re: SEC Series Opener in Baseball, Predictions

Lsu takes Friday. Close on Saturday. It could go either way, but I give vandy the edge. And then vandy beats up in our bullpen Sunday.

Expected starting rotations for this weekend between USC and Ole Miss:

Friday:
Jordan Montgomery (Jr. LHP) 3-0, 1.99 ERA, 22.2 IP, 8 BB, 25 SO
Chris Ellis (Jr. RHP) 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 27.2 IP, 10 BB, 20 SO

Saturday:
Jack Wynkoop (So. LHP) 4-0, 1.37 ERA, 26.1 IP, 3 BB, 24 SO
Christian Trent (So. LHP) 2-0, 3.96 ERA, 25.0 IP, 1 BB, 25 SO

Sunday:
Wil Crowe (Fr. RHP) 3-0, 0.99 ERA, 27.1 IP, 3 BB, 21 SO
Sam Smith (Jr. RHP) 3-0, 1.61 ERA, 22.1 IP, 6 BB, 13 SO


Both weekend staffs come in without a recorded loss to their seasons to be found, and only 1 of the 6 have an ERA above 2.00. Ellis having all goose eggs for an ERA is impressive considering his low strikeout:walk ratio. Trent has a high ERA: he's given up 2 HRs and 4 dbls, but only has 1 walk, so looks like he doesn't fool anyone with stuff but just tries to throw it past them. Smith's opponents are hitting .241 and he doesn't have a lot of Ks, so it looks like he induces a lot of ground-outs and/or fly-outs. Both Trent and Smith have hit 8 batters thus far: our entire team has hit only 9....

Either way, it appears at a glance that runs will come at a premium this weekend. Let's hope our pitchers are up to the task, and especially our DEFENSE, as one blown error could mean the difference in a win or loss this series....

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Expected starting rotations for this weekend between USC and Ole Miss:

Friday:
Jordan Montgomery (Jr. LHP) 3-0, 1.99 ERA, 22.2 IP, 8 BB, 25 SO
Chris Ellis (Jr. RHP) 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 27.2 IP, 10 BB, 20 SO

Saturday:
Jack Wynkoop (So. LHP) 4-0, 1.37 ERA, 26.1 IP, 3 BB, 24 SO
Christian Trent (So. LHP) 2-0, 3.96 ERA, 25.0 IP, 1 BB, 25 SO

Sunday:
Wil Crowe (Fr. RHP) 3-0, 0.99 ERA, 27.1 IP, 3 BB, 21 SO
Sam Smith (Jr. RHP) 3-0, 1.61 ERA, 22.1 IP, 6 BB, 13 SO


Both weekend staffs come in without a recorded loss to their seasons to be found, and only 1 of the 6 have an ERA above 2.00. Ellis having all goose eggs for an ERA is impressive considering his low strikeout:walk ratio. Trent has a high ERA: he's given up 2 HRs and 4 dbls, but only has 1 walk, so looks like he doesn't fool anyone with stuff but just tries to throw it past them. Smith's opponents are hitting .241 and he doesn't have a lot of Ks, so it looks like he induces a lot of ground-outs and/or fly-outs. Both Trent and Smith have hit 8 batters thus far: our entire team has hit only 9....

Either way, it appears at a glance that runs will come at a premium this weekend. Let's hope our pitchers are up to the task, and especially our DEFENSE, as one blown error could mean the difference in a win or loss this series....

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SC and Ole Miss are really evenly matched in hitting and 1 or the other only slightly leads in all the hitting categories. It's the same thing for pitching 1 slightly leads the other in various pitching categories.
https://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/Portals/3/SEC%20Website/Baseball/2014/Statistics.pdf

However, it looks like IF Ole Miss is going to steal a game in Columbia, it's going to be on Friday with Ellis pitching. The entire weekend staff for both squads are undefeated and had a great "pre-season" but now is the time they start cutting teeth. Yardcocks vs Yardsharks, this is going to be really entertaining and some good baseball.

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#14 Ole Miss @ #1 South Carolina
#6 LSU @ #5 Vanderbilt

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These should be great series

I don't see any obvious sweeps this weekend but I'm sure there will be one or two.

I would be surprised if we even win one with the way we've been playing the last two weeks. Florida 3-0.

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MSU 2 - UGA 1

Might get swept but holding out hope our bats out hit them 1 game. Lord knows our pitching won't keep us in it

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There is no doubt in my mind that yall will out hit us. Our hitting has been pure shite. I'm surprised now when we don't strike out looking.

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AU has won 6 straight games. We have a #53 RPI.

I say we take 2 of 3.

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If they hope to carry the series they better win Fri and Sun because Keegan and his sub 0.50 ERA has Sat on lockdown.