Just curious as to why Alexander isnt playing? Is he hurt? He's swinging the bat well. He has a 19 game hit streak, but has made a few costly errors.
Just curious as to why Alexander isnt playing? Is he hurt? He's swinging the bat well. He has a 19 game hit streak, but has made a few costly errors.
His errors and his strikeouts in the lead-off position. That is what I was told today.Originally Posted by cjntgr
FloridaInternational'sATLANTIC's vaunted bats not worth a hoot against UL's Moody, Pilgreen
A team batting average of .359, 47 homeruns, an impresssive road win over Oklahoma State and two one-run losses to perennial powers Nebraska and Rice on the road?
Cajun pitchers Hunter Moody and Matt Pilgreen were not impressed with Florida Atlantic's gaudy offensive numbers, limiting the visitors to eight hits, only one for extra bases in UL's 5-2 win over the Owls, giving Coach Tony Robichaux his 700th career win at Tigue Moore field Saturday.
Moody, a lefty junior from Clinton, scattered seven singles and walked only one Owl batter in seven consistent innings, surrendering only two runs, the first when he hit left fielder Robbie Widlansky with a pitch with two outs in the sixth inning. Widlansky later scored on a single by centerfielder Daniel Cook to cut the Cajuns' lead to 2-1 and the second in the very next inning when second baseman Daniel Bomback drove home first baseman Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg to knot the score at two.
Spanjer-Furstenburg's first collegiate at bat earlier this season produced a bases loaded homerun against Mississippi Valley State.
Pilgren, meanwhile, was much the same as he has been in every appearance this season, giving up a leadoff single to the first batter he faced in Owl left fielder Mike McKenna on a 1-1 slider, before retiring six in a row including back-to-back strikeouts of FAU's five and six hole hitters, Cook and dh Tyler Stevens.
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I think FIU and FAU are different schools....
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Unfortunately, our P.O.S newspaper apparently only keeps a "skeleton" crew for the weekends. The Advertisers writer(Dan McDonald) was covering the golf tournament at Le Triomphe. We had to use the second and third string outsiders to cover UL baseball and softball.Originally Posted by Dad04
What a freakin joke.
Z.
Originally Posted by cjntgr
Alexander's glove is lacking. If any position needs to provide solid defense, its shortstop... and X was surely not doing that. His errors and in several instances his inability to get the ball cleanly out of his glove was muffing up double plays. Those don't go down officially as errors, but they are mistakes that can't be excused at shortstop.
No doubt shortstop requires a hot glove . . .Originally Posted by CajunRed
Now I don't know much about baseball so anyone who wants, can correct me but it seems to me . . . . If your glove was good enough in the preseason to win you the SHORT STOP position, even if it is in a temporary slump, it’s probably still good enough at some other position.
I was under the impression that you always found a position for the hot bat. So rather than judge a player on his slumping abilities at shortstop the question I would have is whether or not his arm strength still OK? If his ball handling is poor at shortstop would it still be OK somewhere else where he has more time to react? Is he suffering if the ball is hit to his left or his right?
Seems to me a hot bat needs to be in the lineup.
Now then if his hitting steak is hurting his overall hitting average then perhaps you sit him so his bat cools off and he can concentrate on the overall picture.
ps I have more questions than answers and my answers carry no weight they are only loosley formed opinion.![]()
Originally Posted by Turbine
EVEN THOUGH X HAS THE GREAT HITTING STREAK GOING ON HIS AVERAGE IS GOOD BUT NOT GREAT AND HE STRIKES OUT A LOT FOR A LEADOFF GUY...X HAS GREAT SPEED BUT IF YOU CANT REACH BASE IT DOESNT YOU NO GOOD...
Originally Posted by Zeebart21
Not only that, The Advertiger didn't even have anyone to cover LSU's second loss to Kentucky.........![]()
Z, I saw Dan McDonald walk up to the press box about the seventh inning at the Friday night's game.Originally Posted by Zeebart21
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