Tennessee at #22 Alabama Game 2 Thread - 3 PM - ESPN3

#54
#54
Serrano gives his pitchers way too long of a leash. You walk three straight, you need to be pulled. No excuse for that. Zero.
 
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#56
#56
ShowmeVols said:
Yeah, I got fooled by that, too. I wrote a rant on why Cox was being left in so long--only to realize he had been gone for a while.
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My bad, I said Cox was still in the game in the 7th, when he was pulled in the 6th; I was mislead by game tracker on my phone. He was pulled in the 6th after giving up a 3 run double while recording zero outs. The batter with the double later scored, so Cox gave up 4 earned runs.

He pitched very well for 5 innings, but as others stated, curious why he was not pulled after walking 3 straight with a wild pitch sprinkled in there.
 
#57
#57
whobethis16 said:
Serrano gives his pitchers way too long of a leash. You walk three straight, you need to be pulled. No excuse for that. Zero.
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Not sure it mattered. Did you notice how the bull pen got hammered?
 
#58
#58
Not on here to bash Serrano, and I k ow we lost two key starters, but come on, this is year 4, we should be better than this.. I know we're in the SEC, but still... This is just pathetic..same crap, different year.
 
#59
#59
aredfox28 said:
Not on here to bash Serrano, and I k ow we lost two key starters, but come on, this is year 4, we should be better than this.. I know we're in the SEC, but still... This is just pathetic..same crap, different year.
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It's his 5th year.
 
#63
#63
aredfox28 said:
Not on here to bash Serrano, and I k ow we lost two key starters, but come on, this is year 4, we should be better than this.. I know we're in the SEC, but still... This is just pathetic..same crap, different year.
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Agree, it's obvious he can't recruit good enough pitchers to win at the SEC level. I give him to the end of this season but if we once again finish at or near the bottom of the SEC it's time to make a change.
 
#64
#64
31VFL said:
I completely understand why he gave Cox the longer leash. Our best chance was him finding his stuff again.
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So, we just need to accept that there will always be a huge inning given up instead of making a move that could stop it? Serrano waits way too long to pull a guy and it costs his teams. He doesn't have pitchers good enough to get through SEC lineups 3 times. He's got to get the bullpen ready and use them by committee. He's way too reactive instead of proactive.
 
#65
#65
We have stunk it up in innings 5-8 in this series. We have given up 19 out of 21 runs in those innings. Horrible!!
 
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