Friday Doubleheader: Baseball/Softball Open Thread
by Tydides on May 30, 2008 3:31 PM PDT
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PrintLet's start the good vibrations by mentioning that the men's golf team has already finished up the third round and will take a 3 stroke lead into tomorrow's final round. Someone fire up Alec Baldwin's Glengarry Glen Ross speech that Phil Jackson used to remind his players before Game 5 Thursday night that you must Always Be Closing.
We've got big time action coming up for our Bruins first in Baseball at 4 PM, where they will take on Virginia. After the must-win situations they've faced over the last couple of weeks, I don't think they'll be overlooking anyone, even if Cal State Fullerton looms large in their bracket.
Photo Credit: UCLA Athletics
After what is hopefully a Bruin victory, the Softball team will continue their march toward 103 against Arizona State at 6 PM (tentatively if last night was any indication). Our ladies will need to play their best ball, and come with passion, intensity, and unity to beat ASU tonight. This season, they have shown that they are up to the task.
Photo Credit: UCLA Softball Photostream
The wait is just about over. Let's get this started with an Open Thread.
GO BRUINS
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Baseball already up 1-0, in the top of the 2nd
Scored a run in the bottom of the first – Curtis doubled, Dunlap singled and Carrithers hit an RBI fielders choice.
I believe the game is on ESPN U for those of you near a TV.
1-0, middle 2nd
Murphy works around a 2-out double in the 2nd inning. Bruins up to bat in the bottom of the 2nd.
To the 3rd we go, 1-0 UCLA
1-2-3 inning for the Bruins bats in the bottom of the 2nd.
And on that note, it's
quitting time!!!! Hope the Bruins can add some insurance runs by the time I’m home.
now bases loaded no one out
chance to bust this open early
by bucknellbruin on May 30, 2008 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Hidden Ball Trick
It sure did. Absolutely awesome! Then, UVA singled, whchc would have scored a run to tie it 2-2. Then Murphy picked off the guy on first for out number 3!
Bruins up 2-1.
Kudos to ESPN for broadcasting these early rounds for those of us no longer in SoCal, for which UCLA baseball is a rare treat!
by orlandobruin on May 30, 2008 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
That run by Virginia
ended Murphy’s scoreless innings streak at 22.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 30, 2008 5:56 PM PDT reply actions
YES!!!!!
Decker hits a grounder to third base but the third baseman throws it away! Run scores from second and UCLA wins it 3-2!!! The walk off error!
Not sure if he threw it away . . .
Replay shows the 1st baseball having to look away at the last second because THE SUN WAS IN HIS EYES from the weird angle on the throw from between home and third. I think he might have got a glove on it if it was a night game. In any event, a BIG assist for the CA sunshine shining on the Bruins . . .especially after the Bruin error in the 8th in LF because the ball went into the shadows right before it hit the LF’s glove . . . poetic justice!
by orlandobruin on May 30, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
A win's a win
And that gives us a game tomorrow at 8 pm against the winner of CSF and Rider. Nicely.
You're right
Upon replay, the first baseman lost it in the sun and just ducked. It’s an E-3.
That was KD type coaching
Jelly overcame bad coaching decisions. Two intentional walks to load the bases with no outs?
Like running up the middle three times to gain no yards.
sjh
Woo...Jelly!
She gets out of it. Lineout back to the box, swinging strikeout and a popout to shortstop!
Seldin Dominates when
she gets ahead of batters and can pitch the corners and up and down.
Making her walk people makes her throw strikes.
She’s great. Don’t do that to her again!
sjh
There's
no point in risking extra base runners, especially the first IBB.
that was big
safe at second and on a clase play, 1st and 2nd now 1 out top second for the bruins
O.A.
2 on, 1 out
Close play at 2nd. Got to get the run in.
back from watching baseball
thankfully my local bar carries ESPNU.
An overall good performance by our guys, particularly appreciated by me, watching 2 blocks from the UVa grounds (campus)!
AA not playing? Hurt?
Between innings I sneak over to BBall.
Haven’t seen AA on floor. Also, not showing up in box scores. Is he OK?
sjh
Don't think AA has played much at all in this round
Not sure if it is due to any injury, or just being deep on the depth chart (more likely, imp, particularly w/Stuckey’s emergence)
What is with all these intentional walks
I get it, Cochrane is an excellent hitter, but twice in a row to lead off an inning??
Runs and getting on base
Clear major correlation. Especially when it’s the leadoff hitter! Awful.
Don't walk the leadoff hitter intentionally
Pitch to her, especially with no one on.
And we pay for the coaching stupidity.
Last week someone compared Inouye-Perez to Lavin. That’s cruel. Lavin was a jerk.
But, she is Karl Dorrell.
Dumb calls. Can’t overcome bad coaching every time.
In this tournament 9 intentional walks have allowed her to score 5 times. Duh! It doesn’t work.
sjh
Apparently my UCLA Softball jersey wasn't helping matters
back to wearing the alumni t-shirt that willed our baseball team to victory tonight
"I have confidence in Jelly Selden..."
to let her start an inning in a hole, but not enough confidence to allow her to pitch to the opponent’s best hitter??
Kruk was right
Do you walk her with the bases loaded, too?
We’ve not been scoring that many runs. We’ve been leaving a lot of runners on.
We just can’t give away runs or run scoring opportunities.
sjh
Another Walk -- Just plain stupid!
It hasn’t worked!
That’s it Karl, keep running up the middle.
sjh
Just got home from the baseball game
great game for the Bruins. They didn’t play very well, but they showed the mental toughness that they lacked early in the year. Now hopefully softball can make a comeback.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 30, 2008 8:48 PM PDT reply actions
Terrible Coaching
They have 3 hits and 4 runs. 3 of those runs were batters we deliberately walked. Inouye put Seldin in a hole 3 of the innings.
Another bad coaching decision: We gave their pitcher a 4 pitch first inning. Left her way too strong.
This felt way too much like a Karl Dorrell football game. Players trying hard to overcome bad coaching decisions.
Seldin deserves more. I’d rather she get beat because she got hit. Not because we were afraid she’d get hit.
sjh
Is there any sport in which UC Davis does not own Stanfurd?
First football, then basketball, and now THIS.
Really, trees. This is the best you can do?
Not a surprise
Davis took both games from Stanford during the regular season and is by far the nation’s best 4 seed. They’re a good club and the selection committee screwed up when they made them a 4 seed.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 30, 2008 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
The 'furd should know now...
...that the real Farm is over in Davis. My girlfriend goes to UCD and I’ve actually gone to a football (this past fall against San Diego; GW-TD drive with seconds to go for the Ags), basketball (this past March against Sac State), and baseball (around this time last year against UCSB and this past April against Utah)...I definitely love the atmosphere there, (as I came from a nearby town) and the Aggie Pack kids are pretty passionate about their sports.
On a side note, that 05-06 academic year should have been a sign of things to come for the ‘furd whenever scheduling Davis.
GO BRUINS!
Intentional Walks
What I don’t understand is why UCLA would use this strategy against a team they had already faced 3 times this season.
UCLA lost the 1st time to ASU with Selden pitching but without walking batters. UCLA won the 2nd time with Selden again pitching but without walking batters. UCLA lost the 3rd time, but Langenfeld started. Selden came into the game in relief and gave up no walks (and no runs).
The change in strategy does not make sense, given these results. Having said that, I think the comparison to Dorrell is unfair (“she is Karl Dorrell”).
Dorrell was a complete doofus, whose teams barely played 500 ball. Inouye-Perez has her team in the World Series- we did not get remotely comparable results with Dorrell.
I disagree, Island
The intentional walks, at least to me, sent a big message to the opposition, which said that you’re better than us (or at least your leadoff person is better than us.) That has CTS written all over it, in many many ways. On third and eight, run up the middle, or throw the three yard out, or punt on 4th and a half yard at the opponent’s 35 yard line. Those are messages which have nothing to do with coaching, but all about telling your team that your own coaching and the athleticism on your team isn’t as good as the other side’s. At least that’s how I would view it. And to me, that’s what CTS told his team for five years.
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