BB G3 Final: Louisiana 3, Arkansas State 1

[LifeTimeCajun]

Amazing what a relaxed pitcher can accomplish.

Someone told him we were averaging 14 runs a game, go out and have fun.

He saw our teams batting averages and felt relaxed

[JayWalker]

Nez goes eight, gives up one run, one hit with 9Ks

Preach seven shutout with 10Ks, no walks.

Rawls goes 7.2 shutout and gets 2 wins.

Who is your Pitcher of the Week??

[RaginDave]

Nez goes eight, gives up one run, one hit with 9Ks

Preach seven shutout with 10Ks, no walks.

Rawls goes 7.2 shutout and gets 2 wins.

Who is your Pitcher of the Week??

Nez for sure.

[sportsfanatic21]

Nez goes eight, gives up one run, one hit with 9Ks

Preach seven shutout with 10Ks, no walks.

Rawls goes 7.2 shutout and gets 2 wins.

Who is your Pitcher of the Week??

Tough, tough choice. But I’ll go with Rawls. Ate up a bunch of innings Tuesday, which helps line stuff up the rest of the week, and then kept the Saturday game from spinning out of control and gave the hitters a chance to get things going.

Nezuh would be 2nd. Not only a completely dominant performance, but he HAD to be that good because their guy was dealing too.

I’ll take Hammond throwing like that and being the 3rd best of the week every week going forward too! Ha

[Policarp]

Maybe Grambling and their 288 RPI gets rained out?

Please.

Maybe need ALL Lincoln Parish games rained out this year. LTURd (RPI #198) skull drugged last 2 games at home by 8-11 Charlotte.

[angeleast]

Maybe need ALL Lincoln Parish games rained out this year. LTURd (RPI #198) skull drugged last 2 games at home by 8-11 Charlotte.

Laturd was pretty decent. What the hell happend

[ZoomZoom]

Laturd was pretty decent. What the hell happend

Post Covid reality.

[wcd35]

Needed this week to get some of our pitching numbers back into respectable territory. WHIP, K/BB, ERA were a bit high for what we're used to. A lot of numbers are still getting to where we want but cleaning up walks is the biggest factor lately. After losing our 3rd game in a row in game 10 (Sat vs Campbell) we've since averaged 2.9 walks per game and gone 8-2.

From game 10 to game 20:
WHIP went from 1.568 to 1.328
ERA went from 4.70 to 4.17
K/BB went from 1.37 to 1.92
BB/9 went from 6.14 to 4.53

Offensively, its been the same. Numbers have trended the right directly over this 10 game span (G10 to G20):
AVG from .271 to .288
SLG from .403 to .441
OBP from .381 to .391
OPS from .784 to .831
Stolen bases 19 in first 10 games, 42 in second 10 games

Comparing the last 15 seasons (excl. 2020) at this point (20g), we're at:
Most SB (61, next closest is 48 in 2010)
T-3rd most Doubles (only 1 behind 2011 & 2015, as many as 2014)
2nd most RBI (behind just 2014)
4th most runs (2010, 2014, 2013)
2nd most walks (2009)
4th in OBP (2014, 2013, 2010)
3rd in OPS (2014, 2013)
3rd best record (2014, 2013)

[Turbine]

Good stuff wcd35

Thanks

[wcd35]

Nez goes eight, gives up one run, one hit with 9Ks

Preach seven shutout with 10Ks, no walks.

Rawls goes 7.2 shutout and gets 2 wins.

Who is your Pitcher of the Week??

Either way, there's very little competition from the rest of the conference this week. D1 Baseball does the stat roundup and on Sunday they have the top graded on the week. The flaw of this is they do by game, so Rawls gets discounted, but Nezuh had the 9th best outing in the nation and Hammond had the 24th. They do put a lot of emphasis on IP, so its skewed heavily towards starters, but still impressive. No other SBC pitchers in the top 50

[sportsfanatic21]

Needed this week to get some of our pitching numbers back into respectable territory. WHIP, K/BB, ERA were a bit high for what we're used to. A lot of numbers are still getting to where we want but cleaning up walks is the biggest factor lately. After losing our 3rd game in a row in game 10 (Sat vs Campbell) we've since averaged 2.9 walks per game and gone 8-2.

From game 10 to game 20:
WHIP went from 1.568 to 1.328
ERA went from 4.70 to 4.17
K/BB went from 1.37 to 1.92
BB/9 went from 6.14 to 4.53

Offensively, its been the same. Numbers have trended the right directly over this 10 game span (G10 to G20):
AVG from .271 to .288
SLG from .403 to .441
OBP from .381 to .391
OPS from .784 to .831
Stolen bases 19 in first 10 games, 42 in second 10 games

Comparing the last 15 seasons (excl. 2020) at this point (20g), we're at:
Most SB (61, next closest is 48 in 2010)
T-3rd most Doubles (only 1 behind 2011 & 2015, as many as 2014)
2nd most RBI (behind just 2014)
4th most runs (2010, 2014, 2013)
2nd most walks (2009)
4th in OBP (2014, 2013, 2010)
3rd in OPS (2014, 2013)
3rd best record (2014, 2013)

Glad you put that together. I was looking at the game by game numbers and definitely noticed the difference in free passes allowed (walks and HBP) from the first 10 games to the next 10.

Hits and runs have also improved (as your stats show). Team is trending in the right direction.

Wednesday game should be a good one. SLU is off to a pretty good start as well.

[CajunStros]

Glad you put that together. I was looking at the game by game numbers and definitely noticed the difference in free passes allowed (walks and HBP) from the first 10 games to the next 10.

Hits and runs have also improved (as your stats show). Team is trending in the right direction.

Wednesday game should be a good one. SLU is off to a pretty good start as well.

I wonder if SLU will throw their ace again.

Interesting that they usually have good teams in Hammond but don’t make it to regionals much. You gotta wonder if misusing pitchers has anything to do with it.