I hated to see our closer go in with the bases loaded in the 7th inning. I guess that's a signal that Bianco doesn't have much confidence in our middle relief pitching (and he seems to be right considering our middle relief performances so far).

Last edited by Semper (4/23/2021 8:42 am)

I think we're cursed. This many bad things doesn't happen to nobody but us. With the 4th largest budget in the nation , this is what we get on the Diamond. Meanwhile Bianco goes 1-21 in trips to Omaha.

 

the bunt game cost us again.  we had several errors last evening that led to runs scored by LSU.  They bunted successfully several rimes.  The Rebels cannot bunt and we sure as hell can't defend on a bunt.

Another glaring problem is Kale Baker.  He is terrible at 1st base.  You need someone with a decent wingspan and that has a little more agility.  he has dropped the ball several times when we had a runner dead in the water.  Dropping the ball is no figure of speech here.  He has literally dropped the ball when trying to get it out of his mitt to throw back to second.  his hitting has almost completely gone in the dump.  Strikes out about 50% of the time.  A fire plug doesn't make a good first baseman.