TheReff
Rod Griffin
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Deacs win, but good lord
What happened to our great relief pitching? Geez
Deacs win, but good lord
The second game today was shortened to 6 innings due to curfew (which apparently means no inning can start after 5:15 on Sunday)? That sucks.
We were getting smoked. Down 10-2. I doubt it made a difference
And the series at Virginia, which was shortened to 3 games in a 24-hour window.Agreed. It just kind of sucks how much the series was altered by weather.
If we don't make the ACC Tournament again this year then Walters needs to be let go.
It's pathetic to not even make a conference tournament with presumably what will be a back-to-back ACC POY, and 2x AA.
I would never ever intentionally walk the bases loaded in a one run game, unless the batter with two on was Barry Bonds and Steven Hawking was on deck. A walk, catcher's interference or HBP ties the game. Also, it puts additional pressure on the pitcher to throw strikes which makes it easier to hit. FWIW, I would never intentionally walk the winning run on base either.
If we don't make the ACC Tournament again this year then Walters needs to be let go.
It's pathetic to not even make a conference tournament with presumably what will be a back-to-back ACC POY, and 2x AA.
It's "Walter," not "Walters."
The next three series present a tough stretch for the Deacs for sure, but I checked the records today and perhaps they aren't in as bad of shape as I initially thought. ACC records of teams they've already played is a combined 23-25. The record of ACC teams remaining on their schedule down the stretch is a combined 31-33 (after the UL - VT game finishes tonight).
Weird thing is, the toughest three series are at home: Florida State (7-1), UNC (6-6) and UL (9-3). The road opponents are NC State (5-5), Boston College (3-7) and Virginia Tech (1-11). Not sure if that plays out well for the Deacs or not.
It was the bottom of the 9th and 2 outs. A guy on first, 3rd runner is of no use to ND, the game is over before he would score, and does potentially help Wake to get a force play and WIN!