Hope we don't see Giestling again...ever.
Our hitters, without the benefit of actual coaching, are puddy in the hands of a pitcher that good.
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Hope we don't see Giestling again...ever.
Our hitters, without the benefit of actual coaching, are puddy in the hands of a pitcher that good.
I think a good strategy for him is to sneak up in the box to try to hit that curve at the top of it’s break and not the bottom.Originally Posted by dawg80
Hell of a win! Outstanding job by our pitchers today. Player of the game has to be A.D. though, Adarius has been swinging the bat really well lately. Keep it going the rest of the tournament young man. HBTD!
Bunt!
My team faced a pitcher, a fireballer with an awesome change-up and a sweeping curve. Couldn't hit him...well, weak grounders and pop-ups. He was great, but the defense playing behind him was average. Fortunately, our pitchers had matched him goose egg for goose egg and we came up to bat in the top of 7th, score 0-0. Our coach said, "we're gonna bunt. Put the ball in play make them have to make plays." It worked. They made two huge errors and the score keeper was kind crediting us with an infield single, was really the third error in the inning. This great pitcher got frustrated and decided he had to strike out the side, and he made his one mistake of the night...a too-fat fast ball that Stephen F., our left-fielder, drilled into right center plating two runs. We won 3-0, had just the two hits and he walked no one, but his team made two (really 3) errors.
Look what happened when Elliot laid down a bunt...it worked! and everyone was safe.
Need to give our hitters a broom, maybe they can reach the pitch with that. I have never seen a team look so awful, so often, time and time again, chasing sweeping curves, pulling off of it, ending up with one hand on the bat like they are swatting flies. Pathetic.
Against their ace today he did what they all should have been doing. He shortened his swing and protected the plate. And got a base hit!!!
UAB 1 USM 1 after 2.
Errors on both sides lead to runs.
UAB 2 @USM 1 top 4th 0 out
Leadoff HR for UAB.
Fireworks in the bottom of the 4th.
Both teams get a warning for jawing at each other.
USM ties it 2-2 on a sac fly and takes the lead 3-2 on a dubious at best balk call.
UAB head coach is then ejected after a long argument.
USM 3-2 after 4.
Last edited by FriscoDawg; 05-25-2022 at 10:44 PM.
Go Blazers!
Go Blazers? We are pulling for y'all to make it to the championship game. Playing the Blazers in the championship game wouldn't help your RPI at all.
No you're not. Maybe you are but the majority of Southern Miss. fans are rooting for Tech to lose. In fact most Southern Miss. fans are rooting for a ODU and Southern Miss. championship game. Regardless, I always root for the underdogs when it's not my school; so I'm rooting for UAB to win this game against Southern Miss.
I haven't met any fans that want to play ODU if we make it to the championship. We want to play a regional team that we actually care about and that will bring some fans. I would think the same for y'all. If you play anyone but us there won't be any fans at the game and it will be a terrible atmosphere.
A Tech and Southern Miss. championship would be an incredible atmosphere but I think you're alone in rooting for Tech to win. If you look at most Southern Miss. message boards they're rooting for Tech to lose out.
Love seeing Dustin Dickerson struggle. Love seeing USM struggle period. Hope UAB can put up some runs and take the lead.
Me too.
Both teams have added a solo HR.
USM 4 UAB 3 after 7.
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