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Originally posted by ShockerFever View PostAre there really not any better options than Vornado at this point?
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Tolle Dominant as Shockers Run-Rule Bluejays
Payton Tolle set a new career high with 12 strikeouts and added three more hits at the plate, powering Wichita State to a 12-2 win over Creighton on Sunday afternoon at Eck Stadium. The contest was called in the bottom of the seventh due to run-rule.
Tolle (4-0) survived a bumpy first inning to put together one of the best starts of his young collegiate career.
The Wichita State offense was relentless, scoring in five of seven opportunities against a parade of Creighton pitchers. Tolle got the scoring started with a first inning sacrifice fly that cut Creighton's early lead in half, then the Shockers (10-8) moved in front for good with a three-run bottom of the second. Chuck Ingram continued his offensive tear with an RBI double, and Brock Rodden put WSU on top by banging a two-run double off the wall in left for a 4-2 advantage.
All of the runs were charged to Creighton starter Justin Kleinsorge (1-1), who lasted just 1.2 innings for the Bluejays.
Mauricio Millan and Jaden Gustafson made it 6-2 Shockers in the third with run-scoring singles, then the Shockers put the game out of reach with a four-run bottom of the fourth. David Herring plated two with a booming double to right, coming in to score one batter later on a Tolle RBI single. A wild pitch later in the inning scored Tolle, making it 10-2 in favor of the Shockers.
Wichita State was able to activate the run-rule in the seventh on an Ingram RBI single and a run-scoring groundout from Seth Stroh.
In addition to Tolle's three-hit day, Rodden, Millan, Ingram and Garrett Pennington each added a pair of hits as part of a 15-hit attack for the Shockers.
I wonder if they may be giving some thought to moving Tolle up to the #1 guy in the starting rotation.
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Originally posted by Kung Wu View Post
Your're number one!
Last edited by 1972Shocker; March 20, 2023, 12:13 PM.
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Our record doesn’t seem to align with the stats. I’d say this team is 1-6 in close games. The one win being extra innings at Utah Tech. We had a chance to win with a little execution in each of the losses besides the 4-12 at Utah Tech and the 7-12 to Oakland (I know we had errors all over but we weren’t ever really in that game).
The talent clearly seems to be there. I think the pitching staff can go 1-10 (without Austin Henry) with confidence and we have 3 fairly proven weekend starters. We need to learn how to execute with RISP when the ball isn’t flying off the bat. I’d say we really struggle to play any resemblance of small ball whatsoever, and that needs to be part of the arsenal for cold weather games.
All that to say I think it’s clear the talent of this team has clearly improved. The question will be when/if they can figure out how to win the close ones.
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Originally posted by shocks02 View PostOur record doesn’t seem to align with the stats. I’d say this team is 1-6 in close games. The one win being extra innings at Utah Tech. We had a chance to win with a little execution in each of the losses besides the 4-12 at Utah Tech and the 7-12 to Oakland (I know we had errors all over but we weren’t ever really in that game).
The talent clearly seems to be there. I think the pitching staff can go 1-10 (without Austin Henry) with confidence and we have 3 fairly proven weekend starters. We need to learn how to execute with RISP when the ball isn’t flying off the bat. I’d say we really struggle to play any resemblance of small ball whatsoever, and that needs to be part of the arsenal for cold weather games.
All that to say I think it’s clear the talent of this team has clearly improved. The question will be when/if they can figure out how to win the close ones.
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