re: Big Weekend Coming Up - Predictions Cal State Fullerton

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An exciting weekend ahead verus CS Fullerton.

CSF is 4-2 on the road this season. In their 4 wins, they have only given up 9 runs total. They played TCU on the road and won 2 of 3. This CSF team will not be intimidated on the road. Their last meeting verus LSU was back in 2003. CSF holds a 4-3 advantage all-time verus LSU but is 1-3 at the Box.

Cal State has only given up 23 earned runs on the season through 11 games and has only served up one gopher ball all year. the titans have won 7 out of their last 8 games.

Looks like a low scoring weekend with great pitching. I would give the pitching edge to CSF and the fact that they have won on the road this year makes them more comfortable coming into the Box. It will be a great test for the Tigers young pitching staff. LSU is batting over .320 while CSF pitching is only allowing opponents to hit .217 on the season. Sounds like an early Super Regional type atmosphere in March.

I think this series can go either way but bc the Tigers are at home, I look for each team to take one game with the rubber game on Sunday to be up for grabs. I will go LSU wins a tough draining series 2 games to one.

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Klingler

i just dont see LSU as being prepared to play a team like this quite yet, considering the horrible competition played up until this point.

i hope i am wrong, but i think we will be lucky to win 1 game this weekend, even being that we are at home.

if our FR pitchers step up, then i can see us taking 2. hopefully they wont let the atmosphere get to them.

I don't find that we've hit the ball in rbi opportunities well enough in the past couple weeks. We've depended on our opponents errors to score a great number of our runs beginning with the SLU game, slipped by Valley, who was winless, and only winning 2 of 3 from Princeton after we've played 9 games, and they only beginning their season, by unimpressive scores can only mean that unless we improve dramatically we'll be lucky to win one this weekend.

I really think the key to LSU doing well this weekend is to keep Richy Pedroza and Anthony Trajano in check. Trajano has been a beast since he was inserted into the lineup a couple weeks ago. This week he wins the NCBWA National Player of the Week

In addition to Big West Conference Player of the Week honors, Cal State Fullerton infielder Anthony Trajano was named the Nationl Collegiate Baseball Writers Association National Player of the Week after helping the Titans to a perfect 4-0 week over LMU and USC.

The junior college transfer batted .462 on the week and extended his hitting streak to five games while also accounting for half (12) of the Titans' 24 runs.

From the No. 2 hole in the Titan lineup, Trajano drove in seven runs and scored five times while also scoring or driving in the game-winning runs in each of the Titans' four victories.

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I'm pretty sure Jacoby Jones hit over .600 one week.

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Why you hatin'??? We all know that Jacoby Jones is Jesus incarnate, I was just pointing out a key to LSU's success this weekend.

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They are a light hitting bunch(to put it nicely).

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They have always been a small ball station to station team that will outhustle the crap out of their opponents. They have only played one game against an opponent the caliber of the teams we've played. Loyola Marymount, and beat them 5-1. Their other opponents were: N.Caroline lost in 11, 4-3, beat Long Beach 2 of 3, beat TCU 2 of 3, swept USC. They have 5 pitchers who have pitched 11 innings or more, with an ERA of 2.38 or less. Four of the pitchers have a batting average against them of .217 or less. The 3 starters have B/A of .174, .176, .179, and ERA's of 0.82, 1.71, and 1.82. I wouldn't think they'd need a heavy hitting club to win a lot of games.

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They key is simple. LSU will have to score more runs than Fullerton. It's been that way since John Madden was coach.

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BRILLIANT!

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Good luck to you guys, the competition will be great, but,

We got the broom ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Whatcha mean "you guys"...born and raised an LSU fan. I just so happened to graduate from Cal State Fullerton so I of course cheer for them as well.

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Then come on back home and eat some 'real' food, and by the way, who you yelling for?

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I made a big pot of jambalaya last night and drank Abita last night so all is well out here.

I generally don't "root" for either team when these two teams match up. I just hope for both teams to play well and to leave the series healthy.

I think Fullerton wins 2/3, but I think the series will be closely contested.

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Fullerton wins 2 of 3, my friend I don't think the Abita has worn off yet!

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