re: Wake Forest Message Boards…

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No, they absolutely do not. Which puts the pressure mostly on them. I think the Crews home run was so big. It was like a weight loss as lifted not only off him, but the entire team. They were having fun for the 1st time in a while. I think that carries over, and we play loose and free and light them up tomorrow.

They have much better pitching, but they’ve never been here before (as evidenced by their weird celebration still 3 wins away from a championship) and I think their great pitching is gonna feel that pressure of not wanting to face Skenes, their butts will pucker, they’ll press and overthrow, not have their typical command, uncharacteristically walk some guys, miss over the plate, and we’ll make them pay.

I’ll take it, but I don’t think we’ll need another Ackenhousen type performance because I think we’re gonna score. And the more we score, the more they succumb to the pressure, and the more we’ll score.

The only caveat is that we can’t give up a few runs early. That 1st inning will be key. If we hold them scoreless in the top and can manage just 1 in the bottom half, the doubt will creep in and the route will be inevitably on. Jumping on Tenner 1st tonight was huge, even if it was only 1.

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