GAME 14 THREAD: #5 Arkansas Razorbacks (10-3, 0-0 SEC) vs Kent State (6-4, MAC)

[Wisco Pig]

McFarland, Opitz, and Biggers will bat in the Arkansas 5th.

[Wisco Pig]

McFarland, 0 for 1 and batting .214, starts the 5th by running the count to 2-2 and then full.

He then singles up the middle.

[TebowHater]

Razorback Baseball just tweeted

"We're still working on getting the WatchESPN link working for tonight's game"

[SPAL]

Here we go......

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO

[Wisco Pig]

Opitz is hit in the back by the 2-1 pitch.

Hogs on 1st and 2nd, no outs.

[SPAL]

Razorback Baseball just tweeted

"We're still working on getting the WatchESPN link working for tonight's game"

Tell em to just forget it.

[tennesseehogwild]

bunt?

[Hawgey-Davidson]

Razorback Baseball just tweeted

"We're still working on getting the WatchESPN link working for tonight's game"

Yeah right.

[Wisco Pig]

Biggers (.326) bunts to the mound.  The pitcher throws to 3rd and gets the out.

Hogs still on 1st and 2nd, one out.

[SPAL]

Freaking execute.....my gosh.

[Wisco Pig]

Cole, now at .404 and batting from the left side this time, strikes out swinging at an 0-2 pitch.

Men on 1st and 2nd, two outs.

[Wisco Pig]

Martin (.400) gets behind in the count, 0-2, 1-2, hits a liner just foul over third, runs the count even at 2, and then strikes out.

Hogs strand two runners and trail after 5, 5 to 3.

[Wisco Pig]

The Golden Flashes send the bottom of the order -- O'Brien, Elsen, and Hollander -- to the plate in the 6th.

Reindl remains on the mound for Arkansas.

[SPAL]

The inability to execute a bunt killed the inning.

Errors and not executing in the fundamentals are haunting us so far this season.

[ucahogfan]

Razorback Baseball just tweeted

"We're still working on getting the WatchESPN link working for tonight's game"

How hard is it to fix a link?

[Razorbacks#1]

                                                                     
                                                                                                                           
                             5                        Top 6th                 3

                   
                              1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | - |  R  |  H  | E  |LOB
KS                  3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |    |    |    |    | -  |  5  |  5  | 0  | 4   
Arkansas       1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |    |    |    |    | -  |  3  |  4  | 2  | 4   


                         

[Wisco Pig]

O'Brien grounds out to Martin at 3B on an 0-1 pitch.

[Wisco Pig]

Elsen, 1 for 1 with a walk and a single, walks again on a 3-1 pitch.

Man on 1st, one out.

[Wisco Pig]

Hollander, the shortstop (.182), strikes out looking at a 2-2 pitch.

Man on 1st, two outs.

[Wisco Pig]

Carew, now down to .111 with 3 Ks in Game 2, grounds to Martin at 3rd, who throws to 2nd for the force.

The Golden Flashes don't score.  After 5 1/2, they lead, 5-3.

[TebowHater]

Bonfield LCF bomb here

[Wisco Pig]

In the Arkansas 6th:

4 Bonfield, .350
5 Kjerstad, .378
6 Shaddy, .275

[Razorbacks#1]

                                                                     
                                                                                                                           
                             5                        Bot 6th                 3

                   
                              1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | - |  R  |  H  | E  |LOB
KS                  3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |    |    |    | -  |  5  |  5  | 0  | 5   
Arkansas       1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |    |    |    |    | -  |  3  |  4  | 2  | 3   


                         

[Wisco Pig]

Bonfield runs the count to 2-2 and hits one to the second baseman, who can't make the throw.  Single for Bonfield.

[Wisco Pig]

Kjerstad strikes out swinging on an 0-2 pitch.

[Wisco Pig]

Elson says it is beginning to rain.

[Wisco Pig]

Shaddy grounds into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play.

After 6, it's 5-3, Kent St.

[WBOBO]

How hard is it to fix a link?

Real hard if you're on Dickson St. fixin a drink.  No link when
fixin a drink.

[Razorbacks#1]

                                                                     
                                                                                                                           
                             5                        Top 7th                 3

                   
                              1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | - |  R  |  H  | E  |LOB
KS                  3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |    |    |    | -  |  5  |  5  | 0  | 5   
Arkansas       1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |    |    |    | -  |  3  |  5  | 2  | 3   


                         

[Wisco Pig]

For the Golden Flashes in the 7th:

2 Mamarella, .385
3 Kanavas, .340
4 Parks, .278

[Wisco Pig]

Mamarella drops a single into left-center.

[ThisTeetsTaken]

Mamarella drops a single into left-center.

Barbarella is a pretty good player for them.

[Wisco Pig]

Wes Johnson comes out and talks to Reindl.  Cronin begins warming up in the pen.

[Oliver]

All the strikeouts on 0-2 counts is just bad plate discipline

[PORKULATOR]

Barbarella is a pretty good player for them.

Barbarella takes a pill for intercourse.
Wait.... Whuuu?
Sorry wrong thread

[SPAL]

Real hard if you're on Dickson St. fixin a drink.  No link when
fixin a drink.

Strangely enough, they never lose their luggage

[Wisco Pig]

Mamarella steals second.

[Wisco Pig]

Kanavas singles down the RF line on a full count.  Mamarella advances to third.

Reindl will be replaced by Cronin.

[ucahogfan]

All the strikeouts on 0-2 counts is just bad plate discipline

How so?

[Wisco Pig]

Both base hits in the inning have been bloopers.   Hopefully, Cronin can get the Hogs out of this.

[Oliver]

How so?

Pitchers are not throwing 3 straight hittable balls.  It's just swing happiness instead of working the count and waiting for a good pitch

[woodrow hog call]

How so?

I guess there are better counts to strike out on.

[ucahogfan]

Pitchers are not throwing 3 straight hittable balls.  It's just swing happiness instead of working the count and waiting for a good pitch

Without watching the game, we have no way to know this.  For all we know, the zone is bigger or those pitches are just too close to take.

I know the old adage is that there will always be one good pitch to hit in an AB, but you also don't want to go down looking on a close pitch.

[Wisco Pig]

Parks strikes out swinging on a 1-2 pitch.

One out, men on 1st and 3rd.

[Wisco Pig]

Dalporto (0 for 3) flies out to Fletcher in CF.   The throw home is cut off and the runner scores.

Kent State takes a 6-3 lead.   Two outs, man on first.

[Wisco Pig]

Kanavas is thrown out at second trying to steal the base.

After 6 1/2, Kent St. leads, 6-3.

[Oliver]

Without watching the game, we have no way to know this.  For all we know, the zone is bigger or those pitches are just too close to take.

I know the old adage is that there will always be one good pitch to hit in an AB, but you also don't want to go down looking on a close pitch.

It's a generalized statement.  It may not be able to be applied to every at bat.  But it doesn't just apply to the third strike.  Maybe you swung at a hittable pitch on strike 3 protecting the plate but you swung at garbage on your first two pitches.

In general if you strike out after 3 pitches, unless you are facing a Cy Young winner, it's probably bad plate discipline. 

[Razorbacks#1]

                                                                     
                                                                                                                           
                             6                        Bot 7th                 3

                   
                              1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | - |  R  |  H  | E  |LOB
KS                  3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |    |    | -  |  6  |  7  | 0  | 5   
Arkansas       1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |    |    |    | -  |  3  |  5  | 2  | 3   


                         

[Wisco Pig]

In the Arkansas 7th:

7 Fletcher, .200
8 McFarland, .267
9 Opitz, .286

[SPAL]

I would never, ever throw anything but breaking balls to Dom bomb