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Double header today starts at 3 30.

 

One interesting decision Sully will have today with the double header will be at first base. Cags will be pitching tonight so that should keep him in the DH for both games. I look for Cags to be aggressive at the plate in the first game today since he went hitless Thursday. Riopelle will be behind the plate in the first game for Waldrep pitching. Bama will also be pitching a RHP for the first game and a LHP for the second. I would recommend Halter sit the first game against the RHP and start the second game at 3B against the LHP. Recall he hits LHP much better than RHP. So Shelnut could be at 3B for the first, leaving Fabian to start at 1B for the first game today. Maybe not ideal but its what we got.

If Heyman is still recovering does that mean Riopelle would catch both games? Probably not so look for Lastres to catch for Caglianone and Riopelle to play 1B in the second game. We are still wondering about Prevesk in the OF sometime today and Schiekofer isn't hitting it very well either right now. Hopefully Sully tries something different in one of the games today for the OF.

 

No deep dives for me tonight. We have the whole weekend to review the performances. But I will say this. We need to find a closer. Neely and Fisher are doing well but they are up and down and don't seem to fit the mold to me. Coppola is still a big unknown so we can only speculate. Maybe Hartzog needs another look at. Abner is another that is doing better. Nesbitt never pitched this weekend so he looks to be the midweek starter for awhile. At this point if Coppola comes back and steps right in as a closer he might be our best hope. Maybe....

 

Here's the article. I assume these comments are from Sully's presser after tonight's game. Hopefully the full PC will post soon.
Heyman, Langford progressing toward returns, Coppola suffers setback

 

It looks like the weather forecast for this Tuesday is looking much better. Hopefully we get to play in Tally and turn things around and hopefully get the bats going again.

 

In case anyone is wondering our batting comparisons over the weekend, here's how the starters did over the series. I'm only looking at hits and walks

Robertson - went 4 for 11 with 2 walks
Kurland - went 3 for 10 and no walks
Caglianone - went 0 for 11 with 1 intentional walk
Rivera - went 7 for 12 and no walks
Riopelle - went 2 for 10 with 1 walk
Evans - went 0 for 9 with 1 walk
Schiekofer - went 1 for 8 and no walks
Shelnut - went 1 for 10 with 1 walk
Halter - went 3 for 9 and no walks

Rivera got on 7 times, Robertson 6 times, Halter and Kurland each 3 times. That's 2 batters that only totaled 2 walks for the whole series. Not counting HBP for this one, but interesting to see Kurland leads the team with 11 on the season and more than doubles anyone else.

Looking ahead to Mississippi, the Rebels are struggling at Vandy, having lost their first 2 and about to get swept in Game 3 heading to the 9th. Their stats indicate problems with their pitching with most of their starters with an ERA above 5 and higher. Hopefully our bats wake up in Oxford.

 

The early returns from the scores this weekend make it look for us like the first 5 SEC series will be much easier than the last 5 series.
Alabama(1-2), Ole Miss(0-3), Auburn(0-3), Tennessee 0-2?, Georgia(0-3)
South Carolina (3-0), Missouri 2-0?, Texas A&M 0-2?, Vanderbilt (3-0), Kentucky (3-0)
Texas A&M to me is still an unknown since they are hosting LSU and ranked 15th (over rated going into the weekend).

 

When talking about the new run rule in the SEC, I remember someone researching it and said it wouldn't be a big deal and there would have only been a few all of last year if the rule would have been in place. I'm not trying to call anyone out, and don't even care who it was, but I think we've already had 2 the first weekend and it ain't even over yet. Seems like the run rule might be a coaches best friend to get out of there early when the opportunity presents itself. It will be interesting to see if this builds over time instead of just winning the series.