Game 12 thread: #5 Arkansas (8-3, 0-0 SEC) vs. USC (8-2, 0-0 PAC12)

[AHiD]

He was right.  Sitting Dom did the trick.  He just didn't mentioning pinch hitting him when everything was on the line haha

I'm Jerry Jones like I said

[Dr. Starcs]

I need to see the replay  I thought they had 5 in the infield   it seems  like one of them should have be dead center  to get fletcher's ball
yea  I guess they must of been shifted a little but  5  players packed into  a pulled in infield  it seems like someone (other than the picture should have been closer to the ball

They had 3 to the right of 2nd base bag. 2 to the left.

[Pig Mania]

I sit behind the opponent's dugout. Yesterday I was surprised by the amount of rah-rah from the USC bench in response to trivial events: a called ball, catching a flyball, getting a walk, etc.. It was very Little League / softball / Pac 12.

The leaders of the rah-rah were #22 Mason Perryman, a 6-6 pitcher and #35 Connor Lunn, their vaunted closer.

I don't want to see any college player get injured. But Fletcher almost taking Lunn's head off and leaving Lunn sprawled out on the pitcher's mound was sweet on so many levels: (1) Dominic beats his homeboys; (2) We steal a win that USC had already counted; (3) Karma.

BTW, my previous favorite karma/ revenge moment was when Mikey Mahtook of LSU over-celebrated his go ahead run in the top of the 9th. A few minutes later, he never took his hands off his knees in centerfield when James McCann launched the towering game winning HR in the bottom of the 9th.

This. They had a very vocal, chirpy dugout. Reminded me of a softball team. Bonfield shut them up quickly in game 1 but it was nice to bring them back down to earth again

[247Hog]

Like many have already said, thank you guys for the PBP. Great win Hogs!

[Tony Perkis]

Just got home from the game. A few observations:

- Great comeback and great win. It's great to win one like that. Proud of the way the guys fought back.
- Still a lot of things to get right. Too many guys LOB, errors, streaky hitting.
- Cole is stroking the ball right now and from both sides. Textbook #2 hitter with the ability to hit for contact, power, and speed.
- I have never seen a bullpen or dugout act the way USCs did. Climbing on the fence, yelling scoreboard at the fans, doing stereotypical southern dances to the songs played over the stadium. Had to be a long jog into the dugout after Dom's smash.
- I will enjoy the rest of my Sunday much more now.

[SPAL]

Hey, I was right, wasnt I? Bench him to get him out of his slump?

I guess you could say that. I could counter with Evan Lee didn't do anything Dom wouldn't have, and we can't assume that the reason Dom came through was because he was benched. Factually, all we can say without speculating, is that Evan Lee didn't produce any more than Dom, and Dom did have a walk off....so, it's safe to say that Evan Lee for Fletcher wasn't successful.

You made a good call in saying Dom needed a day off. You whiffed on Evan Lee.

I'm.just playing with you.

[Amityvillehogger]

I sit behind the opponent's dugout. Yesterday I was surprised by the amount of rah-rah from the USC bench in response to trivial events: a called ball, catching a flyball, getting a walk, etc.. It was very Little League / softball / Pac 12.

The leaders of the rah-rah were #22 Mason Perryman, a 6-6 pitcher and #35 Connor Lunn, their vaunted closer.

I don't want to see any college player get injured. But Fletcher almost taking Lunn's head off and leaving Lunn sprawled out on the pitcher's mound was sweet on so many levels: (1) Dominic beats his homeboys; (2) We steal a win that USC had already counted; (3) Karma.

BTW, my previous favorite karma/ revenge moment was when Mikey Mahtook of LSU over-celebrated his go ahead run in the top of the 9th. A few minutes later, he never took his hands off his knees in centerfield when James McCann launched the towering game winning HR in the bottom of the 9th.

This is beautiful. Karma is a nasty beech. Glad it was one of them idiots getting his hair trimmed by that ball.

[elksnort]

Heston's hit will be something of a legend in Arkansas baseball. I'm not saying Brett Eibner legend, but pretty good.

[snoblind]

Hey, I was right, wasnt I? Bench him to get him out of his slump?

If you would have called "then have him pinch hit for a walk off" you could have been an EI legend.

[TebowHater]

DVH postgame:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM_PSE8rJv4

Players postgame:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKGieJ6p8Eo


Favorite quote: "I don't like coaching with a clock...I told Coach Anderson, I'd be coaching basketball if I liked coaching with a clock...I don't like it!"

[AHiD]

If you would have called "then have him pinch hit for a walk off" you could have been an EI legend.

I already am an EI legend

[SPAL]

I already am an EI legend

The Vin ascolese of EI for sure

[AHiD]

The Vin ascolese of EI for sure

They call me the Anton of EI.

[ucahogfan]

A couple of takeaways from the weekend:

Craig Parry, our volunteer assistant and catching coach, needs to just work on Koch blocking the ball all the time instead of trying to backhand it.  Cost us a couple of runs this weekend.

We saw some good pitching this weekend and Martin and Kjerstad did pretty well.  Gives me a lot of hope for SEC play.  While we will see better pitching in SEC play, USC has some good arms.

We are going to have to lock in more on defense.  Several of the errors we have made this year have just been due to a lack of focus such as the error by Gates today.

Our top 5 of Biggers, Cole, Kjerstad, Bonfield, and Martin have been solid so far this year.  We need Shaddy, Koch, Fletcher, and Gates (to a lesser extent) to step up and join them.  If we can get all nine going at once (probably impossible), we will be able to dominate teams.

[Razorback_Mack]

I already am an EI legend

Have you already forgotten about your posts that have been deleted homie???

[HogFansReunited]

Much needed win today. WPS!!!

[philiphog]

I stomped off and got mad in the 5th inning. How did the game turn out?

[SPAL]

I stomped off and got mad in the 5th inning. How did the game turn out?

I had to step away for a while too. No shame in it. Beats the alternative

[Amityvillehogger]

I stomped off and got mad in the 5th inning. How did the game turn out?

Pretty good. Stomp off more often and quicker next time!

[Randohoggie]

Koch blocking

[AHiD]

Have you already forgotten about your posts that have been deleted homie???

I didn't know any were deleted

[hoghappy]

Come on Hogs. Got my rally cap on.

I think it worked! Good call.

[dotnet]

We saw some good pitching this weekend and Martin and Kjerstad did pretty well.  Gives me a lot of hope for SEC play.  While we will see better pitching in SEC play, USC has some good arms.

We are going to have to lock in more on defense.

I think this is the biggest takeaway.  The only caveat I would say is - I'm not sure how good USC's arms are.  I think their bullpen is comparable to a conference bullpen, but I'm not sure their starters match up. 

[Tony Perkis]

I think this is the biggest takeaway.  The only caveat I would say is - I'm not sure how good USC's arms are.  I think their bullpen is comparable to a conference bullpen, but I'm not sure their starters match up.

Starters were pretty stout from what I saw. Probably not top tier SEC level, but the best rotation we've seen yet.

[Amityvillehogger]

Great part about the weekend is we took 2/3 from a good team and didn't play well at all.

[HogFansReunited]

+1

[BroyledNutts]

I think this is the biggest takeaway.  The only caveat I would say is - I'm not sure how good USC's arms are.  I think their bullpen is comparable to a conference bullpen, but I'm not sure their starters match up. 

USC's pitching staff is comparable to most SEC weekend rotations, save perhaps the Friday night starter - and SUC's Friday guy wasn't chopped liver either.

This past weekend was a preview into SEC play for us vs. most of the teams we will play in conference. Solid pitching, solid defense, capable offense. From what I saw over the weekend we still have quite a bit of work to do before conference starts - and it starts in a couple weekends against a team in Kentucky that has been laying the wood to opponents, although perhaps those lesser in capability. They will roll in here no doubt looking to make an early season statement out of us. There needs to be a lot of improvement in fundamentals and mental preparedness, and a third of our starting 9 needs to wake up at the plate, by the time the Wildcats get here March 16.

[rljjr]

It's a crying shame those Trojan boys had to flee the stadium so fast to catch their flight. They didn't even have time to get a good look at the scoreboard.

[Pudgepork]

The Arizona and USC games are great prep for sec games.  Winning the majority of those games is great and struggling for wins should gel this team.  Frosh are getting big time college baseball experience with the only thing on the line is national ranking. 

[TebowHater]

Casey Martin is SEC Freshman of the Week! (SIAP)

https://twitter.com/RazorbackBSB/status/970736583266787331

DVH Monday PC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFqmI9HSiHc

[Tony Perkis]

Casey Martin is SEC Freshman of the Week! (SIAP)

https://twitter.com/RazorbackBSB/status/970736583266787331

DVH Monday PC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFqmI9HSiHc

Awesome! Congrats, Casey.