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USM seems to be taking care of business here late in the season. You cannot control the schedule with respect to how your opponents perform. Ole Miss-Bama is a huge series as well. I like Ole Miss to win two of three. Bama is good but I think their ranking/RPI is higher than the team is actually on the field. They have lost 17 games so they are not unbeatable at all. And then it goes without saying that State@A&M is another big series. Most likely will be a 2-1 series and represents a great opportunity for State to steal one on the road where we have surprisingly played better in the conference this season. State was 7-8 at home in the conference which is befuddling at best. Who says the regular season does not count… Georgia-Auburn should be really good as well!

I said before the season I did not think we were a top five/ten team. Much improved over last year and a top twenty/fifteen perhaps team, for sure. We are capable of beating any team in the country in a given game but we are not consistent enough to win a series against the top tier teams. All that to say I am still excited about this team and look forward to playing at A&M and seeing how we fare against them. Realistically one win is probably what we will get but two would sure be nice. After that we will see how it goes.

Reese had the big hit but him getting out on the play killed our momentum and seem to give life back to Auburn. Nonetheless it was a well played game by both teams. Our pitching should be in good shape tomorrow especially if McPherson can give us 2-3-4 innings (depending on the pitch count and how he performs). Don’t know Auburn and what they have left. I suspect it will be a close game. Lets Go Diamond Dawgs!

Davis pitches well but it seems he finds a way to throw one beach ball that turns out to be costly. State with three outs left to try to tie or win it.

Excellent win for State. Really played well and took great advantage of our opportunities especially in the first inning. That dang Chance with back to back grand slams in conference play. Let’s Go Diamond Dawgs!!

I think you throw your best arms one day early. Honestly, I don’t see that being a problem. Each is getting 5 full days of rest. Many years ago MLB starters were pitched every fourth day. These guys are 19-20-21 years old. Fatigue should not be a problem. I am curious to see if McPherson pitches a little this weekend. It would seem possible that he might throw an inning or two if the circumstances dictate it. 83, I am not quite as high on Auburn as you are. Yes they are an excellent team but they do have 14 losses and have the same conference record as State. I think it will be two of three series that could go either way. They are not unbeatable by any means. And I think our bullpen will bounce after a rough inning on Sunday. Ole Miss needs to win two and I think USM sweeps. Alabama took a crucial loss last night losing to Troy. They could be teetering on losing out on a host bid. They are @SCAR (who is no longer an automatic win) and then Ole Miss at home (which will be a tough series as each will be battling for a host spot). We will see how the weekend shakes out. In a way I am glad State is playing a THU-SAT series. A&M has a FRI-SUN series so that could work to our advantage next week.

Well it gets overlooked but your OOC games count. State was 23-2 this year in OOC games. Only two losses were one run games (UCLA-neutral) and (USM-road). Both games were very winnable as well. Very impressive and as Coach mentioned earlier, teams around the country were canceling games tonight because of RPI. Our players wanted to play and did against a good Nichols team. Yes the SEC games are the most important but you better take care of these early season and midweek games too. They all count in the record at the end of the regular season. And they definitely affect the potential to host a Regional and/or a SR. So job well done by the Diamond Dawgs!

Regardless of how this game turns out, seeing Oak with some fire and protecting his player is the best thing that has happened. He let his guys know that he will go to bat for them.

BB/HBP’s will kill you. Yesterday we played with fire but got away with it. Today we got burned.

Well that did not last long. Got our work cut out for us now.

Which Charlie Foster shows up today? The Good version will give us an excellent chance to win. The bad version means we will have to score and score and score some more and that still may not be good enough. Plus we have got to play better defense. We will see. I like OM & USM to win today.

Man, Texas left the bases loaded four innings in a row. And only scored three runs out of all those opportunities. Tremendous win for State. Stone and Bauer were excellent today. Wyers with a huge three run homer with two outs to give us some cushion. Maybe Texas’ Sunday starter will be more human and we can scratch some runs and win the series.

Texas’ pitching was outstanding. We had several opportunities but just didn’t get the clutch hit and on the other hand Texas did get a couple of clutch at bats and hits and that was the difference. Their pitchers made zero mistakes. Even the ball Frei hit out was a quality pitch. Definitely need to win at least one this weekend. We will see how it goes tomorrow.

USM blows a 5-0 lead at Tulane. That one stings. Especially with them on the bubble to host. Needed that win. Southern definitely needs to sweep this weekend. State & Ole Miss need win one at the minimum and two wins would obviously make for a tremendous weekend.

Broadcast definitely improved throughout the evening. Big win for State 7-3. Dane Burns was impressive in the last two innings. Much needed after the abysmal 6th inning. Go Dawgs!