NCAA Regional Championship: Louisiana vs. Baylor G1 & G2

[CajunFan3406]

Yeah we gonna hug it out or something.

Group hug?? I'll bring the beers.

[IdeaL]

Is their pitching suspect? If so, I'd be nervous if I was Auburn.

Stearns is very good. Any idea what Auburn's pitching's like?

They rank 10th in the SEC with an overall ERA of 3.47. Here's their pitchers stats (updated as of today according to ESPN.com)..
M. Harper, 3.34 ERA, 12-4 W-L
R. Walters, 2.88 ERA, 18-3 W-L
G. Aucoin 3.63 ERA, 9-2 W-L
L. Davis 4.13 ERA, 22-2 W-L

Offensively, they're ridiculous. 2nd in the SEC in BA, 1st in slugging, 1st in OBP, hits, runs scored, RBI's. Jordan and Christina are gonna have their work cut out for them next weekend.

edit: No clue how they compare nationally, I'm too lazy to go look it up.

[CajunFan3406]

Sam will win this game.

Nice call

[CajunFan3406]

Love Luke




Luke Johnson (@LukeJohnsonAdv) tweeted at 9:44 PM on Sun, May 17, 2015:
E-Freakin-Normous double play turned by the Cajuns. Ari Hawkins flies out to LF, Shellie Landry guns down Landrith as she tries to tag.

To those who frequent softball games, we saw this same play about a month ago. That play actually didn't even make me leave my seat. The one we turned in the next inning with bases loaded did though.

[Cajun90]

Is their pitching suspect? If so, I'd be nervous if I was Auburn.

Stearns is very good. Any idea what Auburn's pitching's like?

Team ERA of 3.53. Good enough for 101st in the country. Cajuns have a team ERA of 2.10 and are sixteenth in the country.

They can run three different pitchers out against us. Walters is their best; a lefty with an ERA of 2.88 with 105 strikeouts. Davis and Harper are both righties and have seen a lot of action but not quite as good of numbers as Walters.

If we show up this series is done in two....if we don't show up this series is done in....two.

When you get to the last sixteen teams in the country it should be competitive and I suspect this series will be just that.

[CajunFan3406]

Looks like the committee did a pretty good job this year. Fourteen of the sixteen top seeds advance to Super's. The fifteen and sixteen seeds were the only two not to advance.

Glad the sixteen didn't advance. I don't think they really should have hosted anyway.

[jllanclos]

Group hug?? I'll bring the beers.

Awesome.

My 7 year old son already had a mad crush on Sami after two great plays she made at third yesterday. His heart palpitations are off the charts now! I think he's watched that walkoff like 10 times. LOL

[jllanclos]

wrong thread

[roarman]

Glad the sixteen didn't advance. I don't think they really should have hosted anyway.

Really? So, an SEC team who finished in 12 place in the league, going 5-19 and who's ace pitcher was 14-14 gets to go. That's what doesn't make sense.

[ATXCajun]

Walk off in money game. Guess she got going...lol.

She got going against Baylor's third pitcher, who had not thrown the entire tournament. Scots comment holds true. Sam has been swinging at junk for some time now. She needs to try milk some walks. Make them pitch to her. All anybody has to do to get her out lately is to stay outside for a couple of pitches and then come in with a rise ball that finishes about chest high.

[CajunFan3406]

Really? So, an SEC team who finished in 12 place in the league, going 5-19 and who's ace pitcher was 14-14 gets to go. That's what doesn't make sense.

Bringing up Kentucky is irrelevant to fact that I don't think Notre Dame should have hosted. Kentucky just lucked out getting sent there. A lot of the 2 seeds, such as Baylor, would have escaped out of that regional. I thought there were teams with RPI's higher than them that should have gotten a shot at hosting. I'm just glad the selection committee got proven wrong by giving ND a hosting opportunity.

[CajunEXPRESS]

She got going against Baylor's third pitcher, who had not thrown the entire tournament. Scots comment holds true. Sam has been swinging at junk for some time now. She needs to try milk some walks. Make them pitch to her. All anybody has to do to get her out lately is to stay outside for a couple of pitches and then come in with a rise ball that finishes about chest high.

I'll let Coach Mike decide if he likes her approaches or not.