Hunter: 1 hit through 5 innings, so our coaching "braintrust" takes him out...

Arizona's first game started at 10:13 p.m. local and got over at 1:19 a.m.  The Wildcats then had to play at 11:07 a.m. local.  The game got over at 2:21 p.m.  Arizona played the second game on Sunday at 8:12 p.m. (after a 22-minute rain delay)  in a game that got over at 11:49 p.m.  The fourth game started at 5:19 p.m. on Monday (in a game that was delayed 79 minutes before first pitch) and got over at 8:48 p.m.

In a 47-hour period, Arizona played in four games, more than 15 hours of baseball with the weather delay.  The Wildcats had to play game the morning after finishing up the previous game in the early morning 9:48 after the game before.  Arizona then spooled up to play another game 5:39 later only for it to be delayed 22 minutes.  Three baseball games in 22 hours.

And, even running on fumes, arms almost all expended, Arizona and Ole Miss were still tied 5-5, entering the fifth.  Orloff (27 pitches on Sunday and 42 on Monday) allowed two of the first three hitters to reach.  Arias (30 pitches on Sunday and 27 on Monday) came on and gave up walk, infield single and grand slam to effectively put the game away.

All of the lightning and rain in Tropical Storm Alexander and then some questionable coaching moves doomed Arizona.  The Wildcats mentioned that it was the first time that they had experienced a weather delay of any kind since early May 2019.

So, anyway.  No, Arizona played a compressed schedule at the Coral Gables Regional.  And, had the Wildcats beat the Rebels, Arizona would have had to play another game that probably would have started about 9:30 p.m. local 

Why kick a dead horse. The reliever gave up 2 hits and we bumbled a ground out and allowed a safety squeeze. They pushed the envelope. We did not. Cannot blame coaches for our not doing anything in 6 th or 9 th. They were proactive replacing their starter after the 2 run homer. It is over. We cannot do anything but gripe or criticize:

Boyd's two-run homer came off the lefty reliever. Who then faced three more hitters before being pulled.

As Messi said, Hunter was pulled because he was about to go through the lineup a third time, which oftentimes means trouble for pitchers without elite stuff. Which he is, at this point.

This is a bonkers take.

Auburns pitcher threw 47 pitches to 9 batters in the first inning (batted around on him). No pitching coach doesn't pull that guy, it is impossible to recover from a 47 pitch inning. That wasn't some clever coaching tactic, that was completely forced on them. 

Pfennigs threw 19 pitches to 5 batters in the first inning. No pitching coach is going to pull their starter after retiring the side facing 5 batters in the first inning.

Comparing those 2 performances is just bonkers.

Yes. Taking him out after the first inning seems crazy…. If you hadnt watched his last few starts. Everyone that I was with agreed he should have been pulled too. Simply because this is who Jake had become. Unreliable. And the magnitude of the game called for desperate measure.

I think it came down to the fact that we had no one else. Cooper was sick. Kmatz was clearly dealing with something. At the end of the day you can say it was crazy to want him out after the first. But a lot of us had seen this act from JP for the last few years. Not something i want to be right about. But.. lets hear his 2nd inning break down?..