South Carolina @ Texas Series Thread

[NorthLoop 14181]

1 minute ago, zlavydra said:

Disagree. Catcher had looked terrible on previous throws. He happened to make that one.

This. 

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

No issue sending Hodo there. Hope they’d have sent kennedy too if the at bat lasted longer. 

[Horny Bull 2759]

1-2-3 inning for Witt T6.

[zlavydra 2119]

ZZ and DJ missed some hittable pitches there.

[zlavydra 2119]

Weak pop up by Faltine ends the inning. 8-3 after 6.

Edited March 14, 2021 by zlavydra

[Horny Bull 2759]

8-3 Texas after 6.

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

Witt got some pitches that no other pitcher on either side is getting today.  Couple of high curveballs and one low fastball. 

[Horny Bull 2759]

Witt strands two runners in scoring position T7.

[zlavydra 2119]

Canuck Cock K's to end the inning.

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

Nobody is hitting that 3-2 curve. 

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

Just now, zlavydra said:

Canuck Cock K's to end the inning.

You’d think there’s enough baseball players in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida that they wouldn’t be going to foreign countries like Australia and Canada and Oklahoma to field a team. 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4768]

Kubichek and Witt have done a nice job of getting out of trouble.  That’s a real positive, IMO, for building confidence and trust in themselves and from Pierce.

[Dahobbs 17525]

Texas with 2 on and 2 outs in the bottom of the 7th. Good little two out rally here. And now a SC pitching change. 

[zlavydra 2119]

We've really cut down on shitty at bats today.

[Horny Bull 2759]

8-3 Texas after 7.

[UnhappilyMarried 815]

Tough series for Cam

[zlavydra 2119]

Whiff, walk, horrible error by Williams. 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4768]

4-6-3 DP leaves Clarke on deck to lead off the 9th ... 😎

[ClubWhatever 12120]

I think I’ve seen enough of Williams at 3rd.  Who else we got?

[UnhappilyMarried 815]

Just now, ClubWhatever said:

I think I’ve seen enough of Williams at 3rd.  Who else we got?

Outside of yesterday and today he’s been excellent. He’s miles ahead of Melendez 

[zlavydra 2119]

Ok, which of you guys was that?

[GreenspointTexas 9598]

Sweeeeeep

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

Well done. 

[Cajun 11705]

SEC SEC SEC!!!

[Dennis Taylor 18809]

 

[jw4381 3070]

Sweet sweep.

[Machinator 32099]

Good work.

[MaclovioBrown 100]

38 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

I think I’ve seen enough of Williams at 3rd.  Who else we got?

Nixon was in tough competition with Williams for 3rd in the fall. 

[Cajun 11705]

Credit where it's due, these guys got dropped to the mat in the first 3 games and got right back up and started swinging.

I still think this offensive what-have-you is gonna bite us in the ass when conference starts.

Hope I'm wrong.

[Levi 2585]

[Machinator 32099]

 

[youdunnf'dup 2147]

Let’s fucking go

[Cajun 11705]

No, no, they're winning now.

Let's stay!

😉

 

[CDAK 216]

Cam had a bad weekend defensively but he's been good previously. I don't know if it's enough to let someone else get a start though. If he has another bad weekend, it might be worth putting him at DH for a game or two.

[Valmy77 13225]

15 runs in a weekend series against a good team isn't too bad offense. I hope we do better against Baylor. We managed to come out of this pre-conference season in contention for better things but here is where it gets real, as our basketball team shows year after year.

Still have Rio Grande little brother, got to take care of them.

[Cajun 11705]

That's a precarious data point to hang onto given how and when those runs happened.

****Having said that*****, what is less of a data point and more of a "eyeball test" positive is that in clutch situations these guys showed some shit at the plate and on the bases.

They need to improve a metric shit-ton, but they've shown signs of having taken a step or two.

[Valmy77 13225]

6 minutes ago, Cajun said:

That's a precarious data point to hang onto given how and when those runs happened.

True...but I will take what I can get. South Carolina is good, or usually is anyway, so putting up some runs on them means something.

[Cajun 11705]

Touche

[Levi 2585]

The team still has a bit of a hitting problem, although the bats looked better in spurts so hopefully they continue to get more consistent. But one of my biggest takeaways from this weekend was the execution of small ball. They were successful more times than not—there were even a couple of perfect bunts that ended up being infield singles**chefs kiss**. I think South Carolina is overall a good ball club, they had plenty of missed opportunities but give Texas credit there. 
 

I don’t think there’s an issue with Cam at defense just yet. He’s made more great plays than errors and having a couple bad games does not mean we need to be looking at another guy. RGV is a good opportunity for him to get back on top of thing's before heading to Waco. 

[Fletch 5800]

6 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

I think I’ve seen enough of Williams at 3rd.  Who else we got?

Yeah.....no. We need Cams bat in the lineup. Preferably around 5th

[Fletch 5800]

2 hours ago, Cajun said:

That's a precarious data point to hang onto given how and when those runs happened.

****Having said that*****, what is less of a data point and more of a "eyeball test" positive is that in clutch situations these guys showed some shit at the plate and on the bases.

They need to improve a metric shit-ton, but they've shown signs of having taken a step or two.

Yep. Every game they’re improving just enough. Really like what I’m seeing. We may fuck around and win the conference 

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

That was impressive.

[Fletch 5800]

2 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said:

That was impressive.

God damn right. Let take care of rio grande valley then sweep the rapist(or cat skinners is this scenario?) and get us a 9 game win streak and a nice start to league play 

[zlavydra 2119]

Stevens really impressed me, as did Kubichek, considering that ridiculous strike zone. With Hansen coming along and Witt able to give us extending innings, starting pitching is shaping up.  I thought Quintanilla looked good yesterday as well and was a bit surprised we didn't leave him out there for the 9th, but in hindsight I like the fact that Nixon had to struggle through that last inning.  I hope Hansen can go 5 or 6 tomorrow and we can get some other guys some innings.

Hitting-wise, we're making progress.  Team OPS increased from .723 to .769 last week.  Still pretty blah, but we saw some very good pitchers over the weekend.  Zubia, Faltine, Hodo, DJ, Cam and Melendez have an OPS of at least .855, and Daly is heading that way quickly.  The only question in the line up now seems to be who's going to DH (Melendez/Powell/DJ).  Powell needs some ABs against RHPs.

[Machinator 32099]

Powell looked very good in the shortened 2020 season. I'm glad we gave him a chance, and I'm glad he took advantage.