VU vs MSU #2

[commadore]

HE SWUNG AT THE BALL. HOW IS HE A HIT BATSMAN.

Ok, that's better.

[OldDude]

4 walks this inning ! Geez our pitching has been awful

[frstev17]

Can’t throw strikes…ugh

[mathguy]

4 walks this inning ! Geez our pitching has been awful

As I type this, our pitchers have thrown more balls than strikes on the night.

That's pretty obviously not a good recupe for success...

[frstev17]

For crying out loud!

[baseball1234]

Potential double play ball hits Reilly's foot and caroms for a two run single. 4-1. Still no one out.

.....and goes into right field.....hit pretty hard...u think it doesn't go thru

[dallasdore]

Potential double play ball hits Reilly's foot and caroms for a two run single. 4-1. Still no one out.

Actually it was hit very hard, looks like it would have been an RBI single. Whether one or two, I don't know because I didn't notice how deep Bradfield was playing.

As for the immature comment.... Yes, he is and I said it in another thread pre-game and one this weekend. He is 17 years old that basically last played a season his junior year of HS. He will be a great one for us in a couple years but this spotlight is way too big for him, and it showed last week. If you are that emotional when adversity hits, and having a spat with your coaches afterward, this stage is too big for you right now.

[OldDude]

It seems almost like we were lucky getting out of that mess at only 1-5. Okay baseball gurus. Do we stop worrying about this one and save the staff for tomorrow ?

[baseball1234]

Got lucky....let's get back into it...

[roanoke]

Reilly hits the outside corner and the announcers think it is off the plate. Goodness. We have gotten nothing. Reilly really does a decent job.

We are down 5-1. It could have been worse. But it was bad. Free bases on walks. Bad fielding. Wild pitch nibbling on an 0-2 count. Not smart, disciplined baseball.

[roanoke]

Lead-off walk for us. Make him throw strikes. We have been bailing him out.

[mathguy]

It seems almost like we were lucky getting out of that mess at only 1-5. Okay baseball gurus. Do we stop worrying about this one and save the staff for tomorrow ?

MSU isn't scoring on Kumar tomorrow. So as long as we have Maldonado ready for the save we're good to go.

Of course, we're going to win tonight 9-7 in 11 innings, so it won't matter anyway.

[roanoke]

MSU pitcher has not regained his command. We just need to be smart here.

Announcers making excuses for MSU pitcher - his long delay while he was getting run support.

[doubledore9603]

It seems almost like we were lucky getting out of that mess at only 1-5. Okay baseball gurus. Do we stop worrying about this one and save the staff for tomorrow ?

MSU isn't scoring on Kumar tomorrow. So as long as we have Maldonado ready for the save we're good to go.

Of course, we're going to win tonight 9-7 in 11 innings, so it won't matter anyway.

11-7... In the 11th

[wbl]

I think if the O doesn’t get us close we’re going to bet the ranch on Rocker and a fresh bullpen.

[dallasdore]

They are warming up SIMS????????? Are you kidding me????? AWESOME!!!

That would actually be very welcome news if he has to throw a couple innings tonight, FYI.

[doubledore9603]

Safe at 2nd. Glad Corbs saw it

[roanoke]

Announcers are KILLING me. They don't even want to show the close replay at second.

[doubledore9603]

Safe at 2nd. Glad Corbs saw it

2nd base is apparently 1 ft high in Omaha

[dallasdore]

It seems almost like we were lucky getting out of that mess at only 1-5. Okay baseball gurus. Do we stop worrying about this one and save the staff for tomorrow ?

MSU isn't scoring on Kumar tomorrow. So as long as we have Maldonado ready for the save we're good to go.

Of course, we're going to win tonight 9-7 in 11 innings, so it won't matter anyway.

11-7... In the 11th

At the rate this game is going now, that means we won't finish until about... thursday morning.