I'm certainly not melting about it. Maybe a few on the board are. There was 1 problem last night: Strall.

Kiel needed to be left in to see if he could hold it together. I wonder if he would have been given another batter if Deichmann doesn't dive for no reason and give up more runs. Reynolds is usually more reliable than that and Norman and Bain pitched well. Neither should be needed for more than an inning this year. But all of these guys are veterans besides Kiel who's still a transfer with lots of college innings.

Back to Strall. As nicely as I can put it: I don't see where he fits in at all.. anywhere. And PM definitely should not have waited 4 batters to send someone to get ready. Kid couldn't get an out to save his life. On top of that, the pitch calling didn't help at all. I get he throws "hard" for a side-armer but he should still be pitching off of the slider, not fastball.

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Posted by Choupique19

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Posted on 2/22/17 at 8:51 am to ell_13

Coach Mainieri displays too much confidence in his guys at times. When the rally started against Kiel in his first outing as a Tiger, I have no problem with the way that move was handled. However, when Strall came in UNO already had a rally going and the lead was quickly evaporating. Instead of having the next guy lightly tossing in the bullpen "just in case", LSU didn't have any one in the pen as Strall took the mound. After three straight guys reach base Mainieri realized we have to get someone ready and in a hurry. Problem is, Strall entered the game with runners already on so everytime a batter reached base more runs were crossing the plate.

Starting a fresh inning and giving up a few base runners in a row is tough, but it is an absolute killer to enter mid inning with runners on base and allow that to happen. It's not like Strall is our top reliever out of the pen anyway. Sometimes you just ride with your guy, but not if that guy isn't one of your ace relievers.

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Posted by ProjectP2294

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Posted on 2/22/17 at 8:53 am to ell_13

quote:
I'm certainly not melting about it.

Oh I know, I was just messing with you.

I was surprised with Reynolds. I thought he was going to shut it down. I was very happy to see what Bain and Norman did, and I expect that to be normal for them for the rest of the year.

I wonder, if since tonight is at home, we see guys like Beck, Frederick, Bush, or Reese make their debut? Hess is capped at 5 innings. Peterson will probably throw one as well. Hopefully one or two of the other guys mentioned will get a shot. Maybe not Bush if he's still recovering.

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