Word is the corndogs will start Nick Bush....

[thekimmer]

Not Hess who is their friday SEC guy. They did mention that Maneri said he might bring Hess in out of the pen. Bush has largely been a reliever this season. 21 appearances 3 starts. He pitched in two games against us this season in relief. 3 ip, 0 runs 1 hit, 1 SO, 1 BB.

 

[coach66]

I think he said he wants to force Mangum to bat right handed as much as possible

nm

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

He's hoping we are still the team we were in March

so Hess can be saved for Florida.

 

[thekimmer]

so Hess can be saved for Florida.

Hess did not look sharp against the barn. 80+ pitches, 5 earned runs on 6 hits in just 3 IP. Hilliard has been their best starter this season by far.

The thing is they can't afford to save anybody. They have to treat this game as do-or-die for a tournament bid. Their fans want to point to their #8 seed over our #9 but we both still finished 15-15 in the conference and our RPI says our 15-15 is way better than their 15-15.