Shocks Host Oklahoma State (Moved to Wednesday)

[Cdizzle]

I'd say very good job by Lungwitz. Gotta keep scoring

[Play Angry]

Dugas was safe there.

[1972Shocker]

He was safe the next time up as well. Way to deliver Dayton.

[Mr. Pickle]

7-5 bottom 8. Top of the order up for WSU

[mjbaker84]

Shockers win! Sanburn strikes out final 2 batters to close out the game.

[ShockerMas]

Nice win for the Shockers! Good to see the offense convert with RISP

[Play Angry]

Really nice bounce back win against a red hot OSU squad.

[ShockTalk]

Great mid-week win, don't you agree Fev? :wink-new:

[1972Shocker]

Good win Shocks. Maybe not the prettiest game but you win and you move on. Speaking of moving Kennedy said Tulane will be in tomorrow around noon. MIght want to get one or even two in tomorrow than finish up on Sunday.

[Cdizzle]

Nice midweek win. Good to get right back in the W column after a disappointing end to the weekend.

[SB Shock]

Good win!

[ShockerFever]

Great mid-week win, don't you agree Fev? :wink-new:

It was a good win. They sure like to live dangerously and don't like to make things easy. But yes, a win is better than a loss.

Need a sweep this weekend to get back into the conference race.

[shockfan89_]

Great win and probably another game last year's team would have blown. This team continues to bend but not break which is the sign of a team that can be very successful!

Did anyone else think it was an extremely odd coaching decision for OSU to bring in a pitcher who had only pitched one inning all year, only his 2nd D1 appearance ever, to face the heart of the order (4, 5, 6, ..) in the bottom of the 7th in a tie game? Not to mention bringing in a lefty to face 4 straight batters from the right side? Maybe their bullpen was just spent from the weekend?

[1972Shocker]

That was a bit odd but OSU's ptiching staff is a little thin. Kennedy said before the game they had 3 guys on the shelf that they were counting on this year. I think one has been out all year and the other two sustained injuries this season.

[Play Angry]

RPI sits at 6 following the win, OSU's is 49.

WSU improves to 4-4 vs. Top 50 teams, with 6 of those 8 games being road contests.

[Play Angry]

Dayton Dugas is 13 for 36 (with just 5 strikeouts) over his last 10 games, raising his average from .209 to .278 during that period. His last couple bombs have been absolute jacks and he is really in the zone - happy to see him have some success as it looks like the early season adjustments previously discussed have done wonders for his contact rate.

Last night was a lot of fun - beating OSU in baseball will always add a little extra magic for this Shockers fan. I know the weather is projected to once again be disgusting this weekend but hopefully some extra folks will get out their long johns and support these guys - this is the best team we've had in quite a while and they certainly deserve it.

Go Shocks!

[WuDrWu]

I wish I had numbers to back this up, but I would speculate that Dayton is just as unselective as he's been the prior 2 seasons, maybe even more free swinging. He's just not missing as much. With Grey really struggling at the plate right now (his swings last night were troubling to say the least) it certainly helps to have Dugas hitting as good as he ever has in a Shocker uniform. These guys are a lot of fun to watch right now.

[shockfan89_]

I think Jenista needs to move down in the order and see if he can take some pressure off of himself. He had two good games in a row (Sunday against Furman and at Central Arkansas) where he was a combined 5 for 7. Excluding those two games, he is 6 for 39 (.153) in the last 14 games.