A weekend of missed opportunities

Let's begin with the bottom of the 2nd in game 1. Already scored 1 run and had runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out, and we don't even put the ball in play. Reid K, Hughes K. At least 1 run left on the board, possibly 2.

Bottom 3 - Smith leads off with a double then our best 3 hitters go groundout, groundout, groundout. We scored smith but with a leadoff double and the meat of the order up that's a win for FSU.

Bottom 4 - Beloso doubles to right and Garza doesn't touch 2nd base. Next batter would have been a sac fly then reid single scored Beloso. 1 run left on the board, potentially more because there still would have been 1 out with a runner on 2nd.

Bottom 5 - Top of the order comes through but then Watson gets thrown out trying to go 1st to 3rd on a single to center. I won't count this as a run left on the board because Garza hit a ground ball that could have been a GIDP to end the inning but it definitely took some wind out of the sails.

Bottom 9 - runners on first and 2nd. Winning run at the plate and pop out to catcher. Even just a ball in play would have put huge pressure on the already shaky FSU fielders (3 errors in game 1)

Also, our pitchers walked 10 batters in game 1. TEN.

Game 2:

Bottom 2 - Had a huge double play opportunity then drop the ball on the tag at home plate. Gifted them at least 2 runs and possibly all 3.

Top 6 - Runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out and get picked off at 3rd base. Absolutely inexcusable. Not even sure why he was taking a lead at all. With Gio's speed he scores on just about anything put in play or easily on a wild pitch. Cain should not have let him more than a couple steps off the bag. Beloso fly ball would have been a sac fly, at least 1 run left on the board there and potentially more.

Top 8 - Watson ties the game with a single then gets thrown out trying to take second base. Would have been runner on 3rd with 1 out. At least 1 run left out there yet again.

Bottom 12 - Fontenot surrenders his first hit in 6 IP and is immediately followed up by Garza not focusing and dropping one that hit his glove to allow the runner to get to second. Without the passed ball Mendoza's single is meaningless. Gifted yet another run.

So in game 1 we left 2 sure runs out there and took the opportunity for 2-3 more away from ourselves. We also walked 10 guys. 4 of their 6 runs were on base because we walked them. In game 2 we left 2 sure runs on the board and gifted them 3.

We took 4 runs away from ourselves and gifted them 3. We also walked 14 to their 5. And yet both games were tied going into the 8th. That's how you lose a series while outhitting a team at home.