Hogs vs LSU—-Baseball

[Feral]

As I was saying...

Knowing my luck, they'll probably keep it close to keep me invested and awake past midnight and then shit the bed in the 9th. 

[Feral]

I'm out, my luck has turned

[HOGSRUNWILD]

Yeah, this is setting up for a 0130 heartbreak

[TorcFiadhein]

Yeah, this is setting up for a 0130 heartbreak

Gaeckle is throwing seeds right now.

[HOGSRUNWILD]

Gaeckle is throwing seeds right now.

Won't matter if we can't score

[HOGSRUNWILD]

Welp, we Arkansas'd that.  They gonna score here.  Little short of 1:30 at least

And...that is that.  They did what we couldn't.

[Sus-Scrofa]

Well shit 

[Loma]

Losing 4-3 to the number 1 team in the country at 2am in Baton Rouge?

Meh.

[BleedinRed]

Losing 4-3 to the number 1 team in the country at 2am in Baton Rouge?

Meh.

Not trying to start a war here but I'll never understand this viewpoint.  

[Feral]

Why does Helfrick play so far off the line/plate? He had the guy out by a mile but was too far away to make the tag.

Had the same thought myself on that play. That run is on Helfrick for playing too far up/off the line. Davalan threw a dart, but Helfrick had to come back to swipe tag the runner and was too late.

Biggest 'what if' of the game oddly enough is Aloy's error in the 7th. They scored it a hit, but it looked to me like he could've gotten the out if he'd played it cleanly. If he makes that play, there are 2 outs and nobody on, but instead it was 1 on 1 out and all of a sudden Jiminez couldn't find the zone with a compass and Google Maps. 

The good news is that it was another really good outing from Root. He only threw 91 pitches and could've gone another inning, but DVH (understandably) gets conservative with starters down the stretch.

The bad news is that we had A LOT of swing and miss last night. At one point we had 8 K's and all were swinging, many on 3 pitches. Iredale and Robinett were swinging over everything and combined for 6 K's between them. We were 1-15 with RISP...oof.

The bottom of the lineup did its job, with Helfrick and Thomas a combined 5-8 with 2 runs.

[BleedinRed]

I admire you guys who stuck with it.  12 o'clock hit and my body shut completely off.  

[Hognrock]

I fell asleep when we were up 3-2 and since God hates me I woke up for the Bot of 10th only to see LSU walk it off. Those are 2 really good teams and their starter is a helluva pitcher.  It seemed like the game plan was to get his pitch count up. We did pretty decent against him which gives me some hope against the really good arms we'll face down the stretch.

[Feral]

I admire you guys who stuck with it.  12 o'clock hit and my body shut completely off. 

I made it to 12:30 and knew we'd Arkansas it up, so I nope'd out after the 7th.

I've seen this movie before.

[Barton Fink]

Flat out gave it away. Jimenez uncharacteristically walked 2 and gave up the tying hit. DVH was pissed when he pulled him.

[Feral]

Flat out gave it away. Jimenez uncharacteristically walked 2 and gave up the tying hit. DVH was pissed when he pulled him.

They announcer jinxed the hell out of him. Talked about his low ERA and WHIP and his insane K:BB ratio, and suddenly he can't find the zone and allowed  2 ER in just 0.1 IP

[Son of Spam]

We may not win another game.

[Feral]

Didn't even realize the game was on yet and we're already down 3-0.

[Feral]

Another homer

[Son of Spam]

4-0. We may get run ruled. Wood won't last 4 innings.

[Show-Me Hog]

This feels like one of those games it's probably best to go off and do something else on a Saturday night.