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The bats have come alive this weekend. 11-10 UK
Posted on 4/29/18 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 4/29/18 at 3:00 pm
After getting down 6-1, Harris hits a 2 run shot, hits an RBI single, and Sharp hits a GS to give the team a 10-6 lead in the 7th.
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Posted on 4/29/18 at 3:44 pm to navynuke
MDO puts on on the inner 1/3 and gets punished for it with the sacks juiced. 11-10 UK.
Posted on 4/29/18 at 3:57 pm to navynuke
Hanna whifs with the tying run on 2B.
Tough loss but a good series to watch.
Tough loss but a good series to watch.
Posted on 4/29/18 at 7:41 pm to navynuke
Gave up 22 runs the last 2 games. Not good.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 7:18 am to reedus23
They also scored 24 vs a pretty good pitching staff. Kentucky is #16 in the country in runs scored. The bats rose to the challenge.
Bond was clearly pissed after the ball cleared the fence because MDO shook him off. A changeup in the same location produces a DP and they get out of the inning.
Tough way to lose the series but a lot of good came out of the weekend offensively.
Bond was clearly pissed after the ball cleared the fence because MDO shook him off. A changeup in the same location produces a DP and they get out of the inning.
Tough way to lose the series but a lot of good came out of the weekend offensively.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 11:01 pm to navynuke
Not disputing that taking one against a top 25 team, on the road has a lot of positives. Allowing 22 runs the last 2 games is NOT one of them. I don't care who you are playing. And yes, if I were a UK fan, I'd be saying that giving up 24 runs over the same 2 games is not a good thing.
Good news is the staff is better than that and they have a good chance to win the last 3 series of the year. UGA started hot but they've come back to earth a bit, only winning the series against a not so good UT team out of their last 4 or 5 series. Get them at home too. @SC will be tough to win the series but this team is capable. Finish the year against UT who is last in the east. Granted, we're just a hair away from taking that spot from them.
Good news is the staff is better than that and they have a good chance to win the last 3 series of the year. UGA started hot but they've come back to earth a bit, only winning the series against a not so good UT team out of their last 4 or 5 series. Get them at home too. @SC will be tough to win the series but this team is capable. Finish the year against UT who is last in the east. Granted, we're just a hair away from taking that spot from them.
Posted on 5/1/18 at 7:25 am to reedus23
That's weekend baseball in the SEC. You get past the Friday night starter vs the top 5 teams in this league and big #s get put on the board. Kentucky averages 8 runs a game on Saturday and Sunday facing the #2 and #3 starters in the league.
Posted on 5/3/18 at 12:10 am to navynuke
Beat Iowa the other day but gave up 16 runs. Had to use 9 pitchers, including Toelken and De Oca, who you'd rather not have to use during the week and save for the weekend.
You can't bury your head in the sand and think that 38 runs in 3 games is ok. It's not ok. Now you can believe that it will get corrected, which I do think. If it doesn't, they're in trouble come SEC tourney time. Your logic seems to think they'll be just fine giving up 12 runs in the SEC tourney. I doubt that.
BTW...only 6 times did a team give up as many runs in a game as Mizzou did in the last 3 weekends. That's 6 out of roughly 42 games. So it happens but not as frequently as you would make it sound. 8 is a lot of runs but there's a difference between 8 and 11 or 12 runs. Just ask the team that played Sunday.
You can't bury your head in the sand and think that 38 runs in 3 games is ok. It's not ok. Now you can believe that it will get corrected, which I do think. If it doesn't, they're in trouble come SEC tourney time. Your logic seems to think they'll be just fine giving up 12 runs in the SEC tourney. I doubt that.
BTW...only 6 times did a team give up as many runs in a game as Mizzou did in the last 3 weekends. That's 6 out of roughly 42 games. So it happens but not as frequently as you would make it sound. 8 is a lot of runs but there's a difference between 8 and 11 or 12 runs. Just ask the team that played Sunday.
Posted on 5/3/18 at 4:20 pm to reedus23
In the last 3 weekends (Apr 14-15, Apr 21-22, Apr 28-29) 38 conference games were played. A team scored 8+ runs 24 times over that 38 game stretch. A team scored 10+ 12 times over the same 38 games.
Since March 16th, 147 conference games have been played. 65 teams have scored 8+ runs. A team has has scored 10+ runs 40 times.
We can agree to disagree on what is frequent.
Since March 16th, 147 conference games have been played. 65 teams have scored 8+ runs. A team has has scored 10+ runs 40 times.
We can agree to disagree on what is frequent.
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Posted on 5/3/18 at 7:52 pm to navynuke
So you are using a number that is nearly 5 runs less per game than what we have averaged giving up per game over the last three. I wonder what the numbers would be if I arbitrarily picked a number that was equally as far over what we have given up. I know you like digging up stats, so how many times has a team scored 18+ runs in a game.
The other thing that we will agree to disagree about is that giving up crooked numbers ain't an issue. UGA already with 8 runs in the 5th inning. But since 8 runs is common place, I won't worry about it. I won't worry if they score 13 either. Once they get to over 18, then I'll say there might be an issue that needs fixing.
The question isn't whether 13 runs a game is an issue. Any coach in the country will tell you it is. The real question is whether or not it is fixable. I think and hope it is. Too much talent on the staff.
The other thing that we will agree to disagree about is that giving up crooked numbers ain't an issue. UGA already with 8 runs in the 5th inning. But since 8 runs is common place, I won't worry about it. I won't worry if they score 13 either. Once they get to over 18, then I'll say there might be an issue that needs fixing.
The question isn't whether 13 runs a game is an issue. Any coach in the country will tell you it is. The real question is whether or not it is fixable. I think and hope it is. Too much talent on the staff.
Posted on 5/4/18 at 8:14 pm to reedus23
My original statement was that SEC lineups punish poor pitching. The average runs per game scored in the SEC is 6. 40 times a team has scored 10+ runs in conference play. That's 27% of the games played. You argued that big #s didn't get put up frequently. Scoring 10 runs in one out of every 4 games is frequent.
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The other thing that we will agree to disagree about is that giving up crooked numbers ain't an issue.
I never ever said it wasn't an issue. Its what happens in this league to bad pitching. I've been watching SEC baseball since spending a decade in South Carolina and Georgia. It was even worse before the COR reduction.
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Posted on 5/4/18 at 10:53 pm to navynuke
My point was that 1 in 4 is not the same as 3 in 4. And for this staff, it had only been 3 times in 42 games (1 in 14) before the 3 in a row. I agree with you though. It does happen to poor pitching. Which is what I don't get. Really seemed like the staff was deeper this year than in recent years. Plassmeyer had a better outing despite the loss. Maybe that will get things turned around.
I also can't help but wonder...without going back and looking it up, it seems that the recent struggles correspond to Bieser switching up the weekend rotation. Might not be a factor but it makes me wonder.
And yes, there were more runs before the bat restrictions.
I also can't help but wonder...without going back and looking it up, it seems that the recent struggles correspond to Bieser switching up the weekend rotation. Might not be a factor but it makes me wonder.
And yes, there were more runs before the bat restrictions.
Posted on 5/5/18 at 7:56 am to reedus23
Kentucky can flat out hit. The have 6 guys hitting .300 or better and a 7th hitting .298. 3 of those 7 have 10 or more HRs.
The wind in Iowa City was blowing out at 17 MPH and gusting at 28. Both teams took advantage.
The wind in Iowa City was blowing out at 17 MPH and gusting at 28. Both teams took advantage.
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Posted on 5/5/18 at 2:39 pm to navynuke
Hope you're right that it is a one off situation. Well, 4 off situation. And the staff settles back in.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 9:38 pm to reedus23
6 conference games to go. I would imagine if we want any hope of the NCAA's, they'd better make their conference tourney. Good news is that Mizzou controls their destiny.
Last 3 games are against UT, who is 10-14, while Mizzou is 9-15. Bama will likely finish 14th. Probably between Mizzou and UT as to who is out in 13th and who gets the last spot. The other interesting note is that Mizzou alum Vitello took the UT job when passed over for Bieser and is in his first year.
UT has Vandy and Mizzou has an SC team that has been playing better. Would help a ton if we can come out of next weekend picking a game up on UT, going in all square into the final series in COMO.
Last 3 games are against UT, who is 10-14, while Mizzou is 9-15. Bama will likely finish 14th. Probably between Mizzou and UT as to who is out in 13th and who gets the last spot. The other interesting note is that Mizzou alum Vitello took the UT job when passed over for Bieser and is in his first year.
UT has Vandy and Mizzou has an SC team that has been playing better. Would help a ton if we can come out of next weekend picking a game up on UT, going in all square into the final series in COMO.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 7:09 am to reedus23
As of 5/7 they are projected in the Durham regional with Duke, Michigan, and Campbell. I don't think you could ask for a better chance at advancing than that.
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