Vandy A&M game 1

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[roanoke]

two quick strikes….

Nibbling. Hanging curve ball.

0-1 bad guys.

Attack. Don’t nibble.

[admin]

Already down 1-0. Good grief.

[Levon]

two quick strikes….

Nibbling. Hanging curve ball.

0-1 bad guys.

Attack. Don’t nibble.

Home plate ump has a very tight strike zone on the outside (ball 1 to the leadoff hitter looked a lot like strike 3) but expansive elsewhere. Buckle up, gonna be a rocky ride.

[roanoke]

Interesting inning. Ump giving nothing on outside corner. But a bit generous up and down.

A&M had 10 2-strike foul balls. Talk about contact. McElvain pitch count in the 30s after one. 1-0 A&M.

Not a great start. But hopefully our guys have noted the thin strike zone. Lay off the wide stuff.

[commadore]

37 Pitches in the first. Guess we will be seeing Riley before the 5th.
Now let's put up a crooked number.

[Levon]

37 Pitches in the first. Guess we will be seeing Riley before the 5th.
Now let's put up a crooked number.

Don't believe I've ever seen a 37 pitch inning with just one run scored and two baserunners. Very odd.

[Levon]

Interesting inning. Ump giving nothing on outside corner. But a bit generous up and down.

A&M had 10 2-strike foul balls. Talk about contact. McElvain pitch count in the 30s after one. 1-0 A&M.

Not a great start. But hopefully our guys have noted the thin strike zone. Lay off the wide stuff.

Good observations!

[roanoke]

Small ball.

Well done. We answer with a Bradfield walk and run. Steal and two contact ground outs. You know I love that!

[Levon]

Excellent play by Kolwyk on smash up the middle and pick by Keegs on the short hop throw. Well done by both!

[commadore]

Big Mac throws 37 pitches in the first and only 39 in the next three innings combined. He might just make 5 innings.
Now we need to pick up some runs. 4th, 5th, and 6th are our innings.

[roanoke]

76 pitches through 4 for McElvain. A bit of a pitch count rally.

Also, one hit in his last 11 innings.

[commadore]

South Carolina leads Bama 5-3 in bottom of the 7th. Be good for Bama to lose.

[roanoke]

Ump now giving the wide strikes.

A bit maddening. You just don’t know what to swing at.

[roanoke]

A&M fielding giving its chance here in the fourth.

[commadore]

So Noland doesn't get the bunt down (again) and Kolwyck takes a third strike a foot outside. Can't catch a break here.

[roanoke]

Hits with runners in scoring position still not coming.

That’s why the failure to sac hurts.

1-1 through 4.

[roanoke]

Goodness. Home plate ump called Tate out on two wide strikes.

Then robbed McElvain of a strike 3 that was just right down the heart. Inexplicable.

[Levon]

From my Lazy-Boy vantage point, the strike zone is a mere suggestion. Maddening indeed.

[roanoke]

Well, explicable. He is very, very bad.