New Lineup tonight vs. Southern

[BeardoMSU]

Based on the 5 year old name calling, I'd say yes

Y'all morons, fools, idiots...since the sex change, its Jill Wames now.**

[Todd4State]

Look curveball and adjust to the fastball lol!

It never gets old! LOL!

[basedog]

Man this Hatcher talk is old, I wish it was more about the game than a player. Seems all pitchers did ok (I know it's a Swac team), and we finally hit the ball ok (again I know who we played), LOL.

[Tbonewannabe]

Man this Hatcher talk is old, I wish it was more about the game than a player. Seems all pitchers did ok (I know it's a Swac team), and we finally hit the ball ok (again I know who we played), LOL.

We didn't hit the ball well until the 6th or so inning which is concerning. That SWAC team held us to one earned run through 5 or so innings with about 3 hits. That isn't what a top 5 team should be doing with a SWAC team. It also wasn't just one pitcher having a career day. They changed pitchers almost every inning just like we did.

[basedog]

We didn't hit the ball well until the 6th or so inning which is concerning. That SWAC team held us to one earned run through 5 or so innings with about 3 hits. That isn't what a top 5 team should be doing with a SWAC team. It also wasn't just one pitcher having a career day. They changed pitchers almost every inning just like we did.

I agree, my point was let's move on about the Hatcher slump. Seems this team has a pattern of not getting off to a fast start. We are not going to hit much or score many runs as it looks, lets hope we can continue to pitch well and improve on defense. Allen only hitter in lineup hitting over .300, that is tough.

[The Federalist Engineer]

I agree, my point was let's move on about the Hatcher slump. Seems this team has a pattern of not getting off to a fast start. We are not going to hit much or score many runs as it looks, lets hope we can continue to pitch well and improve on defense. Allen only hitter in lineup hitting over .300, that is tough.

In SEC play, we only have Rowdey Jordan hitting above 300 (at 333).

We have 5 players below 220 (Tanner, Skinner, Dubrule, Hancock, and Hatcher)

We have 4 players at or below 200 (Skinner, Dubrule, Hancock, and Hatcher)

Mendoza Starters By SEC School (SEC ABs Only)

UK - 5
UT - 4
UF - 4
MO - 4
SC - 4
MS - 4
AR - 3
AU - 3
UA - 3
LS - 3
AM - 2
UG - 1
VU - 0
OM - 0

[Rex54]

Man this Hatcher talk is old, I wish it was more about the game than a player. Seems all pitchers did ok (I know it's a Swac team), and we finally hit the ball ok (again I know who we played), LOL.

I agree, I've made my point that you need to watch the games to see the above-average hard contact, ground balls that move the runners, etc and not just look at the stat line. Apologies for calling you fools (except Beardo who is probably watching Captain Marvel for the 100th time). We're a national title contender and are primed for another big sweep this weekend. Hail State.

[The Federalist Engineer]

FYI

300+ Hitters by SEC School (SEC ABs Only)

VU - 4
UM - 3 (Elko included)
UT - 3
AU - 3
TAM - 3
UA - 3
AR - 2
UG - 2
MO - 2
UF - 2
UK - 2
MS - 1
LS - 1
UG - 0

[BrunswickDawg]

In SEC play, we only have Rowdey Jordan hitting above 300 (at 333).

We have 5 players below 220 (Tanner, Skinner, Dubrule, Hancock, and Hatcher)

We have 4 players at or below 200 (Skinner, Dubrule, Hancock, and Hatcher)

Mendoza Starters By SEC School (SEC ABs Only)

UK - 5
UT - 4
UF - 4
MO - 4
SC - 4
MS - 4
AR - 3
AU - 3
UA - 3
LS - 3
AM - 2
UG - 1
VU - 0
OM - 0

FYI

300+ Hitters by SEC School (SEC ABs Only)

VU - 4
UM - 3 (Elko included)
UT - 3
AU - 3
TAM - 3
UA - 3
AR - 2
UG - 2
MO - 2
UF - 2
UK - 2
MS - 1
LS - 1
UG - 0

So what you are saying is - in general pitching in the SEC is ahead of hitting, and that hitting right now is a good bit about who you have played so far. Outside of Vandy and OM no one looks like they are outstanding on offense right now.

[The Federalist Engineer]

So what you are saying is - in general pitching in the SEC is ahead of hitting, and that hitting right now is a good bit about who you have played so far. Outside of Vandy and OM no one looks like they are outstanding on offense right now.

Season is young, but yeah. The hitters are getting owned. Compared to 2019.

In 2019, there were only 10 starters in the SEC hitting 200 and below after 30 games.

This year there are 40 starters in the SEC hitting 200 and below after 9 games.

LSU only got 12 hits on Vandy this past week. South Carolina got 12 hits total and one game was a No-Hitter. Mizzou got 15 hits on Vandy.

Seems the small ball and bunt is back in play if you can't platoon or find players willing to adjust.

[Tbonewannabe]

So what you are saying is - in general pitching in the SEC is ahead of hitting, and that hitting right now is a good bit about who you have played so far. Outside of Vandy and OM no one looks like they are outstanding on offense right now.

I just wish it was SEC pitching that made us look bad at the plate. We had to go through about 5 guys at Southern before we started hitting them. SWAC guys will randomly have good games against the SEC but not 4-5 different pitchers shutting us down.

[basedog]

I'm afraid for us and others in the Sec, things are gonna get tougher with all the competition in the league. I'm a little concerned about this weekend as well as the next 3 series. It's gonna tell us a lot about our team.

[Tbonewannabe]

[QUOTE=BrunswickDawg;1317599]We scored in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th. We got at least 1 hit off every pitcher they put in, and got walks off all but 1. We scored runs on 5 of their 7 pitchers. Did we jump all of them for big innings? No, just 2 of them. where we productive all night? I'd consider it a yes. Even against SWAC teams, we aren't going to blast them inning after inning. WE had productive innings. Took advantage of their mistakes, and had productive outs. Those things built to an eventual big couple of innings.[/QUOTE

It was the third inning before we even hit it out of the infield. We scored most of our runs before the sixth off of errors that SEC teams just don't do. Most of our hitters did not look good until late. Rowdy did look better though.

[Coach34]

Rowdy is waking up
Skinner can play he just needs to be healthy
Allen is solid
James will perform
Tanner and Hancock are who they are

We got to figure something out with the rest.

Again I ask- why not give Cumbest a whole weekend? He's damn near hitting .400 this season? He cant be worse than Hatcher.

[WinningIsRelentless]

Rowdy is waking up
Skinner can play he just needs to be healthy
Allen is solid
James will perform
Tanner and Hancock are who they are

We got to figure something out with the rest.

Again I ask- why not give Cumbest a whole weekend? He's damn near hitting .400 this season? He cant be worse than Hatcher.

Or McDonald