BB G2 final: Louisiana 2, Southern Miss 3

[CajunVic]

a little over 4000, about 8 less than Friday night

[FastCar]

our bats will roar today

mark my words

[billbeck451]

well I have to say we were in town for the day and saw some usm fans out at the farmers market and later at festival international, also saw more UL gear at festival than I have ever seen and only one person in puke purple

[CajunVic]

surely plenty of the 4,000 at the Cajun’s game went to the festival after

[GoneGolfin]

Went and looked again and you are correct…was a bad pitch. He had some good pitches after that but clearly wasn’t as sharp. His C+ game is better than most A’s though!

Certainly. And if this was the final game of the series ... or an elimination game of some sort, I probably would have done the same thing. But the Cajuns did not have the lead, he threw the night before (and was hot in the pen for a while Friday night), and there was a Sunday game looming. I would rather have a more rested LP for Sunday and rely on our other talent that is available to finish Saturday ... especially when we have seen the outcome of this in the past. I hope that we make adjustments going forward by considering the data.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

I was half expecting hard throwing JB Middleton to come on in relief today ... especially in the 9th when Colby Allen had his struggles in the 8th. Given that he did not make an appearance, it may be a clue that Middleton will get the start. If not the start, he will be one of their key relievers. Middleton did get the mid-week start against Tulane, going just 2 innings.

But Middleton has not been a pitcher that has faced a lineup twice. Only twice in 18 outings has he seen the entire batting order ... and in those cases only three hitters saw him twice. But he has good stuff. I have seen him at 96 with an upper 80's slider and a decent change. But if the Cajuns are patient at the plate, he will provide some free passes. I also expect that we will see lefty Chandler Best and Chase Adams some. Meanwhile, Sivley will be available again. Likely a committee approach, unless the Cajuns are not successful in getting anything done against someone.

After facing 5 batters on Friday night (1.0 inning, 21 pitches) and getting tagged with the loss, Kros Sivley is getting the start today. I would imagine that JB Middleton will be backing him up at some point today ... along with Adams and Best. Southern Miss has the arms to win this ... the Cajuns will need to play a complete game today to take the series.

Brian

[DieHard 1280]

Cajuns need to come out and put pressure on the USM pitchers early and often. I don’t want to have to rely on late-game heroics today. Let’s do this, Cajuns!

[ULvictory]

well I have to say we were in town for the day and saw some usm fans out at the farmers market and later at festival international, also saw more UL gear at festival than I have ever seen and only one person in puke purple

I noticed that as well downtown. Also heard a few random people talking about the baseball series. It was great to see.