All Things Gopher Baseball

[Married@SiebertField]

I also attended the game. Minnesota could not string together too many hits. I think they only had 4 or 5 the entire game. Pitching did not look very sharp I think they gave up 14 or 15 hits. Better team won. We used 6 pitchers they need some work. It was a beautiful night at the ballpark even if the Gophers lost. To early to tell what the team is going to look like but they need some work.

Gulf Coast put the ball in play and a couple of times the ball caught grass—the advantage of not striking out ten or so times. I would like to see the ESPN plus replay of the shot to right that turned into the double play. It was either a great play or the right fielder sold it beautifully. I was the fan with the motley combination of a gold Gopher basketball cap and a 2014 maroon Gopher football “brick-by-brick” pullover—much to my wife’s sartorial chagrin.

 

[Hubie29]

Not impressed with Lippe, especially in the 6 spot. He looks terrible against the breaking ball. We have to have a contact hitter on that spot. I am sure there will be plenty of rbi opportunities for the 6 hole hitter.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Not impressed with Lippe, especially in the 6 spot. He looks terrible against the breaking ball. We have to have a contact hitter on that spot. I am sure there will be plenty of rbi opportunities for the 6 hole hitter.

Haven't been able to see the games yet, only boxscore watching, but try not to put too much stock in one bad game (FGCU game). It seemed he was having good ABs last weekend.

Its Hamilton and Neels that need to get the bats going.

Let's get the 2 game sweep against Northeastern.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Dominating 12-2 win moves the record to 4-1. Let's get the sweep tomorrow

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Get out the brooms. Gophers win 15-5 to move to 5-1 on season. Northeastern is bad but we will take it. Morton seemed to struggle with control today.

Good test coming up with a 4-game home series against Kansas.

 

[Goldy Gopher]

Get out the brooms. Gophers win 15-5 to move to 5-1 on season. Northeastern is bad but we will take it. Morton seemed to struggle with control today.

Good test coming up with a 4-game home series against Kansas.

Man Kruzan was pretty dominate out of the pen today. Really looking forward to those Kansas games and see this team challenged.

 

[Hubie29]

Get out the brooms. Gophers win 15-5 to move to 5-1 on season. Northeastern is bad but we will take it. Morton seemed to struggle with control today.

Good test coming up with a 4-game home series against Kansas.

It at least looks like an upgrade from the last few John Anderson teams

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Big Ten recap from the first 2 weekends.

Team	Record	RPI	Notes
Oregon	8-0	33	Have played nothing but creampuffs
USC	7-0	25	3-game sweeps over Pepperdine and Rice
UCLA	6-1	60	Ranked #1 in country. Swept #10 TCU this weekend
Minnesota	5-1	109	Taken care of business against weaker teams
Northwestern	5-2	124	Took 1 of 3 from Rice; 2-game sweeps over Cornell & BC
Ohio State	5-2	144	5-0 against creampuffs; lost 2 games to LA Tech
Iowa	4-2	94	Similar resume as Gophers.
Rutgers	4-3	21	Won 1 of 3 against Va Tech. Losses were 1-run games
Michigan	4-3	99	Extremely difficult schedule. Good start
Purdue	4-3	116	Had a good showing this weekend taking 2 out of 3 against So Miss, Baylor and Oregon State
Nebraska	4-3	155	Solid win against Florida State
Illinois	3-4	77	Playing a sneaky touch schedule and holding their own
Maryland	3-4	103	Got swept by Louisiana Ragin Cajuns this weekend
Michigan State	2-4	40	Brutal schedule. Played at Louisville and at Texas. Not bad record considering
Penn State	2-4	178	Have had a tough couple of weekends
Indiana	2-5	133	Have played a very tough schedule (UNC, LSU, Notre Dame)
Washington	1-6	242	They look bad. Shutout first 3 games of season and just lost 2 of 3 to Loyola
Wisconsin	0-99	999	Worst program in the country.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Comparison of incoming vs outgoing transfers from this past off-season. Through 2 weekends it looks like the Gophers have come out alright. (Let me know if I missed anyone....quite possible). If someone transferred from Minnesota to a non-D1 school I'm not counting their stats.

HITTERS
Outgoing (note: Preston Leon doesn't have an AB yet for FIU)

Player	New School	AVG	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K
Drew Berkland	Notre Dame	0.241	29	7	0	0	0	5	2	6
Kris Hokenson	Murray State	0.192	26	5	1	0	1	4	2	6
Landen Lozier	Kansas	0.250	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	2
TOTAL		.220	59	13	1	0	1	10	6	14

Incoming

Player	Old School	AVG	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K
Davis Hamilton	North Dakota State	0.217	23	5	0	0	0	1	3	2
Ty Allen	Belmont	0.280	25	7	1	2	0	4	1	3
Jack Bello	Butler	0.278	18	5	2	0	1	8	2	4
Michael Lippe	Louisville	0.200	15	3	1	0	0	5	9	7
Ethan Cole	MN-Duluth	0.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL		.244	82	20	4	2	1	18	15	16

PITCHERS
Outgoing (Total ERA 3.75)

Player	New School	IP	ER	H	BB	K
Kyle Remington	Illinois	3.667	0	0	1	3
Noah Rooney	Notre Dame	8.333	5	9	1	7
TOTAL		12.0	5	9	2	10

Incoming (Total ERA 2.03)

Player	Old School	IP	ER	H	BB	K
Isaac Morton	Texas A&M	8.333	4	9	5	8
Marcus Kruzman	St Thomas	9.667	0	2	1	10
Ben Gregory	Maryville	7	2	5	1	7
Brandon Jaenke	Viterbo	1.333	0	2	1	1
Logan Winkelman	Missouri Western	0.333	0	2	0	0
TOTAL		26.667	6	20	8	26