Not gonna lie. It's upsetting coming away with two losses this weekend. I guess that's who we are. Certainly saw enough good things to feel pretty good about this season. I mean, we definitely look like a tournament team just on pitching alone and there's no reason to think it will fall apart on us. Solid pitching. Gonna win a lot of games.
But it's upsetting, to me, watching LSU school us in base running, situational hitting and defensive play both infield and outfield. Their defense was able to knife though our threats in a way that takes the heart right out of you. And their offense can smell blood and pounce. We pitched with them and hit with them but, in the end, they were always going to beat us in that game and probably any game we play them. They're just better.
The A&M game was even more upsetting because, there, the baseball gods beat us. Solo home run? By a nine hole hitter? Good grief. Yeah, that was a tough game to win but we were in it. We could have won it and maybe should have won it. A&M isn't that good. They're not LSU good. This is a team who has surrendered 36 runs, 12 of which are unearned runs. Crazy stat and vs good competition will cost them wins. And I hate A&M, but that's just me.
So, we're 7-6 after a 13 game swing around the country and finally coming home. We're gonna win games but at the end of March we meet Fullerton and Texas for five games and I hope we solve some problems before they come to town. I think we can. Good pitching is a heckuva base to build on. Trying to think positive. GBR!
