re: Baseball 28-20 (14-10) Schedule for Week of 5/3

Instead, Harris base hit. 1st and 2nd. 2 out.

And now a single and then wild pitch put man in scoring position again.

And on cue he goes to 0-2 on the day.

Harris fails at bunting as runner out at 3rd. Same but 1 out.

Taking a look at the UF squad. Hitting is a strength. Pitching appears to be a weakness.

Almost seems like they do it by committee. It's not unusual for a starter to only go 3-5 innings. Those that seem to get a majority of starts in the conference games:

Shore(1-2) 3.86 ERA 15 K's 3 BB's - Seems to be their Friday starter. Had a complete game against Bama but only 3.2 against OM and 6.0 against UT. 5 K's a game is setting any records and given our propensity to strike out against Illinois, it's a good thing he's not a strike out pitcher.

Dunning(0-0) 4.15 ERA 13 K's 6 BB's - Seems to be the Sunday starter. The longest he's gone all year is 5.2. Seems to get a quick hook as can be seen with him not having a record in conference games.

Puk(2-1) 5.06 ERA 19 K's 6 BB's - Lost his start last weekend against Bama to Rhodes. Not sure if due to injury or performance. He's gone 5.0 and 2.1 innings.

Rhodes(0-0) 3.60 ERA 15 K's 3 BB's - Got the start against Bama and went 3 innings. Threw 2 innings against OM as well.

Florida is currently ranked anywhere from 3 to 6. They've lost at least 1 game in each of their conference series (UT/Bama) and lost 2 to OM. OM has been their only road series coincidentally. They've also split with other quality teams like UCF and FSU, including a loss to FSU yesterday. They're ranked highly, but I think our pitching threw against just as good of bats against A&M and fared well and I don't think their pitching staff is as solid as A&M or SC. Again, would love to win 1 but think there's a chance to steal another series against a top 10 team.

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It's weird that UFs pitching isn't producing more than they are. Most of their guys are/were big time prospects or were moderately high draftees out of high school that chose school.

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It's hard to get a gauge on if it's them or the coach with a quick hook. Their numbers aren't horrible but they might get yanked after 4 innings despite only giving up a run or 2.

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David Morrison ?@DavidCMorrison 18m18 minutes ago

Rhoades, on @KTGRBigShow, also echoed R. Bowen Loftin in saying MU has to do "something" with the baseball stadium.

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So needed. I don't know how their current facilities attract anyone.

Rhoades & Loftin

The thing is, baseball can almost be self sustaining. Not quite, but almost. I think Mizzou spends about $1.5M on baseball annually, give or take. LSU gets over 10,000 a game on average. If Mizzou hadn't abandoned its baseball and got even half of that, at an average ticket price of $10 and 30 home games, that is $1.5M in gate. It won't pay for a nice stadium, but the nice stadium could set the team up to nearly pay for itself.

Yes, I know. Not realistic anymore, but it could have been.