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Post by beaver1989 on Apr 21, 2017 10:51:33 GMT -8
I hope the team is more focused than the fanbase.Back to back road series can be tough.UCLA has a lot of young talent and are playing
better baseball than at the beginning of the season.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 10:59:47 GMT -8
I hope the team is more focused than the fanbase.Back to back road series can be tough.UCLA has a lot of young talent and are playing better baseball than at the beginning of the season. im just not feeling it. I might have to ride the bench today. Coach Casey demands intensity. |
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Post by baseba1111 on Apr 21, 2017 11:15:02 GMT -8
I hope the team is more focused than the fanbase.Back to back road series can be tough.UCLA has a lot of young talent and are playing better baseball than at the beginning of the season. They are a young and fairly talented team. Not doubt will be pumped to play us. Their top three on the "bump" are not bad... BA against .211/.232/.225 with decent K/BB ratios. Team ERA 3.76 (5th) and opposing BA at .235 (2nd to ours)... 2nd to us in K's and K's looking. And, They are 3rd in Fielding, so they do pitch and play D. However, they are last in Saves with only 2 in 17 wins... and do allow a few walks, 127/3.85 per game (7th). So as usual, their strength is on the D side. They just do not score much... BA .260(last in Pac12... tied with UW)/SLG .386 (7th)/OBA .356 (7th)... and seem to depend on manufacturing runs with SB 23-37 and 31 sacs bunts (1st)/26 sac flies (1st) . They do have 24 HRs (3rd... double ours!) spread over 9-10 guys and they must get key hits as they are 3rd in RBIs being 9th in hits and 4th in BB. The ball will be jumping with temps in the mid to high 70's/low 80's to start 6pm games. Unless we just do not show this should be a series win... UCLA has been very up and down at 17-16, and I expect they will play at least one very good game at home. Expecting a series sweep on back to back road trips with such a disparity in conditions might be a little too much, but could easily happen. But, being the Pac12, road series wins are a great thing. If we can hang some runs on them early they really do not seem to have the offense to come back and put up "crooked" numbers without leaving the yard. PS- Venice Beach vibe is VERY unique and biking/walking from there to Santa Monica Beach is quite the experience. No shortage of great places to eat, Happy Hours that run all day, and dozens of "Green Drs" sites to get "evaluated" for your medical 420 card!!  Go Beavs |
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Post by Werebeaver on Apr 21, 2017 11:49:47 GMT -8
I hope the team is more focused than the fanbase.Back to back road series can be tough.UCLA has a lot of young talent and are playing better baseball than at the beginning of the season. The team has always taken its lead from Benny's House "The Dugout" message board. That's why they're #1. Because we're #1! Duh, winning! |
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Post by beaverama1 on Apr 21, 2017 11:51:39 GMT -8
I hope the team is more focused than the fanbase.Back to back road series can be tough.UCLA has a lot of young talent and are playing better baseball than at the beginning of the season. Well, yeah... they're the team. They're supposed to be focused because their performance actually matters. I'm pretty sure if we lose the series, Casey won't say "If only the message boards had been more focused this week." With that said, UCLA has been kind of up and down all season but doesn't seem dissimilar from UW (strong starting pitching, strong defense, mediocre offense). If we play poorly we could lose but it could easily be a sweep if our pitching continues to perform at the level it has. As dramatic as last week was, we only gave up 3 ER in 3 games -- that kind of pitching usually means sweep as long as you can play good defense. So assuming our pitching stays on track, and there hasn't been anything to suggest a blip, it's hard to bet against us winning any series against a team hovering around .500. |
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Post by beaver1989 on Apr 21, 2017 12:25:17 GMT -8
Thanks for the info baseba1111. I looked up UCLA's conference stats and in 15 games they are hitting .300 and have a ERA of 4.67. We might see more runs scored with the hot weather.
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Post by joecool on Apr 21, 2017 12:36:51 GMT -8
Will be interesting to see how they use Rasmussen this weekend.
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Post by beaver1989 on Apr 21, 2017 12:45:06 GMT -8
Will be interesting to see how they use Rasmussen this weekend. I hope its sat when the game is televised.UCLA doesnt stream their games  |
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Post by ochobeavo on Apr 21, 2017 13:06:35 GMT -8
I hope the team is more focused than the fanbase.Back to back road series can be tough.UCLA has a lot of young talent and are playing better baseball than at the beginning of the season. They are a young and fairly talented team. Not doubt will be pumped to play us. Their top three on the "bump" are not bad... BA against .211/.232/.225 with decent K/BB ratios. Team ERA 3.76 (5th) and opposing BA at .235 (2nd to ours)... 2nd to us in K's and K's looking. And, They are 3rd in Fielding, so they do pitch and play D. However, they are last in Saves with only 2 in 17 wins... and do allow a few walks, 127/3.85 per game (7th). So as usual, their strength is on the D side. They just do not score much... BA .260(last in Pac12... tied with UW)/SLG .386 (7th)/OBA .356 (7th)... and seem to depend on manufacturing runs with SB 23-37 and 31 sacs bunts (1st)/26 sac flies (1st) . They do have 24 HRs (3rd... double ours!) spread over 9-10 guys and they must get key hits as they are 3rd in RBIs being 9th in hits and 4th in BB. The ball will be jumping with temps in the mid to high 70's/low 80's to start 6pm games. Unless we just do not show this should be a series win... UCLA has been very up and down at 17-16, and I expect they will play at least one very good game at home. Expecting a series sweep on back to back road trips with such a disparity in conditions might be a little too much, but could easily happen. But, being the Pac12, road series wins are a great thing. If we can hang some runs on them early they really do not seem to have the offense to come back and put up "crooked" numbers without leaving the yard. PS- Venice Beach vibe is VERY unique and biking/walking from there to Santa Monica Beach is quite the experience. No shortage of great places to eat, Happy Hours that run all day, and dozens of "Green Drs" sites to get "evaluated" for your medical 420 card!! Go Beavs Last time I was walking around in Venice Beach a shop owner tried to sell us some "sweet pipes, handmade all the way from Oregon - so you know they're legit!" Anyhow - here are the probables per UCLA. Canning is pretty tough and pitching well as of late, we'll need to come out focused right from the start. Probable Starters Friday, April 21 - 6:00 p.m. PT UCLA – Griffin Canning, RHP, Jr. (3-2, 2.77 ERA) OSU – Luke Heimlich, LHP, Jr. (5-1, 0.83 ERA) Saturday, April 22 - 6:00 p.m. PT UCLA – Moises Ceja, RHP, Sr. (1-3, 2.79 ERA) OSU – Bryce Fehmel, RHP, So. (4-1, 3.00 ERA) Sunday, April 23 1:00 p.m. PT UCLA – Jon Olsen, RHP, So. (2-1, 4.02 ERA) OSU – Jake Thompson, RHP, Jr. (8-0, 1.03 ERA) |
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Post by bill82 on Apr 21, 2017 13:07:21 GMT -8
I hope the team is more focused than the fanbase.Back to back road series can be tough.UCLA has a lot of young talent and are playing better baseball than at the beginning of the season. I hope the team isn't drinking a wee-bit early on this Friday - like this part of the fanbase |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Apr 21, 2017 13:34:01 GMT -8
I hope the team is more focused than the fanbase.Back to back road series can be tough.UCLA has a lot of young talent and are playing better baseball than at the beginning of the season. Well, yeah... they're the team. They're supposed to be focused because their performance actually matters. I'm pretty sure if we lose the series, Casey won't say "If only the message boards had been more focused this week." With that said, UCLA has been kind of up and down all season but doesn't seem dissimilar from UW (strong starting pitching, strong defense, mediocre offense). If we play poorly we could lose but it could easily be a sweep if our pitching continues to perform at the level it has. As dramatic as last week was, we only gave up 3 ER in 3 games -- that kind of pitching usually means sweep as long as you can play good defense. So assuming our pitching stays on track, and there hasn't been anything to suggest a blip, it's hard to bet against us winning any series against a team hovering around .500. Oregon State and UCLA have four common opponents: Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford, and Washington. The Beavers swept the Wildcats at home; the Bruins dropped the series to the Wildcats at home. The Beavers swept the Sun Devils in Phoenix; the Bruins beat the Sun Devils twice in three games in Phoenix. The Beavers swept the Cardinal in Stanford; the Bruins beat the Cardinal twice in three games in Stanford. The Beavers beat the Huskies twice in Seattle; the Bruins lost to the Huskies twice in Los Angeles. Despite their record, UCLA is not as good as Washington. Unless Oregon State does not play up to their ability (or UCLA plays out of their minds), they should beat the Bruins at least twice. The one thing that I would not discount, though, is that, after Oregon State shut out UCLA in three consecutive games to end the Bruins' season. The Bruins may have circled this game on their calendars. UCLA is motivated to get a series win. Whether those emotions propel the Bruins to a series win or loss remains to be seen. |
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Post by ochobeavo on Apr 21, 2017 14:05:36 GMT -8
Well, yeah... they're the team. They're supposed to be focused because their performance actually matters. I'm pretty sure if we lose the series, Casey won't say "If only the message boards had been more focused this week." With that said, UCLA has been kind of up and down all season but doesn't seem dissimilar from UW (strong starting pitching, strong defense, mediocre offense). If we play poorly we could lose but it could easily be a sweep if our pitching continues to perform at the level it has. As dramatic as last week was, we only gave up 3 ER in 3 games -- that kind of pitching usually means sweep as long as you can play good defense. So assuming our pitching stays on track, and there hasn't been anything to suggest a blip, it's hard to bet against us winning any series against a team hovering around .500. Oregon State and UCLA have four common opponents: Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford, and Washington. The Beavers swept the Wildcats at home; the Bruins dropped the series to the Wildcats at home. The Beavers swept the Sun Devils in Phoenix; the Bruins beat the Sun Devils twice in three games in Phoenix. The Beavers swept the Cardinal in Stanford; the Bruins beat the Cardinal twice in three games in Stanford. The Beavers beat the Huskies twice in Seattle; the Bruins lost to the Huskies twice in Los Angeles. Despite their record, UCLA is not as good as Washington. Unless Oregon State does not play up to their ability (or UCLA plays out of their minds), they should beat the Bruins at least twice. The one thing that I would not discount, though, is that, after Oregon State shut out UCLA in three consecutive games to end the Bruins' season. The Bruins may have circled this game on their calendars. UCLA is motivated to get a series win. Whether those emotions propel the Bruins to a series win or loss remains to be seen. IMO The bigger motivation factor each and every week is that the team we are playing should be plenty motivated to try and knock off the #1 team in the country. UCLA doesn't have many kids back who played in the series last year. Canning started Friday last year.. otherwise, just a couple position players, relievers. Lot of turnover on that roster. |
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Post by vhalum92 on Apr 21, 2017 14:37:13 GMT -8
How about our Left handed bats against 3 Right handed starters? I'm sure they have lefties out of the pen for situational stuff but we have the Left Handed bats to destroy RHP  I feel like we are at our best when our Left handed batters get it going because I believe for the most part our best and most consistent guys are right handed hitters... they tend to hit anyone. Bring on YUCLA! |
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