#1 OSU vs. #4 St. John's game thread

[GatorHog]

Hassel gets a base hit to deep short/third

[GatorHog]

Man I'm a little worried that against Okie State we will get squeezed at the plate.

Anyone watching how has the umping behind the plate been?

Haven't heard too much rumbling from the crowd, which might be bad.  From what I can tell, he likes the low pitches, but what I've seen has been over the plate

[Tusks]

When was the last the hogs have lost 2 in row to the same team......long long time.

[GatorHog]

3-spot Walton walks, men on 1st and 2nd, only 1 down

[GatorHog]

Call to the pen for SJU - great outing from Kalica

In to pitch:  Hackimer, 3-1 on the season, 2.02 ERA in 49 innings pitched, opponents hitting .173 against him

[onebadrubi]

Call to the pen for SJU - great outing from Kalica

In to pitch:  Hackimer, 3-1 on the season, 2.02 ERA in 49 innings pitched, opponents hitting .173 against him

We need BOTH teams to burn a few bullpen arms in this game.  The bats need to get warm

[LSPRazorbac]

When was the last the hogs have lost 2 in row to the same team......long long time.

True....but if it goes to Monday its anybodies game to win.  Just hope the Umps don't force a Monday game.

[LSPRazorbac]

Lets go St. Johns lets get some runs here!

[GatorHog]

Double-play shuts it down!

Bottom 8, due up for the Red Storm:

7-8-9 (1-6 today)

[Maddhog]

While he's warming - if you follow football recruiting - there is really good reason to HOPE for outstanding news.  HOPEfully soon. 

[GatorHog]

Trey Cobb on to pitch for the Pokes

5-1, 2.34 ERA, opp. avg - .217

[King]

Haven't heard too much rumbling from the crowd, which might be bad.  From what I can tell, he likes the low pitches, but what I've seen has been over the plate

Won't they rotate another ump to behind the plate for our game?

[GatorHog]

Brocato beaned to lead things off for SJU, man on 1st, 0 outs

[jry04]

Yes, but people keep posting as if Perrin or Freeman is coming back Monday. They're not. We're shorthanded, yes, but so are they. Their shorthanded is better than our shorthanded, though, I agree.

The thing is, I feel like we are REALLY short handed. They aren't that shorthanded. Cobb threw 40 pitches on Friday. He is their best reliever, with a sub 2 ERA. He is available today. They threw Reed yesterday for 30 pitches. They have used 2 relief pitchers so far, and they are almost through 3 games. Are they going to be hurting on starting pitching? Yes. However, so are we considering Teague, Killian, Taco, Jackson, and McKinney will not be available today. We will be starting our #5 option with our best relief pitcher not being available today. They will start their #4 option, with their top 2 relief pitchers being available. I am not saying we are in trouble, but despite playing an additional game, with the injury of Taco, OSU is in a better position than us from  a pitching standpoint.

[GatorHog]

Pinch runner for Brocato is TANNER ENGLISH Galazin

[BroyledNutts]

That's a start! Any way we can get runners....

[jry04]

GREAT sign here. Cobb is in. That is huge news for us. So Costello, Perrin, Freeman, and Cobb will likely be unavailable. He is their best reliever, so it is huge to get him out of the pen in this game, and not ours.

[fanofthehog]

Pinch runner for Brocato is TANNER ENGLISH Galazin

English would score twice on a single!

[GatorHog]

Sac bunt fails, lead runner out at 2nd

[GatorHog]

Knightes steals second base, so the previous play is a wash

[popcornhog]

That maybe should've been a double play on the slide there.

[GatorHog]

9-hitter Sanchez bats (.219), then Caruso (.385) - two shots here

[popcornhog]

Damn, I just saw the steal.

I guess I'm a good 20 seconds behind on my feed.

[GatorHog]

Sanches strikes out, 2 down, Caruso is 1-2 today, SJU's best hitter

[CJ HOG]

When was the last the hogs have lost 2 in row to the same team......long long time.

FWIW...Other than a pair of midweek games to Gonzaga back in March, any back to back losses by the Hogs have involved a top 10 opponent in them. On the downside we always had Taco available in the rotation during that span.

[GatorHog]

Damn, I just saw the steal.

I guess I'm a good 20 seconds behind on my feed.

I'm picking up action off of D1's gamecast, which is ahead of ESPN3

[popcornhog]

Sanches strikes out, 2 down, Caruso is 1-2 today, SJU's best hitter

I'm even farther behind than I thought.

I gotta get out of this thread. I guess my watch ESPN feed is crap.

[BroyledNutts]

The thing is, I feel like we are REALLY short handed. They aren't that shorthanded. Cobb threw 40 pitches on Friday. He is their best reliever, with a sub 2 ERA. He is available today. They threw Reed yesterday for 30 pitches. They have used 2 relief pitchers so far, and they are almost through 3 games. Are they going to be hurting on starting pitching? Yes. However, so are we considering Teague, Killian, Taco, Jackson, and McKinney will not be available today. We will be starting our #5 option with our best relief pitcher not being available today. They will start their #4 option, with their top 2 relief pitchers being available. I am not saying we are in trouble, but despite playing an additional game, with the injury of Taco, OSU is in a better position than us from  a pitching standpoint.

Well Cobb is being used now...

Taco is not available today - everyone else is....even if it's for one inning, one batter, whatever. Today is Johnny Wholestaff day. Win today and we don't worry about tomorrow - everyone gets to rest.

There are no tired arms today. Everybody goes.

[popcornhog]

I'm picking up action off of D1's gamecast, which is ahead of ESPN3

Gotcha.

[Maddhog]

Come on Waymon!

[GatorHog]

Caruso draws a walk, 2 down, men on 1st and 2nd for Wayman (.330), 0-3 today.  OSU leads 1-0

[dotnet]

Well Cobb is being used now...

Taco is not available today - everyone else is....even if it's for one inning, one batter, whatever. Today is Johnny Wholestaff day. Win today and we don't worry about tomorrow - everyone gets to rest.

There are no tired arms today. Everybody goes.

Maybe.  This sounds good, but there is still a chance of tomorrow.  you got that benefit by winning yesterday. 

So if you want to pitch TK for a rough inning today vs for a higher quality two innings tomorrow you can.  Or if you want to hold Jackson who has thrown 70ish pitches the first two days for a day and then pitch him a couple of innings tomorrow then you can. 

I would guess it depends on how the game is going.  If you're up 2 or 3 in the 6th then you probably throw whoever trying to win it. 

[LSPRazorbac]

Wayman battling

[GatorHog]

WAYMAN SINGLES UP THE MIDDLE -- TIE GAME, 1-1!!

[dotnet]

this is getting good...

[LSPRazorbac]

Nice at bat by Wayman

[Maddhog]

TIED!

[razorbackfan86]

WAYMAN SINGLES UP THE MIDDLE -- TIE GAME, 1-1!!

Cool. Now lets go 19.

[JonClaudeVanHam]

YES!

[CJ HOG]

There we go....now lets keep it tied for 6 or 7 more innings!!!

[Kenny Dowell Loggains]

LET'S GO RED STORM!!!

[popcornhog]

Nice!

Let's keep it tied up and go into extras!

[GatorHog]

Donadio bats for SJU with men on 1st and 2nd, 2 down

[tennesseehogwild]

Very interesting now!

[LSPRazorbac]

Wayman fouled off 3 strikes before he got one he could send back up the middle

[hogs5204]

SJ ties game  1-1, bottom 8th.  2 outs, 2 men on base  1st and 2nd for SJ

[tennesseehogwild]

Ohhhhh My!

[GatorHog]

DONADIO SINGLES, ANOTHER RUN SCORES, 2-1 SJU!!

[mecoach]

Wooooo Hoooo   SJU  leads 2-1

[Maddhog]

2-1!  They're hitting Cobb. 😀