Kentucky:

[earsky]

Forbes needed a reset and it looks like he got it. I was at most of those Fall games when his stuff was electric. Sat right behind home and watched him carve up everything in his path. Curve,slider and the fastball that he was locating.
He's always been the Friday guy. I hope the reset gets him throwing in the mid 90s again with that location. Jmo

 

[CardX]

That was some major disappointment last night. Not fun at all. Everyone, fans included, need to have short memories. On to a more important match up with FSU.

 

[CardX]

Perhaps I’m thinking outside the box, but UofL played so uninspired against UK, I wonder if it was intentional by Mac. A coaching move at a high but complicated level. Get them focused on FSU. It’s a huge, upcoming series. A midweek game against a mid level SEC team, fuggit about it.

Or, I could be in denial.

Regardless, the Cards must take this series.

 

[nccardfan]

Forbes (to me) is turning out to be a slightly better version of Hawks. Their upside is great. Their downside - third time thru the lineup and they start to lose it.

Not bad comparison although Hawks was a big time strikeout pitcher in HS, he had something like 80 strikeouts in over 70 innings at U of L, which is ok. Forbes has 69 strikeouts in only 43 innings. After posting a 8.31 ERA in 13 innings (which is not a lot) in his 1st full season of minor league baseball, looks like Hawks may be moved from a starter to the bullpen. Hope he figures it out.

 

[nccardfan]

Perhaps I’m thinking outside the box, but UofL played so uninspired against UK, I wonder if it was intentional by Mac. A coaching move at a high but complicated level. Get them focused on FSU. It’s a huge, upcoming series. A midweek game against a mid level SEC team, fuggit about it.

Or, I could be in denial.

Regardless, the Cards must take this series.

I select denial. I don't even know how a coach would intentionally tell his players to lay down (especially knowing the rivalry between UK) and just focus on the weekend. It was simply starting a decent pitcher hope he does well in 3 innings, your bats show up and your pitching keeps it close. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Thecycle27]

The staff has been wildly inconsistent back to back games they have given up 10 and 17 free bases. That is absurd. Now the guys they used weren’t regulars either. He was throwing the very bottom of the rotation besides the 1-2 guys.

In that regard yeah he decided he wasn’t going to use many if any of the regular mid inning guys.

 

[LeFors4Ever]

Perhaps I’m thinking outside the box, but UofL played so uninspired against UK, I wonder if it was intentional by Mac. A coaching move at a high but complicated level. Get them focused on FSU. It’s a huge, upcoming series. A midweek game against a mid level SEC team, fuggit about it.

Or, I could be in denial.

Regardless, the Cards must take this series.

I'd say maybe if it wasn't back to back years.

Remember last year, they were up 15-5 on us and we had some garbage run that made it close.

In our last 3 games against them they've outscored us 37-22. That's lackluster effort.

 

[earsky]

Now the guys they used weren’t regulars either. He was throwing the very bottom of the rotation besides the 1-2 guys.

I noticed that as well. I think once the game started to get away, Mac decided to rest everybody he thought would be in the mix this weekend. It was a game that loomed larger for uk than us. We need to get Forbes and Detmers back this weekend or it starts to slip away again. I don't see any other options...for this season.