re: Starting Poche was the correct decision, even in hindsight

Exactly. You'll hear a bunch of people questioning the move because we lost, but before the game, the general agreement was that it gave us the best chance to win both of the first two games, which is what really matters. Silver lining, we still have Lange for an elimination game tomorrow (hopefully against Vandy).

I'm with you on leaving Poche in that long, I was ready to take him out after the HBP. He was doing great before the throwing errors, but those obviously got in his head.