ND @ GT

[GTNavyNuke]

Superman missed a grand slam by 3 feet....... but I'll take 11-5 in the bottom of the eighth.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

And the bar room brawl is over. 11-7. A lot of good stuff and a lot of bad for both teams.

Now to win the series tomorrow.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

Did we really sac bunt in the bottom of the 10th? Jesus I wish Danny Hall would get over his obsession with the damn bunt.

Boooooo. I may be biased because I'm a Yankee fan and I think our regular uniforms are absolutely atrocious but I really liked the pinstripe look we threw out there yesterday. The batting helmets didn't quite jive but that's probably asking a little too much.

No ones perfect. My Dad and brother are Red Sox fans and my Mom and I are Orioles fans. Some things are just in your blood. Kind of like pork to a Muslim is Yankees to baseball.

Concerning the sac bunt, we leg out a single about half the time. I was thinking the same thing, but the sac bunt took away the DP. ND leads the ACC and turned like 3 or 4 yesterday.

At some point, I'll summarize the small ball chapter of the "The Book: Playing The Percentages in Baseball." Small ball can work, but you have to have the team for it IMHO. We have really good hitters, so I like swinging away. But the bunt wasn't a bad play IMHO given the chance of getting an in-field hit and avoiding the DP. In the game today, we had 4 in field hits in a row - I think the last two were successful sacs. Some like blonds and some like brunettes ......

 

[Stinger90]

This being my last post on the baseball thread, I'm glad to see us tie the series up. Hope we win it tomorrow and do well throughout the rest of the season.

 

[ibeattetris]

Bats are looking good so far today. ND trotting out their first reliever in the third.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

GT chases the ND ace with 2 out in the third. He came in with a 0.61 ERA after 14.2 IP. We scored two so far with Kel on third and two outs. Nice warm day for some hot bats.

I was going to complain that we only had 2 runs after 2 and 6 hits; but ND has 4 hits and no runs. I'll take that!

 

[MWBATL]

I worry about who comes in from the bullpen. Gold has been fabulous !!! But they will have to pull him soon because of pitch count. Unless they pitch someone two days in a row, it means Gorst, Shelton, Schneiderjans....I sure hope we can build more of a cushion than 4-0 before we have to go to the pen.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

After 7 for ND, Gold has 92 pitches and 62 strikes. (67%)

I think Hall stays with Gold till he has problems. He was in complete command in the 7th - SO, line out, ground out. But it'll depend on how he feels too. There are a lot of games and Gold is a weekend starter till he loses it.

 

[ibeattetris]

Gold is on fire.

 

[MWBATL]

Gold at 103 pitches still leading 4-0 after the top of the 8th.

Does Danny let him pitch the 9th for a shutout?

 

[GTNavyNuke]

After ND up 8 times, Gold put them down 1-2-3. Got down BBBKFF Popout to first batter. Wow.

Conner Justus is SMOOV.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

Gold at 103 pitches still leading 4-0 after the top of the 8th.

Does Danny let him pitch the 9th for a shutout?

Would you? I would unless he complains he's tired. (Hell will have frozen over.)

 

[MWBATL]

Would you? I would unless he complains he's tired. (Hell will have frozen over.)

yes, I certainly would.

 

[MWBATL]

Pitch count gets Gold. I don't like it myself.

 

[SwarmArmy]

Gold has been stellar today, no walks by him! Gorst on the mound now. And he walks the first guy he faces.. lol

 

[SwarmArmy]

Hall pulls Gorst. Stanton to pitch now.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

Good job Danny!!!!!

Pulled Gorst after a 4 pitch walk. Gorst wasn't close.

DP is set up.

 

[MWBATL]

and Gorst promptly walks his first and only batter faced...now Stanton (whom I had forgotten about)

 

[SwarmArmy]

Biggio grounds out! Two to go..

 

[SwarmArmy]

Stanton walks Bull. 2 on 1 out. A wild pitch moves the runners. Two in scoring position now.

1 run comes in on a ground out. Just 1 out to go! runner on 3rd