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Here’s why giving up an out is stupid in front of Crews/White.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:57 pm
Let’s just briefly forget the fact that you take the bat out of your lead off batting senior who is batting >.300, 13 hrs, walk and hbp machine to give up an out. Oh yea and he is about as clutch as you can be on this team. And the fact you are forcing a bunt down with a pitcher who got 1 pitch in his first 10 over the fricking plate.
Now you put our hitters against the 8 ball. You are now counting On Morgan getting a hit to even give Tommy White or Dylan Crews a shot, because you know they are going to walk the best hitter and hottest hitter in college baseball to put the game in Milazzos hands. No knock against Milazzo but who would you rather be at bat with with winning run on second?
No coach is going to let Dylan Crews or Tommy White beat you with a base open. Period.
Why not make a pitcher face the gauntlet of hitting that we have? I would much rather rely on Dugas, Morgan, Crews, and White going 2/4 in that situation than Morgan and Milazzo going 1/2.
That whole scenario was infuriating.
Now you put our hitters against the 8 ball. You are now counting On Morgan getting a hit to even give Tommy White or Dylan Crews a shot, because you know they are going to walk the best hitter and hottest hitter in college baseball to put the game in Milazzos hands. No knock against Milazzo but who would you rather be at bat with with winning run on second?
No coach is going to let Dylan Crews or Tommy White beat you with a base open. Period.
Why not make a pitcher face the gauntlet of hitting that we have? I would much rather rely on Dugas, Morgan, Crews, and White going 2/4 in that situation than Morgan and Milazzo going 1/2.
That whole scenario was infuriating.
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:02 pm to Pintail
Agreed.
I like playing small ball when it makes sense.
Jay got out coached in this instance.
I like playing small ball when it makes sense.
Jay got out coached in this instance.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:02 pm to Pintail
That was the right call 99/100 times. The question you need to ask is why your lead off hitter can’t bunt. Also why Nippolt attempted at a ball 4. If he takes that pitch there is not an out but nowhere to put white with just 1 out. This is a complex game so stop trying to second guess it. You’ve never managed for dame sure.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:02 pm to Pintail
I was watching the game with a former LSU pitcher. When the lead got on in the 9th he said, “If CJJ doesn’t bunt here I’m going to be pissed.”
It was a coin flip. And if Nippolt had pulled off the last pitch we would not have let the pitcher off the hook. But he blew it.
It was a coin flip. And if Nippolt had pulled off the last pitch we would not have let the pitcher off the hook. But he blew it.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:03 pm to Pintail
It was a reasonable gamble. Morgan up with Kling on 2nd.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:04 pm to Penrod
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It was a coin flip.
But it’s not. Doing that puts all the pressure on Morgan. And if he doesn’t get a hit (which he honestly did everything you could have asked him for in that scenario minus the ball getting down) you have just taken the bat out of Dugas, Crews, and Whites hands.
There is one scenario that works and it is Trey Morgan getting a hit.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:05 pm to Tiger1988
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That was the right call 99/100 times. The question you need to ask is why your lead off hitter can’t bunt. Also why Nippolt attempted at a ball 4. If he takes that pitch there is not an out but nowhere to put white with just 1 out. This is a complex game so stop trying to second guess it. You’ve never managed for dame sure.
No, this is not the right call 99% of the time. Dugas is your leadoff hitter. He hits to contact and is trusted to bat lead off meaning he can lay off bad pitches and avoid striking out. State's bullpen is bad and he was throwing plenty of balls as well. We should have had 1st and 2nd and no outs. Then Morgan bunting is acceptable, IBB to Crews loads it up for Tommy with one out. This is the scenario that should have played out. Additionally, this scenario prevents you burning your true leadoff hitter for the remaining of the game.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:06 pm to Tiger1988
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That was the right call 99/100 times.
When have we bunted a runner from first base to second base this season?
Yesterday was the first time. Jay is in panic mode.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:06 pm to Pintail
If Nippolt takes on the 3-1 pitch they can’t do that because it was ball 4. I’m sure if the situation occurs again he won’t do that. It’d be nice to have Travinski in the 5 hole too to protect against teams from doing that again.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:08 pm to Tiger1988
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That was the right call 99/100 times.
No it isn’t. Some of you never left 1998.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:08 pm to Pintail
Bunting is the right call when you just need 1 run to end it. The mistake was not letting Dugas be the guy to try and lay it down. I doubt Dugas tries to bunt ball 4.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:10 pm to Choupique19
I didnt like jays reasoning of it went the only way it couldve to allow them to walk white and crews.
No jay, it didnt. If morgan strikeouts, flies out, grounds out, if there are 2 bases available, white and crews are getting walked. Even if kling stays at 2nd after morgans at bat, they are still both getting walked
No jay, it didnt. If morgan strikeouts, flies out, grounds out, if there are 2 bases available, white and crews are getting walked. Even if kling stays at 2nd after morgans at bat, they are still both getting walked
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:11 pm to Pintail
Op is right.
Jay was worried if he didn’t win that inning they would lose because he was running out of arms. No reason to take dugas out in a tie from now on out
Jay was worried if he didn’t win that inning they would lose because he was running out of arms. No reason to take dugas out in a tie from now on out
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:12 pm to crewdepoo
Yeah i heard him mention that. Solution to that problem…..dont play matchups wth your bullpen and pull money out early.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:13 pm to josh336
Here’s the kicker absolute worst case scenario Dugas grounds into DP, Morgan strikes out. You have Crews and White coming up to start the next inning.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:13 pm to rpg37
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No, this is not the right call 99% of the time. Dugas is your leadoff hitter. He hits to contact and is trusted to bat lead off meaning he can lay off bad pitches and avoid striking out. State's bullpen is bad and he was throwing plenty of balls as well. We should have had 1st and 2nd and no outs.
Dammit dumbass can you tell me what pitches he was throwing TO A RH HITTER? Ticking idiot. Look at the previous game fricktard. Y’all are just fricking dumb. Damn.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:14 pm to josh336
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No jay, it didnt. If morgan strikeouts, flies out, grounds out, if there are 2 bases available, white and crews are getting walked. Even if kling stays at 2nd after morgans at bat, they are still both getting walked
Didn’t they already intentionally walk White this weekend with first base occupied?
Why would Jay say that? Kentucky walked Crews with runners on first and second to load the bases earlier this year. We’ve seen teams do that to us.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:16 pm to Bring Da Wood
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The mistake was not letting Dugas be the guy to try and lay it down. I doubt Dugas tries to bunt ball 4.
HOW MANY SAC BUNTS DOES DUGAS HAVE? How did he hit all weekend? Look at this pitcher and what he throws vs righties and what he did the day before vs Dugas or whenever it was. I know statistics and tendencies are hard for some of y’all but damn.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:16 pm to josh336
He seems to pull people early a lot. Skeens looked ready to pitch a few innings. Probably would if that game mattered.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:18 pm to Tiger1988
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How did he hit all weekend?
Batting .500 on the weekend coming into Sunday with a HR and 2 hbp.
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