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Never in a million years would have expected this start. Normally in years past I'd already be making plans for the Shockers to be hosting a regional. But even with this 6-0 (should be 7-0 after Omaha on Wednesday) start, I'm still not totally confident. I'm hoping we can keep up this kind of play next weekend, but I have my doubts. Either way, if the Shox can continue to put solid pitching together and get just enough offense to win, I like our chances to at least make it back to the NCAA Tournament this season. Probably getting ahead of myself, but what the hey
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Originally posted by Dave Stalwart View PostIf this thing is for real... and dare I say baseball is back at the same time that basketball is hanging where it is, it's gonna be a fun time
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A few hiccups from a few pitchers this weekend, but fortunately nothing that we weren't able to overcome. Landon Holifield, Ben Hecht and Reagan Biechler have been rock solid (like granite solid) so far this year. Simply outstanding. I have previously said that I really what I am hearing and reading about Coach Steele . Now I can up that to I really like what I am seeing from Coach Steele's bevy of pitchers. Big test coming up the nest two weekends. Looking forward to seeing how the staff holds up.
Hopefully, today with get big Alec booming them on a regular basis. He can hit a baseball a long way when he gets everything synced up.
Personally, I would like to see RFr catcher Noah Croft get an occasional start behind the plate. At least one a week. Especially, if Gunner Troutwine continues to hover around the Mendoza line with his batting average. Personally, I think this would be beneficial to both Gunner and Noah and for the team as well. It should be especially beneficial to Gunner later in the season if HCTB is willing to reduce the wear and tear on his body from catching everyday.
We will have to see how the value of these first 6 wins holds up but the wins feel good and they team has looked pretty good overall. GCU should win a ton of games in their conference. Utah Valley dropped 2 out of 3 to UC Davis this weekend. Today they had a 6-3 lead heading into the bottom of the 8th and gave of 3 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th to lose.
Omaha is 1-7 against a good schedule. They have given up a lot of runs and have a team ERA of 8.45. Shocks need to make sure they stumble against this team on Wednesday.
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Originally posted by SPEShockAlum View PostI'd say that's correct most of the time, but our upperclassmen have struggled with that concept in recent years. I'd say it's a change in personnel and philosophy.
We will see about philosophy change.Basketball Season Tix since '77-78 . . . . . . Baseball Season Tix since '88
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This weekend was a huge step forward to me. Who would have ever thought we would be 6-0 with 2 shutouts and scoring a total of 20 runs in 5 of those 6 games (I think most would have predicted a victory when scoring 16 runs).
I will give props to onegreatracer but it is just amazing that we have won these games mainly with pitching. Not walking so many makes a huge difference!!!
With that said, we have 3, one-run victories and 1, two-run victories. A win is a win, and these are games we would likely have lost last year, there is just not much room for error and it will be interesting to see how the pitching staff holds up when we start playing 4 or 5 games per week.
Great weekend!!!
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Replayed Sunday's 5-3 win in order to look at Alec Bohm's 2 bombs. A couple of pretty impressive swings.
Also impressive as color analyst along with Shane calling the PBP was former Shocker Nate Robertson. I don't know if he has ever done that before. If not he is a natural. I thought he was outstanding.
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Originally posted by 1972Shocker View PostReplayed Sunday's 5-3 win in order to look at Alec Bohm's 2 bombs. A couple of pretty impressive swings.
Also impressive as color analyst along with Shane calling the PBP was former Shocker Nate Robertson. I don't know if he has ever done that before. If not he is a natural. I thought he was outstanding.
I hope we hear more of him. A lot more.Basketball Season Tix since '77-78 . . . . . . Baseball Season Tix since '88
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