(SB) Ongoing UF Softball Commentary

I think there is no clear #1 pitcher. I'm guessing Keegan starts out game 1 and if she does well then we see her Sunday but I'm guessing we see at least 3 to 4 pitchers. We have yet to see one look good 7 innings..which is fine just not what we had last year! Walks and HBP will be a momentum killer as LSU is notorious for speed.

 

Did someone actually say bench her?

Move her down in the batting order is what I read by manny posters and doing that is typical - we moved Kendra all the way to the 9 hole last year and earlier this season, Kobe was down in the 5 hole.

It is a strategy that is used all the time in bat and ball sports.

 

Agreed. But he seems to be primarily using her as a closer. She got very few innings the previous series. I think he knew she needed some work coming into this weekend's series. In any event, I always enjoy watching her pitch. That girl isn't yet close to coming into what she will be. She just needs some time and innings (and more help from her defense than she has gotten to this point).

 

Yes. There is a whole thread about it. The original poster has come back and said, "I stand corrected."

 

Well there a thread literally titled "Time to sit Shumaker"....so yeah

 

Rothrock had about as bad as start as you could possibly have in game 1 last weekend, and still came back to start game 3. That tells me the staff absolutely view her as our #1 when she is healthy.

 

More trivia. We had the most unusual win over LSU last year. I don't score games, but I bet this one was difficult.

Game went to extra innings, Skylar Wallace was up to bat with a runner on 3B. Wallace struck out again, but the catcher dropped the third strike.

Skylar ran to first and was safe due to a bad throw, scoring the runner from 3B.

It was a walk-off strikeout.

 

I thought the same. Another opportunity to get her legs underneath her heading into postseason, we certainly will need her at/near her best. I trust CTW knows what he’s doing however. After all he gets a well deserved six figure salary for softball whilst I earn nothing but eye rolls and disagree bacons from you all

 

Useless information I guess but absolutely fascinating to me at least. I love history.