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Schwartz doesn’t throw that hard, but that change of hers is a thing of beauty when she throws it for a strike. Some pitchers need to alter their delivery just a little to throw the change. With Schwartz, same motion, but the ball just floats toward the plate. Michigan hitters just couldn’t...

Yes, that certainly was one of the wilder games I can recall. It was some bizarre combination of highlights and bloopers rolled into one game, leading to huge momentum shifts throughout. The Gophers came out hitting with laser-like focus, and fortunately, they retained that level of offensive...

Yes, they’ve been doing the row motion from 3rd to home after HRs for a while now. This series is the first time I’ve actually noticed they’ve awarded an oar to the home run hitter.

It might be surprising to people who don’t follow the team and only look at numbers from last year. They might look at Pease’s numbers and conclude that while she was a good #2 pitcher, she couldn’t ever be an effective ace. Of course, those people also wouldn’t have known that last year she was...

Kniesche has had great numbers at SDSU. The Gophers have hit her pretty well when she has faced us though. She’s tough, nonetheless, and would make a great addition if the chips fall into place down the road. Oh, and can you believe Iowa has nine players listed as pitchers on their roster?

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Piper hits the portal hard for an established ace, even if that pitcher only has one year of eligibility remaining. If Autumn is named B1G Pitcher of the Year, the evidence that Piper knows how to develop ace pitchers, which is already strong, becomes...

The signing of Kinch was considered a big win for the program at the time. She may have been the highest-rated player we had ever signed out of California (at the time) and she played club ball with Athletics Mercado, one of the top teams in the country, although she was not their everyday...

Until the NCAA does away with the 400-mile rule and starts seeding the Top 32, it is unlikely we get sent anywhere east of the Mississippi. Just too many teams within 400 miles of those host sites, and too few teams within 400 miles of places like Washington, Oregon, and Stanford. It is...

D1 giving the Gophers more love with a Top 25 ranking this week. I don’t really expect to see them ranked by the main polls (NFCA coaches or ESPN media) but IMO the D1 rankings are the least biased and most informed of all the rankings/polls out there.

Unfortunately, we didn’t capitalize earlier in the season enough when matched up against quality teams. Even more so than losing three to Northwestern, the two losses at Baylor really hurt us. We are currently 2-7 against the RPI Top 25 (a metric the Committee loves to use to help differentiate...

Without knowing seeds and matchups: Northwestern 7/5, Minnesota 3/1, Indiana 5/1, Nebraska 6/1, Michigan 12/1, Field (anyone else) 30/1.

Yes. Until this recent run, they were teetering on the edge of 2-seed and 3-seed. They are now a pretty solid 2-seed. Unfortunately, due to archaic NCAA guidelines regarding bracketing, we won’t be sent to any location where another 2-seed, regardless of their relative position on the S-curve vs...

It seems incomprehensible how a batter could possibly run over a first baseman attempting to catch a pop-up, but any of us who have played a little ball know that if you pop up a pitch you thought you could mash, your first instinct is to put your head down and sprint to first to work off your...

40-1/3. Impressive to say the least. It’s very difficult to go that many innings without a HR or a couple bloops and an error. This isn’t an earned run streak; it is an ANY run streak. Hats off to Autumn. She’s really exhibiting great command of all her pitches right now, which means she can...

Despite the defensive meltdown at East Lansing, Minnesota is actually fielding at a .976 clip (.980 is the gold standard) in B1G play, good for 3rd in the conference. Ohio State is at .955 in B1G games, tied with Wisconsin for 10th. Overall, Minnesota sits at .970 while Ohio State is at .966...

Nebraska is at Northwestern and Indiana is at Michigan, so we have a good shot at positioning ourselves for the 2-seed in the B1G Tournament if we play well in Columbus.

The Gopher pitching staff hasn’t surrendered an earned run for 56-1/3 innings, since the 4th inning of the last Indiana game. Ironically, both Pease’s scoreless streak and the staff’s no earned run streak started after a Taylor Minnick HR, off Pease in Game 1 and Schwartz in Game 3 of the...

True. I found myself thinking the same thing, although Wisconsin probably isn’t the most athletic-looking bunch in the league. I think Ohio State has some impressive athletes. Can’t wait to see how we compare to them.

Your statement piqued my interest so I went back and ran a quick check and by my count Pease is on a 34-inning scoreless streak, all the way back to the 5th inning of the first Indiana game. Anyone please correct me if I counted wrong. The entire pitching staff is on a long no earned run streak...

Gophers take Game 2 7-0 for the sweep! Pease 6IP 1H 9K 1BB. Enter throws a scoreless 7th for the shutout. Great production today from the entire batting order. Pease looking as dominant as Groenewegen and Fiser. Great job by Hambrick and Enter in Game 1. This is the time to start hitting on all...