TEXAS GAME THREAD - Madden vs Harding

[maroonmania]

I would almost have rather stayed with Brandon Smith as to go to Stinnett. Stinnett is too wild. Even Cade Smith would have been better if we were determined to save Sims. He had to groove the fastballs because he had already walked the guy before and got behind the next hitter. Pitching from behind all the time spells trouble.

[HoopsDawg]

Why not? Let him go 2-3 and keep giving our offense a chance to win it.

And then he gets 2 days off before the finals AND it saves Bednar. Not pitching Sims cost us Bednar.

[Bothrops]

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride will be inscribed on MSU's tombstone.

[preachermatt83]

Because we should have a big advantage tomorrow with Bednar and Sims together. If we don't have Sims to follow Bednar then not so much.

Don’t you dare bring logic, reason, and common sense.

[MetEdDawg]

I would almost have rather stayed with Brandon Smith as to go to Stinnett. Stinnett is too wild. Even Cade Smith would have been better if we were determined to save Sims. He had to groove the fastballs because he had already walked the guy before and got behind the next hitter. Pitching from behind all the time spells trouble.

Lemonis took a calculated risk to try and waste time to get the rain in and get the game delayed. He missed it by about 3 minutes. And the unfortunate result was a 3 run dinger

[Rex54]

Sims would have been a risk, if it went extra innings he might pitch too many to be available for tomorrow. We didn't have a lead. If we have a lead then yeah Sims. The way our bats have been likely going extra innings. If you don't have Sims tomorrow then we are in serious trouble.

Sims doesn't lose you the game there. He wouldn't win it but he wouldn't lose it. I tell you what though.. Bednar/PJ/Sims wins that game with a 5 run support... See you tomorrow night. Someone else start the damn game thread.

[KOdawg1]

Maybe next year.

Goodnight fellas.

[CadaverDawg]

I just don't understand at least not going with Sims for an inning there.

You have all the momentum, you have Tanner Allen coming up bottom 9....at least go Sims for an inning to give us a chance to walk it off. If we don't, take him out so you have him tomorrow if needed. But when you finally claw back in it, and have a chance at a Title....you don't leave it up to Smith and Stinnett. Lemo overthought that move

[RougeDawg]

I think best case scenario is 12:30

Might be resuming in 2022 if Lemon keeps bringing in clueless pitchers. I?m not sure Jack Sparrow threw any strikes warming up. He needs a clipboard or pirate ship from now on.

[CadaverDawg]

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride will be inscribed on MSU's tombstone.

Yup

[maroonmania]

Don’t you dare bring logic, reason, and common sense.

I still would have had no problem to give Sims one inning just because of what we had coming up in the bottom of the 9th but no more than that.

[Activated Alpha]

Sims doesn't lose you the game there. He wouldn't win it but he wouldn't lose it. I tell you what though.. Bednar/PJ/Sims wins that game with a 5 run support... See you tomorrow night. Someone else start the damn game thread.

Yeah you are totallly banned from starting anymore game threads

[Cooterpoot]

I told y'all bout Foxhall. Jay Powell said the pitch calling was bad too.

[HoopsDawg]

Guys. Please think. You don't bring Sims in with that level rain coming in. You get him maybe for 1 inning and that's it.

Lemonis knew the rain was coming in. He tried to slow play it as much as he could to get the rain in there before Stinnett has to throw. But if you go 2 hour rain delay, which is what this will be, and you throw Mac or Sims, you aren't bringing them back out and you lose one of your best bullets in the 9th in a tie game.

Stinnett couldn't grip the ball and it completely affected him just now. The whole world knew that 3-2 to Melendez was going to be a FB because he couldn't grip the breaking ball in the rain.

Met,1 inning of Sims would have been fine. It was the 9th and we are the home team so there was never going to be a save opportunity. There is no defense for that decision with 2-3-4 hitters due up.

[TopDawg]

If we had brought Sims in at the start of the ninth we would have got 3 outs and been at bat when the rain came.

[maroonmania]

I just don't understand at least not going with Sims for an inning there.

You have all the momentum, you have Tanner Allen coming up bottom 9....at least go Sims for an inning to give us a chance to walk it off. If we don't, take him out so you have him tomorrow if needed. But when you finally claw back in it, and have a chance at a Title....you don't leave it up to Smith and Stinnett. Lemo overthought that move

Whatever we do never seems to work out for us. Our other relievers just don't have the stones to throw strikes. But yea, we should have given him 1 inning.

[maroonmania]

The fact that Kellum Clark and Rowdey don't even put the ball into play was a killer when we had the chance.

[MetEdDawg]

Met,1 inning of Sims would have been fine. It was the 9th and we are the home team so there was never going to be a save opportunity. There is no defense for that decision with 2-3-4 hitters due up.

You aren't guaranteed 1 inning of Sims there with the rain. You might get him for 1 before the rain comes in.

And my guess is Lemonis is concerned throwing Sims potentially back to back days. Hasn't done it all year. That had to be a consideration by Lemonis.

The plan very clearly seems to be protect a Bednar/Sims possibility for an elimination game.

[preachermatt83]

The emotional roller coaster will result in an absolute beat down tmr. Se will lose by 6+ tmr

[CadaverDawg]

You aren't guaranteed 1 inning of Sims there with the rain. You might get him for 1 before the rain comes in.

And my guess is Lemonis is concerned throwing Sims potentially back to back days. Hasn't done it all year. That had to be a consideration by Lemonis.

The plan very clearly seems to be protect a Bednar/Sims possibility for an elimination game.

That's understandable until you battle back and score 3 in the 8th and have them on the ropes with TA leading off. Then plans change. You can't manage everything before the game, sometimes you have to make tough calls on the fly