snakehead26

Well no posts since September. Had a decent season. Were beaten soundly on the road by two excellent teams. Most of the other games were very tight games win or lose. Final record was 7-5

Quickly heading for another 20 loss season. There are some other really bad teams in Southland though.

Next game is on the road at #7 Central Arkansas. Lamar has actually played very poorly against two inferior opponents and quite well against two tougher opponents. So I guess soon we will see.

Agree. Went from 6-2 to 34-8 and 41-16. Took foot off pedal too soon and nearly paid for it.

Yes, for sure the bats need to keep rolling. I don't know if either McNeese or Nicholls has one of their better pitchers "stashed" back to pitch in these games. Not sure either how we will go about using our staff. These tournament series often end up in a game similar to last night when all the pitching has been used up. Reminds me of game 5 of the 2017 World Series when Houston beat Los Angeles 13-12 in ten innings.

just wanted to save an inning...oh well I hope we have enough now.

hoping for the 10 run rule now currently 17-9

woo hoo grand salami

not greedy just survival...can use all the runs we can get.

Lamar not messing around with UIW in early innings jumps to a 6-0 lead in top of first.

Winner of this game will then need to beat McNeese twice to reach the championship game.

Are they going back to that format? When? It is a better format in that it rewards the two highest seeds during the season with home field advantage during the first week and then the top remaining seed gets it for the championship game. This year SE LA is the team with the biggest benefit because the entire tournament was scheduled for their home diamond.

I was fretting at the early lost opportunities...we had 5 hits and 6 walks but only 2 runs at that point. Then I was hoping the pitching was going to hold up but it didn't either. So yes now it would take 5 straight victories to win the tournament.

We are 7-2 against our side of the bracket including 3-0 against UIW. We are 7-5 against the other side of the bracket. Not sure who I would rather play if we make it to the championship game BUT likewise glad we are not opening against Southeast LA on their home field.

Still looking good 10-3 in the 9th

I will let Southland figure it this year on the tiebreaker. I think it was the WAC I did the spreadsheet on a few years ago in a complicated situation. Top of the 5th it is early but McNeese lead Nicholls 9-3. Other than falling into the 1,4,5,8 or 2,3,6,7 part of the bracket the seeding probably doesn't help a whole lot toward winning the championship. Again, it will be who plays well next week. Already happened to McNeese on the women's softball...lost 2 conference games all year then eliminated in the tournament and missed the NCAA tournament. I guess we will chat next week and maybe a little on the other message boards but always appreciate all the inputs.

My uncle used to say need that alcohol to get the crowd all fired up. Anyway, good start for Lamar today. Hopefully hold on and win this final home conference game.

Maintain 2 game lead on Nicholls and 3 games on New Orleans. Sure hope they got their weather timing accurate for Sunday because they have been off all week. Thought they might do doubleheader today. Saw lightning outside earlier.

Lamar with a bad loss 6-3. Leading 3-0 going into the bottom of the 9th give up six runs. Not sure why he left Austin Neal in to pitch after already a HBP and two walks. Caple with another 7 innings of scoreless work wasted.

Well the top of 9th was a little hairy but Lamar hangs on to win 2-1 over SLU. Our pitchers have really had to earn their wins.

Well how bout that. Aided by an error, Lamar scores two runs with two outs in the bottom of the 9th to pull off a 4-3 victory. Really needed this win and this series being at home.

Well Lamar wins 1-0. Combined no hitter. Ellis only allowed one walk through 9 and Neal with one walk in two innings of relief.

if they waste this pitching effort....bottom of 11th as I post

Yes, I base part of it on SOS and part on reputation of them and the conference. Lamar is actually ranked 35th in the USA Today coaches poll so a few people are noticing them.

Well we have to get there first before we can get a seed. Lose the conference tournament and we will be out again. 4 out of our next 5 conference series are at home.