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Dalegarz1 wrote:...but it reminded me of last year when we had no offensive pop at the bottom of the lineup. exception has been Amader thus far.Actually last season the bottom of the lineup were key in many wins. When your #1 and #2 hitter lead the team in RBI's, the bottom of the lineup is getting it done. The 2 out of 3 players that made the Big South Tournament team were from the bottom of the lineup and they got the momentum going to beat Radford to get to the championship game. I do agree this season the mid-bottom isn't getting it done when it's needed, except Amader, and she should be moved up. Sweat has been out for over a year, she will get back to form. She is a hitter.
Chippy wrote:Need to have Amader between Reynolds and McFarland/Harris in the 6-7 slot - a combined 1-21 with a ton of runners left on base.Coach moved Amader into the 6th hole and Canetta in 8th hole. Now our weak hitters are in 7th and 9th - - McFarland, Reynolds, Hoffman, Harris who were in 6th-7th hole are now 1-25.
jinxy wrote:No softball wizard here but this appears to be the same team with same limitations as last year. I dont see much hitting after the top 2 spots.Last game 2-6-7-8 had the only hits.
ballcoach15 wrote:Banged out 17 hits vs BYU, then for whatever the reason, we stopped hitting. Also falling behind early in all 4 games we lost didn't help.Out hit Duke 9 to 5 and had 7 walks. Notre Dame, had the same amount of hits with 6 and 6. Just didn't get the situational hitting when needed. Part of that is lineup and part of that is bad luck. There were some K's at very bad times. Once Sweat and Canetto get rolling, it will be better. If you remember how Vie started... and now look. So, it actually has a silver lining.
On a positive note, if my memory is right, we did not strike out very many times, thus we are making contact. Hopefully bats will get hot at Texas A&M, 1 thru 9 in the order.
Also we got good long relief in 3 games with Cooper, Cassady and DiMartino. They now need to transfer that into good starts.
Cider Jim wrote:Maybe TF was right: LU baseball will WIN more games than LU softball this year.He has been wrong before.
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