LSU game 1

[SaintDawg]

Now LSU gotta face the freak Ginn tomorrow night.

[Political Hack]

Hell of a game.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

i like postseason Cole. He should get the call way more than regular season Cole

[Lord McBuckethead]

Good win.

[HoopsDawg]

TERRIBLE job by Allen yet again. Not even on the bag trying to stretch.

Seems like Hatcher should be the first basemen when he is in the lineup. He's a lefty, Tanner is a righty and Hatcher is about 5 inches taller.

[Lord McBuckethead]

i like postseason Cole. He should get the call way more than regular season Cole

Like everytime we call Cole out of the bullpen, better be like......we need intense focus Cole Gordon, not reg seasom gordon

[MarketingBully]

i like postseason Cole. He should get the call way more than regular season Cole

It’s really all on his curve ball. If he has that going, he mixes his pitches so well that when he gets to a 1-2 count and he can throw that he is nearly unhittable.

[HoopsDawg]

Why are we pitching to the outside part of the plate with the shift on????

Good point, plus I just don't think the data is there to make shifts like this in college baseball.

[HoopsDawg]

It’s really all on his curve ball. If he has that going, he mixes his pitches so well that when he gets to a 1-2 count and he can throw that he is nearly unhittable.

Not just the curve. He worked ahead and was locating his fastball. We threw our 3 best bullpen guys tonight so glad we pulled it out.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Our defense is so ordinary- I can't even remember the last double play

Good win, Allen is now concerning at the bat and as a 1st baseman

[MarketingBully]

Not just the curve. He worked ahead and was locating his fastball. We threw our 3 best bullpen guys tonight so glad we pulled it out.

I think we will be fine. I think we played a bit too tight at times tonight and we lost focus a little bit being up 6-2. I think we will light up their pitcher tomorrow.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Without the shift, this game is over.

Lemonis gotta fix this- our guys seem perpetually out of position - we gave LSU about 2 or 3 extra outs tonight, plus the errors

[Bothrops]

Muy f'ing Bien!! Vamos a conseguir dos m?s!!

[Cowbell]

I think we will be fine. I think we played a bit too tight at times tonight and we lost focus a little bit being up 6-2. I think we will light up their pitcher tomorrow.

I also think we used all three for short stints so that they are all available tomorrow. It’s nice that we really still have all options.

[smootness]

The good thing is, if we can win tomorrow, then Saturday is meaningless!

[FriarsPoint]

Big big win. I was hoping we would’ve gotten into their bullpen a little deeper. Still, hard to complain about a Friday night win versus this team with a chance to win the series tomorrow.

[Jarius]

GREAT QUESTION

You put the shift on for dead pull hitters. You pitch them outside to get them to roll over on top of an outside pitch and hit a weaker ground ball up the middle or to the pull side.

[maroonmania]

Lemonis gotta fix this- our guys seem perpetually out of position - we gave LSU about 2 or 3 extra outs tonight, plus the errors

Exactly, LSU is not even a very good offense right now. We gave them multiple extra outs though with players either out of position or not playing the correct depth. We can't do that AND combine that with losing runs by running ourselves out of innings. Good win tonight but we were very fortunate.

[The Federalist Engineer]

The good thing is, if we can win tomorrow, then Saturday is meaningless!

There are no meaningless games. Sweeps are what SEC championships and National Seeds are built on.

This is such a Larry Templeton, Gus Croom, Hillary Clinton, Ross Bjork thing to even say, com'on man

[maroonmania]

You put the shift on for dead pull hitters. You pitch them outside to get them to roll over on top of an outside pitch and hit a weaker ground ball up the middle or to the pull side.

I don't think Duplantis is that kind of dead pull hitter. He seemed very comfortable going with the pitch on the outer half of the plate.