Dominant DeCaro Sets Up Winner-Take-All - Grace's Takeaways
Grace Nugent reports on UNC's 4-0 game two win over USC. Jason DeCaro was the story of the game, but there's a lot more to discuss ...
Dominant DeCaro Sets Up Winner-Take-All Finale - Grace's Takeaways
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I think Folger is more comfortable starting and Glauber coming in. It's been pretty effective this year why not see how far Folger can take us and then give ball to Glauber
I’m expecting Boaz to start.
Forbes has said he’s most comfortable starting and we need to get 27 outs so we need him to pitch well.
Hope he gives us one time through the lineup and then turn it over to Glauber.
Forbes has said he’s most comfortable starting and we need to get 27 outs so we need him to pitch well.
Hope he gives us one time through the lineup and then turn it over to Glauber.
Only 4 runs off of 19 base runners is crazy. We are incredibly fortunate that DeCaro pitched the game of his life or else the season would be over. Offense absolutely has to step up with RISP tomorrow.
@GraceNugent what does the USC pitching situation look like for Sunday?
Bats are due, right? Hopefully we can ride that momentum that DeCaro created today.
Great question, Stankiewicz was very non committal on a starter for tomorrow. Expect either Diego Velazquez or Andrew Johnson tomorrow. I would think that most of their pen arms are available, including everyone but Govel from today, that includes Sax Matson. As the season is on the line wouldn’t be surprised if Mason Edwards is an option out of the pen.
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What’s funny about baseball is Gaines talked with TA and Grace about focusing on DeCaro’s 2-strike pitches this week, then the first 0-2 pitch he threw was a pretty poor curve ball that the guy drilled down the LF line just foul, a few feet from being a double. Then he barely missed a pitch the rest of the game.
He mentioned that exact AB actually. I asked him about executing two-strike pitches and he said that that AB pushed him to lock in.
Johnson threw 150 pitches over 2 appearances last weekend. He threw 30+ pitches Friday. Velazquez threw 70 pitches last weekend against Texas State.
Johnson also looked really good against us in Game 1.
Seems like it’s gonna be:
Velasquez/Johnson to start…all available, but Govel.
Glauber/Boaz to start…all available, but Decaro.
Fun.
Johnson also looked really good against us in Game 1.
Seems like it’s gonna be:
Velasquez/Johnson to start…all available, but Govel.
Glauber/Boaz to start…all available, but Decaro.
Fun.
I love the idea of starting Glauber. Keep them cold early on while we strike early on then if the lead allows it being in Walker and finish it up with RossDominant DeCaro Sets Up Winner-Take-All - Grace's Takeaways
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I would start with Walker and let him go as long as he is effective. Then I would bring globe in for the rest of the game. Walker and Globe have been our best arms all year so let them pitch us to Omaha.
Grace, I want to thank you for your coverage. It’s fantastic. Your enthusiasm and your nerdiness add a lot to my experience and understanding of the game.
Simple, I think we need Walker to pitch tomorrow and not rely on globe to go all night. Since I would like to see globe on the bump in the eighth and ninth inning since he has been our best all year, the only way to have Walker in the game is to have him start. I also think he has had a much better season than Boaz. Boaz to me can be a little risky. Sometimes he’s great but sometimes he’s not.