Starkville Regional: Know the opponents

[HoopsDawg]

I'd go with the regular rotation, it's been good all year plus starting Hudson we have the best chance of a complete game. Sexton in game two and he gives a chance of going seven or eight innings. Then either Houston or Pilk game 3 with a rested bullpen in play.

Why change, the other 3 teams or Arkansas, Auburn or Missouri type teams at best! You never want to go in the loser bracket!

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.

[GreenheadDawg]

All due respect, their ballpark is like a little league field....

Exactly. He would have half of those if he was in the dude

[GreenheadDawg]

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.

I saw throw Houston and give him a very very short leash

[Lumpy Chucklelips]

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.

[CadaverDawg]

This just doesn't matter. It matters even less than batting lineup order. I'm with you on Houston for game 1, though.

It does matter for some. You can't say that with certainty. I don't want to find out in a Regional regardless

[CadaverDawg]

All due respect, their ballpark is like a little league field....

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.

[CadaverDawg]

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

[ATTILLA THE DOG]

All due respect, their ballpark is like a little league field....

Same thing was said about Samford a few years ago and they knocked the cover off the ball against us

[CadaverDawg]

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

[CadaverDawg]

Here is the link to La Tech's Stats....

http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m.../teamcume.html

[Intramural All-American]

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.

[basedog]

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!

[CadaverDawg]

Deleted. Old info page, ha

[CadaverDawg]

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.

[I seen it dawg]

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.

[CadaverDawg]

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.

I agree.

The more I look into these teams, the better I feel about it.

Fullerton has a deep pitching staff, but they don't just rake as a team...well below .300 as a team (.266 I think)

[CadaverDawg]

Here's a CSF board that seems confident

http://www.scout.com/college/cal-sta...not-a-bad-draw

[CadaverDawg]

Here's a Louisiana Tech board

http://www.latechbbb.com/forum/forum...he-Gravy-Board

[Brando]

Here's a CSF board that seems confident

http://www.scout.com/college/cal-sta...not-a-bad-draw

Damn, they seem pretty confident coming into Starkville against Reg Season SEC champs and someone who hasnt lost but 1 series all yr to A&M. They been in the sun damn long...

[CadaverDawg]

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