G1 Regional Final: Louisiana 2, Texas 4

[CajunVic]

If you are out there casting blame against other pitchers for today you should be looking in your own house . . . How teuth that should be . . .

[CajunRage]

The plays that went Texas’ way today required us to play a flawless game to beat them. We didn’t. Our pitching wasn’t flawless. Our clutch hitting wasn’t flawless. I believe Deggs sending the runner early could have been a momentum starter but he didn’t. Regardless, we just got beat. Get ready for tomorrow and win a game we are supposed to. We’ll see Texas again if we want to compete for this regional. Coastal thought they were done with us too.

[CajunVic]

Agreed . . . tomorrow is another day . . . we never surrender . . .

[sportsfanatic21]

He’s right that’s why I’ve been saying that the whole time. If we throw strikes we have a different outcome

If you watch all the other games, or have watched a bunch of non-Cajun games this year, or look at team statistics for 95+% of college teams this year, you’d probably see that walking just 3 guys in a game is a really good number.

Edit: I just looked it up. FOUR teams in the entire country walked fewer than 3 guys per game this season.

[RaginScotsman]

Feel good about the way the boys played overall. We’re not out yet by a long shot.

[CajunVic]

Let’s pull together and advance tomorrow . . . Please no tueth throwers out there, please . . .

[ManAboutTown]

The plays that went Texas’ way today required us to play a flawless game to beat them. We didn’t. Our pitching wasn’t flawless. Our clutch hitting wasn’t flawless. I believe Deggs sending the runner early could have been a momentum starter but he didn’t. Regardless, we just got beat. Get ready for tomorrow and win a game we are supposed to. We’ll see Texas again if we want to compete for this regional. Coastal thought they were done with us too.

And that is the difference. The crazy thing is that we’re playing our best baseball of the season. The margin of error is just so thin against teams with elite top end talent.

[CajunVic]

We still have a bullet left. I don’t see any game being won with 2 runs yet in the playoffs . . . .

[zeppelincajun]

If you watch all the other games, or have watched a bunch of non-Cajun games this year, or look at team statistics for 95+% of college teams this year, you’d probably see that walking just 3 guys in a game is a really good number.

Edit: I just looked it up. FOUR teams in the entire country walked fewer than 3 guys per game this season.

3 walks in a game is a great number. 3 in 1 inning is tough to overcome. We gave Texas 2 free bases to load the bases for their best hitter, and he made us pay. We only issued 1 other walk the rest of the game. In addition, not throwing strikes doesn’t always result in walks. Marshall’s run (Nezuh’s second actually) was surrendered by falling behind in 3 straight counts putting him in a 3-1 count and having to catch more of the plate than you want to. Overall solid performance. Devil’s in the details.

[Dad04]

We lost a very close game to two pitchers nobody will be surprised to see in the big leagues in 2 or 3 years. Texas needed not one but two Sportcenter top 10 plays to do it.

Our pitching kept us in the game and gave us multiple chances to win, which is all you can ask or expect. Nobody wins in college with two runs.