The Official Tennessee @ Wake Forest Knoxville Regional Final Game Thread (Sun. June 1 6PM EDT) (ESPNU)

[VolsLFC]

WF prancing on our field like they won the CWS may come back to haunt them

 

[Tenacjim]

Goes to a coin flip which is beyond dumb.

No it isn’t a coin flip. TN will be home team:

In the first-round of each regional tournament, the home team will be the higher seed. In subsequent games, the home team shall be determined according to the following formula: 1. The institution that has been the home team the fewer number of times shall be designated the home team.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Keep in mind they have now expended 4 starters

Still think they have advantage, Vols do not have any strong arms left either

 

[Ritzwatch]

No idea who the heck we are going to throw tomorrow. I guess it has to be Kuhns but not sure how you can have any faith he can lock down an elite offense with how he’s pitched lately.

Who have we got?

Kuhns, Franklin, Krenzel, Benhke (lh) Loy? (lh-don’t know how many he got tonight), who else we got?

Somebody is gonna have to step up and be a hero.

More than anything, I think we are gonna need 8-9 runs, so the bats need to awaken with a vengeance.

Y’all have a good evening; GBO!

 

[TechnoVol]

You would think, with WF having to play an extra game, that their pitching would be thin. I know it has been a problem for the Vols this season, but hopefully, they can find the offense

They've had two guys throw over 100 pitches and ate innings.

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

WF prancing on our field like they won the CWS may come back to haunt them

Doubt it, this team's let people punk them at LNS for two months with no response.... most disheartening play by a team at home since the Serrano era

 

[CAVPUT]

That was a head scratcher, that last inning was brutal. I refuse to let visions of Notre Dame enter my mind. We should hit better tomorrow. I’m not sure about pitching.

I expect Wake to dig deep into their staff and find a junk baller that no one has heard of for tomorrow. He'll pitch the game of his life.

 

[Ritzwatch]

Go on any board of any SEC team after a loss and it’s the same or worse.

Yep. And that is a shame.

 

[rockytop25]

Yeah but none of those arms inspire confidence right now. Wake is going to start their ace Morningstar and will have him throw 100 more pitches if they have to because that staff typically doesn’t care about pitch count or kid’s future.

He won’t pitch…he threw 111 pitches Friday night.

If he does, that’ll be in our favor

 

[Christian Lowe]

I get it. But at the same time, I feel like it short changes the program.

I’m not advocating throwing Doyle for 100+ tomorrow, but if the situation calls for it, we should be able to use what we need to advance. I guess the game has passed me by for thinking this way.

It wasn’t that long ago that was the case. I threw every 2-3 days when I was like 12 and that was only 17 years ago.

 

[CAVPUT]

I can't believe Sneed really just handed them the game

Well...he has had his moments this year. Guarantee you no one feels worse right now.

 

[Vtonerider]

The irony is that WF won by not swinging at pitches

 

[TheBigOne10]

We can either let Ensley be sent to Panama City beach for an early offseason or nut up on our HOME TURF and kick their ass tomorrow.

 

[VolsLFC]

Doubt it, this team's let people punk them at LNS for two months with no response.... most disheartening play by a team at home since the Serrano era

Surely you aren’t serious. If you are, you clearly haven’t watched the basevols very long

 

[C-south]

It wasn’t that long ago that was the case. I threw every 2-3 days when I was like 12 and that was only 17 years ago.

Might need you to start warming up.

 

[2EastTnVols]

I expect Wake to dig deep into their staff and find a junk baller that no one has heard of for tomorrow. He'll pitch the game of his life.

I fear this is accurate

 

[Christian Lowe]

WF prancing on our field like they won the CWS may come back to haunt them

Maybe with past teams. Vandy punked us on our own field, then stormed the backstop flipping off our fans and screaming at them. We got our chance at revenge and got run ruled 10-0.

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

Surely you aren’t serious. If you are, you clearly haven’t watched the basevols very long

I've been watching since Delmonico.... this team doesn't have the fire that the Gilbert/Burke/C-MO teams did

 

[Orangeslide]

Guys, if we play clean on defense we will win tomorrow comfortably. Baseball gods were with Wake tonight. But that’s a big IF.

 

[C-south]

The irony is that WF won by not swinging at pitches

The sad part is they didn’t have to.

 

[VolsLFC]

I've been watching since Delmonico.... this team doesn't have the fire that the Gilbert/Burke/C-MO teams did

Maybe not but to equate anything in this season to Serrano is dramatic and laughable

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

It wasn’t that long ago that was the case. I threw every 2-3 days when I was like 12 and that was only 17 years ago.

Same when I was playing. I might have started a game 1 and by game 3, they were throwing me in relief as needed (granted, I wasn’t near the talent of these guys). Was normal then, but it’s changed (at least for the best arms).

I get not sacrificing a kids future, but the competitive and orange part of me says damn the torpedos, full speed ahead.

 

[VFL1127]

I really hope WF is out of pitching but knowing our luck they will have some nobody pitch the game of their life.

 

[Ritzwatch]

I expect Wake to dig deep into their staff and find a junk baller that no one has heard of for tomorrow. He'll pitch the game of his life.

Coach Walter is looking for an old sweatband Link Jarrett left in the dugout a few years back as a talisman.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Holy Moly that was as piss poor a pitching performance in a must have moment that I've ever seen.