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Today's baseball game vs #1 Virginia--time changed to 7:30 PM ET****

Weather delay at present .....

weather is getting better so I think they will get the game in tonight..... partly cloudy, 62 degrees in the South Hills right now.
 
Re: Weather delay at present .....


Originally posted by goalieman:
weather is getting better so I think they will get the game in tonight..... partly cloudy, 62 degrees in the South Hills right now.
15-20 mph winds.
 
Rhys Aldenhoven on the mound for Pitt tonight .......

announcers said that Aldenhoven has had some shoulder inflammation recently so we'll have to see how he does.
 
STRIKE 3 ..... Aldenhoven pitches out of a 1st inning jam .......

1st two Va. batters grounded out but then a walk, single, walk loaded the bases with two outs ...... Rhys struck out the next batter to end the inning ! ...... no score going to the bottom of the 1st.
 
Virginia 0 Pitt 0, end of the 1st inning ......

Wolsonovich reached 1st base on an error by the shortstop but Pitt couldn't score.
 
Sac bunt followed by a single ..... runners on 1st and 3rd with one out..

for Va.
 
Bunt by Va., Aldenhoven throws to 1st and Shelinsky drops the ball..

1-0 Va., runners on 1st and 2nd with one out...... you can't win with fielding like that...... error Shelinsky.

This post was edited on 4/4 8:38 PM by goalieman
 
Two strike outs end the top of the 2nd ...... Va. up 1-0....

Pitt coming up to bat in the bottom of the 2nd.
 
3 up and 3 down for Pitt in the 2nd ..... 1-0 Virginia end of 2 innings...

Va. pitcher struck out the side.
 
One out double scores a run for Va. .... man on 2nd with one out...

2-0 Va.
 
No further damage in the 3rd ..... 2-0 Va. going to the bottom of the 3rd..

good play by Wolsonovich on a ground ball in the hole at shortstop to get a force out at 2nd then nice play by Pazos to pick runner off 3rd in a run down.
 
Va. pitcher strikes out the side again ...... has 6 strikeouts in a row....

and 7 strikeouts in the 1st 3 innings.
 
Va. strands a runner in the 4th ...... 2-0 Va., Pitt coming up to bat*

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Va. pitcher strikes out the side for the 3rd straight inning ....

he has 10 strikeouts in 4 innings and pitching a no hitter.
 
Some "offensive" stats......

9 straight Pitt batters have struck out. UVA pitcher has faced 13 batters, 10 have struck out. Our only base-runner has been on an error. Only 2 Pitt batters in 4 innings have hit a fair ball and no one in 4 innings has hit the ball out of the infield?

Pitt has not has a hit for the last 10 innings!!!!! last 6 vs YSU and 4 today vs UVA. Maybe we'd better go back to wooden bats?
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This post was edited on 4/4 9:28 PM by California Panther
 
The Virginia pitcher, Nathan Kirby, so far is the best pitcher ....

that I've seen Pitt face in a long time including Jeff Samardzija (football and baseball player from Notre Dame) who pitches for the Chicago Cubs.
 
Aldenhoven gets Va. out in the 5th .... 2-0 Va. going to the bottom ..

of the 5th.
 
Re: The Virginia pitcher, Nathan Kirby, so far is the best pitcher ....

Originally posted by goalieman:
that I've seen Pitt face in a long time including Jeff Samardzija (football and baseball player from Notre Dame) who pitches for the Chicago Cubs.
Even if they are facing Sandy Koufax in his prime, someone has to at least "hit" the ball in fair territory, don't they?
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Now it is 10 K's in a row and 11 of 14 batters.
 
Fabrasilio grounds out to 3rd ..... breaks the strike out streak ...

by the Va. pitcher, Nathan Kirby.
 
A lot of the strikeouts are swings and misses at bad pitches .....

the guy has a 94 mph fastball but a wicked assortment of breaking pitches and we are swinging at pitches out of the strike zone.
 
Re: A lot of the strikeouts are swings and misses at bad pitches .....

Originally posted by goalieman:
the guy has a 94 mph fastball but a wicked assortment of breaking pitches and we are swinging at pitches out of the strike zone.
I know I'm being too negative, but what about the last 6 innings vs YSU, we didn't get a hit there either? Now 5 more innings today, our bats have gone into a deep freeze.
 
12 strikeouts in 5 innings for the Va. pitcher .... 2-0 Va. end of 5..

we got a ground ball and a walk against him in the 5th .... LOL !
 
Re: A lot of the strikeouts are swings and misses at bad pitches .....


Originally posted by California Panther:
Originally posted by goalieman:
the guy has a 94 mph fastball but a wicked assortment of breaking pitches and we are swinging at pitches out of the strike zone.
I know I'm being too negative, but what about the last 6 innings vs YSU, we didn't get a hit there either? Now 5 more innings today, our bats have gone into a deep freeze.
No doubt.
 
Wind blown fly ball to RF falls in and Va. scores 2 runs .... 4-0 Va. ..

Pitt making a pitching change with 2 outs and a man on 2nd ...... the wind is tough (like playing in Candlestick Park in the old days) but really, Roche should have had that ball .... it would have ended the inning and kept the score 2-0 ..... it's now 4-0 and Va. still batting.
 
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