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Wow, what a night.
I just have a suspicion that Pilk will be ON tonight. He's not been sharp for a while now, the draft is done, and he's pitching with a lead (by us being up a game).
Something tells me we are going to see him mow Vandy down, and our bats will remain white hot. Enjoy this one guys, I really believe we end it tonight (well, may be tomorrow morning due to the start time...thanks NCAA!)
Let's get this win and take this show to Omaha.
I also have a feeling Pilk will bring it tonight. Give us a good 6 innings and let Neff and Self finish it out.
Who will Vandy throw today? They threw Zach King last week in game 2
I've been looking around, I can't see where they've named one right now (8:10 CDT)Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
I really hope you are right but I've been more concerned that his problem is more arm fatigue than it has been mental. Guess we will see how he does. Reason I'm thinking that is because his velocity has been down some over the past month. We need him to come up big tonight with Omaha on the line.
Well Pilk gets an extra day of rest moving to Saturday. That may help.
But I think the change in situation is going to be the biggest difference. He's always leading off. First guy on the mound. This time he's pitching to send us to a super regional. Different perspective means different mental appproach. I'm hoping that will propel him to a solid game.
So they threw their Number 1 and 2 starters last night? Not a smart move imo. So Pilk will be going up against their third starter? I like our odds.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Who do you think we go to after Pilk? Gordon and France both threw over 35, might need to wait till Monday. Self can close it out, but who fills the gap?
You mean pitching to send us to Omaha. :). And I’ll make a guess we will have 2K plus fans at the game tonight easy and out number the Vandy fans. Could you imagine how big the crowd would be at DNF?Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
We could go a number of ways. Neff, James, and Smith come to mind. I think we’ll be okay.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us
Another ESPN/NCAA special - 8:30 first pitch. Will end well after midnight.
I think there is some truth here. I think they wanted Pilk to have an extra day of rest. He will be a little fresher.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
Pilk, James, Self.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us
Pilk, I'm thinking will give at least 6 good innings, let James set the table for Self to close it out in the 9th.
It's all on Pilk. If he can go 7, we can turn to Self for the last 6 outs. He's other start vs Vandy this year, he went 6 innings and only gave up 2 earned runs. Threw 92 pitches. I would take that all day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bama_Dawg
K. James threw 3 innings vs Vandy and only gave up 1 run.
They’ve gone Fellows-Raby-Hickmann all year, so I assume that’s what they’ll do here.
Per xenomorph on sps about Raby...Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
"The guy has barely pitched lately:
May 18th, 2nd game against UK.. 2 ip, 3 hits, 1 er
June 2nd, in relief against Clemson.. 1.2 ip, 0 hits, 0 er
Is he hurt?"
Raby didn't start game 2 vs Clemson in regional last week.
Interesting. I can’t imagine he’s hurt or they wouldn’t be throwing him at all. He’s been their most effective starter. No clue what’s going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
They haven’t used that rotation since they have been on their hot streak.Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
They used it in every SEC series that I found, including the last one.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarketingBully
By the way: found a Vandy message board, and while I didn’t find an answer on who pitches, I did find that even their own fans hate the whistling.
You got that info off their board, but not Raby news? LolQuote:
Originally Posted by smootness
Hendo said JP and Cole would both prob be available today. He said they wouldn?t be the first called but they would be available.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us
I like them going with a righty. Both Mangum and Jordan bat better from the left side.
I like going to Neff first out of the bullpen with Pilk. Their best hitters are lefty’s and seemed like they had a hard time hitting Small for the most part.
Not sure I can physically take another game like last night. We just need to come out and put 15 in the first inning and then cruise by 33.
Any streams up?
I'm cautiously optimistic that Pilk will be on tonight due to an extra day of rest.
I'm expecting Pilk to have his best stuff tonight! Let's go boys!
Laura is fire tonight. Sheesh
Alright boys, let's get this started right....
This one is over. No way we pull this one out tonight.
Love it. Dawgs already louder than the whistler.
Yess! You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to CadaverDawg again.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
You can't do that Tanner.
Don't squander this opportunity
Vandy throws a first pitch curveball every time we have a guy in scoring position
We gonna blow this
If Rabey is going to pitch backwards, then he's going to hang some HRs once he gets tired.
****ing Mangum and his shit baserunning
Again the worst base running team in America... I don't get it.
Awful baserunning
Just horrible