Griffen has been really good in pretty much every outing except the last one. He had a really bad matchup against an MTSU lineup loaded with hot-hitting righties in a hitters' park.Quote:
Originally Posted by rlirette
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Griffen has been really good in pretty much every outing except the last one. He had a really bad matchup against an MTSU lineup loaded with hot-hitting righties in a hitters' park.Quote:
Originally Posted by rlirette
I agree Griffen has been very impressive all but one appearance .I think I'd pitch Harris game one, Griffen game two, and Miller game three. The chance to start Harris a second game late in the tourney vs USM who didn't see much of him in our series is the tipping point to go with him game one. USM didn't see much of Griffen either and it seemed they had quite a few lefties.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
He gets crushed by good hitting. So Miss will have a field day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
Who were his starts against again? I can't remember. I feel like they were all against weak teams, like wku, Marshall, and mtsu or something.
We are #39 entering today.
A win today vs. Charlotte would boost us by ~.0021 to ~#35.
A loss today vs. Charlotte would drop us by ~.0027 to ~#42.
We are #41 entering today.
A win today vs. Southern Miss would boost us by about +.0038 to about a 3-way tie for #35.
A loss today vs. Southern Miss would drop us by about -.0010 to about #44.
If we lose today, we are done for the seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
Yep. Which is why I kept harping that we needed to rest Nate for the biggest game of our season in Game 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rooster
I posted the same thing, by posing the question shouldn't we try to assure being 1-1 after Game 2. But, then again, as USM is that game 2, Harris could have been rested, pitched well today, and we still might have lost. So, Burr rolled the dice, it came up snake eyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
I don't think he nor most of our fans thought he was taking a risk by starting Nate in G1. I think the "gotta start your ace in G1" folks thought that was the conservative move.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
We went 0-2 bcuz we had 19 Ks & were 1/22 with runners on baseQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
Because Burroughs wasn't tuned in enough to recognize that the team was in a funk and he needed to call for a small ball game plan... scratch out a run or two when the situation allowed for it and see if the team can't get some momentum going.
We had guys in scoring position last Saturday, yesterday, and today. Didn't need small ball to get them in position, we needed hitting instead of strikeouts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bone_afide_Dawg
There were times over the last two weeks when we had runners on 1st and 2nd that we could've advanced. Being on 2nd and 3rd makes it an easier RBI for any batter. Runs scored makes for momentum. Stepping away from the plate without getting the job done is obviously contagious.
We also dug big deficits early on in both games, which likely affected our approach at the plate.Quote:
Originally Posted by BruceWillisDawg
I think Griffen in G1 and Harris in G2 would have produced better results.
2nd base is scoring position. We had guys in place to score over the past two days. The "small ball' you wish we had tried requires bunting players over to 3rd. Even though there were a few times we could have done that with 0 or 1 outs, when the guys behind them are striking out instead of hitting fly balls it does not matter what base they are on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bone_afide_Dawg