Regardless of the rest of Tech tonight it’s great see Young do well for himself. I sure would love to see him get a shot at the next level. The guy just plays really good baseball.
Regardless of the rest of Tech tonight it’s great see Young do well for himself. I sure would love to see him get a shot at the next level. The guy just plays really good baseball.
Netterville grounds to short.
McConnell lines to first.
Reliever has broken 100 pitches.
Corona doubles to the left field corner.
Myers grounds to short.
Martinez in.
Walk with the last three pitches obviously thrown too hard with no control.
Grounder to McLeod on a diving stop to get the force at second.
Grounder knocked down by Martinez and gets the out at first. Runner at second.
Fly to McConnell.
Charlotte 11-3 after 8.
Last edited by FriscoDawg; 05-19-2022 at 07:53 PM.
Burchfield pinch hits for Lancaster.
Burchfield walks.
Pitching change after 109 pitches.
McLeod hit by a pitch.
Elliott flies to left.
Young singles to left to load the bases.
Matulia grounds to second to get the force at second. Review for the double play. Call was safe. Call overturned to end the game.
Charlotte 11-3 final.
Last edited by FriscoDawg; 05-19-2022 at 08:10 PM.
Tech 6 hits with 8 strikeouts. Young had 3 of the 6 hits. 6 hits isn’t competitive against anyone.
Can we not lobby to have the games start at 7 est.
Just your average Friday night as a Dawg fan.
Did I hear Allen right saying that Charlotte had 100 more walks for the season than Tech. That sounds totally unbelievable but given our number of Ks maybe it’s not so big a stretch.
Last edited by FriscoDawg; 05-20-2022 at 12:13 AM.
5-way tie for third at 17-11 one game behind Tech. Seems pretty simple now since Tech will likely be the #2 seed only if it wins its next two games. Otherwise Tech could fall anywhere in that 3-7 mix.
Other C-USA scores
FAU 8 @Marshall 6 final (typical day at the Y just 9 HRs with Marshall hitting 5, FAU 17-11, Marshall 9-19)
ODU 5 @WKU 3 final (ODU 17-11, WKU 7-21)
UAB 18 @UTSA 7 final
USM 9 @Middle Tennessee 4 final (USM 21-7, MT 17-11)
Rice 8 @FIU 2 final (Rice 7-21, FIU 8-20)
C-USA Standings
1 USM 21-7
Tech 18-10 (Tech holds tiebreakers over UTSA and ODU)
UTSA 17-11 (UTSA holds tiebreakers over MT, Charlotte, and ODU)
MT 17-11 (MT holds tiebreaker over Tech and Charlotte, did not play FAU)
Charlotte 17-11 (Charlotte holds tiebreakers over both FAU and ODU)
ODU 17-11 (ODU holds tiebreakers over MT and FAU)
FAU 17-11 (FAU holds tiebreakers over Tech and UTSA, did not play MT)
8 UAB 13-15
----teams above have qualified for C-USA Tournament----
Marshall 9-19
FIU 8-20
WKU 7-21
Rice 7-21
RPIs after Thursday--USM 18, ODU 48, MT 51, UTSA 52, Tech 57, Charlotte 67, UAB 90, FAU 96
Last edited by FriscoDawg; 05-20-2022 at 12:11 AM.
Right now, the only good thing you can say about us is Young and Corona are hitting well lately. That's it. Which is why a good coach, one whose head was not up his ass, would "bunch" those two such that they are likely to bat in the same inning many times. Right now, I would put Young 2nd and Corona 3rd in the lineup. Who would lead off? Doesn't seem to matter too much with all the inconsistency, but someone who might get on base and who has decent speed. Other certainties would have Matulia batting 8th and Elliot 9th. The rest of the lineup, for now, would be based on our history vs. opposing starters. Example, maybe we'll see a guy in H'burg that McConnell has lit up, well, have him lead off that game. Like that. Use your head for something other than a cap rack.
Our pitching is average down to woeful, and our defense is "very pedestrian." Someone cited fielding stats recently...well, stats don't tell the tale...just watch this bunch trying to play Division I baseball defense. Calling them "okay" would be an extreme compliment, and misleading.
But, ultimately, it won't matter, because no matter our official seeding we are no better than the 7th best team...I have us placed ahead of UAB, yeah baby!
Those numbers added in to our woeful batting averages and strikeout numbers confirm to me by leaps and bounds that we need a new hitting coach for 2023. Probably a new pitching coach too since our senior starters as a whole are considerable unimproved from last year. If you’re not going to get better at least don’t get worse and we didn’t do that. Burroughs has to upgrade his coaching, his coaches coaching and everything his team does. We can’t afford to backside anymore.
The Y is open for business early today. Marshall has 6 runs on 8 hits with 4 doubles and a home run in two innings. 6-0 Herd over FAU after 2.
But no lead is safe at the Y. FAU answers with 4 in the top of the 3rd, but Marshall has answered with a 2-run HR right off the bat in the bottom of the 3rd. 8-4 Marshall.
Last edited by FriscoDawg; 05-20-2022 at 01:05 PM.