Rebels squander opportunities; play Thursday at 10 a.m.

by BrianWalker'sElbow on May 20, 2009 10:02 PM EDT

The Ole Miss baseball team dropped their SEC tourney opener against Georgia by a score of 6-3.

The bases were loaded on two separate occasions and the Rebels failed to capitalize which was the theme of the day as the Rebels left 13 base runners stranded. Kyle Henson stays hot as he had a 3-for-5 performance at the plate.

Drew Pomeranz started hot as he faced the minimum through three innings, and he had 5 k's through that same time frame. However, his struggles in the sixth led to a grand slam which is the second grand slam by Georgia against the Rebels this season. ~~Ironically~~ Coincidentally, appropriately, or really, any other adjective which means the EXACT OPPOSITE of the word "ironically," the first one came in the Friday night game in Oxford after Pomeranz got in trouble, and the score of that game was the same, 6-3.

Many baseball analysts predicted that one of the final national seeds will be awarded to Florida or Ole Miss. The Rebels get a chance to make their case tomorrow in an elimination game at 10 a.m.

Ole Miss will start Brett Bukvich, a senior southpaw.

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Quote from Matt Cerione, Georgia Center Fielder

On his grand slam …
“The first at bat, I just didn’t pick it up out of [Ole Miss’ Drew Pomeranz’s] hand but he is a great pitcher and we were only down one run with the bases loaded, and I was just trying to get that guy in from third. That is all I was trying to do. He threw a curve ball the first pitch and I fouled it off. I was just trying to stay on my legs, and he doubled it up, and I got a hold of it. He is a great guy. He battles. He is a competitor. He got the best of me today, too, but I got one good swing off of him as well.”

Other than giving up the grand slam, I think it was mostly a well-played game. It would have been nice to have scored more of our runners, but we just couldn’t get that clutch hit.

by UMRebel on May 20, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions

Not to take Whiskey's role as a Debbie Downer....

but there was a lot more that went wrong than just not putting together the clutch hit. There were times we tried too hard to get the big hit instead of playing smart and at least making the pitcher throw something good (I distinctly remember a first pitch pop-up in the latter innings). We also fielded terribly at times. There was a lot of undisciplined baseball. What it boils down to is the fundamentals, which has been something we have done very well throughout the season, but which we threw out the window against Georgia.

The good news is that should be a simple fix of just getting the players focused. Hopefully we will come out and put it to Florida.

by Role Player on May 21, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions

On another note...

Even LSU lost today. Which of the top seeds (if any) is going to show up and play like they’re supposed to in order to win this tournament?

by UMRebel on May 20, 2009 11:55 PM EDT reply actions

Yes, our bats were pretty much asleep tonight.

I don’t know what to make of the top seeds…saving it up for regionals?

The nice thing is that someone from the ranks from the top seeds will have to win Thursday.

by artiger on May 21, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions

With that loss, all four top seeds lost.

by Thile on May 21, 2009 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Not to be a dick

but the fact that Pomz gave up ANOTHER (effing!!!@@###) grandslam to UGA is not ironic. David Kellum misuses the word irony – and all variations thereof – pretty much everytime he sits behind the mic. He loves the word but rarely uses it correctly.

An example of irony would be Kellum winning an award for being the most accurate radio announcer in college sports.

by ssmund on May 21, 2009 10:42 AM EDT reply actions

I normally take pride in my role as "editor" of the blog

but am now ashamed of myself for not catching that. One of my biggest pet peeves in the world is the misuse of the word “irony” and its various inflections.

Take a picture, trick.

by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on May 21, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions