2016 Season thread

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 5:21 pm

Couldn't ask for a better start.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 5:23 pm

Irish27 wrote:Couldn't ask for a better start.

Exactly.

Main Event · Post by **Main Event** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 5:25 pm

Beautiful

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:10 pm

Bannister pitching very well. Let's hope it continues.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:22 pm

Huge trouble now

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:25 pm

Escape with only 1 on the board. Pitch count pretty high though, and Miami's pitcher has kept his count very low considering the long first inning.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:31 pm

Let's go!

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:31 pm

Great start to open the 5th.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:34 pm

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:36 pm

prh wrote:Escape with only 1 on the board. Pitch count pretty high though, and Miami's pitcher has kept his count very low considering the long first inning.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:44 pm

that;s a great response after giving up a run.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:49 pm

Nice!

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:51 pm

I guess Bannister has one inning left.

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:10 pm

100 pitches through 6, still looking good. With a 4 run lead, I think he goes out for at least another inning.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:13 pm

prh wrote:100 pitches through 6, still looking good. With a 4 run lead, I think he goes out for at least another inning.

Agree.

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:16 pm

Ming was warming up earlier. I expect that we'll see him in relief tonight.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:18 pm

I wonder if Johnson will pitch Dalbec tonight.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:25 pm

That's some good pitching.

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:28 pm

Good night for Bannister. If needed, he could probably come back for a loser bracket game on the 22nd. 117 pitches I think. Hope we throw Dalbec in game 2.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:29 pm

Ming should pitch the next inning.

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:35 pm

In in time to see the last couple of innings. Bonus.

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:37 pm

Blue is calling that outside pitch a strike that's two balls off the plate.

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:39 pm

wyo-cat wrote:Blue is calling that outside pitch a strike that's two balls off the plate.

Yep but Bannister's gotten a bunch of them tonight. I think tonight is a great example of throwing strikes early gets you more borderline strikes than if you struggle to locate early.

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:46 pm

prh wrote:
wyo-cat wrote:Blue is calling that outside pitch a strike that's two balls off the plate.
Yep but Bannister's gotten a bunch of them tonight. I think tonight is a great example of throwing strikes early gets you more borderline strikes than if you struggle to locate early.

Right. Bannister's control really helped him tonight. I'm cool with a big strike zone as long as it's consistent, and it was.

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:47 pm

Ming looked sharp - keep it up!!!

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:53 pm

So prescient Wyo, you brought up the zone about 10 minutes before they did. Thanks goodness KP pointed out the college zone is bigger than MLB, and k-zone is the MLB

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 8:00 pm

Let's hope Ming can have an easy 9th.

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 8:01 pm

The UofA chant comes in loud and clear.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 8:02 pm

Huge win!!!

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 8:03 pm

Survive and advance (in style)!!

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 8:03 pm

Talk about an underdog season that is hot at the right time. Get ready for the Cowboys.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 8:04 pm

F*cking great pitching tonight

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 8:21 pm

Okie St will be tough. Keep it up cats

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 9:18 pm

Irish27 wrote:I wonder if Johnson will pitch Dalbec tonight.

He's likely the pitcher on Monday night.

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 9:24 pm

ChooChooCat wrote:
Irish27 wrote:I wonder if Johnson will pitch Dalbec tonight.
He's likely the pitcher on Monday night.

I don't think the game on Monday will be any harder than playing #3 Miami. The Cats will still be the big underdog. The Cats should not even have made it to the super-regional, so the games are all on house money. Just play loose and let the chips fall where they may. And more importantly have fun.

EVCat · Post by **EVCat** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 11:25 pm

Cameron Ming is the most valuable player of this run that few are talking about...

He just deals. lots of 3 strike ABs. Too advantage of an ump all in black, especially in on the left box. It is consistent all night.

We are looming great. We need to respect our runs more, though...let's end this being thrown out by 6 steps on the bases. Never make the 1st or 3rd out at 3rd base, especially when you were slow out of the box on a survival swing that stayed fair. That was 6-1. That could matter.

Was good to see us back to small ball, but I truly think we can rake with any team here...HiC just dictates how we play.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 1:18 am

Dude, you are nails.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:39 am

ChooChooCat wrote:
Irish27 wrote:I wonder if Johnson will pitch Dalbec tonight.
He's likely the pitcher on Monday night.

I think Cloney starts and if they have a lead going into the late innings, we could see him.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:59 am

Irish27 wrote:
ChooChooCat wrote:
Irish27 wrote:I wonder if Johnson will pitch Dalbec tonight.
He's likely the pitcher on Monday night.
I think Cloney starts and if they have a lead going into the late innings, we could see him.

Recent postseason pitching rotation certainly suggests otherwise. It definitely seems like Bannister and Dalbec are 1 and 2 right now (refer to Mississippi State series) with Ginkel likely leading the way for #3.

With Ming making his mark as a closer, Dalbec has moved back into the starter role and has been plenty effective in said role.

At this time of year you have to go with your hot arms. Cloney got worked against Louisiana Lafayette, while Dalbec has been terrific, and winning tomorrow is ridiculously important. If we win tomorrow then we wouldn't have to play again until Friday and Bannister would be on 6 days rest. Lose tomorrow's game and we're stretching out the pitching rotation pretty thin.

prh · Post by **prh** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 11:12 am

ChooChooCat wrote:
Irish27 wrote:
ChooChooCat wrote:
Irish27 wrote:I wonder if Johnson will pitch Dalbec tonight.
He's likely the pitcher on Monday night.
I think Cloney starts and if they have a lead going into the late innings, we could see him.
Recent postseason pitching rotation certainly suggests otherwise. It definitely seems like Bannister and Dalbec are 1 and 2 right now (refer to Mississippi State series) with Ginkel likely leading the way for #3.

With Ming making his mark as a closer, Dalbec has moved back into the starter role and has been plenty effective in said role.

At this time of year you have to go with your hot arms. Cloney got worked against Louisiana Lafayette, while Dalbec has been terrific, and winning tomorrow is ridiculously important. If we win tomorrow then we wouldn't have to play again until Friday and Bannister would be on 6 days rest. Lose tomorrow's game and we're stretching out the pitching rotation pretty thin.

100% agree. Dalbec has been incredible this postseason. Like they said last night, there are times when instead of thinking "how to win this game," you're thinking "how do we win it all?" Like people have said, we're playing with house money, and the way JJ coaches aggressively, I can't help but think he'll keep doing that.

Everyone talks about winning the first game, but nobody (except for KP) talks about winning the 2nd game. That 2nd game is just as important as the first. Last night they said only 3 teams have lost the first game and then won it all (all recently in fact). But, since they switched to the 2-pod bracket in 1988, only 2 teams have ever lost their second game and won it all (88 and 89 in fact). So since 1988, all but 5 champions have won the first two games (and only 3 since 1990).

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 2:10 pm

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 3:25 pm

http://www.scout.com/college/arizona-st ... lts?page=1" target="_blank

prh · Post by **prh** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 3:37 pm

It's funny how they think we weren't any good and got lucky in 2012. We had the best offensive team in the country, backed by a great defense, and a pitching staff that had talent but hadn't put it all together (Kurt had but Konnor hadn't found as much consistency as he had talent).

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:13 pm

How about that SEC. #1 Florida gets beat 2-1 by Coastal Carolina and will play Texas Tech in an elimination game. Nice day for there school as Dustin Johnson is from there and he won the US Open today.

All national seeds lost in their first game and are in elimination games.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:01 am

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:46 am

Huge game tonight. Win and we get Bannister back for the pod clincher on Friday with 5 days rest. I would assume we throw Dalbec but I wonder if we let him just pitch or keep his bat in the lineup. It seems lately we have let him just concentrate on pitching on this days he starts

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:53 am

Yep it's official, Dalbec is getting the start tonight.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:54 am

azcat49 wrote:Huge game tonight. Win and we get Bannister back for the pod clincher on Friday with 5 days rest. I would assume we throw Dalbec but I wonder if we let him just pitch or keep his bat in the lineup. It seems lately we have let him just concentrate on pitching on this days he starts

Yep, start Dalbec at pitcher, put Kyle Lewis at 3B, Alfonso Rivas at LF.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:59 am

ChooChooCat wrote:
azcat49 wrote:Huge game tonight. Win and we get Bannister back for the pod clincher on Friday with 5 days rest. I would assume we throw Dalbec but I wonder if we let him just pitch or keep his bat in the lineup. It seems lately we have let him just concentrate on pitching on this days he starts
Yep, start Dalbec at pitcher, put Kyle Lewis at 3B, Alfonso Rivas at LF.

I wonder what our offensive production on average is with that change. Dalbec has power but man he strikes out A LOT. Okie St scares me more that the U did. They play in a tough conference and have been hot all postseason. They have not trailed in the playoffs yet.

Hoping Dalbec will be dealing ala his Mississippi St outing tonight

prh · Post by **prh** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:45 pm

Cool article about Robby Medel. Most people will just recognize #34 who's always having fun in the dugout.
http://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcat ... 9e5bb.html" target="_blank

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