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Post by ochobeavo on Mar 21, 2017 14:08:11 GMT -8
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Post by orangeblood on Mar 21, 2017 15:03:13 GMT -8
Classic match-up - top hitting team in the country vs the top pitching team.
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Post by greshambeaver on Mar 21, 2017 17:25:45 GMT -8
When in doubt, go with pitching every time!!! GO BEAVS!
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Post by eugenedave on Mar 21, 2017 18:13:53 GMT -8
When in doubt, go with pitching every time!!! GO BEAVS! I'm not in doubt, but I agree that great pitching can and usually does beat great hitting. |
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Post by blueheron on Mar 22, 2017 10:18:27 GMT -8
When in doubt, go with pitching every time!!! GO BEAVS! I'm not in doubt, but I agree that great pitching can and usually does beat great hitting. Great pitching beats great hitting, and vice versa. |
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Post by baseba1111 on Mar 22, 2017 11:04:50 GMT -8
I'll just say... college baseball does always follow the "great pitching vs great hitting" adage.
I'll add another... "shake a tree 100 players fall out, 99 with a glove, 1 with a bat... take the one with the bat". This series will be more about our offense being able to take advantage of Zona pitching. Our staff is going to give up runs this series... the 1.06 will take a little beating. But, will our .293 take advantage of their 4.36 ERA and 31 errors when you put balls in play???
And the weather always effects the sun-drenched teams some...
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Post by obf on Mar 22, 2017 14:12:47 GMT -8
As far as I can tell at least from the stats and anecdotes: Beaver Pitching and Defense >>>>> Wildcat Pitching and defense Wildcat Offense >> Beaver Offense I think the extra ">>>" makes the difference  Yeah Zona will scores some runs, but I think Beavs will score more than their season average as well... Going out on a limb, I think we SWEEP the cats with an average score of 7-5 |
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Post by baseba1111 on Mar 22, 2017 14:35:14 GMT -8
As far as I can tell at least from the stats and anecdotes: Beaver Pitching and Defense >>>>> Wildcat Pitching and defense Wildcat Offense >> Beaver Offense I think the extra ">>>" makes the difference Yeah Zona will scores some runs, but I think Beavs will score more than their season average as well... Going out on a limb, I think we SWEEP the cats with an average score of 7-5 Hope you're right, but we didn't score 21 runs vs. much worse pitching than Zona. ASU pitching actually statistically improved vs OSU. And, our D has been strong lately, but is only .016 better than Zona's. Their pitchers also do have a better strikeout rate / inning (0.9488 to 0.9382) so they can/have gotten out of jams the D might have created. If you look at their top 4 or 5 pitchers, they are not too bad... team ERA is greatly effected by 5-6 guys we'll prob never see... Top 4 have 101.2 IP of the 176.... only 85 hits... 19 BB vs 94 K's... 25 ER... 2.21 ERA... 0.224 BA against... they are not slouches. Bottom line, I think this will come down to our offense 1-9 coming thru... |
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Post by badwack on Mar 22, 2017 14:35:21 GMT -8
First, Rain, Rain and more Rain. Luke should do well, Tompson can be over powering. If anyone is likely to serve it up for Az look for the Middle Game.
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