That was the Sunday game. We'll likely be seeing the Friday starter tomorrow. He pitched 5 scoreless before we got to him in the 6th.
I expect to win, probably easily, but I'm not looking at the 26-0 game as if that's typical.
Duke Stone getting the start in Game 1 of The Regional
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That was the Sunday game. We'll likely be seeing the Friday starter tomorrow. He pitched 5 scoreless before we got to him in the 6th.
I expect to win, probably easily, but I'm not looking at the 26-0 game as if that's typical.
I'll go on the record as saying Stone in game 1 is the right move, brilliant. If it fails, I'll be a man and just internalize my anger, might blame those bastard Indians, might kick a puppy, but I'll never admit it was wrong.
If we can't beat the 4 seed with our #2, we aren't going very far anyway. That's always been my rationale. I'm glad to see we have a coach willing to do the "right" thing.
If we can't beat the 4 seed with our #2, we aren't going very far anyway. That's always been my rationale. I'm glad to see we have a coach willing to do the "right" thing.
But if you pitch Tico tomorrow and blow out Lipscomb, but then screw around and lose on Saturday, there is potentially no next weekend to worry about. Winning one game does us no good. Winning three games this weekend is all that matters right now.
Stone pitched relatively well vs GA, last week.
He had that one bad pitch that they smashed for a 3-run bomb, and that was the difference.
If he throws that way tomorrow, i feel confident we will win…and he won’t be facing anywhere near what GA’s lineup is.
He had that one bad pitch that they smashed for a 3-run bomb, and that was the difference.
If he throws that way tomorrow, i feel confident we will win…and he won’t be facing anywhere near what GA’s lineup is.
We just have to be good enough all around to make this move work. Just be good enough.
This can also major league backfire too. Duke has a bad outing, our hitting happens to be average, and Lipscomb plays well, we could be 0-1 to start the tourney and in a really big hole. I understand why most want to do this, but it's not without a lot of risk.
I just hope Cincinnati throws their ace today (which they should). That guy is good. His stats are almost a mirror image of Tico's. Get him out of the way for the regional, get ourselves into the winner's bracket, and I think we're in really good shape to win the regional, no matter who wins between UL/Cincy.
The risk of Lipscomb beating any of our pitchers is very small. We’re not losing this game today.
I think Cincy & SW Louisiana both have to pitch their ace.
If you can worry about losing to a #155 RPI team you beat 43-7 in 3 games and that has 0 Q1or Q2 wins all year, you can worry about anything.The chicken littles in this thread
I expect Duke to settle down again after their big homer in the third inning.**
