re: Is anyone a bit concerned about our hitting?

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That means the AVERAGE relationship between hits and runs is roughly 2:1, exactly what I opined.

So to do better than average -- say runs equaling about 60 percent of hits -- is far from asking too much.

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And what would you say about numbers like 1.59:1 or 62.8%?

That's a better argument than just using the means of hits and runs, but you weren't doing that earlier.

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You're comparing a sample size of 16,000+ games to 8? And it's 8 because you removed the 9th game since it disagreed with your conclusion.

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Would it make you feel better if the sample size were reduced?

LSU averaged 7.13 runs (307 runs in 43 games) in the 43 games before the 9-game stretch I talked about. In the last nine (including the 18-run Florida game) they've averaged 5 runs a game (45 in 9 games).

In those first 43 games, LSU averaged 11.1 hits a game (478 hits in 43 games). In the last 9, they've averaged 11.2 hits (101 in 9 games).

So they are getting as many hits as they've been getting all year (actually, slightly more), but their runs a down by some 30 percent.

Does that adequately tell the story?

And, you'll notice that before the current slump, LSU was averaging 7 runs on 11 hits, a ratio of hits-to-runs much better than 2-to-1. Now, they are needing three hits to scratch a run. To get three hits in an inning, you need to bat .500. That's working way too hard to scratch a run.

Right now, they are playing like a basketball team that gets no transition baskets or a football team that only scores when it drives 15 plays and four first downs. Everything is too hard.

Lsu is 2nd in the SEC in almost every hitting category. Javi deserves at least a little credit for that

No, you people just don't understand what trends are. In LSU's first 51 games they averaged 6.86 runs per game but in the last game they only scored 2. That's a problem and will not get it done in the postseason.

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According to the NCAA's 2012 stats, the average runs per game was about 5.4 runs per game. The average team batting average was .277, which, over the course of a 27-out game, equals between 10 and 11 hits a game.

That means the AVERAGE relationship between hits and runs is roughly 2:1, exactly what I opined.

So to do better than average -- say runs equaling about 60 percent of hits -- is far from asking too much.

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The issue is you are lumping all D-I teams together and giving no credit to the caliber of pitching found in the SEC. The 2012 D-1 combined ERA was 4.50 from your link. 12 of 14 SEC teams in 2013 are south of 4.50, most are well south of it, and Arkie leads the country @ 1.87 and LSU third @ 2.38. Including A&M there are 7 SEC teams with 1.30 WHIP or lower and 10 SEC teams giving up 9 hits or less per game, it is not easy to get guys on base in these games, much less score 5 runs a game. I get as frustrated as the next person when LSU leads off with a double and doesn't even advance the runner to 3B, much less score, but shite happens facing well above average pitchers and defenses.

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I am not going to spend time to micro-analyze the situation, but when SEC teams are pitching their 1's and 2's it is difficult to score runs unless an opposing pitcher has a singular poor outing or pitches well and has some bad fortune behind him, or occasionally a team may get red hot at the plate over a weekend due to matchups. LSU has made many a boneheaded base running mistake the last 4-weeks, but that seems little different than the last 3 seasons, and they will always get a team's best effort because of tradition and current rankings.

You might as well analyze the Braves current pitching which has gone from superb into the abyss in 4-weeks, they haven't forgotten how to pitch, they are just sucking hind tit teamwide at the moment.

Timely hitting doesnt require everyone to hit 350.This will win the games you must have to move on. Get it you go forward, don't get it go home.

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Hits up, runs down. Not getting clutch hits right now. That's the bottom line.

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HRs have fallen off the chart after the first 15 SEC games. 16 HRs through first 15 SEC games, 4 in the last 12 games starting vs Bama, so down from 1.07/game to .36/game and that is with Jones picking up the pace. Boys need to pick the slugging back up if they are going to run the bases poorly and/or fail to advance runners. There is a saying that fast runners aren't always the best base stealers, but the speedy guys aren't the only guys getting caught. Maybe they are a little fatigued mentally, it's not like they don't have high aspirations, who knows.

Those 11 runs tonight are mildly upsetting.