Softball CWS Thread - MICHIGAN vs. Oklahoma
We are playing horribly. Batters, pitching, fielding. Everything.
Need to turn this around ASAP. 3 runs isn't insurmountable, but OU will make us pay quickly if we can't get it together.
If not, this one also has no clue as to where the strike zone is.
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The wrong Romero just bombed one.
4-0 now.
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The wrong Romero goes yard, and it's 0-4. We are hanging on by the thinnest of threads in this game.
now the wrong Romero hits a dinger
for us.
Because our batters have barely faced any pitchers like theirs all year. The only good pitcher in the Big Ten besides Betsa is Minnesota's and we only played her once and she handled us.
And on the other side, they have the most potent offense remaining. By far. So they are most suited to make us pay for our cold bats
They are on track to mercy rule us
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Ughh...
DAMN, going to need an OU implosion to avoid a "win or go home" with FSU tomorrow. DAMN!!!!!!!!!!
Ground out for the 1st out. One down.
in my nightmare for this game Sidney hits a HR.
We need the OSU thing where they threaten the families or something to make sure ALL the kids in a family stay at the same school.
It's all my fault. My wife won't get off the fuckin phone even though she knows phone calls during the game is bad luck. She's been on since the first inning and won't get off.
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Betsa's rise is around 62-63mph. She's not right.
Maybe we can comeback like that too
5-pitch walk, an OU is on base again. 1 on, 1 out.
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Just... What the hell is happening in this game? Nothing - NOTHING - is going decently. This game is as close to over as its going to get before its actually over. Betsa is obvious, but if the bats don't score a couple the next time up, they're done. Too much going for OK right now...
Not just Betsa.
1 run was 1000% Falk's fault. Horrible decision and fielding error.
And then our bats go down without any fight in the 1st and in the 2nd we have 2 on, nobody out and we can't do anything.
We're losing all around. It's not fair to put this on Betsa
If you are talking about the double steal in the 1st inning its not a horrible decision if the coaches told her to throw it. The throw was not very good but if the coaches told her to throw it to 2nd than you cant call it a horrible decision on Falk's part.
Obviously the bats havent been clutch and they will need to be if they are going to comeback esp against Parker who is 1st team All American.
Betsa is just off tonight whether that be nerves, back injury, or whatever. When you hit the batter on the very first pitch thats pretty bad. Betsa also pitched against OK when they met earlier in the year and only lasted 3 innings and gave up 6 runs. Michigan also didn't face Parker so this is their first time seeing her.
There is no way in hell they "told her" to throw it. For one, it's a split second decision, for two you don't try throw out someone at second (especially when we aren't good at doing so anyways) when you have a runner sitting 50 feet away from home plate.
The announcers were in complete agreement in that. It was ruled an Error. That literally makes it her fault, not the coaches'.
How you do you know the coaches told her to not throw it? Maybe with zero outs and things not going well the coaches thought that they could get an out without giving up a run. I am sure they have talked about a gameplan with 1st and 3rd situations and I am going to guess that Falk looked in the dugout to see what the coaches called. Maybe they had a play where Abby steps in front to cut the ball off. From the replay I saw it wasn't a straight double steal because the runner on 3rd didnt go right away when Falk threw. It was when Falk had the bad throw to 2nd that allowed the runner to go home. Hence why she got the error. I also never said it was the coaches fault. It was a bad throw by Falk and she derseved the error.
Also I am sure if it was a decent throw and got the runner out with the runner holding at third the announcers would have praised Michigan for a great play when things werent going well.
Because when you have two Olympic Champion softball players both confirm that she should not have done it and then it was ruled an error, you know.
They are just abusing Falk. Four stolen bases - the poor girl is going to need counseling after this.
We can't stop them.
OU stealing bases at will, but Betsa battles for a K. 2 down, runner on 2nd.
Megan needs to quit walking people but a nice K there
things went from bad to worse since I started watching. Signing off with hope it helps.
Go Blue!!!
hate to have such a gaping hole in the armor.
301 = 4 OU
00- = 0 Michigan
It's getting late early, ladies.
get going NOW!!!!
Ground-out to 3rd retires the side. 9-1-2 coming up. If we're going to get back in this, we're not going to get a better opportunity.
Let's GO!!!!
Still lots of outs left.
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