GAMETHREAD: LSU @ Arkansas (3GMS)

LSU

Rhymes
Hanover
Jones
Mahtook
Nola
Dozar 1B
Katz
Edward LF
Ross

ARK

Morris
Reynolds
Kuhn
Robinson
Ficociell
McCann
Bigham
McKinney
Carver

STRONG WINDS coming in from right

Baxendale up

Rhymes lines into left, single
Hanover singles into left, runners on the corners
Jones K
Mahtook HBP (after looong at-bat) bases loaded
Nola K
Dozar grounds out to SS

0-0

Baxendale threw 33 pitches that inning(!)

McCune up

Morris K
Reynolds K
Kuhn lines out to left

0-0

Baxendale up

Katz K
Edward lines into left, single
Ross grounds to SS, bobbled, single, runners on the corners
Rhymes walks, bases loaded
Hanover K
Jones K

GAAAAAH!

0-0

McCune

Robinson singles into center
Ficociello sac bunt, runner to 2B
McCann pops out to center
Bigham HBP, runners at the corners
McKinney up, runners steals 2B, K

0-0

Baxendale up

Mahtook K
Nola into center, single
Dozar pops out to left
Katz lines into right, single, 2 on
Edward grounds out to 3B

0-0

McCune up

Carver grounds into center, single
Morris sac bunt, runner to 2B
Reynolds grounds out to 2B, runner to 3B
Kuhn K

0-0

Baxendale up

Ross K
Rhymes singles into center
Hanover grounds out to 2B, runner to 2B
Jones pops out to center

0-0

McCune up

Robinson walks
Ficociello sac bunt, moves the runner to 2B
McCann pops out to right
Bigham HBP, 2 on
McKinney K

0-0

Baxendale up

Mahtook pops out to 3B
Nola lines into right, single
Dozar grounds into 2B, DP

0-0

McCune up

Carver pops out foul to right
Morris K
Reynolds HBP
Kuhn pops out to SS

0-0

KKKKKK

Baxendale up

Katz

After a pitch, Baxendale pulled for a blister, Astin up

Katz pops to center
Edward K
Ross grounds into left, single
Rhymes grounds out to SS

0-0

McCune up

Robinson K
Ficociello homers to left
McCann HBP
Bigham, runner thrown out stealing at 2B, to the wall in left center gap, triple
McKinney K

0-1 Hogs

KKKKKKKK

Astin

Hanover grounds out to SS
Jones K
Mahtook K

0-1 Hogs

Eades warming

McCune up

Carver lines at Dozar, bobbled, error, single
Morris sac bunt, runner to 2B
Reynolds up, Ross trys to pick off runner going for 3B, throw goes into left, runner scores, pops out to center
Kuhn grounds out to 3B

0-2 Hogs

Astin

Nola lines into center, single
Dozar HBP, 2 on
Katz pops out to left, Nola thrown out trying to take 3B

Astin out, Sanburn in (leading closer, 4 saves on the year)

Edward K

0-2 ARK

McCune up

Robinson K
Ficociello pops out to left

McCune out, Eades up

McCann lines into left, single
Bigham grounds into left, single, 2 on
McKinney up, double steal, lines out to 1B

0-2 ARK

KKKKKKKKK

Sanburn up

Ross Watkins walks
Rhymes grounds out to 2B, DP
Hanover grounds out to 2B

X

2-0 Arkansas FINAL

GM2 7pm Saturday

LSU gets 10 hits, leaves 11 on base

whole lotta changes

LSU

Watkins LF (Edward out)
Hanover
Rhymes
Mahtook
Nola
Katz
Jones
Dozar 1B
Snikeris C

ARK

1. Bo Bigham 2B (.321, 20 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 9 RBIs, 9-13 SB)
2. Matt Reynolds 3B (.287, 25 R, 7 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 16 RBIs, 8-8 SB)
3. Collin Kuhn LF (.292, 19 R, 5 2B, 3 HR, 20 RBIs, 12-14 SB)
4. Sam Bates DH (.269, 2 R, 4 2B, 4 RBIs)
5. Kyle Robinson DH (.327, 23 R, 2 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 26 RBIs)
6. Dominic Ficociello 1B (.343, 13 R, 12 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 27 RBIs)
7. James McCann C (.299, 18 R, 5 2B, 4 HR, 17 RBIs)
8. Jarrod Rice LF (.200, 3-15, 1 r, 1 2B, 2 RBIs)
9. Tim Carver SS (.208, 15 R, 1 2B, 6 RBIs, 11-11 SB)

Kyle Peterson and some guy on ESPNU

Moore up

Watkins grounds out to 1B
Hanover grounds out to SS
Rhymes pops out to center

0-0

Gausman up

Bigham pops out to center
Reynolds pops out to right
Kuhn pops out to center

0-0

Moore up

Mahtook off the left wall, single (slipped running to 1B)
Nola grounds out to SS, runner to 2B
Katz up, Mahtook picked off at 2B, off the left wall, sliding safe double, Katz tweaks his wrist on the slide but stays out there
Jones grounds out to SS

0-0

Gausman

Bates off the left wall, double
Robinson grounds out to SS, runner stays at 2B
Ficociello walks
McCann up, runners move on a WP, pops out to SS
Rice grounds out to the mound

0-0

Moore

Dozar walks
Snikeris Ross sac bunt, moves the runner
Watkins K
Hanover grounds out to the mound

0-0

Gausman

Carver grounds out to SS
Bigham grounds into left, single
Reynolds K
Kuhn up, runner steals 2B, runner picked off stealing 3B

0-0

Moore

Rhymes grounds out to 1B
Mahtook walks
Nola up, mahtuque steals 2nd, grounds off the pitcher but right to the 2B for a toss out at 1B, runner to 3B
Katz pops out to SS

0-0

Gausman

Kuhn grounds to SS, Nola misses it, throw not in time, single
Bates up, pick off at 1B goes wide, runner takes 2B, K
Robinson pops out to SS
Ficociello K

0-0

Moore

Jones walks
Dozar up, Jones steals 2B, walks

ARK goes warm somebody

Ross grounds to SS, DP

0-0

Gausman

McCann lines out to center
Rice grounds to SS, throw not in time
Carver up, runner moves on WP, grounds out to SS, runner to 3B
Bigham up, runner on 3B TRIES TO STEAL HOME!? out by a mile

0-0

Daniel up for ARK

Hanover pops out to center
Rhymes grounds out to SS
Mahtook K

0-0

Gausman

Bigham grounds to SS, throw goes wide, single
Reynolds pops to the mound, runner stays
Kuhn K, runner takes 2B
Bates K

0-0

Daniel

Nola pops out to center
Katz pops out to right
Jones K

0-0

Gausman

Robinson grounds out to SS
Ficociello grounds out to 2B
McCann lines into center, single
Rice grounds out to 2B

0-0

Daniel

Dozar K
Ross walks
Watkins grounds out to 2B, runner to 2B
Hanover pops out to 1B

0-0

Carver grounds out to 3B
Bigham grounds out to SS
Reynolds grounds to SS, hanover runs in front of it but pulls up last minute, nola cant field it, single
Kuhn up, runner gunned down at 2B

0-0

Daniel up

Rhymes pops out to left
Mahtook grounds to 3B, bounces off 3B into left, single
Nola singles into left, 2 on
Katz LINES INTO RIGHT! TO THE WALL! THROW HOME NOT IN TIME! SCORES 2 on the triple
Jones SQUEEZE BUNT!, KATZ SCORES!
Dozar K

3-0 LSU

why would you leave berry in there? he didn’t look comfortable from the first pitch. he hung like 4 breaking balls in a row. terrible by PM by not taking him out

Berry up

Kuhn HBP
Bates up, runner steals 2B, single into left, runner scores
Robinson pops out to right
Ficociello up, runner steals 2B, singles into right, runners on the corners
McCann homers to deep left, scores 3, ball game

4-3 Arkansas, takes series, GM3 at 1pm on Cox Sport

Let him pitch in the 9th and leave him in until he gets into trouble.

There’s only one way to break a slump, and it’s not by sitting on the bench

The LSU RECORD HOLDER FOR SAVES WAS NOT PITCHING FOR THE BIGGEST SAVE OF THE YEAR

Thats as clear-cut as it gets. Now, you refuse to play the best closer your school has ever had, and you can bet you’re bottom dollar this is going to effect Berry. So since you won’t play either, you don’t have a closer.

This “that’s baseball” excuse is over. We have lost 8 OF THE LAST 11 SEC SERIES

I don’t want answers, I want results

One of Berry’s first pitches almost hit the batter in the head, and then he did actually hit the batter a few pitches later. He never looked the least bit comfortable out there on the mound and even the commentators were saying that he just didn’t look right. I completely blame PM for not taking him out. He should have pulled him after he beamed the first batter. But he left him in and he proceeded by giving up 2 base hits that scored one and left runners on the corners. Then, one of ARK best hitters came to the plate and he pitched like 10 sliders in a row. The batter crushed one foul after the first hanging breaking ball, then he just fouled off the second hanging breaking ball. After that, it was like PM wanted to lose the game. Everyone there and everyone watching knew what was going to happen, he hung another breaking ball and it was crushed for the game winning HR. It was like watching a car crash in slow motion. I don’t like baseball too much and rarely ever watch it, there is just no other sports around to keep me busy. But I could even tell that after that first pitch almost hit the first batter in the head, that something was wrong with Berry and he needed to get out of there. If I can pick that up as an ignorant fan, why couldn’t our Million $ manager not see it. PM surely has made some very questionable calls so far this year that is certainly not sitting with the fans too well. I’m definitely not saying he needs to go, but he needs to get his act together or we won’t be in Hoover at the end of the year (which is just embarrassing). With the play of baseball as of late and the constant embarrassment that is basketball, football seems like our only hope for major sports. Can’t wait til Fall!!

LSU

Rhymes
Hanover
Mahtook
Nola
Katz
Jones
Edward LF
Cunningham 1B
Ross

ARK

Bigham
Reynolds
Bates
Robinson
Ficociello
McCann
Vinson
McKinney
Carver

LHP Randall Fant (1-2, 2.88 ERA, 25 IP, 14 SO/6 BB, .188 opponent BA)

Fant up

Rhymes walks
Hanover pops out to left center
Mahtook grounder that just dies behind the mound, single, 2 on
Nola pops out to center
Katz K

0-0

Alsup

Bigham pops out to right
Reynolds grounds out to SS
Bates walks
Robinson walks
Ficociello grounds out to 1B

0-0

Fant

Jones pops out to right
Edward grounds out to 3B
Cunningham pops out to right

0-0

Alsup

McCann grounds out to 3B
Vinson off of left center wall, double
McKinney HBP
Carver pops out to 1B
Bigham grounds to SS, easy toss out at 2B

0-0

Fant

Ross pops out to center
Rhymes K
Hanover grounds into left, single
Mahtook up, Hanover picked off at 2B

0-0

Alsup

Reynolds pops out to center
Bates walks
Robinson up, runner steals 2B, pops out to left
Ficociello lines to SS, off nola’s glove into left, runner scores, single
McCann pops out to center

0-1 Hogs

Fant

Mahtook K
Nola grounds out to SS
Katz pops out to center

0-1 Hogs

Alsup

Vinson grounds out to SS
McKinney lines to center past mahtook, triple
Carver homer to left, scores 2
Bigham grounds out to 2B
Reynolds pops out to right

0-3 Hogs

Fant

Jones pops out to 3B
Edward K
Cunningham pops out to center

0-3 Hogs

Tyler Jones up

Bates grounds out to 2B
Robinson K
Ficociello pops out to left

0-3 Hogs

Fant

Ross grounds up the middle, single
Rhymes grounds into right, single
Hanover hopper to the mound, out at 1B, runners advance.
Mahtook Intentional walk, bases loaded

Fant pulled, Astin in (closed Friday)

Nola GRAND SLAM!
Katz walks
Jones up, Katz caught stealing 2B, K

4-3 LSU

Jones up

McCann lines past nola into left, single
Vinson walks
McKinney grounds out to the mound, runners advance
Carver grounds out to 2B, scores 1, runner on 3B

Jones out, Ott in

Bigham grounds out to 3B

4-4

Astin

Edward pops out to center
Cunningham grounds out to the mound
Ross K

4-4

Ott

Reynolds grounds out to SS
Bates K
Robinson walks
Ficociello lines out to 1B

4-4

Astin

Rhymes grounds out to SS
Hanover walks
Mahtook up, Hanover moves on a WP, singles into left, runner to 3B, mahtook thrown out trying to take 2B

Astin out, Lynch in

Nola walks
Katz K

4-4

Ott

McCann grounds out to 3B, ruled that 1B got pulled off the bag (total BS call) single
Vinson K
McKinney K
Carver up, balk call (BS) moves runner, pops out to SS

4-4

Lynch

Jones pops out to right
Edward K
Cunningham grounds up the middle, single
Ross K

4-4

Ott

Bigham grounds into the left corner, double
Reynolds, sac bunt, Hanover cant field it, runners on the corners
Bates Int walks, bases loaded
Robinson sac fly, throw home not in time, scores 1

5-4 Arkansas Final, sweep