NCAA Super Regional Game 1: #13 Louisiana vs. #4 Auburn

[Flcajun]

All, yes Jordan should have been pulled. There was also the amazing call of pinching corbello at 1n1 to help give us that lead. If we are the better team we will win two tomorrow. Regardless of what the umps say. We made it easy by throwing balls and not even close balls hell they had to have a golf club for some of Jordans pitches.

[Turbine]

My thoughts exactly. It just doesn't make any sense. That's the longest "leash" I think I've EVER seen given to a pitcher in softball OR baseball. Just ridiculous. This loss is solely on Mike. Sorry

My gut tells me that in pulling her, she would be lost for the rest of the season, mentally.

In hindsight we now have 1 case study on 200+ pitch games.

None of us had ever seen anything like this and that includes Mike.

Making a note; There is a huge difference between bouncing back from control issues when your arm is fresh, and bouncing back from control issues when your arm is about to fall off.

jmo

[Flcajun]

Oh and i couldnt hear the actual ruling. What is the rule on the warm up pitches

[Turbine]

Oh and i couldnt hear the actual ruling. What is the rule on the warm up pitches

Can't pitch to 3rd after warm up. Perhaps not at all.

My thing is if he didn't call ball 3 for pitching to 3rd. How can it be called retroactively in conjunction with ball 4?

[Flcajun]

Agreed. If home ump didnt give count. It didnt count.

[Flcajun]

Was she actually touching plate?

[GoneGolfin]

Oh and i couldnt hear the actual ruling. What is the rule on the warm up pitches

A relief pitcher (coming into the game for the first time) cannot throw more than 5 warmup pitches. A ball is awarded to the next hitter for each excessive warm-up pitch. There were two such excessive pitches … hence the walk to Carasone that had a 2-0 count when Jordan left the game.

What was strange is that it looked as if there was some sort of delay after Christina threw her allowed warm-up pitches. Hence, she started tossing with Sam at third base. I would imagine that the rule is there to prevent the relief pitcher from delaying the game. But that was not the case here … something else was happening. Maybe the batter was slow in getting to the plate (speaking with Meyers?). Thus, Christina looked as if she was simply staying loose … and not delaying the game. If the delay had been extended, I would imagine Christina would have been allowed to throw a few pitches.

Brian

[Flcajun]

Thanks brian did the ump show 2 balls before the pitch? If so its our own fault.

[axg8750]

None of us had ever seen anything like this and that includes Mike.


jmo

Bologna!!!

That's what is so bad About the situation!

We have seen this all season from her! It was Coach's job to make the move!

[RaginCajun77]

Jordan walked numerous batters and worked her way out of jams, Auburn was going to capitalize on these mistakes it was only a matter of time. I'm just left scratching my head at how Coach let victory slip away the way it did.

[Flcajun]

Man. If the ump didnt call it. It wasnt a ball. That is what im asking

[Flcajun]

It could be a balk but not two balls without a call