Rebel Roundup - 4/8/2010

gimme tennis news!

Crouse had a good start, Callender came in and gave up the booty tho.

I was in class so just basing it off the boxscore.

I typically use that excuse for an (1) aberration. Ex: losing one of three to a bad Tennessee team. That’s baseball. However, losing three in a row to terrible baseball teams? That’s not “just baseball.” That’s being a really bad team.

I watched the entire miserable game, concluding with Smith’s base hit in the bottom of the 9th, followed immediately by Snyder’s GIDP [3rd of the night turned by UALR] and Miller’s strike out. Yarbrough was 0-5, committed 2 errors, both of which resulted in unearned runs being scored.

But someone asked about pitching – and well you should, because that’s where this game was lost. Crouse was adequate – some good and some bad. He lasted 4 innings [86 pitches], struck out 8 – but also walked 4, hit two batters and had at least one wild pitch. Still, when he left the game, Ole Miss had a 5-2 lead.

Rothlin entered the game in the top of the 5th and hit the first batter he faced, then promptly gave up a 2-run dinger, making it 5-4. Bianco yanked Rothlin with no outs in the 7th – 6 hits & 3 runs at that point, but he left with a man on 3rd who was his responsibility. Callender matched Rothlin, giving up a 2-run homer to the first batter he faced, so Rothlin ended up being charged with 4 runs; Callender, who lasted only 1.1 inning, was charged with 3. In the combined Rothlin-Callender 3.1 innings, 7 UALR runs [6 earned] on 10 hits.

The nicest thing I can say is that the middle relief blew a game to a team we should have handled easily – I mean, my gosh, it’s not as if Ole Miss were playing an SEC powerhouse like Tennessee. Really, it was a pitiful performance.

We were winning while I was there, but we left in time to get dinner at the Wal-Mart Subway.

In my defense, though, those Icees are just so damn good.

That picture makes it look worse than it was.