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It’s not unheard of for LSU to lose game two and make the finals

Posted on 6/20/23 at 12:58 am
Posted by LSUDarkKnight2
Seattle
Member since Sep 2013
271 posts
Posted on 6/20/23 at 12:58 am
Hell, we did it in 2017. Also against a #1 seed.

That team lost to #1 Oregon State 12-1. Went on to beat FSU 7-4, Oregon State 3-1, and Oregon State again 6-1.

Strange things happen in Omaha.
Posted by TigerLifer18
Member since May 2023
2073 posts
Posted on 6/20/23 at 1:00 am to
I agree, but that 2017 team had a MUCH deeper pitching staff. Caleb Gilbert had a 2.16 ERA in 50 something innings pitched going into that game. We have nobody even close to that moving forward.
Posted by cfish140
BR
Member since Aug 2007
7288 posts
Posted on 6/20/23 at 1:17 am to
This is true but I was bored tonight and looked up the stats. Back then you had 2 days of rest in between games even if you lost, so like we lost tonight we’d play Wednesday night instead of Tuesday then when they won that game they played Friday and not Thursday, even if we win tomorrow we turn around and play Wednesday. An extra day of rest is much easier on a pitching staff

Secondly, some combination of Poche, Lange, and Hess pitched 3 of the 5 games, didn’t have to use anybody else. The other 2 games: The loss against Oregon state when Eric Walker blew his arm out and we had to pitch Johnny whole staff and they all got rocked to the tune of 13 runs. The rubber match against oregon state Caleb Gilbert got the start and pitched the game of his life with 7 innings and only 2 hits and Hess mopped up the last 2 innings.

We would need another Caleb Gilbert like performance from somebody out the pen, and even if that happens we don’t have a Zach Hess type closer to put the lights out with an inning or 2 to go. Oh and they’ve made it even tougher on losers bracket teams by making them play every night consecutively until the championship instead of every other night.

I’ll ride with ya though. 1 game at a time baby
This post was edited on 6/20/23 at 1:19 am
Posted by Ironhead985
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
8761 posts
Posted on 6/20/23 at 3:52 am to
I’m not confident about all that. I’m just wanting to throw a wrench into Tennessee plans if it can’t be more than that.
Posted by BayouBengals90
Nashville
Member since Jan 2009
1734 posts
Posted on 6/20/23 at 4:42 am to
This team is going to have to dig deep for some inspiration to have a fighting chance. Bats are going to have to produce a ton.
Posted by paulb52
Member since Dec 2019
3852 posts
Posted on 6/20/23 at 5:54 am to
Sure all they have to do is beat Tennessee again then come back and beat Wake Forest twice. Fat lady singing loudly.
Posted by ChollyMac62
Member since Aug 2017
97 posts
Posted on 6/20/23 at 7:55 am to
I was at those games against Oregon St
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