Game thread UH@Southeastern LA - Thursday-GAME 1 (W 6-3)

Bottom 4th

Leadoff single ends the perfect game. Steal and a walk follow. Double play moves the runner to 3rd with 2 outs. Single brings home a run…Coogs lead 4-1

T5…UH leads 4-1

Top 5th

Hollis with a 1 out single, but that’s it

M5…UH leads 4-1

Wichita State seems to be the argument against RPI being a valid metric. They’ve got a lot of wins against low 100+ RPI teams this year which is probably more luck than anything. They’re also good at winning weekday games where they’re 10-3 and have knocked off Top 30 RPI teams Okie State twice and OU. They didn’t play a team higher that RPI 108 on the weekend in OOC play and went 15-1 against that schedule.

Once they got into conference and actually faced good teams and those team’s top pitchers, they were exposed badly.

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Bottom 5th

Leadoff single and he makes it to 2nd after being picked off, but a dropped ball allows him in safely. Walk and a sac bunt put runners on 2nd and 3rd. Hit by pitch loads the bases. Lockhart makes a great play to stop a grounder and get the batter at 1st. Run scores…Coogs lead 4-2

Cumbie Ks the last batter to escape any further damage

T6…UH leads 4-2

Top 6th

New pitcher for SELA

Coogs down in order.

M6…UH leads 4-2

Bottom 6th

Cumbie bookends 2Ks around a walk and a popout.

T7…UH leads 4-2

Top 7th

With 1 out, SELA goes to the bullpen

Coogs down in order

M7…UH leads 4-2

Bottom 7th

Back-to-back singles to lead off the inning. Sac bunt moves the runners to 2nd and 3rd. Looney goes to the pen; Carter Henry on to pitch

Henry induces a shallow pop fly to hold the runners for out #2. He then gets a foul out to Lockhart to escape the jam.

T8…UH leads 4-2

Top 8th

Davis with a leadoff single, but is out trying to stretch it to a double. Coogs get nothing else.

M8…UH leads 4-2

Bottom 8th

Easy 1-2-3 inning for Henry

T9…UH leads 4-2

Top 9th

2 out walk for Bielo. Padgett double scores Bielo from 1st…Coogs lead 5-2

Triolo single plates Padgett…Coogs lead 6-2

M9…UH leads 6-2

Bottom 9th

Leadoff single. Another single puts runners on 1st and 2nd. Hit by pitch loads the bases and brings the tying run to the plate with no outs. Double play gets two outs; run scores, runner to 3rd…Coogs lead 6-3

Looney goes to the pen and calls on Pulido

Groundout to Hollis ends it.

COOGS WIN!!! 6-3

Nice businessman-like win for the Coogs over a pretty good team. Back at it again tomorrow at 6 pm for the last regular season game.

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Bats have really woken up the 2nd half of the season. Bielo’s been a big part of that, but Padgett’s emergence after struggling early has been great to see. Even Lovelace has been getting it going lately. Team is really hitting its stride with the postseason on the horizon…could be a very tough out.

https://twitter.com/UHCougarBB/status/997312245787918341

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https://twitter.com/UHCougarBB/status/997302007185723392

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Coogs up to 49th in RPI on WarrenNolan.com

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Is that dirt or all turf on that field?

Turf

Yeah I guess that speaks to my low expectations for them as much as anything. I was also surprised how much their fan base gets into baseball. Although everything Wichita is so geared around WSU I’m not too surprised.

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And there’s something else to do in Wichita?

Wichita is struggling with a top 5 pick nearly all baseball mock drafts. Next year should be rough even with a coaching change.

I would make the HC change now.

"4. White Sox: Alec Bohm, 3B, Wichita State

Chicago has gone the college route with its first pick in each of the six previous seasons (Tim Anderson was a junior college guy, to be precise), and there’s no reason to think it’ll deviate from that philosophy. Bohm has serious power and controls the zone well, though some see a move to first base in his future. If Bohm is gone, Madrigal is in play, as is Swaggerty from the offensive side. College arms still on the board who could be considered are South Florida’s Shane McClanahan or Stetson’s Logan Gilbert."