Pigs @ Texas Series

[Pato del Muerto 51914]

If that pop fly hadn’t drifted over the fence this might have been a bit of a game. 

[Valmy77 12519]

Masen leads it off with a single.

[Dahobbs 17089]

That's a start.

[Machinator 32097]

Meaney looks like he could be a legit midweek starter. I think he has started one, right?

[Valmy77 12519]

Ellis continues to struggle.

I have to say Zebulon Vermillion is a very old timey name. Nice.

[Valmy77 12519]

Two on for Kennedy.

[zlavydra 2108]

1 minute ago, Machinator said:

Meaney looks like he could be a legit midweek starter. I think he has started one, right?

We need to develop somebody. I'm a little puzzled that Bocchi hasn't been the guy so far.

[Machinator 32097]

Kennedy goes down looking.

[Machinator 32097]

That looked like ball 4.

[Valmy77 12519]

Just now, Machinator said:

That looked like ball 4.

Ump wants to go home. Getting late.

[Dahobbs 17089]

Just now, Machinator said:

That looked like ball 4.

Yeah it did. 

[Machinator 32097]

Zu-bi-ya pops to center.

11-4 after 8

[dcar00 13861]

same fucking pitch that would have K'd the Grand slam hitter.  this ump sucks.

[Valmy77 12519]

Ok Meaney close this one out and hopefully we have better luck tomorrow.

Edited March 20, 2019 by Valmy77

[Machinator 32097]

Kennedy should have probably fouled it off, with this ump, but that's still bullshit.

[dcar00 13861]

Galindo "does his work early".  god he is a beating.

[Horny Bull 2743]

Just now, dcar00 said:

same fucking pitch that would have K'd the Grand slam hitter.  this ump sucks.

Didn’t hesitate to ring Kennedy up at all. Dude is a fucking clown.

[Pato del Muerto 51914]

3 minutes ago, zlavydra said:

We need to develop somebody. I'm a little puzzled that Bocchi hasn't been the guy so far.

Whelan has been the guy. We had to burn him on Sunday.  Madden has also shown stuff but we used him twice last weekend and he got hurt. 

We chased a conference win against the conference favorite and sacrificed our midweek starters to do it. And we got that win, so it was a worthwhile trade off. 

[Valmy77 12519]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Whelan has been the guy. We had to burn him on Sunday.  Madden has also shown stuff but we used him twice last weekend and he got hurt. 

We chased a conference win against the conference favorite and sacrificed our midweek starters to do it. And we got that win, so it was a worthwhile trade off. 

Yeah I had no problem burning those arms to beat Tech.

[Valmy77 12519]

Ok we need two grandslams this inning.

[dcar00 13861]

I wonder if Peter can play first?

[Machinator 32097]

11-4. Down to 3 outs.

[Machinator 32097]

This might have been manageable if the ump wasn't a blowhard.

[Machinator 32097]

Arkansas 11, Texas 4

Final

[Llano Estacado 1257]

Beating Tech was worth dropping 1. Let’s get it tomorrow.

[Valmy77 12519]

Ok Pigs, enjoy this one. We will get you tomorrow.

[Cairn Horn88 8034]

Farky!

[texasstrong12 4668]

Think Pierce was chasing the game tomorrow based on the arms he pitched. Coming into tonight Meaney only had 4 IP, Diaz 4.1 IP, and Neely 4.1 IP. 

Tomorrow we should have Kubicheck, Bocchi, Bryant, Stevens, Nico, and Whelan available. Depending on circumstances Pierce might throw Quintanilla and Fields for an inning too. Tomorrow sets up better with the fact Arkansas already burned their midweek guy and the fact some of our arms like Bocchi, Bryant, Whelan and Kubicheck all pitched on Sunday. 

 

Edited March 20, 2019 by texasstrong12

[texasstrong12 4668]

1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Whelan has been the guy. We had to burn him on Sunday.  Madden has also shown stuff but we used him twice last weekend and he got hurt. 

We chased a conference win against the conference favorite and sacrificed our midweek starters to do it. And we got that win, so it was a worthwhile trade off. 

All true, which is probably why we shouldn't be playing these 2 midweek games during the middle of conference play. Schedule these 2 midweek games earlier in the year. 

Whelan likely would have been the starter tonight if we didn't use him Sunday.

 

[markstanco 12424]

If your team is built to play 4 games a week you wont do shit in June. This is a great test for the other pitchers and the pen. Who cares about baseball America rankings in March.

[petscii 1189]

Sweep LSU, we are fucking awesome...   Stanford we, suck..   Texas Ech and we are awesome again,  Arky we suck...

We're doing overall better than last year at this point.   I like this team and the schedule, I think this will toughen them the fuck up when it matters..
 

 

 

[HSFC 5]

8 hours ago, petscii said:

Sweep LSU, we are fucking awesome...   Stanford we, suck..   Texas Ech and we are awesome again,  Arky we suck...

We're doing overall better than last year at this point.   I like this team and the schedule, I think this will toughen them the fuck up when it matters..
 

 

 

People always think midweek games don’t really matter.  I disagree and think midweek games show what you have if you fall behind in a regional.  

[WBT 20132]

Madden getting hurt and not being able to eat some innings Sunday also helped put us behind the 8-ball for this series.

[torre 1284]

9 hours ago, markstanco said:

If your team is built to play 4 games a week you wont do shit in June. This is a great test for the other pitchers and the pen. Who cares about baseball America rankings in March.

 

1 hour ago, HSFC said:

People always think midweek games don’t really matter.  I disagree and think midweek games show what you have if you fall behind in a regional.  

Exactly ! 

Most coaches use midweek games for development.    When Florida won the championship in '17,   they had about a .500 record for midweek games.   Mainieri at LSU  does the same.

That said,  when you are playing a ranked opponent  need the RPI boost.

[EuroHorn 3144]

A split would be nice

[UTEX90 584]

15 hours ago, dcar00 said:

I wonder if Peter can play first?

He probably could but he has been a catcher as far back as I can remember.  My son played select ball with him from about the age of 9.  Great kid.  Great family.

 

[Horny Bull 2743]

 

[Cairn Horn88 8034]

3 minutes ago, Horny Bull said:

 

Is this good?  We gotta a chance?

[Machinator 32097]

16 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Is this good?  We gotta a chance?

Looked good in his one inning of work on Sunday. That's all I got.

[Pato del Muerto 51914]

I remain pessimistic about winning the game, but hopefully one or more of our pitchers that get an opportunity today can have good results, like meaney yesterday. Positive outings for new arms is always good.

id also like to see the offense look competent for more than one inning a game, when it’s not being handed a walk an inning. 

[torre 1284]

50 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Is this good?  We gotta a chance?

Kubichek won't be intimidated.    From what I have seen,  he has the moxie. 

[Valmy77 12519]

34 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

id also like to see the offense look competent for more than one inning a game, when it’s not being handed a walk an inning. 

What does that mean exactly? I mean most teams are not going to score multiple runs in very many innings against elite competition.

[Pato del Muerto 51914]

8 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

What does that mean exactly? I mean most teams are not going to score multiple runs in very many innings against elite competition.

No, but they haven’t shown the ability to manufacture one run in an inning, against any competition, when they aren’t getting help from free passes. 

[wood 10788]

OK, I was at the game & haven't read the thread,& not gonna. Probably been addressed, but wtf was up with the home plate umpire last night? He was clearly squeezing the shit outta Neely & was generally all over the fucking place all night, esp low in the zone. Real POS.

And why was the batter passing the guy on first ok on the grand slam? He clearly passed him.

[Pato del Muerto 51914]

Ruled he didn’t pass him. Though he technically rounded first while the guy had his foot on first. 

[wood 10788]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Ruled he didn’t pass him. Though he technically rounded first while the guy had his foot on first. 

Yeah, he passed him. That's complete BS. Runner was on first and the batter touched first & then went straight into fair territory and stood there. What would the result have been had they ruled he passed him?

[Pato del Muerto 51914]

Just now, wood said:

Yeah, he passed him. That's complete BS. Runner was on first and the batter touched first & then went straight into fair territory and stood there. What would the result have been had they ruled he passed him?

Batter is out, 3 runs score. Would have been 4-0 with 2 outs and nobody on base. 

[wood 10788]

BTW I don;t think I've ever seen a Disch HR that got so much help from the wind as that Grand Slam. That looked like an easy pop to left. Probably in front of the LF on a normal day.

[Pato del Muerto 51914]

Yeah after seeing several to left and left center from zubia and McCann get knocked down by the wind this season, it was disappointing that the wind decided to help a hog grand slam. 

The other home run that inning may have gotten out at the polo grounds, however.  That one had a vapor trail. You may not have seen from the park, but it short hopped a truck parked on the far side of comal. 

[Horny Bull 2743]

10 minutes ago, wood said:

OK, I was at the game & haven't read the thread,& not gonna. Probably been addressed, but wtf was up with the home plate umpire last night? He was clearly squeezing the shit outta Neely & was generally all over the fucking place all night, esp low in the zone. Real POS.

And why was the batter passing the guy on first ok on the grand slam? He clearly passed him.

I would love to see a side by side look of the second strike call on Hibbeler T1 and the 2-2 pitch to the Arkansas batter after we botched the play at first base. He didn’t give Neely anything.