All Things Gopher Baseball

[DarrenTheGreek]

Around the Big Ten through 3/12.

Iowa 9-3 – Went 1-2 on a road trip at Texas Tech. Iowa has picked up some impressive non-conf wins.

Nebraska 9-4-1 – Followed up their impressive Cambria Classic showing by going 4-0 against Northern Colorado and Illinois State. Not the greatest of competition but Nebraska is piling up wins and that could come into play later.

Penn State 9-5 – Doors blown off in a mid-week loss to UNC. Took 2 of 3 from Ivy League Brown. I really don’t know what to take away from this team. Probably not as good as their record but they mostly beat the teams they should.

Indiana 10-6 – Schedule got a lot easier this week with a 4 game sweet at home vs Bellarmine. Also picked up a mid-week win against Purdue Fort-Wayne. I think Indiana was underrated at the start. They don’t appear to be 8th in conference

Illinois 7-5 – Went 1-1 at Coastal Carolina who is pretty solid team. Keep an eye out on the Illini. I think they’re going to be a tough out in conference play.

Ohio State 8-6 – 3 game sweet at Cal State Bakersfield. I still haven’t figured out the Buckeyes. Some really nice wins and some really bizarre losses.

Michigan State 8-7 – Midweek loss to Wofford (who is 14-1) and 3 wins over the weekend against Western Carolina (2) and Kansas (1). Sparty appears to be one of the teams fighting for the 7th or 8th seed in Big Ten.

Maryland 8-7 – Went 4-0 this week against UMBC (1) and 3 game sweep of Maine. Nothing to write home about.

Purdue 8-7 – Swept at Ole Miss. No surprise.

Rutgers 7-7 – Midweek win against Wagner and a 3 game sweep at Georgia Southern. Rutgers really needed that after their rough start.

Michigan 6-9 – Midweek loss to Oakland and Friday loss to Kennesaw State. Two game sweep over UAB.

Minnesota 2-14 – Two midweek wins against Northern Illinois and South Dakota State but were swept by West Virginia.

Northwestern 0-11 – Lost to St Louis on Friday but rest of weekend was cancelled.

 

[Goldy Gopher]

New commit

 

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Bateman guns down a man at the plate to keep it 2-2 heading to the bottom of the 9th. Another solid start from Shepard tonight.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Bateman guns down a man at the plate to keep it 2-2 heading to the bottom of the 9th. Another solid start from Shepard tonight.

Man the bats are cold

 

[Goldy Gopher]

Man the bats are cold

Lot of free baseball tonight.
Headed to the bottom of the 13th tied at 2.

 

[Goldy Gopher]

Uh Oh DeLuga on to pitch the 14th, thinking this won't end well

 

[Goldy Gopher]

This one is on the coaching staff. Turning to DeLuga in a extra inning tie game and then allowing him to stay in after walking the leadoff and 2nd man to start an inning and not only that loading the bases by walking a defensive replacement in the 9 spot to face the top of the order with a pitcher who struggles to throw strikes. What in the hell is this staff thinking? Just want the game to get over and don't care about the result? Atrocious game management all night for 14 and the crew!

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

It honestly does feel they reached a point where they no longer cared for the result.

It's been a grueling season and we haven't even hit conference play yet. Sigh.

 

[Goldy Gopher]

Offense finally puts together an inning getting 5 in the 6th for a 5-1 lead and we immediately give 4 back with a number of hit batters and walks in the 7th, just can't handle success.

 

[Goldy Gopher]

Gophers win 10-8. After blowing a 5-1 lead and trailing 8-5 in the 8th a 5 run bottom of the 8th gives them the win.

 

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[DarrenTheGreek]

Klassen looks fantastic today. 1 hitter after 7.

Neels just hit his second HR.

2-0 in b7. Now let's close it out, boys!

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Wietegrefe gives up a 2 run HR in the to tie game. Gophers lose it in the 10th. Another tough one.

 

[Goldy Gopher]

Wietegrefe gives up a 2 run HR in the to tie game. Gophers lose it in the 10th. Another tough one.

Its like this same storyline is on repeat this year. Competitive team sure but if you can't finish and turn it into victories it doesn't matter. It is much more enjoyable to watch when the team is competitive but in reality it doesn't matter if you lose a game late by a run or give up 10 in the 1st and lose 10-0 they are both still losses.

 

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[SomeGopherFan]

Gophers have strung together some good pitching starts and have played better defensively and made some plus plays in the field these past 6 games or so, but wins are still proving to be tough to come by. Still looking for answers in the bullpen, and the offense is really scuffling right now.

You are right. The homestand and even last Sunday have been more fun to watch when team is either close or has lead late in game, but at the end of the day 3-17 is still lousy.

 

[SomeGopherFan]

Gophers swept by Houston, losing the finale today 5-2. We had tying run on second after an RBI double from Larson with nobody out in bottom of 7th but couldn't get him around, and then give up two in the top of the 8th. Another quiet day at plate - 8 hits (solo HR from Perry) and 4 walks and struck out 9 times at plate. Not a lot of well hit balls among the other outs, and unfortunately two which were resulted in double plays.

Weather looks a bit iffy for the series at Illinois State. 50% chance of rain both days.

 

[SomeGopherFan]

It appears the series against Creighton this weekend has been moved to Omaha, and will just be a two game series, with games Friday (4pm) and Saturday (2pm). If you want to see Gopher baseball at Charles Schwab Field this year, this might be your only chance. Looks like FloSports streaming coverage for both games.

 

[SomeGopherFan]

Another schedule update: Tomorrow's game with Illinois State has been moved up to a 2pm start.

 

[Goldy Gopher]

10-3 win today against ISU

 

[SomeGopherFan]

Perhaps fortunes for the team are turning. I have seen runners called out on appeals for missing bases, but I can't recall ever seeing a someone called out for not touching home plate on a dinger.

Anyway, good day at the plate all around, a quality start from Sheppard, and 3 scoreless innings from bullpen.

 

[Goldy Gopher]

Perhaps fortunes for the team are turning. I have seen runners called out on appeals for missing bases, but I can't recall ever seeing a someone called out for not touching home plate on a dinger.

Anyway, good day at the plate all around, a quality start from Sheppard, and 3 scoreless innings from bullpen.

I'm really not sure how they called him out there. If he did miss the plate it was by inches of the spike.
Shepard and Holetz have really been solid for us this season.

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

I'm really not sure how they called him out there. If he did miss the plate it was by inches of the spike.
Shepard and Holetz have really been solid for us this season.

That's why I prefer the stomp on the plate on a home run.

 

[SomeGopherFan]

5-2 loss to Creighton today. Gophers didn't reach base until the 7th, where they got their only 3 hits on the day to score twice. Novotny started strong but a rough 6th inning did him in.

 

[Goldy Gopher]

New 2023 commit Jack Spanier SS from Cold Spring Rocori