Bc it doesn't do any good to win game 1 if you don't win game 2. Game 2 is a tougher opponent so you throw your ace. Gotta be able to beat semo with sexton or Houston.
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I think Cohen will use his regular weekend rotation, which I'm fine with. I'm more concerned with SEMO's #1 shutting down our hitting. Although I have full confidence in our hitting, the old adage "good pitching beats good hitting" is real more times than not and we haven't exactly been lighting it up on offense the past few games. Plus, if our #3 or #4 can't match up with these teams 3 and 4, we won't go very far after this weekend anyway. Personally, I think our 3 and 4 will outclass any of these teams 3 and 4. We should be ok.
It's fun to speculate and see everyone's thoughts....this week will drag by until Friday. Got to talk about something.
Why do people keep saying this?
Their park is 330 down the lines, 380 in the gaps, & 400 to CF. A little short down the lines, but a decent sized park.
Plus, unlike us, they only play about half of their games at home, so unless most of his numbers came at home, their park is a non issue anyway.
Let's stay on topic....about the opponents. We can debate starters in the other thread.
I'm looking at La Tech now, will post some stuff in a little bit. If anybody wants to look up more about SEMO's lineup (Righty/Lefty), or Cal State, or La Tech....feel free to add
Louisiana Tech is only 12-11 away from home this year.
For a team that "hits well", they're only hitting .293 as a team.
They have a couple of guys with sub 2.00 era's which surprised me. 1 appears to be a starter (Casey Sutton 7-1 with a 1.63 era) and 1 a reliever (Adam Atkins 6-0 with a 1.10 era, wow). Pretty good looking staff by the numbers... 3.80 era as a team
Here is the link to La Tech's Stats....
http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m.../teamcume.html
I'll be interested to see if Fullerton throws their stud Friday or save him in hopes of winning Friday and having him available against us. He is the nations leader in ERA.
La Tech has a hitters park, they have decent tradition although they haven't played that well over the last several years.
Fullerton has great tradition, SE Missouri lost two to Ole Miss and split with Missouri.
I'm headed up for this regional, place should be loud, packed and full of energy!
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Here is Cal State's Stats....
http://static.psbin.com/p/8/3ng5155n...rall_Stats.pdf
Their team era is 2.20....that's strong.
Cal state better throw their ace. La Tech isn't a superstar team but the are scrappy and won't be scared. I won't be surprised if we play Tech in Game 2 winners bracket.
Here's a CSF board that seems confident
http://www.scout.com/college/cal-sta...not-a-bad-draw
Here's a Louisiana Tech board
http://www.latechbbb.com/forum/forum...he-Gravy-Board
Just watched Cohen's interview from today, and he is planning on putting a lot of weight into righty/lefty Matchups to determine our rotation. Said he wants to look at how the SEMO lineup looks in terms of heavy right vs heavy left, & how they hit righty's vs lefty's...as well as potential 2nd game Matchups the same way, to see if that should play into our game 1 choice.
So if anyone wants to do a deep dive on SEMO's batting order (RH vs LH & averages vs RHP & LHP), we might be able to figure out where Cohen's leaning on a starter for Game 1