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

[DooleyOrangePants]

They need to stop with the pitch count crap and let Russell go tomorrow

Generally agree, but Russell is a special case. After his TJ, I think they are being very careful with him. Maybe too careful in some eyes, but I think it’s the right call on an arm like that.

However, I’d leave it up to the kid in the post season. If he says he can go for an inning, I’d have to give him a shot.

 

[Hoggervol]

That lefty wake finished with was just straight filth. I hope he’s burned for tomorrow.

And he was supposed to be one of their bottom shelf pitchers. Almost an after thought.

 

[rockytop25]

They need to stop with the pitch count crap and let Russell go tomorrow

Russell is returning from TJ, he’s a completely different story than anyone else

 

[Orangeslide]

That lefty wake finished with was just straight filth. I hope he’s burned for tomorrow.

I agree, he was a bad man. Damn sure hope he’s done for Monday.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

I picture Doyle just sitting in a chair somewhere in the baseball facility tonight, alone in the dark, just staring and thinking. Muttering to himself about what he wants to do to Wake Forest.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Wake has all the momentum now. We need to strike fast strike hard no mercy sir tormorrow.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I only caught the early portion of the game yesterday. What was Russell’s pitch count?

53. He most likely could give you an inning. He threw 75 in Hoover. So, if you can get an inning from Russell and a couple of scoreless from Doyle then you just need the less experienced arms to hold it down enough for our offense to wake up. Lot of bats that were silent tonight and will hopefully wake up tomorrow. Bargo and Ensley have had an awful weekend. You would hope that means they are due.

 

[zeppelin128]

Between the Lady Vols shenanigans earlier and tonight's game, I don't think I've cussed my TV that hard since the football team laid an egg at Arkansas.

Maybe tomorrow will be better.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

This place used to be upbeat. We got negavol vibe up in here...

We'll regroup and take this regional tomorrow... GBO!!!

How can you be upbeat about what you just witnessed?

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

53. He most likely could give you an inning. He threw 75 in Hoover. So, if you can get an inning from Russell and a couple of scoreless from Doyle then you just need the less experienced arms to hold it down enough for our offense to wake up. Lot of bats that were silent tonight and will hopefully wake up tomorrow. Bargo and Ensley have had an awful weekend. You would hope that means they are due.

Start Doyle for 2-3, Russell for 1-2, and then it’s fingernail biting time.

That gets you somewhere between 4-6 innings, but need the bats to step up big time.

 

[TechnoVol]

 

[Orangeslide]

Peebles and Snead were not on the same page tonight. I think he got crossed up 2 or 3 times tonight. Not making excuses and that shouldn’t happen but it did. They had a guy get the bunt down who hadn’t sacrificed all year. It was their night. We will send them packing tomorrow.

 

[vol66]

Between the Lady Vols shenanigans earlier and tonight's game, I don't think I've cussed my TV that hard since the football team laid an egg at Arkansas.

Maybe tomorrow will be better.

Cool thing is…it can’t hear you!

 

[TheBigOne10]

We need to score 10 runs tomorrow.

 

[VolsLFC]

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Start Doyle for 2-3, Russell for 1-2, and then it’s fingernail biting time.

That gets you somewhere between 4-6 innings, but need the bats to step up big time.

You save Russell for the 8th or 9th if you’re going to get just one inning or so from him. Snead is likely down or at the very least after 40 pitches will be one inning at most. Think he’s going to start Kuhns and then have Doyle come in for relief depending on how Kuhns performs.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

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

That hasn’t happened all year. Fans hoping we magically learn how to play defense are delusional.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

We know who Wake is starting.

 

[Rocky Top T]

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

We will see

 

[VolsLFC]

We know who Wake is starting.

Seems like a big DB like Corbin

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

You save Russell for the 8th or 9th if you’re going to get just one inning or so from him. Snead is likely down or at the very least after 40 pitches will be one inning at most. Think he’s going to start Kuhns and then have Doyle come in for relief depending on how Kuhns performs.

This is much more plausible. Kuhns is in a prime spot to get out of the late season funk and become a legend. Not sure if I’m buying it, but I’ll be danged if I’m not pulling hard for him.

Regardless, need the bats to show up and show out for anything to really matter. And if Kuhns is the starter, he needs to get a few innings under his belt with no major issues.

What I wouldn’t give for a Sechrist right about now.

 

[Rocky Top T]

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

They have 3 good pitchers left, more than we do

 

[UTK]

We need to score 10 runs tomorrow.

It’s insulting we didn’t today. They had Greg from accounting pitching for them

 

[Orange.]

Gotta believe it should be really difficult for WF to win four double elimination games in a row, but it would be such a TN thing to let them do. Please, let’s not!

It would be “such a Tennessee thing” to win our fifth straight regional, the year after we won the College World Series. You’re stuck in the past, bruh.

 

[VolsLFC]

We will see

Hence the may