GAMETHREAD: v. #13 Arkansas (3GMS)
And so the real season begins. SEC Baseball means more info than you could want is available, including this particularly good piece from the Expats. Arky is nearly a consensus #2 for the SEC title and a trip up here would seriously damage our race for the West. This is easily one of the toughest weekends we will have this year.
Injuries/Changes *As of Friday Afternoon*
Ranaudo still out. Matulis is definitely healthy and could get the nod on Sunday.
Everyone else healthy and ready, Delatte could secure his 3B start with a good showing this weekend
SEC Baseball also means...
All games will be carried LIVE on Cox Sports
Weather
Beautiful today and Saturday, low 70's. Rain late Saturday night, about 20 degrees cooler on Sunday.
Game 1 Friday, 7pm
LSU - Jr. RHP Austin Ross (2-0, 4.57 ERA, 21.2 IP, 6 BB, 25 SO)
ARK - Sr. RHP Mike Bolsinger (2-0, 3.38 ERA, 21.1 IP, 5 BB, 19 SO)
Game 2 Saturday 3pm
LSU - So. RHP Joey Bourgeois (2-1, 4.74 ERA, 19.0 IP, 10 BB, 16 SO)
ARK - So. LHP Drew Smyly (2-0, 1.80 ERA, 20.0 IP, 8 BB, 31 SO)
Game 3 Sunday 1pm
LSU - TBA
ARK - Jr. RHP Brett Eibner (2-1, 1.23 ERA, 14.2 IP, 3 BB, 15 SO)
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Spotty Gamethread coverage this weekend
RL sucks but it pays the mad billz, homies.
Excellent, but sometimes temperamental live stats available here:
http://www.lsusports.net/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200
Managing Editor/Chief Lackey-And The Valley Shook
Top 1st
Ross up
Kuhn ground out to nola
Cox K
Wilkins grounds out
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Bottom 1st
Bolsinger up
never noticed this before, but on tv you can see, LSU’s batting helmets have a matte finish this year (not shinny, looks like rubber coating)
watkins pops to center
nola singles
dean singles, they get nola
gibbs lines out
Managing Editor/Chief Lackey-And The Valley Shook
Top 2nd
ross in
also noticing, infield grass in front of home is pretty well worn, very brown
kreder pop up catch by gibbs
mccann base hit falls right in front of landry, single
eibner(sp?) pop up left,nola gets it
carver, breaker n the dirt, gibbs tags
0 tie
Managing Editor/Chief Lackey-And The Valley Shook
Bottom 2nd
Bolsinger in
mahtook K

landry pops out
hanover OFF THE TOP OF THE CENTER FIELD WALL, Triple
gaudet, RIGHT FIELD BLEACHERS. scores 2, 2-0
delatte walks
watkins caught foul in right
2-0 LSU
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Top 3rd
Ross in
bigham K
vincent K
kuhn grounder to nola, easy toss
¡ROSS ES ENFUEGO!
2-0 lsu
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Bottom 3rd
Bolsinger in
nola k
dean grounder to the mound easy toss
gibbs pops out to center
2-0 lsu
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Top 4th
ross in
cox single to right
wilkins homer to left, scores 2, 2-2
kreder grounder to dean, tags the base
mccann singles to center
eibner homers just inside the left, scores 2, 2-4
carver grounder to center, nola misses, carver runs for 2nd, toss beats him by a mile, 2 out
bigham swings on a grounder, easy toss out
2-4 arky
Managing Editor/Chief Lackey-And The Valley Shook
Bottom 4th
Bolsinger in
mahtook DEEEP TO CENTER, caught
landry K
hanover grounder to center, single
gaudet deep right, easy catch
2-4 Arky
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Top 5th
ross still in, rittiner warming
vinson grounder to nola, through his glove, single, error on nola
kuhn very short bunt, gibbs fumbles it, single, error on gibbs
cox liner to nola, DIVING CATCH, DP nearly a TP
wilkins up, kuhn steals 2, Intentional walk
kreder K
2-4 arky
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Bottom 5th
Bolsinger in
delatte grounder to 3rd easy toss
watkins out to center for a single
nola, short to right, nola out, watkins to 2B
dean short to 1st
2-4 arky
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Top 6th
Ross still in, Rittiner warming
attendance
11125 paid 7932 actual
mccann singles to left
eibner K
carver up mccann runs, nice catch out, carver singles
bigham up, carver runs, beats the toss for a steal, K
2-4 arky
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Bottom 6th
Bolsinger still in
gibbs easy out grounder
mahtook walks
landry up, mahtook runs, caught, landry short to left, bobble turns it into a single
hanover grounder to left, easy out
2-4 arky
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Top 7th
Rittiner in
vinson pop to right
kuhn pop to landry
cox soft to nola, easy catch.
2-4 arky
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Bottom 7th
Bolsinger still in
gaudet pop to right
delatte K
watkins liner to left, easy out
2-4 arky
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top 8th
Rittiner in
wilkins stand up double to right
kreder short to delatte bad toss but gets the out moves wilkins to 3rd
rittiner out, reed in
mccann short to nola, gets the out, wilkins doesnt move
eibner over the scoreboard, scores 2, 2-6
carver fouls to right, dean with a catch
2-6 arky
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bottom 8th
baxendale in
nola grounder to right, easy out
dean pops to center
gibbs K
LES MILES SIGHTING!
2-6 arky
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Top 9th
reed in
bigham singles to center
vinson sac bunt moves bigham
kuhn K
cox pops out
2-6 arky
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Bottom 9th
baxendale in
mahtook stand up double to left
landry K
hanover up the middle, throw not in time, everybody safe
gaudet TO THE WALL caught, but scores mahtook
didier PH hanover takes a lead at 2nd and gets picked off. damnit.
3-6 ARKY FINAL
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Mr. Ranaudo,
We need you back. Like, now. That would be really, really great.
Yours Sincerely,
LSU Baseball
"Tiger Stadium is by far the worst place to play for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum." - Paul "Bear" Bryant
GM2 Stuck at work
you’re on your own folks.
Feel free to take a shot at it anyone
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Top 1
Bourgeois pitching
Strike, 0-1…
Low in the dirt, 1-1…
Inside, 2-1…
Swing and a miss, 2-2…
Barely low and outside, full count…
Chopper to Nola, thrown out at first
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Announcer have an arky pull today, CST taking turns I guess
I just realized that PodKATT doesn’t do pitch by pitch
Watkins pops out to 2nd
Hanover walks
Dean takes Smyly full count…
Dean walks, Runners 1st and 2nd
Gibbs rips one down 3rd base, RBI single, 1-0, runners on corners. Dean thought about rounding 3rd
Mahtook K’s
Leon swings on 3 straight pitches, foul tips into Catcher’s glove
1-0 LSU
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Top 2
Dear God, why do ALL of Arky’s uni’s so god forsaken ugly?
Arky in Red with stupid piping/Red with pinstripes
LSU in all white
Popout to Center
Eibner up, Arky announcer give proper fellatio…
…Pops out to Nola
Carver Pops to Leon
3 up, 3 Down
1-0 LSU
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Bottom 2
Gaudet hits a drive to Right, but caught on McKinney (?) on his knees
Smyly LOVES that inside breaker
Nola flies out to WARNING TRACK, ugh. Nothing I hate more in baseball than warning track power
Wet K’s
1-0 LSU
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Top 3
Bigham gets a hit up the middle.
Vincent walks. 4 straight balls. Runners on 1 & 2
McKinney sac bunts, advances runners
Kuhn hits one off the wall, 2 RBI double
Kuhn steals 3rd, he will likely stretch on anything
Ump has a not so consistent strike zone. And by “consistent” I mean terrible
Cox Walks, runners on the lines
Mound Visit
Wilkins up, announcers have collective orgasm…
…TERRIBLE CALL, NUMBER HIGH FASTBALL CALLED FOR A BALL..
…and strike 3 called, Cox steals, runners in scoring position
And another 2 RBI doublen Kreder. shitburger.
Reminiscent of and LSU football game…
Eibner K’s
4-1 swine.
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Bottom 3
Watkins Walks, exactly what we need
Smyly tries to keep Trey close…
Hanover flies out to Right
Dean flies out to the same spot
RAIN, OH NOEZ!
Announcer bragging about know Tug McGraw
Watkins caught stealing
4-1 Swine
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Top 4
Carver flies out to Leon, and by the looks of it, that’s our best play
Bigham K’s, gets mad
Vinson (not Vincent) Goes full with Joey…
….and walks.
Bougeious is obviously tires
McKinney pops out to Dean
4-1 Swine.
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Botttom 4
I’m calling the Big 6 comes two innings early…
Gibbs flies out once again
Hawthone: “I believe LSU scored all their runs today in the first.”
Thanks Jim. Mahtook K’s.
…On to the next one, Leon goes full with Smyly…after fighting 3 pitches off, walks
Gaudet K’s
4-1 Swine
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Top 5
Nobody warming for LSU
Kuhn flies out
Cox knocks a double off the left field wall
Wilkins, Manny Ramirez pine tar helmet and all, grounds out to Hanover, advances the Cox
Kreder runs the count full…
…walks
Runners on 1st and 3rd
Joey walks Eibner, loads bases.
Carver hits the first pitch he sees to Nola, and LSU escapes
4-1 swine.
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Bottom 5
Nobody warming for Ark-Kansas
Nola grounds out
Wet flies out to 2nd, surprise
Trey Walks. Flame on?
Hanover flies out again to 2nd.
lack of hitting is about to lose us 4 games.
4-1 swine
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Top 6
Bradshaw warming
Bigham K’s
Vinson gets a double to right.
Joey over 100 pitches
McKinney Walks, 6 for Bougeious
Kuhn hits to BOUGEIOUS, TO HANOVER, TO DEAN, DOUBLE PLAY!
4-1 Swine
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Bottom 6
Dean FLIES TO LEFT….warning track, caught
Gibbs hits to 2nd…gets through!
Heatley warming
Mahtook hits into double play….but they only get the front end
Runner on 1st, 2 out
Mr. Clutch Landry up…
…flies out. GTFO.
4-1 Hawgs
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Top 7
Bradshaw IN.
3-0 3.07 ERA
Home Run, Cox
Base hit to left for Wilkins
Kreder pops to Bradshaw, who alllmost dropped in intentionaly.
Eibner K’s chasing
Popout to Watkins
5-1 Swine
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Bottom 7
Heatley in for Arky
Gaudet hits a BH to CF
Nola gets a BH to LF, bounced over the head of Cox
wild Pitch advances runners, 2 in scoring position,
DeLatte got hit!
Bases Juiced, no outs, meeting on the mound, swine Bullpen warming, Davenport.
Trey gets a BH, 1 runs scores, bases still juiced
Heatley’s day is done. In comes Davenport.
We’re here to fuck shit up
Hanover Walks, 1 run automatically scores
Bases still juiced, still no outs
Dean…BASE HIT, WATKINS SCORES, WET SCORES, WE’RE TIED UP
Runners on lines
Gibbs batting righty
Swine bullpen warming, righty Pratt
Gibbs walks!!!!
Bases juiced!!!
MATTY OTT WARMING!
Mahtook hits one out, but foul
Mahtook WALKS, GO-AHEAD RUN COMES ACROSS, BASES JUICED.
Leon flies out, dean tags, runners advance to scoring position
In comes Pratt.
Gaudet K’s
WILD PITCH, GIBBS GETS ACROSS
Nola walks. Runners on the lines.
Wet flies out.
SIETE RUNS.
8-5 LSU
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LSU History was just made
Nola ties LSU baseball record with two walks in one inning.
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Top 8
THE ICEMAN COMETH
Bigham K
Vinson Walk, 1’st “ball” was iffy
???K
Kuhn 2 run homer.
Cox BH
Wilkins Walk. intentional?
Kreder K
ICEMAN ENDETH
8-7 LSU
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Bottom 8
Watkins Skies out
Hanover bunts, throw in time, very, very close
Dean rips a liner to right, BH.
Baxendale warming for swine
Gibbs rips into Right, BH
Blake is in scoring position
Mahtook Walk, bases juiced again.
Van Douche is out to the mound, Baxendale enters.
Leon flies out, i am shocked, shocked.
8-7 LSU
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Top 9
THE ICEMAN COMETH
God I love the movement on Matty’s 2-seam fastball
1st base ump not so generous on the check swing
Eibner walk on two check swings
Carver FLIES OUT, LEON TRIPS OVER NOLA, STILL CATCHES.
Wilkins in to run for Eibner
Wilkins CAUGHT STEALING, OUT IN SHOWDOWN
Bigham K
THE ICEMAN ENDETH
AMEN.
8-7 LSU
FINAL
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Top 1
Hello All.
LSU in Purple/White
Swine in all grey
For those interested in things of this nature.
Gold/white: 3-2
White/white: 5-0
Purple/white: 3-1
Purple/pinstripes: 1-0
Pinstripes: 2-0
St Pattys day: 1-0
Last Night, CPM got his 1,013th win, 1 more than his daddy.
Matulis Starting
Kuhn hit
Cox BH to Left, 1st and 2nd
Wilkins Grounds to first, runners in scoring position
McCann walks
Robinson K’s
Eibner Flies out
Matulis crawls out of a hot spot
0-0
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Bottom 1
Eibner pitching
Let’s fuck his shit up, eh?
Watkins groundsout
Hanover hits one off the glove off Carver, no error
Dean hits it to the same spot, runners on 1st and 2nd
Gibbs walks
Bases juiced
Mahtook K’s swinging for the fences
Leon Landry is on the next one, on to the next….
… k’s on 3 pitches. GO. FIGURE.
0-0
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Bottom 2
Gaudet K’s
Nola Groundsout to 2nd
Wet ALL DA WAY TURNT UP DeLatte flies out, NO DROPPED. Wet gerts to 2nd.
Wet was part of a family tradition where all the sons were named William/Willy. He was called “Wet Willy” and by 10 nobody called him Willy anymore
Trey taps it right to Eibner to retire the side
0-0
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Top 3
Kuhn bunts, Matulis trips trying to throw, Kuhn gets across.
Gibbs mishandles, Kuhn advances
Cox goes full, check swing says no.
runners on 1st and 2nd
Lots of walks this weekend. Some on unconsitent SZ’s, some on bad pitches
Wilkins K’s
McCann K’s
Robinson grounds out to 2nd
I like how this Matulis feller gets himself out of jams.
0-0
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Bottom 3
Hanover gets DRILLED in the ear, but he pops up like a jack in a box and sprints to first
Dean has 215 RBI’s, 4th in LSU History, still a great bit behind Eddie Furness…
…and Dean hits to a 2-3 DP
Gibbs Groundouts to 2nd
0-0
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Top 4
Eibner Walks

Carver hits into a DP, 5-4-3
Bigham walks, another BB for Matulis
Vinson K
0-0
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Bottom 4
Line score for the first 1/3:
0-2-1
0-2-0
Mahtook HBP
Mahtook steals, beats a great throw by McCann. 11/14 SB
Leon grounds out, advances Mikie
Gaudet hits a BH, scores Mikie.
Nola hits on to Cox, it bounces off his chest, everybody’s safe
Wet hits another short hopper, this time to left. It fell Perfectly.
Bases Loaded
Watkins K’s. BOO THIS MAN.
Hanover K’s
Lack of timely hitting.
1-0 LSU
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Top 5
Kuhn hits a double to left. 3/3 on the day
Cox airs out to Nola
Kuhn steals third. Anything will score a run.
Wilkins goes full with Matulis, K’s.
KKKK
McCann HBP, foot.
Robinson flies out to Leon
1-0 LSU
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Bottom 5
Van Horne is a major Doucher
Dean chops to 1st for a groundout
Gibbs grounds out to Bigham
MIKIE GOES YARD, Right Center. 3rd on the year.
Leon gets a BH
Wild pitch advances Landry
Gaudet, taking windmill cuts, K’s
2-0 LSU
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Top 6
Eibner hits a homer, longest part of the park.
Carver knocks one to Right
Rittner and Bertucinni warming
Carver advances on a wild pitch
Bigham flies out to Landry, advances Carver.
Matulis is out, Bertuccini in.
Matulis had 5 scoreless innings, pitched 6 1/3, Walked 4 K’ed 6
Bertuccini 1-0 5.86 ERA
Vinson K’s
Kuhn flies out to Hanover
2-1 LSU
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Bottom 6
Nola flies out deep to right
DeLatte hits check swing ground ball to second. throw in time
Watkins GOES LONG BALL. 2nd on the year.
Davenport warming
Hanover walks.
Dean k’ed on a called strike 3.
3-1 LSU
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Top 7
Line score through 2/3
1-5-2
3-7-0
Rittner Pitching.
Bertuccini had 1 K in 2/3
Rittner is 2-1 with a 2.31 ERA (?)
Cox flies out to foul territory
Skip Bertman sighting. :bow:
Wilkins K’s
McCann grounds out.
3-1 LSU
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Bottom 7
Baxendale Pitching
We’re here to fuck shit up
Gibbs gets a hit
Gibbs steals
Mahtook takes Baxendale full, RIDES IT DEEP, but not enough. Caught at the warning track, advances Gibbs. Anything out the infield scores Michah
Leon pops out to right, DROPS IT, Leon is safe, Gibbs scores
Gaudet grounds out, Leon advances.
Nola lines one FAIR, called foul. Hits it hard again, 2nd baseman bobble it, Leon stretches,
Wet pops out, DROPPED AGAIN, everyone is safe on the lines
Swine is imploding!
Wet caught stealing
5-1 LSU
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Top 8
Robinson hits on
McKinney on to pinch run
Eibner gets a hit
Carver smashes one to right, Snagged by Mikie!
Mormann warming for LSU
Bigham K’s, ofer
Vinson grounds out to Rittner
5-1 LSU
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Bottom 9
Davenport up to pitch
We’re here to fuck shit up
Watkins grounds out
Hanover hits a pop up off the wall, terribly played by McKinnely
Dean walks
Gibbs (batting righty) flies out, gave it a ride
Mahtook K’s
5-1 LSU
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Top 9
Swine 0-15 RISP
Rittner still on.
Kuhn grounds out
Cox flies out to Nola
Watkins makes a diving catch on the warning track!
5-1 LSU
FINAL
LSU WINS SERIES 2-1
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