goes 0-4 with 4ks today. With runner on every at bat I watched.

Exactly. Can't single out Fox as a coach and omit the hitting coach.

[BeardoMSU]

Sorry we did not bring the support Cade. You deserved better.

Yeah, real shame. One of his best games as a dawg just for the offense to shit the bed. Shitty teams always find new ways to lose.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Tough, evil, that's baseball loss

Now got to win the next 2 or this season is probably done

[HoopsDawg]

Interesting going with Downs over Hujsak

[maroonmania]

Last week we stepped all the way up to a mediocre team. Tonight, we stumbled back into a steaming pile of crap.

Thompson failed his audition tonight to be our next coach because his team actually sucks too. State just out sucked them tonight.

3-2, 8-7, 5-3, 2-1.... Essentially tells me that MSU, OM and Auburn are all basically the same mediocre team.

[ScooterDog]

The players are doing the best they can, but I won?t feel comfortable about MSU baseball until this entire coaching staff has been replaced. If we make a tourney I will consider it fools gold.

[CaptainObvious]

The players are doing the best they can, but I won?t feel comfortable about MSU baseball until this entire coaching staff has been replaced. If we make a tourney I will consider it fools gold.

Yup. Just like Polk?s 2007 team. Except this team will not sniff Omaha.

[BeardoMSU]

Yup. Just like Polk?s 2007 team. Except this team will not sniff Omaha.

Word

[SPMT]

It is the entire mentality at the plate. Hunter Hines alone lost this game for us. He loves a solo homer, goes 0-4 with 4ks today. With runner on every at bat I watched.

Hines has had multiple games with singles and doubles. He will tomorrow.

He may be swinging for the fences some now due to how hot he?s been. I have confidence he will have a hit tomorrow.

[CaptainObvious]

Hines has had multiple games with singles and doubles. He will tomorrow.

He may be swinging for the fences some now due to how hot he?s been. I have confidence he will have a hit tomorrow.

Timely hitting? With R?s BI

[Goldendawg]

3-2, 8-7, 5-3, 2-1.... Essentially tells me that MSU, OM and Auburn are all basically the same mediocre team.

Don't forget bama.

[WSOPdawg]

Hines has had multiple games with singles and doubles. He will tomorrow.

He may be swinging for the fences some now due to how hot he?s been. I have confidence he will have a hit tomorrow.

I was thinking a 4-strikeout performance may actually throw him into a serious funk at the plate. He definitely wasn't seeing the ball tonight.

[SPMT]

I was thinking a 4-strikeout performance may actually throw him into a serious funk at the plate. He definitely wasn't seeing the ball tonight.


Yeah, I?m always a glass half full dude.