Should we start pilk on Saturdays?

[gymdawg.sixpack]

Seems itll give us the best chance to get 2 . just seems we'll waste him on Fri close losses

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Seems itll give us the best chance to get 2 . just seems we'll waste him on Fri close losses

I think so. No question.

 

[HamSammich]

Why does it matter when we pitch him? If we can't score, we won't win many games regardless of who is pitching....

 

[dawgphd]

What was his pitch count tonight?

 

[Hankp22]

What was his pitch count tonight?

Right at 125

I don't like seeing the count that high this early.

That said, he made about 4 or 5 bad pitches tonight and it resulted in 3 runs. He was dominant again. The development and command of his secondary pitch has been impressive.

 

[msstate7]

Right at 125

I don't like seeing the count that high this early.

That said, he made about 4 or 5 bad pitches tonight and it resulted in 3 runs. He was dominant again. The development and command of his secondary pitch has been impressive.

With as much elbow trouble as we've had, 125 pitches is just wreckless imo.

 

[KurtRambis4]

It's

funny how when we win, folks don't give a **** about pitch counts. Hell, last year Sexton and Hudson were racking them up, and nobody seemed to care.

 

[Croom's knee socks]

I think we should start him on Saturday. Having him go up against SEC aces is just a waste. When you only have one trump you don't play it when you think someone else has One too.

 

[HamSammich]

Well by that logic he should be the mid week starter..... you always put your best against their best.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Non sports topics don't belong on here.

 

[dickiedawg]

I think we'll win more than we lose with Pilkington starting.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

No....the theory is that you score more runs vs other teams' #2.....yes its kinda a "forfeit theory" on friday nites but it gives you the best chance to win sat/sun. If you do happen to pull out a fri game you have a chance for a sweep.
If we start losing Sat games by 1 or 2 runs this move makes total sense.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

I am sure Cannizzaro let him pitch the 8th because of where we were in the batting order too of 9th. At 3-1 he saw a chance. If BP gave up runs in bottom of 8th(like they are prone to do), then we had no chance in 9th.

It's not like Arkansas all of a sudden became a Omaha team after only winning 7 SEC games last year. Our team just strikes out to much right now to be competitive with any SEC team.

What did Arkansas have, 5 hits? And they struck out 14 times.

Live by the HR ball, die by the HR ball.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

It's one thing to cry about pitch count if he was fatigued, but he wasn't.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Yep. Cohen nearly won a national championship doing this.

 

[jdbulldog]

Pilk needs to get loose and start tonight.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

We need to throw our #3 on fri, #1 on sat, and #2 on sun.
This weekend is a great case in point: likely outcomes would have been a 7-1 loss fri, 4-2 win tonight, and im guessing a 8-5 win sun.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Have to be careful with this strategy too, in what it communicates to your team. In 2013 it was different, graveman was never a Friday starter. We've essentially declared Pilk the man.