Game Two OSU
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I don't know what happened to Matthew and maybe after witnessing the train wreck that was IU over the weekend, he is under his doctor's care. After two straight games where pitchers with so-so numbers completely dominated IU and had career games including personal best with the strikeouts, we started this game out by striking out seven times in our first nine at-bats against a pitcher that had never started until today and had an ERA of over 3.80. We had the bases loaded with no outs in the 4th and managed to plate just one run, and this has been par for this team of late. I don't know how many times we swung at balls at the ankles or in the dirt to start this game.
Yeah, I agree with that as OSU hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire in this game, which is a good thing for us, obviously.
I haven't been able to watch a lot of games, but we do chase a lot bad pitches.
I wonder what the season total will be for runners left on base and left in scoring position.
All we needed was a fly ball out of Barr to score a run, and he strikes out for the third time today. Fortunately, Toetz came through with a single to score an insurance run. IU up 2-0 going into the 9th.
Thank goodness the streak is broken and we salvaged one game from the pod. IU wins 2-0. The game wasn't a thing of beauty for both teams. but we did just enough to win it.
Kugler kept mentioning on the broadcast that IND was in the L5I for the tourney entering today. Does this help?
Yeah, they mentioned it several times and I'm somewhat surprised we are still being mentioned in their projection. I haven't been to the D1baseball site since that came out, but they aren't the NCAA so who knows what they are thinking. If we can somehow win the series at MD maybe that will affect the thinking with the selection committee, but like I posted a couple of days ago, I certainly wouldn't bet the farm on it. Needless to say and IMO, taking that series is the only thing we have left than can possibly move us into consideration for a spot in the the field.
That’s been a serious issue with these guys. Not a lot of clutch in our lineup
Hahaha, no, I was not put under doctor's care. I was writing an article right before the game started and when I finished, I was playing catch up. I also was on driving duty right around the seventh inning to pick up the food we ordered for takeout—a busy day.
I'll be doing the live thread for the upcoming Maryland series and if IU makes the field of 64.
