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OSU got a lead off walk then the UT SS bobbled a chopper then threw it into RF allowing the runner to go to third. UT then intentionally walked the bases loaded and next batter hit another chop to short and the runner from third beat the throw home but watching it live I thought she was out.
 
Texas had 3 errors and allowed only 2 hits. Great example were games are often lost and not won.
 
What kind of week has it been?

#7 Texas Tech split with Iowa State in Ames, 8-3, 5-6

#8 Texas has lost two to OSU in Stillwater, 0-1, 0-8 (5)

#9 Florida has split with Ole Miss in Oxford, 5-2, 4-8

#10 LSU has split with South Carolina in Baton Rouge, 8-5, 5-7

#13 Auburn has lost to Georgia in Auburn, 6-7, 2-3

#15 Arkansas split with Tex Arlington, in Arlington 4-1, 4-7, then split with Kentucky in Fayetteville, 1-0, 2-16 (5)

#17 Kentucky in addition to splitting with Arkansas, lost to Western KY in Lexington, 4-1

#18 Arizona State has been run-ruled twice by Arizona, 0-8 (5), 0-8 (5)

#19 Ole Miss, as mentioned split with Florida

#20 Illinois lost in Lincoln, NE to the Huskers, 2-3

#21 Stanford split with Oregon 8-6. 2-7 ending Oregon's 12 game losing streak.

#22 Northwestern lost to DePaul in Evanston, 7-9

#26 Indiana lost to Louisville in Louisville, 2-5

#27 Notre Dame lost two of three at Syracuse, 1-9, 8-6, 6-8
 
I checked in on the Baylor/Kansas live stats in the bottom of the second. Baylor led 7-0. I looked them up after the game. Kansas won 9-8.
 
sybarite said:
I checked in on the Baylor/Kansas live stats in the bottom of the second. Baylor led 7-0. I looked them up after the game. Kansas won 9-8.
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Wow! Baylor (14-16; 1-4) is bad.

Big-12 Standings
http://www.big12sports.com/standings/Standings.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&SPID=13137

Big-12 Scoreboard
http://www.big12sports.com/Scoreboard.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&key=&SPID=13137

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With only 2 hits in the game, OSU beat this pitcher 1-0 on Friday, with a walk-off 9th inning ...

UT's Elish Named NFCA National Pitcher of the Week
http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=211797313

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Game one: OU 11 Utah 2 in six.

Saile went 3 2/3. Juarez pitched the last 2 1/3.

Elam hit a three run home run to give OU a 5-0 lead. She also had a triple. The big hitters didn't really have a great game. Clifton did get a two run home run. Romero doubled home a run, as did Knighten.

OSU 3 Texas 4

Tech 8 (or 6) Iowa State 2

Last I heard, Kansas was leading in the rubber game with Baylor, 4-1 in the fifth.
 
OU run ruled Utah again, 13-3 in five.

Tech won 8-4 to take 2 of 3 from Iowa State

Kansas won 7-1 to take two of three from Baylor.

Texas won 4-3 to win one of three from OSU.
 
A lot of teams lost two or more this past week. Florida is 3-6 in conference play. Texas demonstrated a lack of ability to score against good competition. They have only lost a couple of games if they score two or more runs. There are a lot of important series this week: Texas at Texas Tech. The SEC finally gets interesting.

1a. UCLA 32-1

-----https://uclabruins.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball

-----three games at Arizona State

1b. Oklahoma 32-2

-----http://www.soonersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&SPID=127251&SPSID=750355

-----three games in Norman against Baylor


3. Florida State 35-3

-----https://seminoles.com/sports/softball/schedule/

-----Florida at Gainesville, then three this weekend at Louisville


4. Washington 29-6

-----https://gohuskies.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=461

-----play three at Cal in Berkeley, need to sweep to stay this high


5. Alabama 36-2

-----https://rolltide.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=475

-----UAB in Tuscaloosa. Weekend at South Carolina. The two losses are to A&M
-----and Mississippi State


6. Arizona 27-7

-----https://admin.arizonawildcats.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball

-----UTEP in Tucson for DH, then to Utah for three. Big rise in polls, everyone else

-----moved down.



7. Texas Tech 29-6

-----https://texastech.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=1407

-----Texas comes in for three. They need to score more than two against Tech


8. Tennessee 28-6

-----https://utsports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=376

-----Auburn in Knoxville for three, both teams need to prove something


9. MInnesota 25-9

-----https://gophersports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=384

-----Illinois three at Urbana, Gophers moved up because others fell, big weekend


10. Texas 31-8

-----https://gophersports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=384

-----Texas State in Austin, then three in Lubbock. Time to step up. Texas has only

-----lost two games in which they scored two or more runs. Scoring can be a problem.


11. LSU 31-7

-----http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2174&SPSID=27871

-----three in Starksville against Mississippi State


12. Oklahoma State 26-10

-----https://okstate.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball

-----at TexArlington, then three in Stillwater against Kansas. Demonstrated who they

-----are to Texas. Need to be solid this week.



13. Ole Miss 24-9

-----https://olemisssports.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball

-----Belmont in Nashville, then three in Lexington against Kentucky, kind of staggered
-----out of the gate. Strong recently. Big series for both teams.


14. Michigan 23-10

-----https://mgoblue.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=1515

-----four in Ann Arbor: Toledo, then three with Indiana, big games


15. Kentucky 22-13

-----https://ukathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball

-----Richmond, KY for Eastern Kentucky, then three in Lexington against Ole Miss
-----important games for Ole Miss and KY



16. Arkansas 25-11

-----https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/sport/w-softbl/schedule/

-----at Missouri State, then to Florida for three. Florida is sliding, Ark takes two of

-----three from KY in Fayetteville, but loses the middle game 16-2..



17. Virginia Tech 30-5

-----https://hokiesports.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball

-----go to Durham for three against Duke, need to sweep


18. Colorado State 27-4

-----https://csurams.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=365

-----at San Jose State for three, very quietly winning, beat OSU and Stanford


19. Stanford 25-5

-----https://gostanford.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball

-----Sacramento State comes in for two before going to Oregon State for three


20. Florida 29-8

-----https://floridagators.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=404

-----Florida State in for one, Arkansas in for three

-----Florida is 3-6 in conference, need to get out more



21. Northwestern 25-7

-----https://nusports.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball

-----Loyola (Chi) comes in for one, then to Lincoln for three against the Huskers

-----Northwestern, Michigan, and Minnesota are 6-0 in conference play


22. Auburn 30-7

-----https://auburntigers.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=417

-----three in Tennessee, big games for both, fell because they lost two to Georgia in AL


23. Wisconsin 25-7

-----https://uwbadgers.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=495

-----host Iowa in three, 4-2 in conference


24. Illinois 22-9

-----https://fightingillini.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball&

-----Hosting Illinois State for one, Minnesota for three, big series



25. James Madison 23-6

-----https://jmusports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=563

-----to Liberty for one, then Hofstra for three


Dropped out: Louisiana-Lafayette, if you want to be ranked, you need to play someone at some time. Beating Troy and Georgia Southern doesn't cut it.
 
SoonerSpock said:
Lombardi continues to lose players at Oregon. This time the program is attacked by the player's dad. Also MacGrandle is a player that transfer to Oregon this year after playing her freshman season at A&M.

https://www.flosoftball.com/article...dle-leaves-oregon-in-the-middle-of-the-season
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http://stats.ncaa.org/player/index?...layer_seq=1977317&year_stat_category_id=14661

Losing MacGrandle may be nothing more than lancing a boil. She was bombed by teams like Incarnate Word and Connecticut as a freshman, before the presumed injury. This year, she was bombed by everyone. I don't know why you even consider using her except to give your real pitchers relief. Daddy? Sounds like a problem parent. Apparently, he thinks his daughter is a pitcher. Maybe she was in HS.
 
I think there are three teams that stand out, and I'm not really sure of one of them. UCLA has played everything within fifty miles of the coast. When other teams have gone on the road, they have lost a game or so, like FSU going to Arizona, or even Alabama going to A&M. Finally get them away from their home field or home state, and life isn't so easy.

Right now, I really believe that OU would win 7 of ten from UCLA or Florida State, probably nine of ten from Bama, Tennessee, or LSU. I think FSU may be slightly better than UCLA. They have won away from home. The only thing that gives UCLA credibility is that they won at Washington.

Teams 4--25 would probably play 50:50.
 
sybarite said:
http://stats.ncaa.org/player/index?...layer_seq=1977317&year_stat_category_id=14661

Losing MacGrandle may be nothing more than lancing a boil. She was bombed by teams like Incarnate Word and Connecticut as a freshman, before the presumed injury. This year, she was bombed by everyone. I don't know why you even consider using her except to give your real pitchers relief. Daddy? Sounds like a problem parent. Apparently, he thinks his daughter is a pitcher. Maybe she was in HS.
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No question MacGrandle could be a malcontent and perhaps take after her father in that regard. However this is the 10th player to leave the Oregon program six of which left after or during fall ball. That at least is a red flag for Melyssa's program.

My nephew is an Oregon grad and follows their softball team. He indicates that there is a lot of grumbling among the fans and has concerns whether Melyssa will be given adequate time to turn the program around.

They have been throwing MacGrandle because they only have 3 pitchers on staff the ace who transferred from Va Tech, MacGrandle and a freshman Krueger who has a 9.45 era in 20 innning pitched.

Don't forget 3 top quality pitchers left the program with the hiring of Lombardi. Kleist was an first team All American, Elish was a 2nd team All American and the Balint was first team All Pac 12 as freshman and a finalist for National Freshman of the Year.

Also Baliant has gone on the record that there is mistrust between her and both the athletic department and Lombardi. Perhaps that is the motivation for others leaving as well.

I suspect the athletic department is the root of the problem based on the Canzano article linked below but Melyssa is going to have to be the one to fix it if Oregon will give her time which I think will take several years. It is difficult to recruit top players when you are get beat badly and frequently. Balints comments regarding trust is not going to help either.

https://goducks.com/documents/2019/4/1/Oregon_Combined.pdf

https://goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7576

https://goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7574

https://goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7569

https://www.baseballamerica.com/sto...d-transfers-inside-oregon-softballs-upheaval/

https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2019/01/canzano-oregon-ducks-softball-exodus-cant-be-ignored.html
 
SoonerSpock said:
No question MacGrandle could be a malcontent and perhaps take after her father in that regard. However this is the 10th player to leave the Oregon program six of which left after or during fall ball. That at least is a red flag for Melyssa's program.

My nephew is an Oregon grad and follows their softball team. He indicates that there is a lot of grumbling among the fans and has concerns whether Melyssa will be given adequate time to turn the program around.

They have been throwing MacGrandle because they only have 3 pitchers on staff the ace who transferred from Va Tech, MacGrandle and a freshman Krueger who has a 9.45 era in 20 innning pitched.

Don't forget 3 top quality pitchers left the program with the hiring of Lombardi. Kleist was an first team All American, Elish was a 2nd team All American and the Balint was first team All Pac 12 as freshman and a finalist for National Freshman of the Year.

Also Baliant has gone on the record that there is mistrust between her and both the athletic department and Lombardi. Perhaps that is the motivation for others leaving as well.

I suspect the athletic department is the root of the problem based on the Canzano article linked below but Melyssa is going to have to be the one to fix it if Oregon will give her time which I think will take several years. It is difficult to recruit top players when you are get beat badly and frequently. Balints comments regarding trust is not going to help either.

https://goducks.com/documents/2019/4/1/Oregon_Combined.pdf

https://goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7576

https://goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7574

https://goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7569

https://www.baseballamerica.com/sto...d-transfers-inside-oregon-softballs-upheaval/

https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2019/01/canzano-oregon-ducks-softball-exodus-cant-be-ignored.html
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I didn't read all of the links but I did read part of the last one. Is the Reader's Digest version this: A popular coach was fired by the Athletic Department and the players are taking their anger out on the new coach?
 
MsProudSooner said:
I didn't read all of the links but I did read part of the last one. Is the Reader's Digest version this: A popular coach was fired by the Athletic Department and the players are taking their anger out on the new coach?
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Yes if we assume that not giving him the raise was the equivalent of firing him . However 6 of the transferrees occurred after or during fall ball under Lombardi and Balint said she did not trust Melyssa so who knows how much of a factor she is.
 
SoonerSpock said:
Yes if we assume that not giving him the raise was the equivalent of firing him . However 6 of the transferrees occurred after or during fall ball under Lombardi and Balint said she did not trust Melyssa so who knows how much of a factor she is.
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I would tell my kid they had to know a coach at least a year before forming a firm opinion, but that's just me! ;)
 
The idiocy of the entire Oregon circumstance if had Oregon decided to give Mike White a $200,000 raise he would have stayed. The didn't and he took the Texas job. Oregon then turned around and hired Melyssa for about $120,000 more than Mike White was making so for an additional $80,000 they could have kept White and an intact top 3-5 team with virtually everyone returning for 2019.

Instead they have a mess with a disgruntled fan base that will be years in fixing if it can be fixed.
 
SoonerSpock said:
No question MacGrandle could be a malcontent and perhaps take after her father in that regard. However this is the 10th player to leave the Oregon program six of which left after or during fall ball. That at least is a red flag for Melyssa's program.

My nephew is an Oregon grad and follows their softball team. He indicates that there is a lot of grumbling among the fans and has concerns whether Melyssa will be given adequate time to turn the program around.

They have been throwing MacGrandle because they only have 3 pitchers on staff the ace who transferred from Va Tech, MacGrandle and a freshman Krueger who has a 9.45 era in 20 innning pitched.

Don't forget 3 top quality pitchers left the program with the hiring of Lombardi. Kleist was an first team All American, Elish was a 2nd team All American and the Balint was first team All Pac 12 as freshman and a finalist for National Freshman of the Year.

Also Baliant has gone on the record that there is mistrust between her and both the athletic department and Lombardi. Perhaps that is the motivation for others leaving as well.

I suspect the athletic department is the root of the problem based on the Canzano article linked below but Melyssa is going to have to be the one to fix it if Oregon will give her time which I think will take several years. It is difficult to recruit top players when you are get beat badly and frequently. Balints comments regarding trust is not going to help either.
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I read the same talking points every time I log onto robocoach and peruse any Oregon or Texas thread. It gets tiresome there and it's equally tiresome – maybe more so – coming from an OU fan.
 
scrybe said:
I read the same talking points every time I log onto robocoach and peruse any Oregon or Texas thread. It gets tiresome there and it's equally tiresome – maybe more so – coming from an OU fan.
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If it's not accurate, what is accurate?
 
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