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True, but she's still a freshman. In 2013, we had 2 All-American senior pitchers to go along with the bats. This year we have a very good junior, a freshman and a senior who, this time last year, wasn't pitching and hadn't pitched in a few years. It's going to take some time for this team to gel but I think anyone can see the potential of this team. Pitching should be settled down and going strong in a month from now. Outside of Lauren, I think our bats have lots of room for improvement too. This is the time to teach and learn and I think that's what's happening now.
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It looks to me as though Paige is exactly what this team needed.
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Great way to pull out a win on a game Washington didn't want to lose. 
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Whew!!! Big win.
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I bet there are plenty of coaches around the country asking, "Is Chamberlain ever going to graduate, it seems like she's been there forever!"
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Lauren Chamberlain @LChamberlain44 56m56 minutes ago
This team makes it so fun...
This team makes it so fun...
Other than the obvious, a couple of things really stood out today. We had gone through the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings quietly. We got a single in the fourth and fifth, I think. That was about it. Our bats that had boomed in the first couple of innings had been silenced. Then, Washington came back.
Top of the seventh: our silent bats suddenly came alive.
Shelby with a single to right
Parker sacrificed her to second
Erin Miller got a single to left, scoring Shelby
Kady singled to center, advancing Miller to third
1. We have three singles after having silent bats, and we get the lead back.
2. Ellis squeezed Miller home. Gasso loves to bunt a run across, especially an insurance run as important as this one would be.
Hatfield and Arnold grounded out.
Then, we can't get Washington out. So, Gasso pulls the next outstanding move.
3. Gasso puts Parker back in to finish the game. Great move.
I had actually thought that it might have been better if it had come a batter earlier--at least that was when I was thinking of it. But, if anyone was going to stop it, it appeared that it would be Parker, and by putting Parker back in the game, she sent a message that she was a trusted arm in critical conditions----a freshman.
These three things at the end of the game told a story.
I must admit that I was concerned. Washington showed me something. They had been totally silent. But, they didn' quit. Tough team.
Top of the seventh: our silent bats suddenly came alive.
Shelby with a single to right
Parker sacrificed her to second
Erin Miller got a single to left, scoring Shelby
Kady singled to center, advancing Miller to third
1. We have three singles after having silent bats, and we get the lead back.
2. Ellis squeezed Miller home. Gasso loves to bunt a run across, especially an insurance run as important as this one would be.
Hatfield and Arnold grounded out.
Then, we can't get Washington out. So, Gasso pulls the next outstanding move.
3. Gasso puts Parker back in to finish the game. Great move.
I had actually thought that it might have been better if it had come a batter earlier--at least that was when I was thinking of it. But, if anyone was going to stop it, it appeared that it would be Parker, and by putting Parker back in the game, she sent a message that she was a trusted arm in critical conditions----a freshman.
These three things at the end of the game told a story.
I must admit that I was concerned. Washington showed me something. They had been totally silent. But, they didn' quit. Tough team.
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We will know a lot more about where Patty's team is after the next seven games. We play Arizona State twice Saturday and next weekend open with Arizona, San Diego State, Georgia and Kentucky.
The level of competition is getting tougher!!
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The level of competition is getting tougher!!
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I do think the sixth and seventh innings yesterday suggested the possibility that we are not yet as solid as I had thought on the mound. I didn't think they would score six runs in one inning against any of our pitchers. But, we seemed to have difficulty stopping their roll. Today should provide some indication as to how we will respond.
I don't like bringing in Pendley from SS without her warming up in the bullpen like yesterday. I think that is a big factor of what happened yesterday.
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