Chippy wrote:LUDad wrote:I didn't see anything on the Liberty site about who was pitching tonight. Naturally you assume it would be Lyons. However, Radford has been shut out twice this year, once by Auburn and once by Liberty (Lyons). He would obviously be our best chance of winning against Radford. Do we roll the dice and save Lyons for a possible Radford matchup tomorrow? I know we burned Clemson a couple years ago when they saved their ace for a possible matchup against SC the next day. Yet, we really do need to keep this to 4 game to have a decent shot at winning with out current pitching staff.
Nick and Alan said no decision made yet. Pennington is rested though he is normally our 4th option. Lyons seems to be the likely candidate given the critical nature of a game one but he has not fared well on short rest. I'm sure the coaches are agonizing over this. I'd say give Lyons another day's rest and pitch against Marshall, Johnsonbaugh and Hrbek (their lefties) more effectively.
Lyons' 3 hit, 10k performance was best effort by far that any pitcher has against Radford this year. Would really like to see him tomorrow. Really been impressed with the way Pennington has acted under pressure when he does get in a jam. I think he could do really good tonight.
**EDIT** I also like the fact that HP has not faced Penington this year.