re: Gilbert and Hess will pitch tomorrow game

We won't see Poche tomorrow. You may see Peterson, but not Poche.

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We won't see Poche tomorrow

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Did you not watch the Baton Rouge regional last year?

It all depends on Gilbo... stretching Hess to 3 is gonna be a challenge... we need somebody else to step up in a big way

That being said, I really think OSU is gonna pull out all the stops with small ball... I think we're gonna see bunts, bunt and runs, safety squeezes, hit and runs, straight steals... the works... they're gonna put pressure on us at every angle and hope we crack

Our defense better be prepared, or it won't really matter who is pitching

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Would not be surprised to see poche pitch an inning if needed.

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Lol no

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Actually we'll save him for the 1st game in the Finals.

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That's a stupid mindset to have. Ideally, that's what you want, but if for whatever reason Gilbert and Hess are both out of the game, Poche better be next.

For us to win on Saturday, someone or maybe two someones are going to have to do something better than they have done all year. Maybe Gilbert and Peterson are those two someones.

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Newman to close.

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Newman won't be necessary

My plan would be this:

Gilbert for 5 innings. Probably can't expect more than that. Maybe only 4, who knows. You need a bridge inning somewhere. Hopefully just one inning. It could be Newman, it could be Bush, etc. If possible, I do that inning earlier rather than later, hopefully to take some pressure off of that pitcher by not having it be in the late innings.

However, you could also strategize it so this bridge inning occurs when the bottom part of their lineup is due up.

From there, it's Poche and Hess. 2 innings from Poche (ideally), and then one inning from Hess. If you need to stretch Hess a little longer (and he looks like he can handle it), then do that.

I would not hesitate to throw Poche tomorrow. If that pushes him back to Game 2 of the championship series, then so be it. I'm sure our fans would be okay with starting Peterson or something in Game 1 of the championship series if it means we got there.

Here's a question.

Let's assume all goes well and Poche throws Game 1 of the CWS Finals. What does the rest of that series look like? Lange comes back for Game 2 on three days rest? Then Gilbert on three days rest in Game 3?

Obviously, we might have to use a lot of the pen in the championship series. But what if Gilbert can't go and we need someone else to start a game? Who is that guy? Peterson?

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Let's assume all goes well and Poche throws Game 1 of the CWS Finals. What does the rest of that series look like? Lange comes back for Game 2 on three days rest? Then Gilbert on three days rest in Game 3?

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Gilbert won't be necessary because we will beat FLA 2 games in a row. :))