And The Valley Shook - SERIES THREAD: 2015 College World Series LSU Tigers Blog of the Week for 52,136 Weeks in a Row and Countinghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46725/andthevalleyshook_fave.png2015-06-19T09:14:27-05:00http://www.andthevalleyshook.com/rss/stream/85398262015-06-19T09:14:27-05:002015-06-19T09:14:27-05:00CWS Recap: LSU 4, TCU 8
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<figcaption>... and then the Legend was gone. | Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
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<p>The one about managing your pitching staff</p> <p>That day could have gone better. A disastrous day for off-the-field news for LSU football was then capped off by the baseball team getting thrashed in Omaha. It was a series of gut punches throughout the day, and by the end of it, LSU fans were reaching for the bottle even more than we usually do.</p>
<p>In the end, the baseball team is precisely what they thought they were. Before the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-world-series">CWS</a> started, <a href="http://www.andthevalleyshook.com/2015/6/12/8770749/what-could-go-wrong">we outlined the four biggest obstacles to LSU's chances of winning the title</a>. To save you the trouble of going back and reading that link, the four obstacles were, in order, 1) The Third Starter, 2) The Bullpen, 3) The Ballpark, and 4) The Coach.</p>
<p>As it turned out, all four factors came into play. Nailed it! So while this was one of the more depressing ends to an LSU baseball season, primarily due to the team's lofty ranking all season and its real potential of taking home the hardware, it also wasn't too much of a surprise. This was a fundamentally flawed team and looking back on the season, it's a miracle that they managed to post such a gaudy record.</p>
<p>That is a credit to the team. This was a great LSU team even if they fell short of the ultimate prize. Still, they were a blast for most of the year, and they ran roughshod over the toughest conference in America. That still means something. The fact they did it without a third starter and a shaky bullpen makes it all the more remarkable.</p>
<p>However, once you get to Omaha, you cannot hide your flaws as easily. Tournament play has a way of exposing the holes in your roster. And to quote from that preview I warned you not to go back and read:</p>
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<p>Some teams seem built for the loser's bracket and its high demands on your staff (see TCU's near endless supply of pitching depth). LSU is not one of those teams. LSU's roster advantage is lost the moment it loses a game and gets sent to the loser's bracket.</p>
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<p>LSU could not afford to lose one of its first two games. The moment Poche' got knocked out of Sunday's start, this was all just delaying the inevitable. LSU did not have the pitching depth to come out of the loser's bracket.</p>
<p>Now, Mainieri certainly didn't help things with his bullpen usage. It's not that LSU lacks talent in the pen, it's just that it lacks consistency. His only hope of navigating the loser's bracket was to find a hot hand in the bullpen, and ride that arm to victory, or at least as far as that guy will take you.</p>
<p>Joe Torre is one of the all-time great postseason managers not just because he was blessed with a copious amount of talent (though he was), but because he managed each game as if it was the last game of the season. He didn't worry about tomorrow today. He threw everything he had into winning one game, because a win is more valuable than a tomorrow that may never come. Mainieri managed with an eye towards the next day, and because of that, he lost the battle he was currently fighting.</p>
<p>Twice, Mainieri stumbled upon a hot hand in the bullpen. Hunter Newman came in with the bases loaded and gave up a big single, but then he struck out the next two batters to prevent further damage. The following inning, he got three outs in four batters. He wasn't quite in cruise control, but he was keeping us in a 3-3 game. Mainieri pulled him for Austin Bain, who would uncork a wild pitch, two walks, and a balk before giving up a 2 RBI double that ended up being the margin of victory.</p>
<p>Still, the game wasn't entirely out of reach. Doug Norman came into the game in the 6<sup>th</sup> inning with LSU down 6-3. He struck out two and got the other out on a comebacker to the pitcher. Mainieri responded to the clean slate by lifting him for Jesse Stallings, who promptly gave up two runs, effectively ending any chances of a comeback.</p>
<p>Twice, the baseball gods smiled upon LSU and one of the relievers appeared to have the goods that night. And both times, Mainieri spit in the baseball gods face, lifted the pitcher, and suffered the consequences. The whole point of Johnny Wholestaff is maybe to stumble into the guy who has the hot hand that night. Maineiri ignored that, and each time, it led to a big inning.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Jim Schlossnagle found his hot hand and responded by sitting back and eating another apple. Mitchell Traver struggled in the 1<sup>st</sup> inning, but got out of trouble, allowing only one run. He gave up two more in the 3<sup>rd</sup>, so when he walked a batter in the 4<sup>th</sup>, Schlossnagle did not hesitate: he went to the bullpen and brought in Trey Teakell.</p>
<p>Teakell responded by getting the next 13 batters out, on only one strikeout. Really, he didn't do anything amazing on the mound. He just did what LSU pitchers couldn't. He threw strikes and let his defense make outs. He was cool, efficient, and utterly effective. And Schlossnagle didn't look a gift horse in the mouth and despite the lack of overwhelming stuff, he left the guy dominating the LSU lineup in the game.</p>
<p>He rode the hot hand and the baseball gods smiled. And LSU's trip to Omaha ends in tears again.</p>
https://www.andthevalleyshook.com/2015/6/19/8812085/cws-recap-lsu-4-tcu-8Poseur2015-06-18T22:36:40-05:002015-06-18T22:36:40-05:00LSU Eliminated
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<p>Put this season in the books</p> <p>We'll have a full recap tomorrow, but LSU's time in Omaha came to an end tonight, as the Tigers meekly went down to TCU again 8-4 behind some anemic offense and truly bizarre pitching usage by Paul Mainieri. There is not a whole lot positive to take out of the game, as LSU again was completely dominated by the Horned Frogs.</p>
<p>LSU did finally break its winless streak in the new TD Ameritrade, so this year's trip to Omaha isn't a total loss. But this was an LSU team that was #1 for almost the entire year. Almost the entire lineup is going to turn pro over the next few weeks, and we could have a near total rebuild on our hands, save for the genius that is Alex Lange on the mound. It appears that the window for this team will likely close for a bit.</p>
<p>LSU lost today and the rebuild starts now. Enjoy the offseason. At least now we can give the full ATVS focus towards next year's football team and... (checks twitter)... oh. What an awful day for LSU sports.</p>
<p>Everything sucks. We'll have more later.</p>
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<strong>G7:</strong> #2 LSU def. Cal State Fullerton, 5-3<br><em>Cal State Fullerton eliminated</em>
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<a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=210154891" class="ARTICLELINK">Recap</a> | <a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/cws/2015/g7/g7box.pdf" target="_blank" class="EXTERNALLINK">Box Score</a> | <a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/id/2578133/size/condensed/" target="_blank" class="EXTERNALLINK">Watch Replay</a><a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?DB_OEM_ID=5200&v=PE6w7Bfosa8" target="_blank"><br></a>
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<strong>G8:</strong> #6 Vanderbilt def. #7 TCU, 1-0</td>
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<strong>G9:</strong> #4 Florida def. #5 Miami, 10-2<br><em>#5 Miami eliminated</em>
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<p>Winning feels good</p> <p>The old joke goes something like this: What do you get when you play a country song backwards? You get your house back, your job back, and your wife comes home.</p>
<p>Well, LSU found out what happens when you play Sunday's game backwards. While Sunday's game started off so promising and then quickly went off the rails, today's elimination game was the complete opposite. The game could not have had a worse start, and then suddenly LSU bounced back and turned this into a huge win.</p>
<p>First off, let's give tons of credit to Paul Mainieri. The M.O. on Mainieri is that he is a passive game manager, and through inaction, he lets the game get away from the team sometime. Well, he went completely against type by announcing radical changes to the batting lineup. He moved Bregman to the leadoff spot, Scivicque to the 3-hole, Sciambra to the middle of the order, and Laird all the way back to the 8-slot.</p>
<p>This was either a move to give a struggling offense a much-needed kick in the pants, or this was the ultimate panic move. The important thing is that Mainieri opened himself up to a whole host of criticism. This was not managing to avoid second guessing, this was sticking your neck as far out as one could.</p>
<p>The moves paid off. Bregman got on base the first four times at the plate, including leading off the inning on three different occasions. Sciambra went 2 for 3 before being lifted for a pinch hitter. And Scivicque and Laird each had multi-hit outings and the only two extra base hits of the game. Mainieri took a risk, and that risk paid off in spades.</p>
<p>However, the offense had to share the spotlight with Alex Lange, who salvaged an awful 1<sup>st</sup> inning into a brilliant complete game start. Lange gave up four hits (including a triple), a walk, and three runs in the opening frame. LSU dug itself an immediate 3-0 hole and would have to play from behind, not one of the offense's top attributes.</p>
<p>Not only did the offense come through rather quickly, only waiting until the third inning to explode for four runs off of six hits, but Lange made sure that outburst would hold up. After that disastrous first, he pitched 8 more innings, allowing two hits, one walk, and no runs while striking out ten.</p>
<p>LSU needed its stars to play like stars, and that's precisely what they did. Bregman was a near impossible out while also making a seemingly unending number of putouts in the field. Scivicque opened up the scoring with his RBI single, and would late score the late insurance run after his booming double. But Alex Lange was the guy who shone brightest of all.</p>
<p>Lange took a struggling team and put them on his back. He got stronger as his pitch count got higher, which is not supposed to happen. Fullerton never even threatened after the opening frame, meekly going down, one for their last twelve. The lone hit in the final three frames was a two-out single wedged between three consecutive strikeouts.</p>
<p>Now, the real work begins. LSU won't have its ace pitcher to rely on the rest of the way through the loser's bracket. The Tigers must find a way to beat the TCU-Vandy loser once and then the winner twice. All without the best player on the field today.</p>
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<p>But that is tomorrow's problem. Today, it was all about avoiding going oh-for-TD Ameritrade. LSU hasn't tasted Omaha's barbecue just yet, but it did finally taste victory for the first time in this park. It tasted great. Time for seconds.</p>
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<td style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;" valign="top">7 p.m.<br>2 p.m.</td>
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<strong>G4:</strong> #6 Vanderbilt def. CS Fullerton, 4-3<br><em>(game susp. Sunday in B6, resumed Monday)</em>
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<td style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;" valign="top">4:20 p.m.</td>
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<strong>G5:</strong> #5 Miami def. Arkansas, 4-3<br><em>Arkansas eliminated</em>
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<td style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/cws/2015/g5/g5box.pdf" target="_blank" class="EXTERNALLINK">Box Score</a></td>
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<td style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;" valign="top">9:10 p.m.</td>
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<strong>G6: </strong>Virginia def. #4 Florida, 1-0</td>
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<td style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/cws/2015/g6/g6box.pdf" target="_blank" class="EXTERNALLINK">Box Score</a></td>
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<td style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;" valign="top">2 p.m.</td>
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<strong>G7:</strong> #2 LSU vs. Cal State Fullerton</td>
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<a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2578133/NCAA-College-World-Series-(Game-7)?DB_OEM_ID=5200" target="_blank">Watch</a> | <a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2599293/Multicam-NCAA-College-World-Series-(ESPN3-Surround)?DB_OEM_ID=5200" target="_blank">Multicam</a> | <a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbasebl.html?event=1432367&school=cs&sport=mbasebl&camefrom=&startschool=&" target="_blank" class="EXTERNALLINK">Stats</a> | <a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?DB_OEM_ID=5200&v=PE6w7Bfosa8" target="_blank">Postgame</a> | <a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lsusports.net/live" target="_blank" class="EXTERNALLINK">Listen</a>
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<strong>G8:</strong> #6 Vanderbilt vs. #7 TCU</td>
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<a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2578134/NCAA-College-World-Series-(Game-8)?DB_OEM_ID=5200" target="_blank">Watch</a> | <a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2599294/Multicam-NCAA-College-World-Series-(ESPN3-Surround)?DB_OEM_ID=5200" target="_blank">Multicam</a> | <a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbasebl.html?event=1432368&school=cs&sport=mbasebl&camefrom=&startschool=&" target="_blank" class="EXTERNALLINK">Stats</a> | <a style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?DB_OEM_ID=5200&v=NnQZMrSkzp8" target="_blank">Postgame</a>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;">2 p.m.</td>
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<strong>G1: </strong>Virginia def. Arkansas, 5-3</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;"><a class="EXTERNALLINK" target="_blank" href="http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/cws/2015/g1/g1box.pdf" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Box Score</a></td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;">7 p.m.</td>
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<strong>G2: </strong>#4 Florida def. #5 Miami, 15-3</td>
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<a target="_blank" href="http://www.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbasebl.html?DB_OEM_ID=5200&event=1432362&school=fo&sport=mbasebl&camefrom=&startschool=&" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Stats</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?DB_OEM_ID=5200&v=8zq9HOoWDiE" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Postgame</a>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;">2 p.m.</td>
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<strong>G3:</strong> #7 TCU vs. #2 LSU</td>
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<a target="_blank" href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2578120/NCAA-Baseball-TCU-vs-LSU-(CWS-Game-3)?DB_OEM_ID=5200" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Watch</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2599289/Multicam-NCAA-College-World-Series-(ESPN3-Surround)?DB_OEM_ID=5200" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Multicam</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbasebl.html?DB_OEM_ID=5200&event=1432363&school=fo&sport=mbasebl&camefrom=&startschool=&" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Stats</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?DB_OEM_ID=5200&v=iGinpTa2VyI" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Postgame</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://www.lsusports.net/mediaPortal/player.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&catid=0" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Listen</a>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;">7 p.m.</td>
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<strong>G4:</strong> CS Fullerton vs. #6 Vanderbilt</td>
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<a target="_blank" href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2578125/NCAA-Baseball-Cal-State-Fullerton-vs-Vanderbilt-(CWS-Game-4)?DB_OEM_ID=5200" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Watch</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2599290/Multicam-NCAA-College-World-Series-(ESPN3-Surround)?DB_OEM_ID=5200" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Multicam</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbasebl.html?DB_OEM_ID=5200&event=1432364&school=fo&sport=mbasebl&camefrom=&startschool=&" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Stats</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?DB_OEM_ID=5200&v=Was0XeXVhdc" style="font-family: arial; color: #220c54; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Postgame</a>
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