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Post by beavermd on May 28, 2024 12:55:35 GMT -8
They didn’t. Not every loss is on the coaches. Game One Tommy Sheehan comes on in the second in a 4-4 ball game. 3.1 innings later, it is the sixth, and Auburn is up 6-4. In that time, Sheehan only gave up a walk and two singles. Three strikeouts. Carson Skipper throws the next three. Melton is the only baserunner, picking up a six-pitch walk. A majority of the outs are strikeouts. Blake Burkhalter comes on in the ninth in a 7-4 ballgame. Boyd leads off the frame with a single, and Melton doubles him home, but that is it. 7-5 Auburn. Sheehan picks up the win. Sheehan will never play professional baseball. Game Three On one day's rest, Skipper comes back and strikes out Melton and Bazzana to get out of a two-on and one out jam, preserving the 2-1 lead. Skipper throws a perfect sixth. The lead balloons to 4-1. Skipper gives up Boyd's two-run shot to make it 4-3 but recovers to strike out Wade Meckler. Four of the six outs were strikeouts. And that is enough for Burkhalter to finish off the final 2.2 innings, not allowing a baserunner thereafter, for a 4-3 win. Skipper picks up the win. Over the two days, the only pinch hitter is Tanner Smith coming on to hit for Gavin Logan on day three. Smith flew out to right on the second pitch that he saw for one of Skipper's two non-strikeouts on Day Three. Fuchs came on for Derne up against Burkhalter in the eighth. Fuchs grounded out to short on the third pitch. Skipper and Burkhalter are great pitchers. But the same was not true of Sheehan. And nothing was done offensively to counter Sheehan, Skipper, or Burkhalter. It did not look like the guys knew what would be coming. The offense got to the bullpen early in both games but could do almost nothing thereafter. Three runs against the bullpen over 12 innings in the two losses. Just awful to watch. Mitch should of went out and made a pitching change for Auburn. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 28, 2024 13:00:03 GMT -8
The lineup for the two Auburn losses was:
R, L, R, L, L, L, L, R, R
After the first inning, that is four lefties in a row. And then immediately three righties in a row. And the two righties at the end of the lineup combined to go 1/13 in the two games.
In Game One, Sheehan came on to pitch against Logan, who was inexplicably batting in front of Bazzana in Game One. Sheehan was masterful for the first 10 batters before working into and out of a jam over the next three. Skipper came on to retire Derne and retired nine of 10 batters, only giving up the walk to Melton. That reset the lineup, so Burkhalter came on to finish off Oregon State.
In Game Three, Mitchy Slick at least fixed the Bazzana hitting sixth issue. But Skipper took the mound in the most obvious place, to pitch to Melton in the cleanup spot and mowed down the first five and took out the two-hitter before Burkhalter came on to punch Auburn's ticket.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 28, 2024 13:06:03 GMT -8
beaverinsider211 Game One Tommy Sheehan comes on in the second in a 4-4 ball game. 3.1 innings later, it is the sixth, and Auburn is up 6-4. In that time, Sheehan only gave up a walk and two singles. Three strikeouts. Carson Skipper throws the next three. Melton is the only baserunner, picking up a six-pitch walk. A majority of the outs are strikeouts. Blake Burkhalter comes on in the ninth in a 7-4 ballgame. Boyd leads off the frame with a single, and Melton doubles him home, but that is it. 7-5 Auburn. Sheehan picks up the win. Sheehan will never play professional baseball. Game Three On one day's rest, Skipper comes back and strikes out Melton and Bazzana to get out of a two-on and one out jam, preserving the 2-1 lead. Skipper throws a perfect sixth. The lead balloons to 4-1. Skipper gives up Boyd's two-run shot to make it 4-3 but recovers to strike out Wade Meckler. Four of the six outs were strikeouts. And that is enough for Burkhalter to finish off the final 2.2 innings, not allowing a baserunner thereafter, for a 4-3 win. Skipper picks up the win. Over the two days, the only pinch hitter is Tanner Smith coming on to hit for Gavin Logan on day three. Smith flew out to right on the second pitch that he saw for one of Skipper's two non-strikeouts on Day Three. Fuchs came on for Derne up against Burkhalter in the eighth. Fuchs grounded out to short on the third pitch. Skipper and Burkhalter are great pitchers. But the same was not true of Sheehan. And nothing was done offensively to counter Sheehan, Skipper, or Burkhalter. It did not look like the guys knew what would be coming. The offense got to the bullpen early in both games but could do almost nothing thereafter. Three runs against the bullpen over 12 innings in the two losses. Just awful to watch. Mitch should of went out and made a pitching change for Auburn. The lineup was just begging for random lefties to come in and shut down the offense. Basically, the lineup asked Boyd and Forrester to play out of their minds to make sure that no one did what Auburn did. Five lefties bunched over six hitters adjacent to two righties who can't hit? What do you do looking at that lineup if you are Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Hudson in his final season as Auburn's pitching coach? You laugh and you laugh and you laugh. Mitchy Slick got outcoached against Auburn. And maybe that was solely, because Mitchy Slick was matching wits with Hall of Famer Tim Hudson, but........ My whole point before I tumbled down this rabbit-hole is that I hope that the issue has been resolved. |
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Post by beavaristotle on May 28, 2024 13:15:18 GMT -8
Mitch should of went out and made a pitching change for Auburn. The lineup was just begging for random lefties to come in and shut down the offense. Basically, the lineup asked Boyd and Forrester to play out of their minds to make sure that no one did what Auburn did. Five lefties bunched over six hitters adjacent to two righties who can't hit? What do you do looking at that lineup if you are Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Hudson in his final season as Auburn's pitching coach? You laugh and you laugh and you laugh. Mitchy Slick got outcoached against Auburn. And maybe that was solely, because Mitchy Slick was matching wits with Hall of Famer Tim Hudson, but........ My whole point before I tumbled down this rabbit-hole is that I hope that the issue has been resolved. I loved watching Huddy pitch but which hall of fame. He’s in the Alabama Hall of Fame as well as the Atlanta Braves hall of fame. Dropped off the ballot of the baseball hall of fame |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 28, 2024 13:20:22 GMT -8
The lineup was just begging for random lefties to come in and shut down the offense. Basically, the lineup asked Boyd and Forrester to play out of their minds to make sure that no one did what Auburn did. Five lefties bunched over six hitters adjacent to two righties who can't hit? What do you do looking at that lineup if you are Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Hudson in his final season as Auburn's pitching coach? You laugh and you laugh and you laugh. Mitchy Slick got outcoached against Auburn. And maybe that was solely, because Mitchy Slick was matching wits with Hall of Famer Tim Hudson, but........ My whole point before I tumbled down this rabbit-hole is that I hope that the issue has been resolved. I loved watching Huddy pitch but which hall of fame. He’s in the Alabama Hall of Fame as well as the Atlanta Braves hall of fame. Dropped off the ballot of the baseball hall of fame He is in Halls of Fame in two different states. I thought that that would be good enough. I came away from the Corvallis Super Regional feeling like Huddy had played Mitchy Slick like a drum. But maybe I am on the minority on this one? |
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Post by Judge Smails on May 28, 2024 13:24:17 GMT -8
Mitch should of went out and made a pitching change for Auburn. The lineup was just begging for random lefties to come in and shut down the offense. Basically, the lineup asked Boyd and Forrester to play out of their minds to make sure that no one did what Auburn did. Five lefties bunched over six hitters adjacent to two righties who can't hit? What do you do looking at that lineup if you are Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Hudson in his final season as Auburn's pitching coach? You laugh and you laugh and you laugh. Mitchy Slick got outcoached against Auburn. And maybe that was solely, because Mitchy Slick was matching wits with Hall of Famer Tim Hudson, but........ My whole point before I tumbled down this rabbit-hole is that I hope that the issue has been resolved. Like we had a whole bunch of right hitting studs on the bench.......right? Who should he have benched. Meckler, Melton, Bazzana? Our better hitters were lefties that year and your best hitters should be able to hit left on left. |
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Post by obf on May 28, 2024 13:35:41 GMT -8
The lineup for the two Auburn losses was: R, L, R, L, L, L, L, R, R After the first inning, that is four lefties in a row. And then immediately three righties in a row. And the two righties at the end of the lineup combined to go 1/13 in the two games. In Game One, Sheehan came on to pitch against Logan, who was inexplicably batting in front of Bazzana in Game One. Sheehan was masterful for the first 10 batters before working into and out of a jam over the next three. Skipper came on to retire Derne and retired nine of 10 batters, only giving up the walk to Melton. That reset the lineup, so Burkhalter came on to finish off Oregon State. In Game Three, Mitchy Slick at least fixed the Bazzana hitting sixth issue. But Skipper took the mound in the most obvious place, to pitch to Melton in the cleanup spot and mowed down the first five and took out the two-hitter before Burkhalter came on to punch Auburn's ticket. Mitch also instructed all of his pitchers to groove pitch after pitch to Auburn's Chairman of the Chub, Sonny DiChiara, his barely homeruns were their only offense. I guess Mitchy Slick was just trying to prove how not fat phobic he is?  |
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Post by beavs6 on May 28, 2024 13:44:36 GMT -8
The lineup was just begging for random lefties to come in and shut down the offense. Basically, the lineup asked Boyd and Forrester to play out of their minds to make sure that no one did what Auburn did. Five lefties bunched over six hitters adjacent to two righties who can't hit? What do you do looking at that lineup if you are Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Hudson in his final season as Auburn's pitching coach? You laugh and you laugh and you laugh. Mitchy Slick got outcoached against Auburn. And maybe that was solely, because Mitchy Slick was matching wits with Hall of Famer Tim Hudson, but........ My whole point before I tumbled down this rabbit-hole is that I hope that the issue has been resolved. Like we had a whole bunch of right hitting studs on the bench.......right? Who should he have benched. Meckler, Melton, Bazzana? Our better hitters were lefties that year and your best hitters should be able to hit left on left. I think his point is to mix up the L, R combo more. No go L, R, L, L, L, L. Foolish me though. I'm sure wilky can speak for himself.  |
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Post by rgeorge on May 28, 2024 13:53:57 GMT -8
The lineup for the two Auburn losses was: R, L, R, L, L, L, L, R, R After the first inning, that is four lefties in a row. And then immediately three righties in a row. And the two righties at the end of the lineup combined to go 1/13 in the two games. In Game One, Sheehan came on to pitch against Logan, who was inexplicably batting in front of Bazzana in Game One. Sheehan was masterful for the first 10 batters before working into and out of a jam over the next three. Skipper came on to retire Derne and retired nine of 10 batters, only giving up the walk to Melton. That reset the lineup, so Burkhalter came on to finish off Oregon State. In Game Three, Mitchy Slick at least fixed the Bazzana hitting sixth issue. But Skipper took the mound in the most obvious place, to pitch to Melton in the cleanup spot and mowed down the first five and took out the two-hitter before Burkhalter came on to punch Auburn's ticket. Mitch also instructed all of his pitchers to groove pitch after pitch to Auburn's Chairman of the Chub, Sonny DiChiara, his barely homeruns were their only offense. I guess Mitchy Slick was just trying to prove how not fat phobic he is? It continually amazes me that those that say they understand baseball can issue blame on a decision here and there, or a play here or there. The game is made up of so many unpredictable outcomes that for someone to say, "... change this and this would have happened..." it just... ridiculous. Can decisions, calls, plays be questioned? Certainly. For those that have never coached... coaches spend sleepless nights doing it all the time!! But, to assume you know absolutely the new outcome is crazy. As, I've stated before, MC is a "infant" when it comes to being a college baseball HC. He took over a program that was a locomotive barreling down the tracks which has given him time to learn on the job and still have the cache to recruit and build "his" program. BUT... no player, no coach, no one decision, no one play can be blamed for any loss. Wins and losses are a complete set of circumstances that are highly unpredictable. As fans we get the opportunity to 2nd guess without any of the responsibility or pressure to actually make the decision in real time. Will we continue to do so? Sure, that's what fans do and we all think a different decision means a better result. But, don't fool yourself that you know the exact set of events that "would have" followed with a different decision. |
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Post by messi on May 28, 2024 14:00:05 GMT -8
What I haven't seen mention, were the dead bats from 3B, SS, and DH. That bottom of the batting order was like watching three consecutive Guerras/Kreigs. Weren't Dukart, Gretler, and Dernedde a combined below Mendoza for the season?
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Post by 56chevy on May 28, 2024 16:36:11 GMT -8
I thought the 2022 team overachieved for the talent level. It caught up to us in game 3 vs Auburn with the performance of their bullpen vs our hitters.
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Post by beaverinsider211 on May 28, 2024 17:13:06 GMT -8
Ya, I don’t know I feel the matchup stuff is good if there’s depth off the bench especially with left on left matchups but the college game still revolves around playing your best players. Matchups definitely work but I feel the amateur game still revolves around the best talent possible.
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Post by osbrawler on May 28, 2024 18:11:36 GMT -8
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Post by richard44 on May 28, 2024 19:05:16 GMT -8
I thought the 2022 team overachieved for the talent level. It caught up to us in game 3 vs Auburn with the performance of their bullpen vs our hitters. Ya I agree with this, except I don’t think we overachieved, we kind of just reached our potenital that year with the talent we had. It was an extremely tight series against a very good opponent who was loaded with good arms. We were really good that year, but our Saturday/Sunday starters were just above average, we did not have a super talented/deep bullpen outside of Ferrer and Brown, and the end of our lineup was not anything special at all. My final assessment of that series was Auburn was better than us, not by a lot, but they were. I don’t think it had to do with coaching. Came down to the end on Sunday, and we just lost. Remember that year, too, that we barely squeaked out of our home regional. We did not play great in the opener, barely won against a 4 seed. Then we had to go until that Monday because we lost against Vandy on Sunday to set up the final game where we won with a home-run in the bottom of the 8th and a save by Hjerpe. We did not look comfortable in that regional, whereas Auburn was red hot coming into our super. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 28, 2024 20:50:46 GMT -8
What I haven't seen mention, were the dead bats from 3B, SS, and DH. That bottom of the batting order was like watching three consecutive Guerras/Kreigs. Weren't Dukart, Gretler, and Dernedde a combined below Mendoza for the season? In conference play, yes. Derne, Dukart, & Gretler hit a combined .188. |
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