Hogs vs Washington State—-Baseball

[BASS]

Helluva catch

[BleedinRed]

Nice catch by centerfield.  

[BASS]

Come on ump, that 6 inches below the knees

[Thin Red Swine]

Above grumbling aside, there does seem to be early evidence of a smarter approach at the plate.

Obviously, the first game of the season it won't be fine tuned. But we used to have streaks of eleventy plate appearances resulting in either a strikeout or a ball in the air easily caught. 

[DirkPiggler]

Top 7th.

Skjonsby flies out to deep RCF.  1 out.

Obenour singles to RF.  Runner on 1st, 1 out.

Obenour runs on a ball in the dirt...gunned down by Helfrick.  2 outs.

Cresswell grounds out to SS.  3 outs.

Mid 7th.  1-1.

[BleedinRed]

Slowest throw down to second for the out ever.  

[DirkPiggler]

Bottom 7th. 

Peppi grounds out to 3rd.  1 out.

Diggs flies out to LF.  2 outs.

Helfrick strikes out.  3 outs.

End 7th. 

Mike Leach Ain't Walkin Through That Door 1
Neither is Tony Vitello 1

[DirkPiggler]

Top 8th

Northrop gets a free swing as Thomas drops a foul ball into the stands, then strikes out looking.     1 out.

Watterson strikes out looking.    2 outs.

PITCHING CHANGE:  Parker Coil in for McEntire. 

Hartman singles to LF...diving attempt by Thomas, but the ball bounced away.  Runner on 1st, 2 outs.

Hartman steals 2nd.  Runner on 2nd, 2 outs.

Roy grounds to Iredale, who tags Hartman.  3 outs.

Mid 8th.  1-1

[DirkPiggler]

Bottom 8th.

Thomas grounds out to SS.  1 out.

Davalan flies out to LF.  2 outs.

Aloy pops out foul outside 1B.  3 outs.

End 8th.  1-1.

[DirkPiggler]

Top 9th.

PITCHING CHANGE:  Christian Foutch in for Coil. 

Johnstone singles to LF.  Runner on 1st.  0 out.

Longo grounds to Iredale.  Force at 2nd.  Runner on 1st, 1 out.

Skjonsby grounds sharply to Souza..4-6-3 double play. 3 outs.

Mid 9th.  Let's try to avoid extra baseball since we're already playing two today.

[DirkPiggler]

Bottom 9th.

Maxwell grounds out to 2nd. 1 out.

Iredale with a deep fly out to CF.  Possibly a game winner with neutral wind or on a warmer day.  Loud 2nd out.

Souza rips a single to to RF.  114 mph.  Runner on 1st, 2 outs.

PITCHING CHANGE:  Bryce Chambers (RHP) in for Shepard.

Souza steals second.  Winning run at 2nd.  2 outs.

Peppi grounds to 3rd...bobbled, no throw.  E5 (?).  Runners 1st and 3rd, 2 outs. 

Peppi advances to 2nd.  Runners 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs.

Diggs strikes out swinging at some bullshit in the dirt...after watching two not elite breaking balls cross the plate.  3 outs.

End 9th.  Free baseball.

[Thin Red Swine]

Jeez. Calm down, announcer boy. He hit it straight into the breeze on a 44 degree day. It's not going out at that trajectory.

[Gambler]

Diggs. Dammit.

[BleedinRed]

Is it too early to say that we don't look much different from past years?

Might be another year where pitching is great and hitting is suspect or visa versa. 

[Thin Red Swine]

That second strike looked inside.

But the first one should've been plastered.

[Barton Fink]

I'm sure it is miserable playing conditions today so I'll give them a pass. For now...

[The Whyte Boar]

So we can't hit again?

[DirkPiggler]

Top 10th.

Obenour reaches on an error by Peppi.  Runner on 1st, 0 out.

Cresswell sac bunts to Foutch. Runner on 2nd, 1 out.

Northrop taps weakly in front of the plate...Helfrick throws to Diggs in RF.  E2.  Obenour scores.  WSU 2-1.  Runner on 2nd, 1 out.

Watterson with bloop single to CF.  Runners 1st and 3rd, 1 out.

Hartman pops out to shallow LF...Aloy made the catch with his back to the plate, turned and threw off his back foot to Helfrick for the double play.  Tag play under review.  Close but should stand.  Umpire fuckery afoot.  Apparently the call stands, although we currently have no explanation. 

Mid 10th.  Them 2 us 1

[Hizog]

So we can't hit again?

Correct

[BleedinRed]

So we can't hit again?

we have carried over last years hitting to the first 9 games innings of this season.