Final G1 Louisiana (5) UTSA (8)

[Ragin' Caleb]

Bummer, but seasons young and so are we. Just need consistent pitching and hitting to sharpen up

I agree. Look at the bright side, last year we started off with a L

[CajunEXPRESS]

Yea, but this is a young staff, and a young team. Early loses may effect confidence. IMO it is important to get off to a good start.

[CajunRebel]

Yea, but this is a young staff, and a young team. Early loses may effect confidence. IMO it is important to get off to a good start.

If I remember right we lost our first game last year too.

[ulXrunner]

If I remember right we lost our first game last year too.

Exactly! Long season.

[LifeTimeCajun]

We also played utsa...not the Yankees. Went about as I expected. Interested to see if our number 2 and 3 arms can match there's.

[cajun4life]

Went exactly as many thought it would early this season - we hit well enough to win but pitching did us in. Our pitching will undoubtedly improve as the season progresses.

Timely hitting hurt us in this game. We were 4-22 with runners on base and 2-11 with runners in scoring position. That's what cost us this game. You gotta hit better than .181 in critical situations.

[Cajun_RH]

We also played utsa...not the Yankees. Went about as I expected. Interested to see if our number 2 and 3 arms can match there's.

But as good as last year's team was, they dropped the first game to EIU. This is still baseball and you can't judge the whole year from one game.

[Turbine]

Timely hitting hurt us in this game. We were 4-22 with runners on base and 2-11 with runners in scoring position. That's what cost us this game. You gotta hit better than .181 in critical situations.

Not good, not good at all, but it does show potential.

Still though, 5-runs should win should put you in position to win every game.

[CajunRage]

Is Herrington hurt? I seem to remember that he and BT were the only locks in Jay's season preview.

[basinbear]

We have to replace our entire weekend starting pitching and several positions on the field. There is a huge tradition associated with this program and that is exactly why recruiting has been so good last Spring and this past Fall. Tony has a lot of talent to work with and I am comfortable that he will come up with the goods. He knows what he is doing. This Season is the type where the fans will have to be patient and lets things play out and fall into place.

[cajun4life]

Not good, not good at all, but it does show potential.

Still though, 5-runs should win should put you in position to win every game.

I agree, but we were in a position to win, we just didn't drive in the runners we left on base.

5 runs/game this season will get us to 30-35 wins. With the changes to the balls we will need to score 7 runs per game for my predictions to come true.

[MountainDew]

5 runs on 12 hits should win the game. Should have score more but didn't have timely hits. It's going to take a while to see who the weekend starter will be. We knew pitching would be a problem. Offense is gonna do fine. We'll be ok.