SBW Game 1 Thread (the return of Stovall)

[Todd4State]

I agree. A regional is a good season. Can't afford to get swept this weekend.

Actually, it wouldn't kill us. It would hurt- I'm not going to pull a Bjork and say it's a good thing. But if we get swept we're still 6-6 and then we still have Alabama and Georgia on the horizon and only four OOC games left including one with Valley next week. Their RPI is higher than ours so it shouldn't hurt us too much from that standpoint. It would be about like getting swept by Texas A&M last year.

[msstate7]

Actually, it wouldn't kill us. It would hurt- I'm not going to pull a Bjork and say it's a good thing. But if we get swept we're still 6-6 and then we still have Alabama and Georgia on the horizon and only four OOC games left including one with Valley next week. Their RPI is higher than ours so it shouldn't hurt us too much from that standpoint. It would be about like getting swept by Texas A&M last year.

May not kill us with rpi, but a 1-4 week can't be good for the psyche of this team. Most of our lineup, save mangum, rooker, and gridley has to be struggling with confidence right now.

[Homedawg]

Our sweep of ole miss was fools gold. We have too many automatic outs and one legit starter. If we make a regional cann should be coach of the year with the circumstances he's faced.

[HSVDawg]

May not kill us with rpi, but a 1-4 week can't be good for the psyche of this team. Most of our lineup, save mangum, rooker, and gridley has to be struggling with confidence right now.

This year is going to be very up and down. No way around it. We just have to keep battling and hope we work our way in as a 3 seed somewhere.

[HSVDawg]

Our sweep of ole miss was fools gold. We have too many automatic outs and one legit starter. If we make a regional cann should be coach of the year with the circumstances he's faced.

+1.

[whosyourdawgy]

Well, that was a shitty way to lose a baseball game. 3 hit the #10 team in the country but give up 8 walks and I lost count of the passed balls/wild pitches. Our pitching these next 2 games will be interesting to say the least

[Todd4State]

May not kill us with rpi, but a 1-4 week can't be good for the psyche of this team. Most of our lineup, save mangum, rooker, and gridley has to be struggling with confidence right now.

Meh. That's just how baseball is. No one is going to be firing on full cylinders for 14 weeks in a row plus the postseason. Heck, we allowed three hits tonight and basically gave the game to them. That's a lot easier to fix than not having the talent to win. I don't expect to score a ton of runs off of anyone's Friday night guy. If they're tired- that's not going to affect their psyche and we basically get next week off with Valley coming in. Then we get past South Carolina and then hopefully finish the season strong. Even at the college level they aren't going to get too high or too low over a win or a loss.

[GTHOM]

Usm 15
FIU 4

Pretty sure Tuesday was a sign that I failed to see. We have been playing above our heads and regression in progress.

We need a win tomorrow really bad

You are as up and down as the team is sometimes haha

[msstate7]

You are as up and down as the team is sometimes haha

It's exhausting haha

[maroonmania]

I hate we pitched price, he was completely gassed Wednesday. WE can't afford to have him give down.

I know Pilk had thrown 111 pitches but when he got pulled he had only given up 1 hit for the entire game and had a man on first with 2 outs. Wish we had at least tried to see if he could have finished off the inning before pulling him. He still seemed to have good stuff. As you said, as much as Price threw Wednesday it was asking a lot of him to come back in again last night.

[Todd4State]

I know Pilk had thrown 111 pitches but when he got pulled he had only given up 1 hit for the entire game and had a man on first with 2 outs. Wish we had at least tried to see if he could have finished off the inning before pulling him. He still seemed to have good stuff. As you said, as much as Price threw Wednesday it was asking a lot of him to come back in again last night.

Pilkington has to not walk so many hitters. That's what knocked him out of the game. We shouldn't have pitched Price in hindsight.

[maroonmania]

Pilkington has to not walk so many hitters. That's what knocked him out of the game. We shouldn't have pitched Price in hindsight.

Agreed but our entire staff seems to have that problem. Riley Self came in after Pilk and immediately walked the next hitter to put the lead runner into scoring position before giving up a single to tie the game. Just seems if Pilk could have finished off that inning and at least started the next we wouldn't have had to use so many pitchers last night. Now we've already pitched Self, Barlow and Price again. Self and Price were both ineffective and you wonder how fresh either of them actually were last night.