Michigan Softball vs Missouri Game 2 Open Thread [UPDATE: M WINS, ADVANCES TO WORLD SERIES]
Michigan took game 1 yesterday 5-3 and will go for the sweep vs Missouri today at noon in Ann Arbor on ESPN.
The winner advances to the Women's College World Series and will face LSU in the first round.
Game 3 (if necessary) would follow after a short break on ESPNU.
Go Blue!
Let's sweep 'em. I don't want a game 3
Well that's a pretty good way to start off with a single on the first pitch of the game.
Unfortunately we now have 2 outs.
0 = Michigan
- = Mizzou (coming to bat)
0 = Michigan
0 = Mizzou
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MONTEMORANO !!
1-0
YES! Let's keep these bats going!
01 = 1 Michigan
0- = 0 Mizzou
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If Michigan wins and advances to the World Series, is that a final four? Eight? What happens from here (a few three-game series, single elimination, etc.)?
8 teams, double elimination. The final 2 teams standing play a best of 3 championship series like we are this weekend.
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WCWS is the Elite Eight equivalent.
Essentially there are two four team double elimination brackets. Bascially the same as the Regional format. And then the winner of each bracket advances to the National Championship (another best 2 out of 3 series).
The one difference from the Regional is that the teams that win their first game but lose their second switch into the other side of the bracket.
Thanks for the clarification!
No problem.
We would start out in a "Regional" with Alabama, LSU and Oklahoma.
The other side of the bracket has Georgia and Florida State so far, and will include the winners of the Auburn/Arizona and Oregon/UCLA series. Arizona (who is unseeded) won Game 1. If they can hold on and beat Auburn, the other side of the bracket will be MUCHHH weaker than ours.
Our side would have the #2, #3, #6 and #10 seeds. The other side would have the #5, #8, #16 and one unranked team (assuming the Game 1 winners Oregon and Arizona advance, which is a big assumption).
We beat LSU & Alabama (and UCLA) en route to the championship series with Florida last season.
True. We also have beaten Oklahoma this season, Florida State twice this season, and beat Georgia twice last year.
The only teams that really scare me (as in I think it would be more of a toss up than a game in which we were favored) are Oregon and Oklahoma. Oklahoma has been really hot, they have the longest win streak in the country currently. And Oregon has looked good as well, especially in the tournament.
01 = 1 Michigan
00 = 0 Mizzou
This is the same ump that worked the 1st base side yesterday.
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for Ramirez. Here we go...
If Romo doesn't win player of the year this year, it's a fucking crime.
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010 = 1 Michigan
00- = 0 Mizzou
Big corners today, ladies.
We can't keep leaving ducks on the pond like this.
Darn! Had 2 on with only 1 out. Let's go ladies.
Susalla might as well be blindfolded at this point.... do we consider a change?
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Has Susalla had a single hit in the last few games? I really think Hutch needs to move her down the order. She's clearly struggling the most of any batter on the team at the moment. It's not just that she's not getting hits, but she goes down easily, in short at bats.
I would sub in Vargas or Sobzcek or whoever if she comes up with runners on again... and in the future once per game in that situation.
Susalla is killing us..If I were Hutch Id consider pinch batter next time
Hate to say it, but I don't see her as irreplaceable in the outfield, either. It's just too late probably to put someone else out there and trust them. I agree with the pinch hitter, though, as I posted above.
Double play time.
010 = 1 Michigan
000 = 0 Mizzou
Romo kills an inning with a glove.
clap clap clap.....DEFENSE is on FIRE
Great job on the DP catching baserunner asleep
Let's go Tera!
Defense is clutch so far this series! Have seen a lot of other top teams make tons of costly infield mistakes so far in other games this weekend.
making Big Jon proud with a single!
Do you think Hutch will keep Blanco in the DP next season or let her play first when she's not pitching?
Vargas pinch-hits for Canfield.