USF - Mercer Baseball

[Ricky the Bull]

Vega has already served up 2 HRs and Mercer lead 3-0 in the top of the 2nd.  Brutcher got on base via a HBP in the bottom of the 1st, but got caught stealing.

[bowman1]

Just checked the stats - 5-1 Mercer bottom of the 5th

Hopefully USF can rally 

[Cubanbull]

Still no pitching outside of Orion and Jaziak. Lose 14-6

[bullsfan27]

If we are going to have another run like last year we have to find a 3rd pitcher. We won’t make a run with only jasiak and Orion. We started out like this last year and turned it on late march so hopefully we can do it again but we have to find a decent 3rd pitcher as jasiak and Orion can’t pitch everyday 

[Brad]

3 in Bot 9 to win it!!!

[Cubanbull]

7 hours ago, Brad said:

3 in Bot 9 to win it!!!

Jasiak pitched today.

[CousinRicky]

8 hours ago, Cubanbull said:

Jasiak pitched today.

That's interesting. Maybe a change in philosophy. Know last year we pitched pretty well on Friday's but lost a lot of games because we faced the opponent's #1 guy. So now we put our best guy out on Sunday figuring he'll get more run support??? Didn't work yesterday until the 9th.

[Cubanbull]

2 hours ago, CousinRicky said:

That's interesting. Maybe a change in philosophy. Know last year we pitched pretty well on Friday's but lost a lot of games because we faced the opponent's #1 guy. So now we put our best guy out on Sunday figuring he'll get more run support??? Didn't work yesterday until the 9th.

Not sure if that was the reasoning. Jasiak hadn’t pitched in awhile. If they were going to use that tactic, then they would use Jasiak and Orion in games #2 and #3. Using Orion in game #1  basically is the same as using Jasiak.

We still have done horrible outside those two,keep waiting for some to improve and step up, but so far is pretty bad outside those two.

[Dave_Glaser]

11 hours ago, Cubanbull said:

Jasiak pitched today.

But something is up with him. They only let him go into the fourth and throw about 60 pitches. It may be time to make Hunter Mink a starter. What good is having him as the closer if we can't get to him. The three guys on the staff who can get people out consistently are Kerk, Jack and Hunter. Maybe give Lord a shot as the closer instead - flip/flop those two guys.

Oh, and softball is a paper tiger. Great record, but only if Corrick is pitching. She's dominant, but that's all they have.

Edited March 21, 2022 by Dave_Glaser

[olafberserker]

Jaziak missed the last two Friday night starts due to injury.  Word was he experienced more "soreness than usual" after his last start a couple of weeks ago,  but "it was not considered serious".   To quote the person that told me this "at least that's what they told us".   My guess is that his short appearance on Sunday was due to pitch count and working back towards is normal Friday spot in the rotation.

Lord was scratched late on Saturday for "precautionary reasons".   Again, not considered serious.  We shall see.

Pitching is going to look rough when 2 of your top 3 are injured.   Also appears that Grause, a freshman who was looking good, is injured since he hasn't seen the mound in a couple of weeks.

This look's eerily similar to early season concerns last season (except we have won more games this season) and it turned out pretty well.   I have faith in Mohl doing what he does.