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By ballcoach15
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Weather looks good for Thursday. Rain for Friday/Saturday. Hope forecast is wrong.
By Dalegarz1
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I'm coming down from New Jersey to watch the games on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Could use clear weather and a sweep of all the games to get us going.
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By Cider Jim
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I've got DishNetwork, and this game is being broadcast on channel 24, WFFP.
By olldflame
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#506257
Ladies win 9-1 in 5 innings under the "mercy rule". Chase Cassidy gives up just 1 hit and strikes out 10.
By Dalegarz1
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Nice win! TZ seemed to struggle in left field-dropped one and almost overran another. Chase needs to tighten up her control. There were too many pitches (rise balls and curves) that missed by a lot. Also, she will need to have an effective change up moving forward.
By ballcoach15
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#506283
I believe she only threw one change-up all game. It appears to me as if catcher's target is "too high". I will watch that more closely today. When we keep pitches down in the zone, results are much better.

On the dropped fly ball. I believe there was a communication problem between LF and CF.
By Chippy
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#506291
Dalegarz1 wrote:Nice win! TZ seemed to struggle in left field-dropped one and almost overran another. Chase needs to tighten up her control. There were too many pitches (rise balls and curves) that missed by a lot. Also, she will need to have an effective change up moving forward.

Agreed. Although I think this game was the fewest walks she allowed all year, considering she was walking 5+ per 7 innings, I would say 2 walks was a big improvement.
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By BJWilliams
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Probably a hitch in the motion somewhere. Who is the pitching coach again?
By olldflame
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BJWilliams wrote:Probably a hitch in the motion somewhere. Who is the pitching coach again?
Her sister.
By oldjock
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ive never seen such poor outfield play at the college level. what the heck was Dot doing in that 8th inning? has she ever coached before LU?
By ballcoach15
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#506342
We gave that game away in every way a team can give one away. Worst game of season. Maybe worst game of decade.
By Dalegarz1
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Every outfielder made a big mistake (2 errors by LF and CF and throwing to the wrong base by RF). Another costly error by 3B.
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By BJWilliams
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Ballcoach's (again) mindless pronouncement aside, that was not a good result in the late game.

And to answer the other poster's question...I believe no.
By ballcoach15
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I saw every pitch of that game, and I still do not believe some of what I saw:

hitting
base running
fielding/throwing
pitching
coaching

We were down 4 runs in bottom of 8th, with 2 runners on. Batter bunts to move runners up. ???

The only positive, was pitchers threw more change-ups than normal.
By Dalegarz1
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You're so right about the 8th inning strategy. Who is making those decisions 3B coach or DR. Did them a favor by giving them an out with two meaningless runners on base.
By Chippy
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No pop or power in this lineup. Pitching looks good but no run support gives us back to back extra inning losses. Again, why are we bunting a runner over from 2nd base when we're losing by 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th. It seemed like a planned sacrifice bunt versus a bunt for a hit.
By Dalegarz1
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For the second night in a row, we give up an out to move a meaningless baserunner. Does anybody know the game?
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By Sly Fox
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On the positive side, the Periscope feed was cool to watch for those of us away from the ballpark.
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By jinxy
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#506406
I'm a distant observer but I thought we'd be better by now. We look like a .500 team. Doesn't appear to be thecstrongest competition either.
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