2017 Season Thread

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Thu May 04, 2017 2:23 pm

azcat49 wrote:Agreed. Hopefully with Cloney out it forced guys to step up(like both Ming and Deason did). Who closes from both sides though?

Probably a mixture of Flynn, Gomez, and Megill.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri May 05, 2017 7:39 pm

Batcats down 1-0 in the third. Cloney on the bump tonight in a must win game IMO

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri May 05, 2017 7:53 pm

2-0 bad guys going to the bottom of the third

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri May 05, 2017 8:04 pm

Gotta get these 2 runs in here.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri May 05, 2017 8:05 pm

And there we go!

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri May 05, 2017 8:09 pm

Yep new game now. 2-2 into the fourth

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri May 05, 2017 8:48 pm

Cats lead 3-2 now in the 6th but UDub has the lead off guy on

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:08 pm

Some poor defense leads to 2 UDub runs and they now lead 4-3

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Fri May 05, 2017 10:37 pm

Cal Stevenson may have seriously just saved the season.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat May 06, 2017 6:07 am

So true Choo. We were great in 1 run games last year but this year we have really atruggled. Maybe this gets us on a little run. Ming tonight. Go cats

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat May 06, 2017 10:25 pm

Guys won again tonight 3-1. Cameron Ming pitched a complete game. Cats take the series and go for the sweep tomorrow.

SirClinks · Post by **SirClinks** » Sun May 07, 2017 9:09 am

Im going to the game today. Probably will be the last nice day game before summer.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun May 07, 2017 9:21 am

Big game today. If we can sweep and get back to .500 that would be huge. I strong close could allow us to host a first round playoff series. Deason needs to throw darts today

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun May 07, 2017 2:33 pm

Bottom of the 6th and it's 5-4 bad guys. Matijevic bad just tked it up with a 2 run bomb and we let them score on a wild pitch

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sun May 07, 2017 3:28 pm

Matijevic hit another 2 run bomb and brought us within one run. We reward his fantastic play by giving up an error and a triple to extend UW's lead to 9-7. Pitching has pissed this one away.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun May 07, 2017 4:21 pm

Cardiac Cats do it again!!

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sun May 07, 2017 4:21 pm

Arizona came back to win 12-11. Down 4 at the bottom of the 9th and scored 5 runs, unbelievable!

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun May 07, 2017 4:25 pm

What a great win by the bat cats!

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun May 07, 2017 4:56 pm

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue May 09, 2017 7:16 am

4 OOC games this week starting with ASSU tonight. They had the 5 guys leave the program so they could rallye together or implode. Hopefully we put a beat down on them but good.

Then for some reason we scheduled a series ACROSS the country against Charleston. That seems odd to me. If we can get all 4 this week that would put us at 35 wins with a chance at 40 in the regular season

Puerco · Post by **Puerco** » Tue May 09, 2017 10:26 am

Holy shit, that pitcher must feel like... Well, like shit.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue May 09, 2017 10:29 am

Arizona up to 17th in the polls.

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1" target="_blank

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue May 09, 2017 6:38 pm

Faulkner got the start tonight and went 1 and 1/3. Two runners on for ASSU and JJ with the short hook as he brings in Megill who has been pretty good.

He gets a K and then a groundout to end the threat. Still no score

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue May 09, 2017 6:47 pm

Cat pitching has been a bit loose at the start of this one.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue May 09, 2017 7:37 pm

3-0 scum in the bottom of the 4th. Second time through the order so we need to get going

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue May 09, 2017 8:06 pm

Now 3-1 devils who have a runner at 2nd with 2 outs. We have brought in Rio Gomez to stem the rallye but he gives up an RBI single to make it 4-1 going into the bottom of the 5th

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue May 09, 2017 8:18 pm

Rivas with the bomb and we're all tied up at 4!

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue May 09, 2017 8:27 pm

Beat me to it Chi. New life for the cats. Let's open the flood gates and crush these mental midgets

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Tue May 09, 2017 8:43 pm

Gomez walks a batter, gives up a single, and then a triple. ASU up 6-4. This team just has nothing resembling pitching outside of Cloney/Ming.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue May 09, 2017 9:02 pm

9-4 scum. Looks like the,attrition that had thus week has allowed the team to rallye together

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Tue May 09, 2017 9:04 pm

azcat49 wrote:9-4 scum. Looks like the,attrition that had thus week has allowed the team to rallye together

Nah, we just have absolute shit pitching.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Tue May 09, 2017 10:24 pm

Naturally we tie it up 10-10 in the 8th and pitching is about to give it away in the 9th, because that's what our pitching does best.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Tue May 09, 2017 10:36 pm

Welp gave up 4 runs in that inning, 14-10 and we're going to need another 5 run walk off.

In the last two games Arizona pitching not named JC Cloney and Cameron Ming have given up 34 hits and 25 runs. That's pretty bad.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue May 09, 2017 10:48 pm

Winning run at the plate. Come on Cats!

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue May 09, 2017 10:50 pm

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Tue May 09, 2017 10:52 pm

Yep naturally we rally in the 9th and bring it to 14-13 and fall just short. Pitching can not give up 4 fricken runs in the top of the 9th after we rally to tie the game. That just can not happen. This team just does not have the pitching to make it deep into the tournament.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Wed May 10, 2017 7:07 am

Yeah disappointed at the back end not this staff. We used Gomez (spot starter ), Flynn (had high hopes for this guy) and Medel (who I think JJ was hoping would take Mings spot as closer) and no one was effective.

The scum are a top 100 RPI team but no way should we have given up 4 in the 9th. After the rallye in the 8th that closer knows he needs to put up a zero.

We know Cloney and Ming can give us 9 but Deason has not shown that nor do we have a closer we can count on

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Wed May 10, 2017 7:48 am

Thankfully that was our last mid-week game of the season. I honestly have no idea what this team is going to do in the postseason when both Cloney and Ming need rest. Our best option is just to outscore the competition. It's honestly a shame to waste this awesome group of bats that we have with this group of pitchers. Jay certainly tried with the influx of JUCO guys. I had high hopes for both Megill and Faulkner, but neither have been even remotely consistent. We have 3 more weekends until the postseason, I don't think the odds are that good of finding a consistent third starter and a closer at this juncture.

EVCat · Post by **EVCat** » Wed May 10, 2017 2:41 pm

The postseason sometimes finds pitching you didn't expect. Gamers. People who get a 2nd chance after the regular season. That happened to a certain extent last year. Ming was a part time #3, Cloney was getting killed by fans and even carried that into the postseason vs ULL. Then, suddenly, he is a killer, and Ming becomes an inning-eating stud. Megill is the most likely to flip a switch, but yeah...we either have to win the first 3 games of every double-elim bracket, or find someone out of nowhere...

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Wed May 10, 2017 3:14 pm

Did that game go over 5 hours? My DVR stopped recording at 10:30 when it was 10-10 so I missed it

27 runs 33 hits

wow

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri May 12, 2017 3:25 pm

Cats playing in Charleston in front of lots of family for Matijevic. In his first at bat get he goes yard to raise his average to .418 on the season. 1-1 in the second, cats still batting. Cloney on the bump for us

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Fri May 12, 2017 4:21 pm

Naturally since that Matijevic homer we can't get a hit on their 5.00 ERA pitcher, in fact he continues to strike out the vast majority of batters he's seen since. Down 3-1 now. In general this has been a very frustrating team to watch.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri May 12, 2017 4:58 pm

Yep especially lately. Hopefully we are not looking past these guys

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Fri May 12, 2017 5:54 pm

Who knew Randy Johnson reincarnated into a random pitcher at College of Charleston? Arizona loses 3-1 and CoC's pitcher struck out 13 in a complete game effort.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat May 13, 2017 8:02 pm

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat May 13, 2017 8:15 pm

Woo-hoo, nice win by the cats. This team beat Coastal Carolina this week so a series win on the road this late in the year would look good.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun May 14, 2017 1:43 pm

Cats get the series win 6-0 as Cody Deason throws 6 plus innings of shut out ball. Go 4-2 over the next 2 weeks and we will host a regional

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Mon May 15, 2017 5:34 pm

Big series this week against the scum. Last 6 to try and host that regional first round.

Saw a stat that had the PAC #4 in strength of conference with the Big 12 first followed by the SEC and then the ACC. Anyone buying that?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu May 18, 2017 5:38 pm

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu May 18, 2017 6:20 pm

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