Texas 5 - LSU 1: Momentum Is Only As Good As...
Texas's big righty Taylor Jungmann, who had pitched to 1 1/2 batters in relief on Monday without throwing a strike, pitched a dominating complete game against the Tigers. Austin Ross got the start for LSU and was lifted after 2 innings when it became clear the Longhorns were hitting him hard. Ryan Byrd was the first pitcher out of the bullpen but he struggled worse. By the time the Tigers found a pitcher who had something for the Longhorns (Nolan Cain), we found ourselves behind 5-1 and that was how the game ended, 6 1/3 innings later.
The Tigers blew some opportunities to score runs. DJ Lemahieu led off the 3rd inning with a triple, but could not score after Schimpf lined out to second base, Dean walked, Gibbs struck out, and Mahtook grounded to 3rd. In the 6th, Dean got the second base on an infield hit with a throwing error, but was then thrown out when he left the bag early on a fly out centerfield.
In all, the Tigers only got 5 hits on the night as Jungmann was just outstanding. What's worse, we had to use up both Cain and Bradshaw, who probably pitched 3.1 and 3.0 inning respectively, who will not be available tonight in all likelihood.
Nolan Cain probably made his last appearance as a Tiger last night, and it must be bittersweet. He pitched very well, but came into the game in too deep of a hole for it to really matter.
The good news is that tonight's pitching matchup is much more favorable for the Tigers than last night's was. Texas will have Cole Green, who is surely a pretty good pitcher, but his ERA is more than 1 point higher than Jungmann's, and his strikeout rate is considerably lower. Opponents are hitting more than 40 points higher on Green than on Jungmann. His last game was on Friday when he had a solid outing against Arizona State, giving up 2 runs in 6 innings.
The bats will need to come alive. They've been a little silent in this series, obviously last night in particular. The key will be getting to Green early. If it gets to the late innings, we're going to see Austin Wood again, but if we can get to Green early, we will see the softer parts of the bullpen, the parts that we were able to get to on Monday.
We need a great outing from Ranaudo, too, obviously. With both Coleman and Ross struggling in starts, we've been heavily reliant on the bullpen and I'm not sure how much more it can go. According to Weather Underground, game time temperature is supposed to be 94 degrees. I hope we can get a good 6 or 7 innings out of Ranaudo in that kind of heat. Otherwise, this could be trouble.
Baseball is a simple game. If we get good pitching and good hitting, that's pretty much all you need to win.
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Our kids were dead tired last night.
The swagger and confidence that we have seen all season, especially during this last streak, just wasn’t there last night.
I hope Paul Mainieri is able to get the energy level up tonight. I have no doubt Renaudo will come out dominating… but we gotta hit the damn ball.
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by Dane Noble on Jun 24, 2009 8:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thought I would troll on over...
and congratulate your guys for a great season. I don’t think college baseball fans could ask for anything better than a “game 7” atmosphere.
Good luck tonight. It all boils down to pitching.
by TXStampede on Jun 24, 2009 9:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Trolling over too
So pumped about tonight’s game. What a great way to end the season. I don’t see how anything could top Landry and Nola’s catches from last night. Good luck!
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by run Bevo run on Jun 24, 2009 10:49 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thats all right
Ya’ll will get em in three. No way ya’ll get that few of runs again.
S-E-C
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by Wallacewade04 on Jun 24, 2009 11:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
so who's in the pen?
Ott, Bertuccini, and Chad Jones.
Presumably Byrd can pitch if necessary, although if it gets to that point we’ve probably already lost. Coleman will probably demand the ball if we have a 1 run lead in the seventh inning, although I would be very nervous about that.
UT on the other hand probably has everyone but Jungmann and Ruffin. And knowing the way Garrido treats pitchers, I wouldn’t count Ruffin out.
by 4.0 Point Stance on Jun 24, 2009 12:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Here's what I think is realistic:
Renaudo: 5 innings (maybe more, but the heat is gonna be brutal)
Jones: 2 innings
Bertuccini: 1 inning
Ott: 1 inning
Coleman gets left at the hotel; Skip and Les threaten to beat Paul down if he tries to bring him in.
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by Dane Noble on Jun 24, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Skip will never fault a manager for overusing a pitcher
Richard Pittman
by Richard Pittman on Jun 24, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lol.
Touche’
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by Dane Noble on Jun 24, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chad Jones hasn’t thrown more than one inning in any of his appearances. I’d be shocked if he goes two today
by 4.0 Point Stance on Jun 24, 2009 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Coleman's going to throw some
I promise.
by LSU Jonno on Jun 24, 2009 3:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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