It gets gnarly here in May and June.I joined late but a lot of posters I haven’t seen before tonight. Is this the way you old heads felt when I started posting?
Game 46 - Coastal 12 Carolina 2
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Admittedly, I was recruited my Gilmore/Schnall and just have a ton of respect for the way Coastal plays the game and executes so this is tough game for me as a fan lol But, it’s just so impressive in how they’ve built that program and the staying power they’ve had since Gilmore really got them going. They recruit a certain type of guy, a ton of LH bats and really protectable pitchers. Tough game tonight for the Heels but these types of things happen in a 56 game season. I wouldn’t say anything is an indictment on the season or the team, tough night against a really good team and program. We’ll be absolutely fine.
I’d bet I’m younger than you or close, but yes lmaoI joined late but a lot of posters I haven’t seen before tonight. Is this the way you old heads felt when I started posting?
Especially when you know the team is second in the country in sacrifice bunts coming into the game.
Another great Dr. French catch but Coastal plates another
Younger id bet as well. I’m in my Hansbrough year.I’d bet I’m younger than you or close, but yes lmao
Certainly all valid to expect good play. But one off night out of 60 is reality right? I mean, you can't expect perfection every single pitch, out and at bat.
They have stunk tonight. No question. It's one game against a good team on a Tuesday. The over reaction by some folks is just wild to me. Should the team be embarrassed? Yes. Coaching staff and players? Yes.....
Case in point....
Carolina's offense is terrible, bad, whatever other adjective.....Carolina just scored 22 runs three days ago.
Carolina's pitching is bad....Carolina's 9th in the nation in team ERA.
Carolina's defense is terrible, awful, bad........Carolina is 14th in nation in defensive fielding percentage...
Bad games happen in baseball. You'd like them not to happen when the season is on the line for sure......but better it all happen at once and you hope they flush it out of their system, but we shall see....
Hope we are getting all our mistakes out in one game. Coastal is a team you cannot make any mistakes with and have a chance.
Not worried about the pitching because other than McDuffie (who was mostly great) our horses didn’t pitch. The inconsistency at the plate is the concerning part. 22 runs in a game is great but I’d rather not have these no show nights and just be solid.
T9 continued....
MIhos fouls out, Thorndyke scores
Barthol triples to right center
Barthol scores on WP 12-2
MItchell - 6-3
12-2 to B9
MIhos fouls out, Thorndyke scores
Barthol triples to right center
Barthol scores on WP 12-2
MItchell - 6-3
12-2 to B9
Game sucks, but I trust the coaching staff to make the most out of the off weekend. We’ll be ready for Pitt which is what matters.
There has been a lot of national talk this past week about how this could finally be our best year to win a natty. I’m sure our boys have heard it. Maybe they came in thinking this would be an easy win. Who knows. The problem is, Coastal was much more disciplined at the plate, and they wanted it. I really hope that we both are national seeds, because I would prefer to not have them in our region.
2 runs against their backup pitchers is so lame
UNC is 31st in the nation in runs per game at 8.2.
Of course we can have one bad game. There are some facets of it that have been more consistent questions than one bad game. I just didn’t like the question like the people here didn’t know Coastal is good. Of course they’re good. And we’re supposed to be too. It seems like an issue if we only have 4 pitchers we can trust against a team of that caliber, though. Maybe that’s all we’d need if we saw them in another setting. It’s a tightrope to walk, though. Especially if we’re going to give them extra outs, which we’ve given them about 5 of tonight, along with 4 bases on wild pitches.
And I’m sorry, but how we do against Duke’s #3 and depth bullpen arms doesn’t tell me much about projecting to the postseason. This will be 3 of 4 games with 3 runs or less and 4 out of 6.
B9
Ryan Lynch in to pitch for Coastal...
Sowers PH - BB
Kellis PH - Lines out to left center on diving catch
Hargett PH - K swinging
Maginnis PH - K swinging
Ball game...12-2 Coastal
Ryan Lynch in to pitch for Coastal...
Sowers PH - BB
Kellis PH - Lines out to left center on diving catch
Hargett PH - K swinging
Maginnis PH - K swinging
Ball game...12-2 Coastal
Man Forbes is really mismanaging the pitching staff tonight
4 of the last 6 they’ve scored 3 or less. Not a good trend. 31st is pretty good but I really want more than pretty good for this team.
100% agree. I love small ball and Coastal played a great game. No shame in losing that one.
Obviously we need to beat Queens and dook, but I think as long as we win the Pitt and State series we should have a national seed wrapped up. Hopefully we will, of course. That being said, I would really like it if our bats wake up tomorrow, and they stay awake. We definitely are a better team than what we saw today.
Guessing all the people who criticized him for not using DeCaro won’t watch this and see he decided before the game he was unavailable. And they’re going to be real upset when he pitches tomorrow.
I’m going out on a limb—Only way we aren’t a top 8 seed is if we lose both remaining series. We’ll be the 2nd highest ranked ACC team with series wins over the other top 3 teams in the league. RPI is not the be-all end-all.
I couldn’t agree with you more. We need to beat Queens and dook, but weekend series are the most important. I honestly could see BC beating GT this weekend.