Well, threw more pitches called as balls than called as strikes. But that ump was a mess.Pitt had not lost a home ACC opener until tonight.
Also.... I'm pretty sure Tech threw more balls than strikes. The odds of winning a game like that has to be pretty low.
Pitt had not lost a home ACC opener until tonight.
Also.... I'm pretty sure Tech threw more balls than strikes. The odds of winning a game like that has to be pretty low.
87 strikes, 82 balls. Close but we were better than 50-50!Pitt had not lost a home ACC opener until tonight.
Also.... I'm pretty sure Tech threw more balls than strikes. The odds of winning a game like that has to be pretty low.
No we threw 51.5 strikes which is god awful. and Pitt left 11 on. 7 BB, 11 hits and 1 HBP is what we gave up. But caveman ball came through. Crushed the ball 3 times. And the T1 was a thing of beauty that was completely offset by the ugliness of the B5. Love em, hate em and love em all in the same game.
But a win is a win.
In the last inning on the second batter, Zach got a high strike call on 2-1 that was a really awful call. Ball was at least 6 inches high. But he'd thrown so many 2 feet high that that one must have looked good to the ump since his depth perception had been changed. Brilliant. (tic) That ump was a mess and called a bunch of inside balls on us as strikes. So at least he was consistently incompetent.
Medich pitched really well but the D let him down. Two errors, one should have been a DP and the other was a lead off error B5. Oh well, ugly or not a win is a win.
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I thought Chandler should have taken that one to the bag himself. From my vantage point, it looked like he was close enough and his momentum was heading in that direction. I suspect Jadyn was surprised that Chandler didn't take it to the bag himself.How did we walk 5 in the fifth? How can that happen. Also was in the truck listening to Wylie when apparently Jackson failed to catch a simple flip from Simpson on what sounded like a sure DP. I almost ran off the road. That is a play that pony leaguers execute on a regular basis. How in the name of Russ Chandler do you not have enough focus to complete that play. Glad I didn’t see or hear the error to lead off the fifth. Probably would have completely blown a gasket.
7-0, but who's counting??? A win is a win.Entirely more stressful than a 6-0 game has any right to be. But we won and the dukies lost, so our spot in the ACC tourney is secured.
Win tomorrow!
Pitt had not lost a home ACC opener until tonight.
Also.... I'm pretty sure Tech threw more balls than strikes. The odds of winning a game like that has to be pretty low.
It looked to me to be a throwing error. He didn't throw it to the bag.How did we walk 5 in the fifth? How can that happen. Also was in the truck listening to Wylie when apparently Jackson failed to catch a simple flip from Simpson on what sounded like a sure DP. I almost ran off the road. That is a play that pony leaguers execute on a regular basis. How in the name of Russ Chandler do you not have enough focus to complete that play. Glad I didn’t see or hear the error to lead off the fifth. Probably would have completely blown a gasket.