I know it’s standard practice to go with a closer in the 8th inning but I think that cost us the game this time. Too bad. Horton still was throwing 94 and getting strikeouts at a record pace. What was that last hit on him, the second of the game? Just a bad decision to pull him.
Pulling Horton
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I said the same thing. Why pull him when he is still effective to bring in someone who has not faced a better yet. Also the disconnect between Crooks and Trevin cost us the game. Crooks was not prepared for the pitches that came and it cost two runs.
That's a pure hindsight second guess. This is a guy coming off Tommy John early. He was on a 100 pitch limit, and that was pushing it. His breaking pitch wasn't moving and a guy who couldn't handle his fast ball just got a hit on a two strike breaking pitch. We lost that game on a bad, baserunning mistake, that especially a left hand batter should NEVER make. The irony is, if he'd been running where he should have been, the throw would have hit him and the original result would have been at least as favorable for us.
It was the right move for Skip to remove Cade. OUr closer was really OUr only reliable reliever in the playoffs. He didn't get it done. It happens. Ole Miss was just a better team. Considering the large strike zone, he should have been able to get five outs. He couldn't. Layers of Ole Miss pitchers did over two days. We just got beat. OUr hitters just couldn't get it done with a strike zone going the pitchers' way against a quality pitching staff. Over two days, we sent 15 batters to the plate to start the game, both days in the first five innings. They didn't get it done.
It was the right move for Skip to remove Cade. OUr closer was really OUr only reliable reliever in the playoffs. He didn't get it done. It happens. Ole Miss was just a better team. Considering the large strike zone, he should have been able to get five outs. He couldn't. Layers of Ole Miss pitchers did over two days. We just got beat. OUr hitters just couldn't get it done with a strike zone going the pitchers' way against a quality pitching staff. Over two days, we sent 15 batters to the plate to start the game, both days in the first five innings. They didn't get it done.
OR we could have been leading in the 9th and gotten beat their last at bat. Still don’t understand how they had so many more asses in seats than OU in Omaha
Because OU baseball doesn't get great support. If we had hosted a regional, the stands would have been half full. Maybe it was gas prices.
Lots of blame to go all around. The last 2 games we looked lost just going through the motions. Reminded me of TBOW's last year at OU.
G Man, this is the equivalent to winning a Natty in Football to them. Same with Miss State last year and would have been the same if Arkie had won it.
G Man, this is the equivalent to winning a Natty in Football to them. Same with Miss State last year and would have been the same if Arkie had won it.