Well, like I opined prior to the start of the season, our team had to have good pitching overall as a staff, in order to contend at tournament time at the end of the year.
Good pitching beats good hitting, most of the time. It has always been so.
Only hope is for the team to overcome its poor pitching with good hitting — and out-scoring the opposition, which it has done at times during the regular season.
The team has indeed done well to reach any Regional as a number 2 seed. But realistically, the odds are stacked against it in this postseason play.
I think our Jackets will do well enough to go 1-2 in the Knoxville Regional, and hopefully get better pitching next year.