[Husker] Uh Oh! NU loses 3-2

[Tony Lambert]

Why didn't Anderson Pinch hit for  Nimmo in the late in the game ? He is 0 
for forever. at that this point what do we have to lose.


Tony Lambert.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skylar Dodds" <Sklarbodds at cox.net>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 8:29 PM
Subject: [Husker] Uh Oh! NU loses 3-2


> Hello Husker Fans,
>
>  In the first game of the three game series, NU lost to OU 3-2 at
>  home.  NU went up early 2-0, but a rocky inning from Joba puts OU
>  right back into the game.
>
>  Joba pitched pretty well thru 5, if only the game ended then. In the
>  sixth, back to back to back singles brought OU within 1. Then, with
>  runners on the corners, a ground out scores 1 to tie the inning.
>  After Joba walked a second runner on, Erik Bird came in allowed a
>  infield single to load the bases, and then got a double play to end
>  the inning.
>
>  In the bottom half, Opitz singled with 1 out, but was doubled up on
>  a bonehead play when Christy popped out to third and for some
>  unknown reason, Opitz took off.
>
>  OU took the lead for good in the 8th on a Sac Fly with 1 out scored
>  the go ahead run.
>
>  From the plate, Christy continued to break out of his horrendous
>  slump (he was 3 of 4 against CU and 2 for 4 today) while Nimmo sank
>  farther into his with an 0 for 5 effort.  Brown is still hitting
>  well, going 2 for 4 tonight and Jaros went 3 for 4 in a good day
>  since coming back from wrists injuries.
>
>  Again, we left people in scoring position 5 out of the 9 innings.
>  The worst offenses were in the 4th when we had bases loaded with 1
>  out and in the Ninth with runners on 1st and second with 1 out. In
>  the 4th, we scored 1 off of a single to left, but Christy was thrown
>  out at home (why Anderson sent him, I'm not sure, maybe he didn't
>  realize that Christy takes hours to run 60 feet). In the ninth,
>  Nimmo popped up on the infield and Wehrle grounded out to the
>  pitcher to end the threat. Even Tuesday when we won, we needed 12
>  hits to score 4 leaving 10 on base.
>
>  The issue here is that some players just aren't hitting and it seems
>  like they are up when we really need them. Nimmo, Wehrle, Buckman,
>  and Gorsett went a combined 1 for 16 (hitters 2, 3, 4, 5).  That's
>  just not the production you expect from the heart of your lineup.
>
>  If I were Anderson at this point, I'd completely shuffle the
>  lineup.  (I'm not Anderson for the record and I'm not saying I know
>  better than him.)
>
>  My lineup would be:
>
>  1. Jaros CF
>  2. Opitz 2B
>  3. Brown LF
>  4. Gerch DH
>  5. Buckman 1B
>  6. Gorsett RF
>  7. Wehrle SS
>  8. Christy C
>  9. Mort 3B (Maybe Edlefsen)
>
>  Sometimes putting your main hitters at the bottom of the lineup can
>  put a spark under their  ___________, I think at this point we need
>  something...  Anything..  We MUST win tomorrow or we will drop to
>  4th seed in the Big XII tournament.  Not to mention kissing our
>  national seed goodbye (it's a stretch right now anyway).
>
>  This team has the talent.  The capabilities to win.  We just need to
>  find SOMETHING, ANYTHING to get us out of it.  You never know what
>  that might be.
>
> -- 
> Go Skers,
> Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net
>
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