A Sea Of Red

With Graybow looking good in relief this weekend, I wonder if DeGroat will start or see extended action over next few days?

Thinking the same thing. I wonder if that is why he was held out this weekend.

We certainly need to get the pitching staff in order. We desparately need to get degroat quarterly and evans back to where they were.

DeGroat started off nicely as a closer but I think he got out of sorts by trying to throw too hard.

Last year he pitched in BS tournment on May 24th and gave up 1 hit & 0 runs in 7 innings. He came back on May 28th and pitched complete game against Coastal and gave up 1 run on 3 hits to the eventual national champs.

His arm is rested this year. If he gets back in form, he can carry us in tournment.

jinxy wrote:We certainly need to get the pitching staff in order. We desparately need to get degroat quarterly and evans back to where they were.

Quarterly's last outing was encouraging. I agree with those who are saying we should look at moving DeGroat back into the starting rotation, especially with Grabowski looking so good his last couple of trips to the mound.. As far as Evans is concerned, he way exceeded expectations with his performance earlier in the year after pitching ineffectively in limited innings his 3 prior years in the program. Hard to know if he has anything left in the tank.

Best case scenario with early 5 run lead. Hopefully evans can keep it going and give 6 or 7 good innings and save pitching.

I'm in the house for this one. Maybe I should've brought a sleeping bag and tent. This is going to be a long one.

First game seen in the new ballpark. Amazing place.

thepostman wrote:I'm in the house for this one. Maybe I should've brought a sleeping bag and tent. This is going to be a long one.

First game seen in the new ballpark. Amazing place.

Nacho update?

12-5 LU in 6th (I believe it's 6th)

Plate Umpire has small strike zone. Both teams have 8 BB each.

Purple Haize wrote:

thepostman wrote:I'm in the house for this one. Maybe I should've brought a sleeping bag and tent. This is going to be a long one.

First game seen in the new ballpark. Amazing place.

Nacho update?

I've heard awful reviews on here. Just got some fries. Hitting up cookout if this game ever ends. I've never been there either.

ballcoach15 wrote:12-5 LU in 6th (I believe it's 6th)

Plate Umpire has small strike zone. Both teams have 8 BB each.

The strike zone has been a bit tight but the pitching has been pretty awful.

So much for DeGroat (sp), starting, he is pitching the 8th tonight. Going to make for a loooooong day tomorrow with such a late game tonight and have to travel all the way to Columbia.

flameshaw wrote:So much for DeGroat (sp), starting, he is pitching the 8th tonight. Going to make for a loooooong day tomorrow with such a late game tonight and have to travel all the way to Columbia.

Perhaps they could stretch him out a bit by bringing him into the game around the 6th-7th inning if the need arises.

Heading into this weekend we are #2 in the conference standings. We're gonna need at least 5 guys able to give us starters innings because the way the tournament sets up, if we lost our first game (which would be Tuesday morning if the standings hold), we would have to win 5 games in 5 days to win the conference. A win in our first two games gives us a much needed day off Thursday to set up for a possible doubleheader Friday for a spot in the championship and give us depth to call.

Cursory look at the stats shows 7 pitchers who have started at least once for us, but only 4 with at least 5 starts so we'd need one or two more by my guess.

Flames up 3-0 against USC in 2nd.

just like that the Flames give up 6 in the 5th and trail 7-6 now

Not a fan of jacksons pitching decisions lately, especially from the pen. Stafford last week now gamble. Go with best guys in tough spots. Gamble and stafford are not our best guys.

And now he goes with the hot arm

jinxy wrote:Not a fan of jacksons pitching decisions lately, especially from the pen. Stafford last week now gamble. Go with best guys in tough spots. Gamble and stafford are not our best guys.

Actually Gamble is the best option out of the pen. You may want to check his season stats. Tonight was not his night.

No chance. You might want to watch more bassball. Grabowski is hotter and quarterly and degroat are better options. Thsy wss the key spot of the gane. Cant close it if you dont get there. Gambles stuff doesnt translate well against top comp.

jinxy wrote:No chance. You might want to watch more bassball. Grabowski is hotter and quarterly and degroat are better options. Thsy wss the key spot of the gane. Cant close it if you dont get there. Gambles stuff doesnt translate well against top comp.

So much for Grabowski beung hot. 9-6 Gamecocks on a 2 run homer. Too early to go with DeGroat when he pitched last night. Quarterly may have been an option.

That came across as snarky. Didnt mean it to be. Grabowski was hot and he may have gotten beat up to i just like to get beat with my best guys and quartertly and degroat are your best guys. I like what jackson has done this year minus handling of the bullpen. Feels like we have wasted degroat.