Jump to content

Nebraska (30-15) vs. Minnesota (20-21) Series Game Thread

Bugeaters1
 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Bugeaters1 changed the title to Nebraska (29-15) vs. Minnesota (20-20) Series Game Thread
throwback

throwback

Posted
Posted

Big win - we just can't afford to lose Fridays, even when Sears is struggling a bit. Back to back tough outings for Worthley, but Daiss really bailed us out. Offense was very good with multiple 2-out and 2-strike hits. And for Caron to jump on the first pitch from a new reliever and just hit it back where it came from, rather than trying to do too much with it, was a brilliant approach to get us those insurance runs in the 9th. Nice to see the offense get off to a good start on the weekend.

 

Purdue wins, but all the other contenders lose, so we're a game back and tied for 2nd.

 

Probably need a sweep this weekend, but you can't win all 3 till you get #1. 😁

 

Hope Mac is sharp tomorrow and / or channels Brockett. 😁 Minny probably throwing its best starter Saturday.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
brfrad

brfrad

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, Bugeaters1 said:

I'm just watching it. Not sure if they are talking about the play at second. But it did seem to me that our runner wasw out.

 

It was a couple of strike 3's, called balls for them and strikes for us.  And Wortley's pick off where they thought they got the runner at 2nd, and he was called safe.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Bugeaters1

Bugeaters1

Posted
  • Author
Posted
It was a couple of strike 3's, called balls for them and strikes for us.  And Wortley's pick off where they thought they got the runner at 2nd, and he was called safe.
On the pick off play, I think the runner was safe.

Sent from my SM-S911U using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Bugeaters1 changed the title to Nebraska (30-15) vs. Minnesota (20-21) Series Game Thread
throwback

throwback

Posted
Posted (edited)

Very solid win again - manufactured a couple of runs early against a tough pitcher and then blew it open against the UM bullpen - went exactly according to script. Clark has been so good lately - kinda funny that we couldn't find a lefty that we trusted the first few weeks - even Worthley started slow - and all of a sudden Clark & Brockett are dealing, Walsh is back in the weekend rotation, Perry was a high leverage arm for a good chunk of the season, and Worthley has been our best reliever over the past several weeks.

 

Got the PU loss we needed, so we're tied for first heading into tomorrow. Would be big to still be tied for first heading into the final 2 weeks because I think we're regaining the confidence we had early in the season. Nobody in the B1G wants to play us coming down the stretch as our hitters are coming around again and our pitching staff continues to perform, even if it's a few different guys than were expected.

 

Up to #19 in RPI. Just gotta keep winning.

 

Edited by throwback
Link to comment
Share on other sites
brfrad

brfrad

Posted
Posted

Seriously,  it is beyond the time to start enforcing the rule of leaning into pitches.  The Minnesota batter is on top of the plate and stuck his leg out to get hit by a Christo breaking ball.  I guess one way to do it is to start throwing 93 right at his leg.  I bet he would get out of the way then.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
throwback

throwback

Posted
Posted (edited)

Ugh - just a brutal approach at the plate today. Lazy fly balls are never the answer, but especially against a team that kicks it around as much as Minny does. Make them field it and throw it. Kind of reminded me of what that soft thrower for Maryland did to us, as it felt like we chased a lot of high stuff again.

 

2 runs on a Sunday is going to be an L 99.9 % of the time. Really disappointing as we've been much better at the plate of late other than against elite pitching. We didn't see that today. 

 

We had a chance to really stamp ourselves as the favorites to win the league today. Going to be a tight race to the B1G title.

 

Probably ends our chance to host, too, save winning out plus at least getting to the final unscathed in Omaha.

 

I assume Brockett starts Tuesday - I wonder if he has it going well again whether we get him out of there after 3 or 4 innings and he gets the ball next Sunday. Or maybe we roll the dice and just give him the ball next Sunday. I'm good with either approach at this point. Walsh certainly isn't losing Sunday games for us of late -- the offense is doing that -- but he's not giving us the best chance to win either.

 

I liked Christo out of the pen today in a shorter burst - we probably just left him in there too long. Hopefully he can embrace that role the rest of the way.

 

Edited by throwback
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...