Arnold and 6th inning homers carry Cougs over Shockers

I expect the bats to come to life. It seems like we struggle one game and then respond with a good game at the plate. So far we’ve been mediocre in Friday’s loss and barely got it done today.

Everyone else is going to have to put their #3 guy out there too so I’m looking forward to more runs out of our offense. Stilley is capable of putting together a solid start and turning it over to the bullpen in the later innings.

I hope we get to face Oklahoma because sweeping them twice in their home park would be a daunting task. If we can get them in a loser out game I like our chances better. I thought Arkansas was lucky to survive against us. We know we can beat Oklahoma.

We’ve got the butterflies out of the way now, and the kids can just relax. They should be acclimated to their surroundings as well. When an athlete can just compete without all the peripheral stuff getting in the way, you will start seeing better performances, the natural abilities will start coming to the surface. Our better hitters should start hitting a little bit better now that they have a couple games under their belt.

We win the first game tomorrow and we have mo going for us in game two. Come Monday afternoon, it’s winner-take-all. Anything is possible then. Go Cougs!!!

I sitting here watching the Hogs take a 4-1 lead over Oklahoma in the bottom of the first and I don’t see anything out of their pitchers that scares me all that much. I’m assuming their #3 pitchers are hitable and I think we have some really decent hitters.

I think our pen is a strength. There is still a long ways to go. If we can put some crooked numbers on the board I like our chances.

and took the Sooner crowd out of it. The stands are full. This is like a local league game for both of them. I’ve seen David Stilley pitch and he’s pretty solid.

If we don’t start hitting like we’re capable it puts too much pressure on him and just the opposite effect if we score some runs. I think the pressure is on our hitters right now.

I think we’re going to win our first game tomorrow.

It’s up to Stilley to give us a solid performance. He certainly doesn’t have to be perfect but 6 solid innings would really be nice. More would be a real plus.

Our bats have to start producing more runs. Prince is our only consistent hitter making solid contact lately. Ponciano and Burg and the rest of them have got to produce more runs. We need a couple kids to step it up.

Losing to Arkansas like that had to hurt Oklahoma’s pride and they don’t have a whole lot of time to shake it off. We’re coming off a big win and get to play during the day again. Oklahoma has had both their games in the evening. That might make a difference. I watched every pitch of their Arkansas loss and didn’t see anything that really concerns me. They are a really good team but not real deep in the pitching department.

The home plate ump was plain lousy, never establishing a consistent strike zone. Oklahoma’s coach got tossed in the 8th or 9th trying to get his pitcher a break and I don’t blame him for going out the to confront the man in blue. The announcers were really nice about it but it was something that I noticed throughout the game. I’m glad we won’t have to deal with this guy tomorrow afternoon, as they usually rotate the assignments.

I still think the wildcard for us is our bats. If we can get on the board early it might help us relax and take the crowd out of it. Oklahoma is going to be hard-pressed to get over the ass-kicking they took tonight. The only concern any Coug player should have is with the Sooners. The rest takes care of itself.

Bring on the Sooners!!! Go Cougs!!!

Those guys have an excellent pitching staff — it’s their offense that let them down most of the year. I thought Wichita St. was a pretty scary matchup because of that.

That said, I’m with the rest of you. I’m glad we’re facing Oklahoma today. Their pitching staff drops off real fast after their No. 1 guy, and I’m pretty confident that Stilley is better than anyone they’re going to throw out there. The question is, can our offense keep up? Because those Sooner bats are downright scary.

Their #2 guy didn’t get out of the first inning last night and Wichita State hit their ace pretty hard too.

I think there’s a decent chance we will face their #1 guy today. He didn’t throw many pitches Friday night so he’s probably ready to go.