btownqb Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 Friday 5pm Saturday 2pm Sunday 12pm Weather- 61 Friday, Rain early on Saturday.. probably have to push the start time back 57, Sunday looks beautiful 63 and partly sunny. We were good last weekend, not perfect, but good. Bierman has two straight big time outings. Have to get Brown and Sommer a little fine tuning. Our starters ERAs are 3.32, 2.41, and 2.34. Very, very solid. We have not driven the ball consistently.. at all. Richardson has been a major disappointment in that regard, and so has Fucci. Colopy has really came on in recent weeks. KF has played more and more and is looking better and better. Tyler Van Pelt had a big time weekend. Hunter Jesse, Grant Macciochi, Jeremy Houston, Sam Murrison, Fucci, Southern... none of them saw action this weekend. We went with Colopy (who is going no where), Van Pelt, Espalin, and Hopkins all 3 games. We have 20 games left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 Really a great job by our Athletic Department to go ahead and make this change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Looking at some Minny stats: One excellent hitter: Raabe hitting .405 4HR 6 2B .500OBP Everyone else is like .240 to .280. Outside of our 2-4 hitters having better avg than them, we are pretty similar at the plate. 23HR to 16HR in our advantage, 42 2Bs to 38 2Bs in our advantage. Pitching wise.. on paper... we have a clear advantage. Their pitchers are allowing teams to bat .300 on them and their team ERA is 7.93. Compare to ours .181 avg and 2.77ERA. The absolute ONLY thing holding back our pitching staff is the amount of walks we have thrown, and for as many as we have thrown Minnesota has thrown A LOT more, a lot... like 50 more walks issued.. Minnesota's 3 starters ERAs are 4.10, 4.24, and then not sure. Ours are 2.34, 2.41, and 3.32. Minnesota's WHIP is astronomically high.. 1.92 compared to ours 1.13. Now I go to all this trouble to talk about how pitiful Minnesota's pitching has been and they will probably have two or three great performances this weekend lol Bottom line... 1. Cut out 1.5BBs a game 2. Then Richardson and Ashley have to be better. Fix those things.. we are going to be fine. We responded well to the OSU debacle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2021/4/23/indiana-poised-for-big-baseball-finish.aspx Good article on where we are now. Also.. McCade Brown is not scheduled to start this weekend, as of now. Hoping it's just a minor injury, but I don't even know if it is an injury? It is also interesting that they didn't put Bothwell in for that start. He has started 3 games for us earlier this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, btownqb said: https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2021/4/23/indiana-poised-for-big-baseball-finish.aspx Good article on where we are now. Also.. McCade Brown is not scheduled to start this weekend, as of now. Hoping it's just a minor injury, but I don't even know if it is an injury? It is also interesting that they didn't put Bothwell in for that start. He has started 3 games for us earlier this season. So exactly where are we for a tournament bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, rico said: So exactly where are we for a tournament bid? I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, btownqb said: I have no idea. Well that ain't good. LOL I take that as we are in some serious trouble. At any rate, best of luck to the boys on the diamond this week-end. Get out the broom fellas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, rico said: Well that ain't good. LOL I take that as we are in some serious trouble. At any rate, best of luck to the boys on the diamond this week-end. Get out the broom fellas. The B1G screwed us big time with no non conference. We always played the best out of conference schedule in the league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, btownqb said: The B1G screwed us big time with no non conference. We always played the best out of conference schedule in the league. No Lunardi...but I have been watching this: https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, rico said: No Lunardi...but I have been watching this: https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology That guy has Tennessee as a 13 seed... they are 3rd in RPI and tied for 3rd in the SEC. As of now.. they are MUCH higher than 13th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 Just now, btownqb said: That guy has Tennessee as a 13 seed... they are 3rd in RPI and tied for 3rd in the SEC. As of now.. they are MUCH higher than 13th. I did see on Baseball America that we were listed under "First Four out". Still lots of ball left to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 Same as last weekend. 4 FR in the starting lineup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 We force the MINN starter to throw 29p, but don't find a run. T2 0-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 H, BB, FC, H, H, K, GO. We score 3 in the inning. 3-0 T3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 3-0 T4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 Minnesota 2 run bomb. We answer back with 2 walks and Colopy singles to bring them both in. We ran their starting pitcher out. 5-2 B4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 We find another fun... failed pick off attempt gets Colopy to 3rd. Wild pitch brings him home. 6-2 T5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 33 minutes ago, btownqb said: We find another fun... failed pick off attempt gets Colopy to 3rd. Wild pitch brings him home. 6-2 T5 Is that called manufacturing a run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 T6 8-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, slojoe said: Is that called manufacturing a run? That would be called me coming unglued as a coach lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 T7 8-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 Sommer goes 6.2 11Ks 3ER 2 long balls burnt him. Great outing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted April 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 8-3 B8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 Good to see things are starting out as planned. I got the broom warmed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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