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I agree. It's not looking goodRadar is showing lots of red around 5:30. These storms are popping up. Maybe a double header tomorrow.
Totally agree! Very disappointing!Seen it all season. McDonnell staying with a pitcher he should have pulled and giving up multiple runs due to it.
Now the Cards are down 5 runs in the 3rd inning and there's no excuse about tired arms as only Prosecky pitched out of the bullpen yesterday.
McDonnell is managing this game like it's early in the season. I just don't understand it. Makes no sense.
OMG! Sean Moth? The guy who announces football, volleyball, etc. He’s a sports announcer and I guarantee you by some of the things he’s says “that’s outside for a strike” and other things, he doesn’t know 1/10 of what Dan knows. Everyone knows there is so much preparation for a starting pitcher, that you don’t just pull him everytime they get off to a bad start. Secondly you don’t plan on failure and have another guy immediately available. You tell them they are in relief but you don’t bring him in until he’s ready. Pitchers success is based on prep and confidence.Sean Moth sees and knows as much about this UL baseball team as anyone outside the coaching staff, and I value his observations. While he cannot express criticism of CDM during his broadcast; in a more subtle manner, Sean is repeating some of the exact same concerns that posters are typing about our pitching staff. As Sean noted yesterday, out of the first 10 pitches that Carter threw, 8 were balls. In other words, with a fresh arm and numerous warmup tosses ……. he clearly had no control of the strike zone, and that should have been evident well before the UVA lead-off batter stepped into box. Rushing has a pretty good indication of whether the pitcher is ready or not, and I suspect that he knew Carter was unable to get into the strike zone before that first pitch.
I understand that EKU is no UVA, but there were 6 or 7 pitchers prepared and contributed to that weekday win, and for the most part each one was ready when they came in. More importantly, other were available if one was struggling. When it was obvious that any one pitcher has no control, Williams needs to be prepared to make the change quickly. The 5-0 deficit should never have occurred, as Sean recognized after the first 10 pitches that Carter should have returned to the dugout in the 1st inning with runners on 1st and 2nd, and still no score.
Do you really believe if this was a regional game, McDonnell would have left Lohman in the game after that 1st inning? It was very fortunate that only 2 runs scored thanks to Humphrey throwing out a runner at home plate.OMG! Sean Moth? The guy who announces football, volleyball, etc. He’s a sports announcer and I guarantee you by some of the things he’s says “that’s outside for a strike” and other things, he doesn’t know 1/10 of what Dan knows. Everyone knows there is so much preparation for a starting pitcher, that you don’t just pull him everytime they get off to a bad start. Secondly you don’t plan on failure and have another guy immediately available. You tell them they are in relief but you don’t bring him in until he’s ready. Pitchers success is based on prep and confidence.
It's one thing walking batters on close pitches and it's another thing when pitches aren't close to the strike zone. Lohman had to throw batting practice fastballs to even get it in the zone and he was having difficulty doing that.I will just respond and say the next two guys after Lohman did not fare any better. Now you have a bullpen worrying in the back of their mind if I walk a guy I’m gonna get the hook. As a pitcher or any player it’s a difficult situation to overcome.