May 1, 20214 yr Ardoin has been decent (with poor luck with balls in play), but this team really needed Todd to stay healthy and another player to emerge. And for Kennedy not to shrivel up at the plate.
May 1, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, Machinator said: Ardoin has been decent (with poor luck with balls in play), but this team really needed Todd to stay healthy and another player to emerge. And for Kennedy not to shrivel up at the plate. Kennedy has been the biggest let down. He has the one tool that only some are blessed with and it can’t be utilized because he can’t get on. Edited May 1, 20214 yr by davi34
May 1, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, davi34 said: Every game this season that has been televised or streamed. The offense has not been reliable this year at all outside of Melendez and Daly, everyone else has had massive highs and lows. Hodo has been good filling in since the injury to Todd but let’s not kid ourselves this team has gone as the starting pitching has. As opposed to those teams with shitty pitching who cruise to victory? Anyway you are right that we are hot and cold. Just have to hope we either break out of it or we start winning 2-0 from here on.
May 1, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, davi34 said: Every game this season that has been televised or streamed. The offense has not been reliable this year at all outside of Melendez and Daly, everyone else has had massive highs and lows. Hodo has been good filling in since the injury to Todd but let’s not kid ourselves this team has gone as the starting pitching has. The same could be said for Texas Tech, only difference is they have gotten the big hit all weekend Texas hasn't gotten one all weekend. Tech has two more hits than Texas this weekend and has struck out 20 times to Texas' 16... They just take advantage of 2 HBPs and a walk, we don't.
May 1, 20214 yr Sounds like Williams needs to sit some.And we need to go after first pitch strikes right down the middle. When you’re struggling to score and we have for 10 days or more now, you can’t waste easy strikes and allow the pitcher a free, get ahead pitch.
May 1, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, Machinator said: Ardoin has been decent (with poor luck with balls in play), but this team really needed Todd to stay healthy and another player to emerge. And for Kennedy not to shrivel up at the plate. Might have worked out if Todd had just stayed healthy. But that's assuming Pierce would have replaced Kennedy with Hodo based on performance.
May 1, 20214 yr All is not lost, it has been a rough weekend so far for the starters but there is still a game to be played and two big series left. Get things right, take care of business the next couple of weeks especially in Fort Worth and this weekend will hopefully be just a blip on the schedule.
May 1, 20214 yr Ball game coming up right here. Ivan up with the bases loaded one out, Tech up 5-1 Hard to ask for one man to keep delivering but that is what will be asked of Ivan
May 1, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, chase25 said: Ball game coming up right here. Ivan up with the bases loaded one out, Tech up 5-1 Hard to ask for one man to keep delivering but that is what will be asked of Ivan shit if I were Tadlock I'd walk him.
May 1, 20214 yr Just now, dcar00 said: shit if I were Tadlock I'd walk him. That is what happened (not intentionally).
May 1, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, dcar00 said: shit if I were Tadlock I'd walk him. I would to, and that is what happens although I doubt by design. Petrinsky is a double play machine though, hopefully he can come through Edited May 1, 20214 yr by chase25
May 1, 20214 yr Rain is starting to come down in north Austin. Need a base hit, can't wait for three more walks.
May 1, 20214 yr Game has been stopped, Hodo struck out, went into the at bat 2-3 on the day but as has been the story all weekend they can't get the big hit
May 1, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said: Is baseball such a pussy sport that it cant be played in rain? Hard to throw a pitch with a soaked ball dude.
May 1, 20214 yr We got fucked in similar conditions at Stanford a couple years ago. Was hoping we’d do the same thing to Tech.
May 1, 20214 yr That big rain band is moving fast. Might get through Austin fast enough to finish this one later in the evening.
May 1, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, immamac said: Hard to throw a pitch with a soaked ball dude. Same with a football. No excuses, make it happen
May 1, 20214 yr it looks like it clears around 5PM for a bit. man 5-4 with one out bases loaded would have been nice. was the 3-2 pitch to Hodo a strike?
May 1, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Etexhorn13 said: This group in front of my just referred to Ivan Melendez as “Latino Bambino” and I ducking love it. Update: it’s Ivan Melendez’s family and they are fucking awesome
May 1, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said: Same with a football. No excuses, make it happen A football isn't going to hurt someone if it's thrown wild.
May 1, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said: Same with a football. No excuses, make it happen Lemme know how that 90 mph baseball feels when it slips out of the pitcher’s grip and hits you in the ribs ... or worse.
May 1, 20214 yr So far this weekend Tech has had 21 base runners to Texas 22. Texas Tech has struck out 20 times to Texas 17. Biggest difference has been Tech has scored 8 of their 11 runs in the series in the span of 2 innings. Other notable difference between the two teams on the season is Tech came into today SLGing .501 as a team, Texas a mere .445... Both teams hitting .280 on the year. Hard to score when you are trying to string together 3 singles.
May 1, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said: Same with a football. No excuses, make it happen Oh so the pitcher should start running the ball then? How stupid are you man? Anyway yes baseball is lame as fuck when nobody can throw the ball. I am sorry if physics offends your machismo. Anyway we'll get this game in.
May 1, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, chase25 said: So far this weekend Tech has had 21 base runners to Texas 22. Texas Tech has struck out 20 times to Texas 17. Biggest difference has been Tech has scored 8 of their 11 runs in the series in the span of 2 innings. Other notable difference between the two teams on the season is Tech came into today SLGing .501 as a team, Texas a mere .445... Both teams hitting .280 on the year. Hard to score when you are trying to string together 3 singles. Yeah that is the big difference between this series and Oklahoma State. We had power in that series, in this one we don't.
May 1, 20214 yr Good news for Texas is Tech's bullpen is ass as has been on display this inning. Bad news for Texas is momentum just got halted for rain which will mean Tadlock will be forced to take out the erratic Wells. Will be really interesting to see what Tadlock does.
May 1, 20214 yr 13 minutes ago, chase25 said: So far this weekend Tech has had 21 base runners to Texas 22. Texas Tech has struck out 20 times to Texas 17. Biggest difference has been Tech has scored 8 of their 11 runs in the series in the span of 2 innings. Other notable difference between the two teams on the season is Tech came into today SLGing .501 as a team, Texas a mere .445... Both teams hitting .280 on the year. Hard to score when you are trying to string together 3 singles. Don't know for sure, because I haven't watched Tech much this year, but their park might have something to do with their slugging %. Much easier to hit bombs there. At least that's the conventional wisdom. Or they could just have better hitters. Or both...
May 1, 20214 yr had Hodo gotten on I think we would have won this for sure. Need Ardoin to get one run in at least to really pressure the pitcher in the 9th. in general the comeback here makes me feel a bit better about tomorrow. this team needs to be mentally tough.
May 1, 20214 yr Just now, zlavydra said: Don't know for sure, because I haven't watched Tech much this year, but their park might have something to do with their slugging %. Much easier to hit bombs there. At least that's the conventional wisdom. Or they could just have better hitters. Or both... That definitely plays a factor, Tech has also played to the level of their competition all year long. If they hold on to win today the will be 6-2 against TCU/OSU/TEX on the season and 4-5 against WVU/BU/KSU.
May 1, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, Machinator said: we need to finish today. I would hate to potentially lose tomorrow and then try to jack it back up right away.
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