re: What does PM blame for the 1-5 start? Luck.

This is a weak excuse.

Miss. St., Game 1: Jaden Hill barely survived the 6th but was left in the game until he loaded the bases, ultimately allowing 3 more runs to score and putting the game out of reach

Miss. St., Game 2: we threatened to score maybe twice and neither was thwarted by bad luck

Tennessee, Game 1: terrible defense by Sanford and Travinski, never threatened to score outside the 1 run they did score

Tennessee, Game 2: Hill stunk, we walked 8 batters, hit another, and gave up 4 HRs

Tennessee, Game 3: Never threatened to score outside the 2 runs they did score, couldn't get the leadoff man out, balked him to 3rd, gave up a hit that would've won the game anyway

Where's the bad luck? At most, you can say last night with the game being suspended to today, but the same pitcher was used today so there's no guarantee he doesn't blow the game last night as well.

This isn't a razor-thing margin-of-error going against the Tigers; they're playing terrible baseball in every facet. They swing at too many bad pitches so they don't get walked, the pitchers can't throw strikes, the defense is subpar across the board, and Maineiri makes terrible personnel decisions on a nightly basis.

Bad processes lead to bad results.