btownqb Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 When: Fri 7pm Sat 3pm Sun 2pm Where: Auburn, AL TV/Radio/Stats: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/c01a9de8-0ef0-4ece-a120-a77a704c5914 TV http://www.sidearmstats.com/auburn/baseball Stats https://iuhoosiers.com/showcase?Live=4085 radio Weather (wish we could play Sat/Sun/Mon) But, mostly sunny and 50 on Fri, Sat-- Partly cloudy and 55, Sun-- party cloudy and 61. Auburn Two of the last four years Auburn has ended it's season in Omaha. They will be the best coached team we play this season. Butch Thompson, Tim Hudson, and staff are absolutely excellent at what they do. They replaced some arms and Sonny Dichiara.... but, I'm sure it's much more of a reload than a rebuild. Indiana I would prefer Bothwell to not be our Friday night guy. I feel like he is better in a swiss army knife role, but as always, I am not the coach and I know NOTHING about a lot of these pitchers on our roster. Seiler, Kraft, Manase, Levy-- I think those 5 will see a lot of innings this weekend. My projected lineup CF- Whalen SS- Glasser RF- Jessee 3B- Pyne LF- Mathison DH- Ellis C-Tibbitts 1B- Taylor 2B- Goforth 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2023 Friday's game time is 5pm, now. Seiler gets the Fri night start. Bothwell to start Saturdays game. I like this move, I don't Ty pitching Friday night unless he absolutely has to. Seiler has experience on Fri's, as well. 1-2 this weekend is the goal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rico Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 I see CBS has Auburn ranked at #25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Less goooo.. game day lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 I wasn't too far off.. Colopy for Taylor was the big change. Didn't exactly know what we'd do at the top of the order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Embarrassing defense. 1-0 Auburn. Haven't hit one out of the INF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Seiler was really good. Pitched 5 outs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) Boom. B2 2-1 Hoosiers Edited February 17, 2023 by btownqb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 T4 4-2 Auburn .. more poor defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 Lost 8-4 3 unearned runs. Strike zone was tight, we were close all day. Each team had a two run HR. Seiler and Levy had pitch counts ran high because of errors. And obviously first day out.. they only ran them 55-65 pitches. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronkonagurski Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 It was 8-4 in the 8th when I pulled up the game on the ESPN app. The potential tying run was on-deck when the game ended in the 9th (runners at 1st and 3rd with 2 outs). Even just watching the bottom of the 8th I could tell the zone was tight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 7 hours ago, bronkonagurski said: It was 8-4 in the 8th when I pulled up the game on the ESPN app. The potential tying run was on-deck when the game ended in the 9th (runners at 1st and 3rd with 2 outs). Even just watching the bottom of the 8th I could tell the zone was tight. Yep. Thats ok. He was very consistent. We did a lot of nice things. Bounce back game today with Bothwell on the mound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 7 hours ago, bronkonagurski said: It was 8-4 in the 8th when I pulled up the game on the ESPN app. The potential tying run was on-deck when the game ended in the 9th (runners at 1st and 3rd with 2 outs). Even just watching the bottom of the 8th I could tell the zone was tight. Today+tomorrow+next weekend are all on ESPN+ btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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btownqb Posted February 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) get going today with transfer Luke Sinnard on the mound Edited February 19, 2023 by btownqb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 Boom. Mathison goes yard. 4-0 Hoosiers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 T3 8-0 Hoosiers Freshly shaven Hunter Jessee with the RBI single. Back to back RBI singles by the Hoosiers. Now Pyne a 2 out RBI double. Auburn on their 3rd pitcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 Great start from transfer SO Luke Sinnard. 5IP 5H 4K 1BB 1ER T6 8-1 IU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdgenhoosier Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 2 hours ago, btownqb said: Great start from transfer SO Luke Sinnard. 5IP 5H 4K 1BB 1ER T6 8-1 IU What did you think of the first weekend? Earlier in the week you said goal is 1-2. Got that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 7 minutes ago, thirdgenhoosier said: What did you think of the first weekend? Earlier in the week you said goal is 1-2. Got that. Going to give a break down tomorrow when I get to my laptop. But, over the span of 27 innings, on the road, against an SEC team, that has gone to 2 of 3 CWS... we out scored them 18-16. More tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 Friday From the start Seiler looked good. Glasser had a miss played ball at SS in the first, and that extended his inning by 8-10 pitches. Auburn scored an unearned run this inning. Cruised through the 2nd... more tough defense in the 3rd... and just drove his pitch count up... I can't remember the exact sequence... but we gave up 3 in the third, but we could have been out of the inning had we turned a very makeable double play. Anyways... the pitching was solid, the defense made Seiler and Levy, multiple times pitch 5 outs. Seiler has a NASTY slurve that falls directly down. Offense- meh.. not a great opening day, that was to be expected, mostly.... we were pretty patient at the plate, our timing was just off. Ellis blasted one to LC for a 2 run shot, but that was about it. 8-4 Auburn Seiler- 2.1IP 4H 3ER 5K 4BB Levy- 2.2IP 7H 2ER 4K 1BB Vega- 3IP 0H 2K 2BB Saturday Bothwell struggled. I will also mention... this was by far the tightest I've seen a college strike zone over the span of a weekend. All three days it was tight (and fair), we didn't get cheated, at all. It was very consistent... but 3 of our first 4 pitchers on the weekend were VERY close the entire time they were in. Bothwell included. Last season, at the beginning, we weren't even CLOSE... and imo, if the we had a normal college strike zone this weekend, we would have seen plenty of less walks... but again, the strike zone was FAIR, just not the normal, which is ok. We have to adjust.... but, it is opening weekend, and as always, we have been outside much at all. Anyways... Auburn threw a kid projected to be a Top 30 prospect this year. We couldn't hit him. Just not enough live reps to have any sort of a chance against a talent like that.... ....we did have some opportunities late in the game, despite the score. We had bases loaded, twice, and only managed one run. Devin Taylor Top 100 FR and highest rated B1G recruit with his first career hit and RBI below... Bothwell- 2.1IP 3H 2ER 1K 4BB Ey- 2.2IP 2H 2ER 2K 2BB Hayden- 1IP 3H 2ER 1BB Hellman- 1IP 1K Burton- 1IP 2BB Sunday Sunday was the Luke Sinnard show. 6'8 RHP from Tennessee (transfer via WKU)... check his stat line out below...video of his 12-6 curve below. Ryan Kraft came in for 3 innings of relief work, and was basically as impressive. He did surrender a solo shot, but it happens. He was good though... At the plate, Hunter Jessee 4-5 1BB 3RBI, Carter Mathison(2-5) hit a 1st inning grand slam (video below), Pyne was (3-5) with 2RBIs, as well. Ellis was the only one in the lineup that did not have a hit. Kraft- 3IP 3H 4K 1BB 1ER Manase- 1IP 1K Recap (overall thoughts)- the transfer pitching... Seiler, Levy, Vega, Sinnard, Hellman, Manasee, Ey, Burton-- combined 18.2IP- 18H 19K 12BB 8ER ---3.96ERA Is maybe the story of the year, at least early on... Those 8 were solid. Where do we go from here? Being the first weekend out... we were fine. Auburn is legit, and so is their coaching staff. Our guys at the plate are pretty proven and we have a lot of guys that can do good things at the plate.... But was Auburn the highlight of our year? Like is it just cool to play Auburn well or are we in this thing until the end? We absolutely have the horses to be a top 3 team in the league. Texas lost all three games this weekend vs. Mizzou, Arkansas, and Vandy. ... imo, 1-2 is our baseline this coming weekend again, assuming we can compete in the two we lose. 0-3 should not be an option... but if we want to elevate this program, go take 2 of 3 at Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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