Dartmouth

[FredJacket]

I like the quick hook for Hurter there. 2 2/3 innings for Hurter...no reason to push it. Threw a lot of strikes. Dartmouth had no problem getting bat on ball, though.

Jake Lee coming in... I like that too.

UPDATE: 3 pitch K for Lee to end the inning. Hurter gives up 2ER in 2 2/3 and leaves with a 6-2 lead.

 

[MWBATL]

Whew. Jake Lee was solid. Hurter.....well, at least he only walked one (who scored, of course). But he wasn’t fooling anyone out there.

 

[THWG]

Whew. Jake Lee was solid. Hurter.....well, at least he only walked one (who scored, of course). But he wasn’t fooling anyone out there.

I'll also say that at least he was throwing strikes.

 

[MWBATL]

Now Jake Lee looks hittable. HR and single to start the 4th. With the wind blowing out, this is shaping up to be one of those 13-8 type games

 

[MWBATL]

I'll also say that at least he was throwing strikes.

Completely agree. Sorry I didn’t make that clear.

 

[MWBATL]

In fact, Hurter not yielding a HR might turn out to be the highlight on the mound. Everyone else has.

 

[MWBATL]

Didn’t like that we failed to get Tristen in from 3rd with 1 out...but his triple scored 2 to restore our lead at 8-4.

 

[FredJacket]

Didn’t like that we failed to get Tristen in from 3rd with 1 out...but his triple scored 2 to restore our lead at 8-4.

....especially when an experienced/veteran bat is the culprit.

 

[MWBATL]

Not overly impressed with our pitching today. Good news....,we ARE throwing strikes. Bad news... an IvyLeague team has touched us for 12 hits in 5 2/3 innings. I guess we wanted this. But we do look thin on the mound. Not real confidant in the other arms out there .

 

[MWBATL]

And BOOM, Gibson gives up a single and a 3 run dinger. Dartmouth now up 9-8. Our pitching SUCKS! 14 hits in 6 innings.

Hall has better move Thomas into weekend rotation for this team to have a chance. Because the other pitchers seem to have....well, nothing. Hurter continues to look like he might have the best line of the day on the mound.

Quite disappointed in the pitching.

 

[MWBATL]

Ok, this team is frustrating to watch. Lead off double and we cannot execute a simple bunt to move him over.

Team doesn’t execute fundamentals on offense.

However this game ends, in a win or loss, this is NOT a solid looking team to me.

Only good news is defense has been solid.

 

[FredJacket]

Really don't like the call to bunt there in B6 with none out & dude on 2nd. Too early for that. Need double digits to win this one.

....worse is popping up said bunt.

We can still overcome all this.

 

[tkh74]

Are batters no longer taught to hit behind the runner on base, or is it just a skill that is no longer needed?

 

[FredJacket]

All this rigmarole... to setup Datoc in a high leverage situation. Need him to do the job. 6 outs.

 

[RoosterJacket]

This wind has been a huge factor. Almost looks like the days of the hot bats!

Clutch hit from Colin Hall gets us the lead to try and get us a W here.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

Nice hitting. NO ERRORS. One of the best things about this team is they dont' give up.

Datoc and Gibson are ready for the ACC. Otherwise, we're going to give up a lot of runs.

A win is a win is a win is a win. Let's get the sweep!

 

[FredJacket]

We WIN Game 1. Was not pretty. Give the offense and Datoc the win. The rest of the pitching staff owes Datoc a weeks worth of Ramon noodles for a perfect 2 innings in what was a 1-run game when he entered. That's his job and he did it to perfection.

FWIW... CDH made it pretty clear in the pre-game interview that starting freshmen today (Hurter and Chapman) was not an indication they were "auditioning" for a weekend starting spot. He wanted them to get some innings and show what they have. IMO he thought Dartmouth was the only weekend on the schedule to do this with the least amount of risk... He ended up being right (for Game 1... Game 1 TBD)... as the offense bailed out the pitching staff.

 

[THWG]

No errors and only 1 walk. Again, it is incredible what happens when we don't beat ourselves. I like Hurter so far and would like to see him pitch more. I thought that he did ok for his first start. Lee is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This was Gibson's first bad inning and he came back with a strong inning after that so I still have a lot of confidence in him. Datoc was outstanding. We need Carpenter to come back and compliment him as the late inning guys in the pen.

 

[FredJacket]

No errors and only 1 walk. Again, it is incredible what happens when we don't beat ourselves. I like Hurter so far and would like to see him pitch more. I thought that he did ok for his first start. Lee is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This was Gibson's first bad inning and he came back with a strong inning after that so I still have a lot of confidence in him. Datoc was outstanding. We need Carpenter to come back and compliment him as the late inning guys in the pen.

I forgot to have that in the summary of Friday's pre-game with CDH. He said Carpenter is "close" ...he pitch a simulated session this week & seemed to come out of it in good shape.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

Chapman pitched really well in the first considering the first two hits were seeing eye hits (single and double).

Then fielder's choice, STRIKE OUT and ground out. Nice nice poise. A lot of pitches (21) but 16 were strikes.

Only down 1-0 coming to B1.