UL will start junior RHP Greg Milhorn (5-2, 6.62 ERA) against Texas-Arlington in Sunday's 1 p.m. Sun Belt tourney title game in Mobile.
— Tim Buckley (@TDARaginCajuns) May 25, 2014
UL will start junior RHP Greg Milhorn (5-2, 6.62 ERA) against Texas-Arlington in Sunday's 1 p.m. Sun Belt tourney title game in Mobile.
— Tim Buckley (@TDARaginCajuns) May 25, 2014
Texas-Arlington will throw junior RHP Jess Amedee (1-4, team-worst 6.17 ERA) vs. UL in Sunday's 1 p.m. Sun Belt tourney title game.
— Tim Buckley (@TDARaginCajuns) May 25, 2014
Greg Milhorn, UL starter in SBC tourney title game Sunday, threw 3.0 innings (3 appearances) vs. UTA in April; closed twice (1 save), 1 L.
— Tim Buckley (@TDARaginCajuns) May 25, 2014
Rob is challenging Milhorn here by essentially asking him to redeem himself after that Sunday blown save against the same UTA team. Give em hell Greg.
Milhorn starting scares the ever-living crap out of me.
BUT, the way this team has done things this year, I fully expect him to give us 5-6 really good innings and lead the team to victory. It's just the way this team works!
Bring it home Cajuns!!
What we need even more than that, is another solid arm going into the post season. I think Robe is making the right call. We can't navigate the post season with the arms we have right now. Robe has said himself (And I trust he knows what he's talking about) that Milhorns problems were more mental than anything else. Hopefully tomorrow it all comes back for him.
On a side note, if Milhorn has to come out early, who do we throw? Bazar should be fresh and Ryan Wilson only threw 14 pitches today.
Although they haven't said it, I'd guess Baranik would be available for some work too. We have more than enough arms to get through the game, it's just on us to do our job. We are the better team, but we got to play and act like it. The tx state game, I saw some mental errors that we just can't do today. Lets go get our 2nd championship.
Milhorn obviously has not trusted his stuff in awhile. He's been all around the zone, getting behind, then grooving pitches. Hopefully, he can forget the bad outings, not think about what could go wrong and trust the wicked stuff he had in Feb., early March and late April.
The good news is UTA must be about out of arms, using 6 v. aState and 4 against Troy.
I am not sure Milhorn can be fixed in one game. Much like Jordan Wallace the magic is gone, and I do not think it will return in a couple of innings. I think winning THIS game is far more important than Milhon because I do not think good or bad this game will reflect on his next outing.
Robe is a 'risk manager' and wants as many assets as possible for the upcoming wars, but the truth is if we need to go past Austin, Baranik, and Boutte, in any series we are in deep doo, doo.
Yes, indeed, I know Robe knows more in his dream than I will ever know, but I have an opinion that is not crazy.
I think Robe is betting we win a slugfest.
we can win a regional and super with the arms we have, but to complete our ultimate goal in Omaha we need Milhorn's arm! Robe is going to give him every chance, that's just the way he is. He doesn't give up on his players, and its not like Milhorn hasn't done it before we know he has the physical ability its just a matter of getting past that mental block. And hopefully it is today!
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