Houston College Classic - #14 Texas A&M, Hawai'i, #7 LSU

[hskrfan4life]

Fly out to end game

 

[ColoradoHusk]

NU goes down 2-1. Encouraging on the pitching side, but the hitting slumps continue.

 

[hskrfan4life]

Tough game but Sinclair pitched well. A shame to lose but need to regroup and win tomorrow. Can't lose to Hawaii. Win that one and try to win Sunday against LSU.

 

[ColoradoHusk]

Hopefully Spring will be here to stay in the Midwest so NU can go back home and get the bats warmed up.

 

[Mavric]

I'm no baseball expert but I don't understand bunting a guy from second to third with the second out of an inning.

He was probably trying to reach via a bunt for a base hit. It's not a sacrifice, but if the guy is a good bunter with speed, then it's worth it sometimes to bunt with 1-out.

I understand that but it's pretty high-risk, low-reward in my book.

It's trading two chances to get a hit for the chance at scoring with a sacrifice fly or a hit (best case) or one chance to get a hit (worst case).

I'm sure there's analytics that say I'm wrong but it just seems odd to me.

Analytics hate the bunt in baseball (at least MLB), but in college there are lot more fielding errors, so it is sometimes worth it for weaker hitting guys.

I guess Reveles is only hitting .216. Figured our #2 guy would be swinging the bat a little better.

#2 guys are typically guys who can handle the bat well, get sacrifices down, and be a good hit-and-run guy. Erstad likes to play small ball, so I'm not shocked with Reveles' hitting that low.

Agree but usually the guys who can handle the bat well are guys who hit for a decent average but not a lot of power.

I guess when you only have four guys batting over .250 your options are limited.

The whole team except for Boldt has been slumping this season.

Schleppenbach and Headley are both hitting .350+ but it drops waaaaay off after that.

 

[Mavric]

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[hskerholic]

I live in Des Moines and have Direct tv and I have accesse to Root Sports SW on channel 674 so for those of you who want to check and see if you can watch the game.

 

[Mavric]

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[hskrfan4life]

Game is about to start.

 

[hskrfan4life]

base hit for Hawaii.

 

[hskrfan4life]

Sac bunt by Hawaii, advances runner to second. Strikeout for Kubat for the second out.

 

[hskrfan4life]

Kubat issues a walk. Two on two out.

 

[hskrfan4life]

An error by Reveles, who threw a high ball to Schreiber, bases loaded, two outs.

 

[hskrfan4life]

A pop out to Reveles to end the inning. Heading to the bottom of the 1st 0-0 tie. Due up for Nebraska: Schleppenbac (2B), Schreiber (1B) and Boldt (CF).

 

[hskrfan4life]

Schleppenbac strikes out.