re: #6 UGA Baseball 45-15 (24-10) #FireStricklinForReal 6/1

We tied last year’s win total and have one of the worse teams in the conference at home to end the year. Hay definitely not in the barn yet but I like where we stand.

That’s baseball. Still, take 2 of 3 from Bama this weekend and we are exactly where we need to be and will have managed to improve on last year’s final record. Hoping to see this team take the tournament seriously with the arms we have this year

RPI:
1.Vanderbilt
2.UCLA
3.Mississippi State
4.East Carolina
5.Georgia
6.Arkansas
7.Georgia Tech
8.Louisville
9.Texas Tech

SOS
2.Vanderbilt
7.Georgia Tech
10.Arkansas
11.Texas Tech
12.Georgia
17.Mississippi State
20.UCLA
23.East Carolina
32.Louisville

Q1 Wins
23-10 Mississippi State
22-8 Vanderbilt
19-8 Arkansas
18-11 Georgia
17-10 Georgia Tech
16-10 Louisville
15-6 UCLA
15-6 Texas Tech
11-6 East Carolina

Q1 + Q2 Wins
29-9 Vanderbilt
27-12 Texas Tech
27-14 Mississippi State
26-14 Georgia Tech
25-7 UCLA
24-11 Arkansas
24-12 Louisville
23-12 Georgia
17-9 East Carolina

Predictions
1.Vanderbilt
2.UCLA
3.Mississippi State
4.Arkansas
5.Texas Tech
6.Georgia
7.Georgia Tech
8.Louisville
9.East Carolina

Would probably go Oregon State at 10, so we would be matched up either with Oklahoma State or Miami, and I would bet we get either North Carolina or North Carolina State sent to Athens IF North Carolina doesnt get a regional host. If North Carolina hosts, I see NC State going to East Carolina, and that would open up a west coast/north east/midwest team to come to Athens(Arizona State, UCONN, Indiana).

Locey Saturday and Hancock Sunday pretty much means Striklin is punting the SEC Tournament, just like last year when we went 0-2 and then carried the pants shitting into the regional against Duke.

Our first game will be Wednesday, so Im guessing Elliott will start, and then Thursday Im guessing Wilcox? I doubt Hancock even pitches next week.

Yeah, the good thing this year is that we have some of the best starting pitching depth in the nation, but it worries me that we will be playing a Florida or Tennessee that will be playing to get into the NCAA Tournament, and we will be sleepwalking without our two best arms.

You are right though, if we get through those first two games, we could potentially have Hancock for the championship game against probably the third or fourth best pitcher from whoever we play.

Speaking of, Hancock just became the first UGA starting pitcher to ever be named a Golden Spikes semifinalist and only the 4th player period (Beckham, Fields, and Poythress are the other three).

Strick said Maxwell is in the lineup this weekend unless Maxwell says he can’t go

Webb will be out tonight due to a death in the family but will be back tomorrow

Confirmed the rotation for Hoover will be Elliott, Wilcox, Locey, and Hancock in that order

Said if Vandy drops an early game to kentucky this weekend and UGA can win at least the first two, Dawgs are still in contention for the SEC title

Schunk named a semifinalist for the Olerud award for best two way player

Second the winning a tournament game notion. Give me some confidence going into the regional

There’s not but just putting it out there. Baseball is a weird sport and Kentucky is fighting for their postseason life with a bona fide first round ace

Bama scores 1 on a sac fly to right

1-1 in the 3rd