Official Tennessee at South Carolina Game 2 Thread - 5:20 PM

John Wilkerson has to come up with something different to say in situations like this......"A grand slam and South Carolina wins 9-6. THIS is Tennessee Baseball."

Tough loss but tomorrow is a new day. Could be up 2-0 but hopefully, this team will learn from early mistakes and be tougher at the end of the year. But, I"m not sure Owenby is cut out to be a closer. Seems like in every save, he has loaded the bases before closing it out. Tonight, it caught up to him.
 
John Wilkerson has to come up with something different to say in situations like this......"A grand slam and South Carolina wins 9-6. THIS is Tennessee Baseball."

Tough loss but tomorrow is a new day. Could be up 2-0 but hopefully, this team will learn from early mistakes and be tougher at the end of the year. But, I"m not sure Owenby is cut out to be a closer. Seems like in every save, he has loaded the bases before closing it out. Tonight, it caught up to him.

Yes tmr is a new day and we still lost the series and we are 3-5 in league play. Reality is setting in.
 
Rise, is this a shock to you? We have been saying all year that the pitching depth is very thin. Currently, the Vols have 4 pitchers they can count on: the 3 weekend starters and Andy Cox. Once they used Cox last night, he was out for the weekend which left a very shaky bullpen.
 
It hurts even more that they could have very easily have been going for the sweep tomorrow instead of down 0-2.
 
Rise, is this a shock to you? We have been saying all year that the pitching depth is very thin. Currently, the Vols have 4 pitchers they can count on: the 3 weekend starters and Andy Cox. Once they used Cox last night, he was out for the weekend which left a very shaky bullpen.

No but what just happened is Tennessee Baseball. Not that fluky start out of the gate. They walk more hitters then any team I've seen in a while. Esp in leadoff situations and the 9th inning. It's a big problem. They can't deal with pressure situations at all. It's not as good a team as many think/thought. #2 team in the country tried like hell to give you the series win at their place and we said "nah, we don't want it"
 
Rise, you are wrong. The #2 team in the nation was not going down without a fight. They showed the heart it takes to win two games like they did today. The Vols showed a lot of fight, they just didn't do the small things needed to win either game like get down a good bunt on the squeeze in the 14th inning of the first game and catch a flyball and throw strikes in the 9th of the 2nd game.

The team was in a position to win both games. Individuals have to make plays and/or pitches to finish the deal. The Vols are close. Hopefully, they learn from these tough to take situations. I'm betting they are competitors and will bounce back just fine over the next month.

If you are giving up on this team now, you don't understand baseball.
 
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It hurts even more that they could have very easily have been going for the sweep tomorrow instead of down 0-2.

Yep. That's the difference. When you look across the field at SC, you can clearly see what makes them who they are. The mojo/magic/whatever-you-want-to-call-it is definitely with those guys, and not quite with us. This is a hard day to swallow, but it can all be resolved with a W tomorrow. Win series at home, and avoid sweeps on the road and find yourself in a regional. Would have been nice to have a game cushion on .500 going into the Vandy series, but we will have to take whatever we can get. 1-2 at SC is right where the goal was for me. Today hurts like hell, but tomorrow is another day, and we have to find a way to scratch out a W.
 
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Rise, you are wrong. The #2 team in the nation was not going down without a fight. They showed the heart it takes to win two games like they did today. The Vols showed a lot of fight, they just didn't do the small things needed to win either game like get down a good bunt on the squeeze in the 14th inning of the first game and catch a flyball and throw strikes in the 9th of the 2nd game.



The team was in a position to win both games. Individuals have to make plays and/or pitches to finish the deal. The Vols are close. Hopefully, they learn from these tough to take situations. I'm betting they are competitors and will bounce back just fine over the next month.

If you are giving up on this team now, you don't understand baseball.


I realize you're trying to soften the blow of what happened but it is what it is. Two heartbreakers like that and it's easy to get swept tmr. Lost a series at home to AU who is one of the worst teams in the league. I see a young team with a shaky offense, very little power, and very thin pitching.
I understand baseball just fine sir. Played 5 years Pro ball with the Marlins, 2 yrs JC before that, and every year from the time I was 5.
 
Congratulations on your career. If you played pro ball, you advanced further than most. With this being the case, you should understand the need for a short memory and positive attitude.

Tomorrow is a new day and if the Vols can get good pitching, they will be in a position to win that one, too. Let's hope someone will step up and make a play and/or pitch when it's needed.

As I said earlier, the team was in a position to win both of these games. Someone has to step up and make the play and/or pitch to close the deal. Today, the Gamecocks had this, the Vols didn't.
 
BO51, in baseball, you better have a short memory and a positive attitude. Let's get one tomorrow.

Amen. I think the long day today will help the kids with any restlessness. When the sun comes up tomorrow, it is officially a new day. I think these kids have proven they don't give up so far this year and I hope tomorrow is no different.
 
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Nice job snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Same ****, different year for Vols baseball.
 
I know it will sound like a excuse but the youth of this team really has shown up in this series. SC never lost their composure even when it seemed like they were beat. That composure comes from playing many games in that same situation and UT will get there with this roster they are just going to need time to become battle tested.

This team really is going to have to find a closer who can slam the door and I do not believe Owenby is that guy. I have watched him since he was little and he has always seemd to need a couple of innings to settle in. I think he is a better starter than closer but is attempting to close games because that is where the team needs him.
 
Well at least we made the #1 play of the day on Sportscenter for giving up back-to-back walk off home runs.
 
well I guess the Vols will finish in the bottom of the league this year, same curse as in FB, fire a good coach and suck for the forseeable future
 
well I guess the Vols will finish in the bottom of the league this year, same curse as in FB, fire a good coach and suck for the forseeable future

We really sucked when Dave came here. We lost to the #2 team to walkoffs. That's very good for our team that's mostly freshman and sophomores. We will be great next year. I can tell you that. Only Williams, Price, Stewart, Smart, and Pierce are gone next year.
 
Well at least we made the #1 play of the day on Sportscenter for giving up back-to-back walk off home runs.

Haha yeah....I was sitting in the first row and saw the grand slam first hand. Im the bearded man with the grey and orange UT shirt on.....to the right of the pitcher
 
well I guess the Vols will finish in the bottom of the league this year, same curse as in FB, fire a good coach and suck for the forseeable future

Yep, you're right. We may finish at the bottom of the league. The funny thing is that so will everyone else. Everyone will hover around .500 all year long. The SEC is unbelievably deep this year... like all the way to the bottom deep. Some really really good teams will get left out of a regional this year, and yes we could easily be one of them. But being really really good and getting left out of a regional doesn't at all mean we suck or will suck in the future. This program is headed in the right direction and that fact is so undeniably clear I am really concerned about your well being. Are you okay? Do you need a hug? Please let us know and maybe we can do something to help.
 

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