We lost by one run

lol Florida isn't going down without pitching Faedo at some point

1. That wasnt their best pitcher

2. It sucks because we only wanted 3 inning to start but CPM not only did the dumb thing to try to stretch him for 4 but he waited until the bases were loaded to pull him when he had warm pitchers in the pen.

We hit Singer 8 times, got 2 walks and he struck out 12. His strikeouts kept the game from being ugly (in our favor). Our somewhat sloppy play and (FULL DISCLOSURE - I was NOT one of those morons calling for PM's head during the season) inexplicable decision to essentially let Reynolds lose the game in the 4th - once he walked the first guy - that was the time to make the move - allowed Florida to essentially steal one from the hottest team in college baseball.

Not saying Bush would have done any better, BUT now we'll never know. The creative fielding during the sequence was a symptom of all those walks.

The ground rule double - not saying that was all on Zach - the shadows were legitimate and he did make a couple of plays that would have been hits so it all balances out.

The long and short of it - Springer pitched a game for the record books and (almost) everything still had to go Florida's way for them to win by 1 run.

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Russel fricking Reynolds

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The kid did well for 3 innings... he was placed is tough spot and did his job. He got into trouble in the 4th and gave up 3 walks.

don't be down on the kid... he didn't blow it for LSU... he did his job... the score was 0-0 when he left the game, and that's about all he could do. Sure, not walking the bases loaded in the 4th would have been better... but all-in-all, Russ Reynolds was not the reason LSU lost.... great pitching by Florida and a few unfortunate things going UF's way just led to a 1 run loss.

LSU has every opportunity to come back and win this -- just as they would if this was regular season SEC play... we lost the first game of a series multiple times (with Lange on the mound) and prevailed in the next game.... have faith - but don't be down on a player, please.