A 2-1 pitcher's dual is nice and all, but let's be honest, yesterday's lack of offense cannot make us feel good about today's chances. Nice to see Tony Bryant pitch some quality ball. The guy is a master at changing speeds and hitting location. I think his troubles this year are overstated, and the stats the result of a few bad outings. I'd be giving him the ball in the 9th.
Hopefully Danny Hayes is back in the lineup today. They'll need his bat. LSU pitcher Kevin Gausman is a projected top 5 pick.
Regarding the rotation, Child will go today versus a heavy RH LSU lineup. Wetzler will go Sunday, but that's not a great matchup for OSU (I would have preferred Wetzler in Game 1 and either Fry or Child in game 2).
If you're jonesing for some pregame drama, check out this LSU forum where the ever-classy-toothless-cousin-fuckers "tiger bait" OSU players and then fans. I recommend playing Dueling Banjos while reading to help set the mood. Someone (Michael Conforto, is that really you?) mentions angrybeavs on there!
I think the site is really called “TigerBate” because its just one gigantic LSU circle jerk going on over there. They do have some funny and creative gifs from time to time though. They’re worth checking out. Osu fans will especially like the Chip Kelly ones from last year.
That might be, but I felt like I was in a third world country.
“…the ever-classy-toothless-cousin-fuckers…”
LOL!!!!!!!
Toothless? Sounds like a business opportunity. Unless they don’t want to seem uppity with teeth and all.
The chip Kelly gifs they created last year were some of the funniest pics I’ve ever seen. Ever. I still use several of them. Very creative and fucking hilarious.
wow retardation. watch them come over here and say things like “we gon’ skeein you fuuhckin beavers”
sheesh. makes me glad to have a setup here that is a. not retarded and b. mostly friendly debates
also is that really michael conforto getting in a flamewar with inbreds???? bahah
“we gon’ skeein you fuuhckin beavers”
Bunchah Davey Crockets over there…
What “beaver forum” do they keep talking about that is dead? This is about the only place outside of Olive where I see a decent amount of posts (not counting paid sites, I dont do that).
Probably building the dam since its on the same blog network as tigerbate
They mention pure-orange
It really does look like it’s from the 90s
No, that’s not really Conforto. If you read his posts he’s just a (rare) OSU troll lol.
boo. i was hoping
We got 2 hit y UCLA and backed it up with 11 hits in the next game. The offense can bounce back.
I don’t understand why they think our guys should be scared by a 4 run ‘outburst’ by the LSU offense? Is that a lot for them? Have we not scored that many runs all season or something?
Miami OUT.
Whipped by Missouri State Bears 12-2!, after losing 10-2 yesterday.
From what I understand, an excellent chance now for a Super Regional in Corvallis if the Beavs can get past the Tigers.
Good friend meeting for drinks tonight will not be happy. A Cane.
Lets hope for a big win today though. Playing with a loss after today could make that goal really tough. I am a lot more nervous than most around here. LSU regularly fields great baseball teams, not to mention their ace today. Throughout the season we have left several guys on base and that is something we absolutely can’t do today. I think we probably need about six runs to get it done today. Can we get that many against their ace?
S Carolina is now losing to Clemson.
Wow, that is huge. Not to mention the obvious rivalry too.
I’m nervous.
More nervous about Wetzler tomorrow…
Why are you nervous about Wetzler? I am only nervous if we win. By all accounts, Belmont should be ULM today. If we lose and play Belmont, I think Wetzler can do it. If we win, then we get a short reprieve before playing LSU. I am nervous about Wetzler v LSU but that is probably better than Starr v LSU (which is what would likely happen if we lose and have to use Wetzler v Belmont).
I should have clarified. I am nervous about Wetzler vs LSU. I think he’d be fine versus Belmont.
I’d almost rather see Schultz vs LSU than Wetzler or Starr. Honestly, I thought Wetzler would pitch yesterday’s game and Fry would pitch today. That would have been a better matchup.
Belmont is OUT, lost today 6-3.
Wow, I am shocked by that. I thought Belmont was significantly better than ULM.
And Angry, you like Fry better than Child v LSU? I generally am a person that would side with talent over matchups but the media seems to really be hyping Child as a matchup v LSU because he is a righty and their lineup is a righty. What do you think? I don’t think I know enough about baseball to make a call.
I just like Fry’s poise and confidence. He’s a real pitcher, and mature for his age. I think he is a guy who can beat LSU. I am not confident Wetzler can do that. He gets flustered more easily. Child is solid, and I’m fine with him pitching today. It wouldn’t matter to me if Child/Fry or Fry/Child pitched vs LSU. The order doesn’t matter. I think I read somewhere that Wetzler was ill yesterday? Is that true? If that’s true then it explains this rotation…
Speaking of a (possibly) ill Wetzler, any news on Fry? Precautionary or was there damage to his arm?
Casey said he was just fine, just had some forearm pain. Could have been potential dehydration. He should be good.
ULM beat Belmont
Oops, was already posted lol. But yeah, strangely I’m really confident in Child tonight. He’s had some big pitching performances against UCLA and Arizona this year. Even though that was at Goss, I still think he’ll pitch big today. He’s an ideal guy to go against LSU’s offense. He keeps the ball down and gets a lot of ground balls. He doesn’t struggle with walks like Wetzler and Fry do. The decision to start Child makes a lot of sense. Rodriguez and Hayes are back in the lineup tonight. Offense should be fine and if Child pitches well, the Beavers will win. I like OSU’s chances tonight despite going against Gausman.
If the Beavers win, look out for ULM tomorrow against LSU. ULM is playing well and LSU was fortunate they didn’t lose to them last night. LSU could easily feel a ton of pressure in that spot. They were a “lock” to go to Omaha, being in the loser’s bracket against a team who has no pressure and is expected to lose, that is not a spot LSU wants to be in. So, a Beavers win tonight would be enormous. If they win tonight, I think they win the regional.
Left only 4 on yesterday, need a similar performance to beat the Tigers today.
Miami lost 2nd game and is eliminated. Door open for OSU to host SR if they win Baton Rouge regional.
Has anybody found a video link or radio stream?
Osubeavers.com has a free radio stream in the postseason. Worked for me yesterday.
Wow, Dayton lost to TCU with a football score: 28-12. How the hell did that happen?
They went for two every time they scored.
Lead-off single by Ryan Barnes
how does such a nice stadium not have a railing protecting the dugout?
Smith sacrifices Barnes to second. Conforto then walks. Hayes up with 1 down
Fielder’s choice by Hayes. Runners on the corners with 2 outs for Ryan Dunn
Scoreless going to the bottom of the first. Big chance missed early in the game.
I think that is a critical miss against this pitcher. Leaving two on base and no scores could be fortuitous.
I was thinking the same thing.
St. John’s beat UNC on a walk-off three run homer. Another national seed in trouble in their regional.
Scoreless after an inning
Tommasini can switch hit?
He did that in 2009 and 2010 but Casey had him give up switch hitting in 2010 cause he wasn’t effective from the left side. Then against Oregon, Tommasini went back to switch hitting and in his first at-bat he walked.
Scoreless going to the bottom of the 2nd. Beavers didn’t score there but Matthews and Tommasini made him throw some pitches. Rodriguez and Keyes did not do that. This is going to be a low scoring game, need Child to pitch big.
This doesn’t look good.
Back-to-back singles by LSU to start the bottom of the 2nd. He needs to find a way to escape this jam.
Sac bunt moves runners to second and third and 1 out
Rodriguez blocks a bounced pitch, need to see him keep it up, his arm hasn’t been a problem but stops have been a different story.
Groundout to shortstop and it’s 1-0 LSU. Really needed a strikeout there.
LSU getting runners home from second, Beavs not. Reminds me of how OSU would always settle for FGs and Oregon would always get TDs.
2-0 LSU now. Not the start I was hoping for.
Child is folding. Hits the next batter and then gives up another run. Crowd is getting to him.
Or, you know, he’s just not executing his pitches properly. That happens.
this has been a long half inning
2-0 Tigers after 2 innings. Time for the offense to come right back.
For those who don’t have comcast, a video stream http://www.justin.tv/lsustream#/w/3180009344/5
Beav’s offense is terrible.
Facing a top 5 pick, he can make many offenses look bad.
Not really. Faced a great college pitcher today.
Love your commitment to bitching though.
Back-to-back singles by Conforto and Hayes. Big at-bat by Dunn. Could use a clutch hit here to get a run or two back
Dunn with an RBI single and it’s now 2-1 Tigers. Keyes up with runners on the corners and 2 outs
Big hit for Dunn! Need another from Keyes right here.
three innings in a row where the beavers have gotten multiple men on base.
Only first and third inning, Matthews was only runner to reach in 2nd for OSU
my bad, three innings in a row with RISP. still pretty encouraging.
More bad luck for Keyes. Hits another ball hard but it’s an out. 2-1 LSU after 2 1/2 innings
Child with another HBP. Command isn’t sharp today.
What was that about Child not folding?
Not executing his pitches. A pitcher not having good command is not “folding”.
child’s imploding right now.
Rhymes with a base hit. Runners on first and second and no outs. A free pass started the inning and now a wild pitch. Child’s command is off
Now a blooper falls in. Bad break.
This sucks. I hate dink hits.
Ducks ahead 4-0 against Fullerton in 1st. I wish we can get our bats working better.
It seems like they’re swinging at anything that’s near the plate.
Pull him Casey, he can’t even hit the zone anymore. The pressure has gotten to him.
Agreed get him out of there
4-1 Tigers after 3 innings
That should have been a double. Shortest double in history!
Back-to-back singles with 1 out on some breaks for the Beavers. Popup in front of home plate falls, shortstop’s flip to 2nd isn’t handled.
Smith is disappearing….
That was a pretty shitty AB for Smith,
could not have been worse
Anybody in the Portland area seeing this on Comcast? I can’t find it.
Its on 37 and 737 live
Thanks!
4-1 LSU after 4 innings
Hard to see a box score that has each team with 6 hits but a 3 run differential.
Jake shows his arm, Beavs need to start chipping away at the lead, still time.
Conforto almost got a ball out. Just got it off the end of the bat and got under it too much
What happened to the Keyes of last year?
Another missed opportunity… We should be leading this thing. If we lose tonight our shot at winning the regional is slim.
Anybody here ever see that sketch on SNL where they spoof an ESPN broadcast, and its sponsored by Tampax tampons? The comcast announcer’s voice reminds me of that sketch. “This OSU vs LSU broadcast is brought to you by….Stayfree Maxi Pads!”
TAMPAX!!!!!
OSU needs to get their bats working, keep it close. Can’t wait till the 9th to try to catch up. We have to do it now. Ducks 5-0 now.
This thing already feels over. Not going to lie, the inability to capitalize to this point screams choke to me. Maybe next year. If we get lucky Conforto may go into a massive sophomore slump like Keyes this year.
They’re down 3. It is far from over. And Conforto is on a level that Keyes has never been at. Highly doubt he’ll have some big sophomore slump.
don’t you think choke is a bit harsh? LSU spent most of the season in the top three or four. i don’t think it’s likely either, but if they can get a couple runners on for conforto or hayes there’s definitely still hope.
You are right about the choke thing. LSU is the higher seed but I just feel like they are choking in terms of actually scoring runners who that were in scoring position. But does anyone honestly believe that we can win. Objectively evaluating, I don’t think this team will win. I certainly wouldn’t bet anything I cared about on them tonight. And I am sure that supports the idea of the winner of this game winning the regional.
*And I am sure that there is some overwhelming stat that supports the idea of winner of this game winning the regional*
Sorry, didn’t login.
they probably won’t win tonight, but the fact is they could be in a much better position right now, so there’s reason to believe they could beat tomorrow if they get by louisiana-monroe.
What are the odds that we win three consecutive games? Especially two against an LSU team tonight that we can’t seem to convert against?
http://i.qkme.me/35noi6.jpg
Haha yes!
4-1 LSU after 5 innings of play. Time for the Beavers to make something happening this inning. Can’t wait much longer to start chipping away
Gausman reportedly at about 100 pitches, really hasn’t been totally overpowering; maybe a new arm will change the Beavs luck??
Better happen soon.
Wow! Two errors in a row. Mo is now solidly in LSU corner, need something special to change things.
Dylan Davis in now. Need him to come up huge here. LSU gets another run and the game is about over.
Hopefully Davis can come in and shut them down, I don’t see the Beavs coming back from by more than 3.
Spectacular play by Jake
Well that sucks. Davis strikes out both batters he faces but a wild pitch brings in a run.
Fullerton fighting back against Ucks. 6-5 bottom of 5th. We have got to get something happening on offense. If we win and Ucks lose, I am at first church service tomorrow morning.
Tyler Smith walks with 1 out. Need Conforto to keep it going
Way to go Tyler, WALK
i kind of wish davis came in around the third inning.
I am feeling pretty confident about my guess of needing six runs to win it. I am really wishing I was wrong and that we could’ve scored more.
Guess I missed on my six to win prediction.
At least we’re going down in this game like football, with a pillow biting whimper.
I had to step away for a minute. Anyone know why we switched to this guy with two outs to go in the bottom of the eighth?
Didn’t want LSU to see too much of Riley Wilkerson?? /sarc
Alright, flips those caps inside out for the rally cap because we have a seven run inning coming… NOT
Offense going to need to come alive tomorrow afternoon. ULM will be tough. Winning 3 times in two days is extremely difficult but I think the Beavers can do it. Just need the offense to start coming through.
Now that was fitting…… Tyler Smith Strikeout to end the game…..
Missed yesterday due to a fishing emergency.
Sorry I couldn’t weigh in on Tiger Bait… er… Corn Dog Bait.
I don’t know why SEC fans think the ancient Okie joke about NU fans is funny. And I don’t know why it gets to LSU fans. But corn dogs it is.
Did you all know that toothpaste was invented in Louisiana?
If it had been invented elsewhere, it would have been called teethpaste.
Why do LSU Grads keep their diplomas on their dashboards?
So they can park in the handicap spot.
How many LSU freshmen does it take to change a light bulb?
None, it’s a sophomore course.
Did you hear about the fire in LSU’s football dorm that destroyed 20 books?
The real tragedy was that 15 hadn’t been colored yet.
Heh heh…
How many LSU freshman does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Zero. That’s a 300 level course in Baton Rouge.
offense better get it going today or they won’t have a tomorrow.
Any links?
Does Wetzler always need a warm up inning? Already allowed 3 on base but escapes with no runs
That has been his pattern for at least the last half of the season.
http://www.justin.tv/lsustream#/w/3180009344/14
Thanks, I can’t even get any radio in PDX, is it because of Comcast? I’m listening to the “Warhawks” audio with Bubba and Billy Ray.
Try 620 am for our favorite napkin eater.
I’m about sick of the whole “napkin eater” reference! He only “ate” one napkin, therefore napkin muncher is more appropriate.
correction, he was only filmed eating one napkin, the possibilities are endless.
Conforto continues to put pressure on his shins by getting on base. I’ll take the RBI single but have concerns about how long he can hold up. 4-0 Beavs with two outs in the second, runners at the corners.
Went through the entire lineup last inning, nice work. The forced pitching change is good too. If we have another big inning, do you think they pull Wetzler and rest him in case we play tomorrow?
I think they would want Wetzler to go 5 innings before they think about pulling him.
Typical Wetzler today
The home plate umpire is a joke
Inning/score?
7-1 beavs after 4
7-1 beavs 4th
I’m hoping Keyes is saving his hits with runers on for the next game :)
Offense is looking good today. They’re getting clutch hits and starting to hit a lot of balls hard. Good sign, need that offense against LSU.
LSU probably has a significantly more talented pitching staff though. Will our production fall off against them? Or do you think it will be a momentum type thing like basketball (just need to see the shot go in once)?
9-1 good guys, time to pull Conforto.
Casey did. Matthews now in left. Good move. Give Conforto and that shin as much as possible before game 2 today.
Wetzler coming around, now a question of how many pitches he has left. Big advantage if he can minimize need for relief now that he seems past his early game troubles.
End of 6, 9-1 good guys.
Interesting, no 3 up/3 down innings yet for the Beavs.
Throwing error by Smith but good awareness by Keyes to try to make the tag. Fielding % has taken a real hit in the past two days.
DP to end the seventh for ULM, just 6 outs to go.
tyler smith RBI triple, 10 to 1 beavs.
Smith a 1 out RBI triple, 10-1 Beavs. Who else should join Conforto getting some rest now?
Me
You may take your seat on the bench anytime you would like. This is like the Red Sox clubhouse though, you have to grab beers and give us score updates.
Pretty hard to do with my eyes closed LOL.
I think Casey put the team through some good batting practice since last game. Their hitting is much better………maybe because not under so much pressure as yesterday.
Facing a less talented team also helps.
Also, faced Gausman and he’s pretty good.
Gausman is pretty good, but was beatable yesterday. Clutch hits were missing for the Beavs and their D/Pitching wasn’t what was needed.
Wetzler stepped up today. 8 innings, 7 hits and just 1 run. Really helped save the bullpen for the LSU game tonight.
Almost gave me an ulcer at the start of the game, but really came through.
WIll he go for the complete game? Wish there was a 10 run mercy rule.
I doubt it. There will be a reliever.
If he can’t we should see Riley W.
What time does the second game start?
6:30 CT
A little after 4:30
Not be an alarmist, but did you guys hear about the Mich State/ Nebraska game in the BiG 10 tourney? 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th with a 10-2 lead and they need a bad call to win the game.
A remarkable meltdown. Similar to what their football team used to do when John L Smith was coaching.
I’m hoping we see Gorton at catcher in tonight’s game. It’s going to be tough to pull out a win and I think you’ve got to go with the more defensively sound guy behind the plate.
Will Starr be the pitcher?
Yes, Starr will start tonight
Don’t need that walk.
this reliever is lopez right?
Carlos Rodriguez. Freshman from Hawaii
Beavers win 11-2 and plays LSU in about an hour and a half.
Wait, why didn’t Starr start this game and save Wetzler for LSU?
because they might have lost if they did that
They had to beat ULM first. You can’t save starters for later games when it isn’t a guarantee you win to get to that game.
Is tonight’s game on Directv?
No, but it is available here http://www.justin.tv/lsustream#/w/3180009344/16
Come on, don’t give me that BS about having to win this game. ULM is a .500 Sun Belt team on it’s 3rd pitcher. It’s pretty evident they would have nothing for the Beavers, wasting Wetzler on this game was monumentally stupid.