The Official #6 Tennessee @ #7 LSU Series Thread (Fri. April 25 7:30PM EDT SECNET+) (Sat. April 26 8PM EDT ESPNU) (Sun. April 27 3PM EDT SEC NETWORK)

[Tenacjim]

What was our record last year after this many games vs this year? Anyone wanna do the search ?

37-7 overall and 15-6 in the SEC vs. 35-9 and 13-8 this year. From there went 9-3 overall (lost to Lipscomb) and went 7-2 in our last 3 SEC series (2-1 vs Vandy, 2-1 vs. Florida and 3-0 vs SC). 46-10 overall and 22-8 SEC regular season.

4-1 in the SEC tourney.

3-0 in the Regional.

2-1 in the Supers.

5-1 in CWS

60-13 National Champions.

 

[87&91ALUM]

Hope Springs eternal. A lot of new chemistry. First big test of CTV. I'm in for our Vols. No matter where that winding road leads.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Texas luck is gonna run out. They have a ton of one run wins. They still have Arkansas Florida and Oklahoma. Not saying they are bad at all they are very good. But! They won’t beat our 2022 25-5 sec record.

 

[87&91ALUM]

Yeah, Northwestern State would probably beat us by 20 runs, right?

You comparing LSU to NW State? LOL.

 

[vol_smoothie]

37-7 overall and 15-6 in the SEC vs. 35-9 and 13-8 this year. From there went 9-3 overall (lost to Lipscomb) and went 7-2 in our last 3 SEC series (2-1 vs Vandy, 2-1 vs. Florida and 3-0 vs SC). 46-10 overall and 22-8 SEC regular season.

4-1 in the SEC tourney.

3-0 in the Regional.

2-1 in the Supers.

5-1 in CWS

60-13 National Champions.

Interesting. I just don't remember our hitting struggling like this last season.
Seems we have had lots of games with very quiet bats.

 

[wmcovol]

Sunday games are decided by which teams back end pitching shows up. LSU did, Tennessee’s didn’t. TV saw what I saw based on his post game comments. Some guys weren’t confident enough to pitch in that situation. Only scoring 2 runs was also pitiful. Gotta step up these last 3 weekends.

 

[wmcovol]

Interesting. I just don't remember our hitting struggling like this last season.
Seems we have had lots of games with very quiet bats.

CMO & Burke prevented any long stretches of not hitting. Those 2 alone had like 50+ HRs.

 

[wmcovol]

You comparing LSU to NW State? LOL.

Northwestern State beat LSU 13-3 Tuesday night. That was what the comment was referring to

 

[Drewbydoo]

37-7 overall and 15-6 in the SEC vs. 35-9 and 13-8 this year. From there went 9-3 overall (lost to Lipscomb) and went 7-2 in our last 3 SEC series (2-1 vs Vandy, 2-1 vs. Florida and 3-0 vs SC). 46-10 overall and 22-8 SEC regular season.

4-1 in the SEC tourney.

3-0 in the Regional.

2-1 in the Supers.

5-1 in CWS

60-13 National Champions.

I came up with 37 - 7 also
Kudos on the extra info

 

[Drewbydoo]

 

[taylorvol]

Interesting. I just don't remember our hitting struggling like this last season.
Seems we have had lots of games with very quiet bats.

Had a lot to do with having tons of experience and guys who played with other for several years. Plus, 5 studs who all hit >20 HRs (Moore, Burke, Dreiling, Tears, Amick). In short, TN was loaded at the plate last year.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

We were the projected 5 seed coming in. Arkansas lost, Oregon State lost, FSU lost, Clemson lost, we lost. Nothing will change much.

Clemson got swept by NC State and one of those games was a run-rule. Good times

 

[Tenacjim]

Interesting. I just don't remember our hitting struggling like this last season.
Seems we have had lots of games with very quiet bats.

I looked at the number of games scoring 5 or fewer runs across both seasons (just an arbitrary number but around half of our “normal” RPG.) Also runs don’t necessarily equate to hits but it’s too laborious to go back and count hits game by game.

At the same point last year, we had scored 5 or fewer runs in 11 games. This year, we have scored 5 or fewer in 13 games. Fairly close. But we have scored 5 or fewer in 6 of our last 9 SEC games and lost 5 of them. So probably the “recency bias” and the fact we lose most of those games this year makes it”feel” like more.

 

[Tenacjim]

I came up with 37 - 7 also
Kudos on the extra info

Yeah, the “scary” part for me is looking at our last 3 series this year and going 7-2 would be a VERY tall order indeed.

Obviously, the overall 1 seed is out of reach. Just need to get into that top 8 somehow/someway. If not, we’ve gone the “hard path” before….

 

[TigerMan]

Yep. These 20 yo freshmen used to be 20 yo juniors. Same goes for many of TN’s freshmen. They take their redshirts in high school so they have the experience and strength of upperclassman while having the eligibility of a true freshman.

Excellent point.

 

[taylorvol]

Interesting. I just don't remember our hitting struggling like this last season.
Seems we have had lots of games with very quiet bats.

Had a lot to do with having tons of experience and guys who played with other for several years. Plus, 5 studs who all hit >20 HRs (Moore, Burke, Dreiling, Tears, Amick). In short, TN‘s NC 2024 team was loaded at the plate.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Had a lot to do with having tons of experience and guys who played with other for several years. Plus, 5 studs who all hit >20 HRs (Moore, Burke, Dreiling, Tears, Amick). In short, TN was loaded at the plate last year.

What are, “Things that shouldn’t have to be explained.” , Alex?

 

[kptvol1]

Interesting. I just don't remember our hitting struggling like this last season.
Seems we have had lots of games with very quiet bats.

I agree, but I think our guys didn’t know what the strike zone was this weekend. Being overly aggressive isn’t a great plan at the plate, but it’s probably better than watching a bunch of called strikes and walking back to the dugout anyway.

 

[Tenacjim]

Sunday games are decided by which teams back end pitching shows up. LSU did, Tennessee’s didn’t. TV saw what I saw based on his post game comments. Some guys weren’t confident enough to pitch in that situation. Only scoring 2 runs was also pitiful. Gotta step up these last 3 weekends.

That’s been a problem in our last 4 SEC series. We have been outscored 45-20 in Game 3 (10 of that 20 came in one game against Ole Miss), gone 1-3 and been run ruled twice.

CJJ saved his best 2 relievers for Game 3 and it worked out perfectly. Still should have lost the series….

 

[chuckiepoo]

I looked at the number of games scoring 5 or fewer runs across both seasons (just an arbitrary number but around half of our “normal” RPG.) Also runs don’t necessarily equate to hits but it’s too laborious to go back and count hits game by game.

At the same point last year, we had scored 5 or fewer runs in 11 games. This year, we have scored 5 or fewer in 13 games. Fairly close. But we have scored 5 or fewer in 6 of our last 9 SEC games and lost 5 of them. So probably the “recency bias” and the fact we lose most of those games this year makes it”feel” like more.

That there is some high quality ciphering and analysis!

 

[Tenacjim]

That there is some high quality ciphering and analysis!

That’s my University of TN “edumacation”!

 

[robcovol]

This series stings, but I’m still annoyed over the Aggie series. For the life of me, I don’t know how TAMU, playing like they were and run-ruled the first game, comes to Knoxville and whips the Vols twice.

 

[vol_smoothie]

What are, “Things that shouldn’t have to be explained.” , Alex?

What is, "a valid question given that our starters are juniors, not green freshman."

 

[Christian Lowe]

What is, "a valid question given that our starters are juniors, not green freshman."

quite a conundrum. We may be the “youngest team in the league” but over half our regular starters and pitchers will be gone from this team anyways next year.

 

[87&91ALUM]

Northwestern State beat LSU 13-3 Tuesday night. That was what the comment was referring to

Even a blind hog finds an acorn every once in a while. Tennessee knows that better than anyone. We won the National Championship after some small schools beat us. My concern is repeated losses due to both defensive mistakes and offensive short comings.