2025 Season Thread

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:00 pm

I don't know what it is about GCU, but they really seem to have our number.

Hope we're more prepared for ASU on Friday.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:00 am

Been playing like dog doo lately. Nothing good, hitting or pitching. Left to many on base last night but giving up 11 runs will not win any games.

Meanwhile ASSU has moved into D1’s top 25 so hopefully we can burst their bubble and win the series and get a point for the T Cup

TheCatInTheHat · Post by **TheCatInTheHat** » Wed Apr 02, 2025 4:18 pm

We're definitely in a funk without Summerhill. Without really looking into it, I was tempted to say GCU does really well in Tuesday games when we're saving our weekend pitchers. But, they've played a fairly tough schedule themselves. And the game was somewhat in doubt until they shelled Pluta in the 8th. I know it's kind of nice to sort of casually slot them into Tuesday games, and I gather they've been pretty accommodating with scheduling. But, just as they've improved in hoops, they've come along in baseball. So, I don't know if it's really desirable or not, but maybe the time has come to play them home-and-home in alternating years in three-game weekend series.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Apr 04, 2025 9:37 pm

Cats beat the scum 8-5 tonight. Down 4-1 and we got 4 to take the lead. Devils tied it up but we got 3 in the 7th to basically close it out. Need this series bad

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Fri Apr 04, 2025 9:47 pm

Nice win. Keep the momentum going into tomorrow.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Fri Apr 04, 2025 9:57 pm

Great comeback by the Cats tonight. Very fun to watch.

TheCatInTheHat · Post by **TheCatInTheHat** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 7:10 am

Very cool! Maddox Mihalakis with a HR, SB, and 4 RBI, Aaron Walton with a HR, Casey Hintz gets the win in relief, and Garrett Hicks gets a save. It was ASU's biggest crowd at Muni since moving there. And the Cats have clinched at least a tie in the regular season series, with two chances to win it, or to even get the sweep.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 8:41 am

I would not be opposed to moving our Friday guy(McKinney) to Saturday and sliding Kromkowski to Sunday and moving Smith Bailey to Friday.

Bailey has the best stuff of the three and seems to go deeper more often. Those short Friday stints McKinney is giving us is taxing the staff

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:02 pm

Wildcats take game two vs. ASU, 5-3 and secure the series win!

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:07 pm

Doesn't get much better than Duke losing, and us beating ASU and OSU.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:18 pm

Let’s get that sweep.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:40 pm

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 8:14 am

Tonight’s game is at 5pm I think and it’s on ESPIN2. Going for the sweep and our 6th win in a row ver the scum. Plus you can get a look at Smith Bailey

Post by **UAdevil** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 6:02 pm

Cats looking good in the 4th! 3 run homer!

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 7:46 pm

Good thing I switched to White Lotus…

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 7:49 pm

UAdevil wrote: Sun Apr 06, 2025 6:02 pm Cats looking good in the 4th! 3 run homer!

And the wheels just completely fell off after that. Awful end to the series.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Apr 06, 2025 8:14 pm

Bummer way to end a good series, losing 8-4 after giving our pitchers a 4 run lead.

Good thing is we only have one series left vs the top 5 teams in the conference. If we play like we can we should grab most of those series and fatten our record

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Apr 08, 2025 11:21 pm

Pitching was awful but thankfully the bats came through.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:34 pm

Big home series with Oklahoma St at home starts tonight. They were the preseason favorite and just swept Kansas St at home who was leading the conference.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:29 pm

We tied it up in the 9th, but unfortunately they scored two runs in the 10th as we lose 4-2.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:43 am

Hopefully Summerhill will be back soon.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:51 am

It was a very disappointing loss if you watched it. We struggled in the field and made some boneheaded plays out there. Lost a ball in the lights and wasted our Friday night guys best outing of the season.

Their guy had been clobbered by left handed hitters our our lefties went 0-17. We only mustered 3 hits, all by Walton and just never hit anything going.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 5:07 pm

Anyone going to the game tonight might run into Tommy Lloyd!

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:40 pm

Offense was much better tonight with the Cats winning 5-1!

Let's take the series tomorrow!

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 2:58 pm

We should've put the game away in the top of the 9th, but we walk it off in the bottom of the inning to take the series!

Now if our bats could just wake up a little earlier in the game.

TheCatInTheHat · Post by **TheCatInTheHat** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 3:01 pm

Guzman hitting into a DP at a bad time, but Mihalakis with the two-out walk-off single to bring in Walton from third. Cain went 3-3 with a triple and a couple of RBI. Bailey went 5.0 IP with 6H and 3 ER. Hicks went 4.0 IP with 3H and 1 ER.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 3:08 pm

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 3:24 pm

Blown save in the 9 th is concerning but way to walk it off. GCU at home this week then off to BYU

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:54 pm

Not only did we finally break the losing streak, but we run-ruled GCU!

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 11:32 pm

mofo · Post by **mofo** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 9:23 am

Will be nice getting Summerhill back. It may take him some time to get back into the groove. We've gone 8-5 overall and won 2 of the 3 conference series since he went down and are still ranked, so good on the guys for holding down the fort in his absence.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:13 am

We have road series wins vs both West Virginia and ASSU, two of the top 5 schools. We have a home series loss vs a middle of the road Baylor team. Our schedule softens up this week as we go to last place BYU so we really need a sweep or at worst another series road win

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 1:44 pm

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 2:08 pm

KaibabKat · Post by **KaibabKat** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:48 pm

Oops. Must have been the altitude.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 7:11 pm

Yeah that was a terrible outing. Hope the next two days go better.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Fri Apr 18, 2025 8:22 pm

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:09 pm

Cats take the series! Great comeback.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:01 pm

Good win but they are a pretty pedestrian team and we struggled in every game. Hopefully with Summerhill coming back we can be a bit more explosive.

Bark at the park this Tuesday then off to Lubbock to play Texas Tech. Back to back road trips

TheCatInTheHat · Post by **TheCatInTheHat** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 11:47 am

Considering the loss of Summerhill, I'm pretty satisfied with how they've done. I'd love to wallop and sweep every team with a sub .500 league record, even on the road, but we're just not that dominant team. It was COLD in Provo, and they're obviously more used to that. 3 series errors on the Cats. I also think BYU gets up for us. Maybe it's their media playing-up our student section chants at their teams during home football or basketball games. Whatever.

White had a great series, hitting .428 with 2 HRs.

So we've got the roadie at TT, TCU, Utah, and finish up at Houston. Except the big series with TCU at Hi Corbett, the other three are all sub-.500 in conference.

Meanwhile, what is the deal with West Virginia? They've played a cake non-conference schedule (1 loss.) Their 3 total conference losses are 2 to us, and 1 at Provo. 2 games at Oklahoma St were rained out, and they've led a charmed life with their conference schedule draw to date.
They're left with a roadie at UCF, TT, at K-State, and Kansas.

Should be an interesting ride down the stretch.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:06 pm

No one would ever convince me that the conference didn’t do its best to make sure the new PAC 12 Four didn’t win the conference in the big three sports.

The unbalanced schedule really makes it tough to even the SOS between contenders. West Virginia by far has played the easiest schedule and we have played the toughest.

Oh well, it’s all about hosting a regional and winning a regional as the next step in the Chip Hale era

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:34 pm

Summerhill likely to return Wednesday.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 6:22 pm

Welcome back Brendan!

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 6:41 pm

He is going to be our next first round draft choice this year. A shame he missed so many games. He is the best player in the XII I think. Could have been POY

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun Apr 27, 2025 3:23 pm

Summerhill hurt again.
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azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:02 pm

Drop two of three in Lubbock. Probably will hurt our chance to host. Must win series against high RPI TCU this weekend.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:57 pm

Our only hope is if Summerhill's MRI comes back with good news. Otherwise we may be limping to the finish line.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Tue Apr 29, 2025 9:55 pm

Well, not great Summerhill news, but not terrible. This guy just can't seem to catch a break.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri May 02, 2025 5:54 am

Huge series tonight with TCU as both teams are battling to host a regional. They have a slightly higher RPI after we dropped the series to Tech. They are also one game ahead of us in the standings (no one will catch WVU).

We are moving Kramkowski (our Saturday night guy) up ahead of McKinney. He has better stuff and has pitched very well this year do hopefully we get a quality outing and the bats come alive.

Summerhill could be on the 30 man roster for pinch hitting duties so that would be a plus. Let’s pack the juice box.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat May 03, 2025 5:14 am

Huge opening night win last night 6-3. Aaron Walton who we got from Stanford hit two dingers and Kramkowski went 5 innings but didn’t get the win. We moved up 4 spots in the RPI to 21 and TCU is at 19. Need this series

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