Definitely not a confidence-inspiring start to ACC play for our bullpen...
Crowl did a nice job to get out of the jam from Exum but the two walks from Craytor were the obvious back-breakers. I thought Sentlinger might have a shot to work out of it after getting Burress to pop up but he grooved an 0-2 fastball for a hit and then got a bit unlucky on a hit against a decent off-speed pitch.
Unfortunately I think Craytor is probably going to be up-and-down from a command perspective. If he's throwing strikes, he'll be fine but he'll probably also have some outings like this where he throws only 5 strikes in 16 pitches.
Also, a little disappointed in the offense. Just 4 hits and 3 runs isn't going to cut it so hopefully they can figure things out and rebound in the next two games. GT's Saturday and Sunday starters have struggled a bit with control so hopefully we can mix in more walks the rest of the weekend.
And hats off to Patel of GT. He pitched on Tuesday of this week throwing 40 pitches and comes in today and goes 4.2 innings of hitless ball and allows just one walk. He had made only 1 weekend appearance this year and with him throwing earlier this week I didn't think we would see him but they clearly got a lot out of him this week.
Thread Replies (10)
Is this Bullpen meltdown season part 3?
-- hokiepro
Mar 07, 2025 at 07:31 PM ET
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03/07/25 07:31 PM ET
Pretty harsh. Teams win, and teams lose, not individual players**
-- N2VT2
Mar 08, 2025 at 07:42 AM ET
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03/08/25 07:42 AM ET
Definitely not a confidence-inspiring start to ACC play for our bullpen...
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-- QCP
Mar 07, 2025 at 07:59 PM ET
QCP
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03/07/25 07:59 PM ET
Patel was great. Amazing when a guy (without overpowering stuff) just gets
-- HokiePWC
Mar 08, 2025 at 10:55 AM ET
HokiePWC
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03/08/25 10:55 AM ET
Patel's performance was very Maddux-like. Crazy to compare Patel's...
-- QCP
Mar 08, 2025 at 02:06 PM ET
QCP
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03/08/25 02:06 PM ET
Hardly no fastball either bunch of breaking crap ugh **
-- StautonHokie
Mar 07, 2025 at 07:47 PM ET
StautonHokie
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03/07/25 07:47 PM ET
Bullpen was bad again, but offense was not good either. Two earned runs on
-- Nortazhokie
Mar 07, 2025 at 07:41 PM ET
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03/07/25 07:41 PM ET
If you don’t score 5 or more you lose something like 75% **
-- justolerable
Mar 08, 2025 at 06:27 PM ET
justolerable
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03/08/25 06:27 PM ET
If you don’t have a closer you don’t have a good baseball team
-- hokiepro
Mar 07, 2025 at 08:42 PM ET
hokiepro
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03/07/25 08:42 PM ET
Agree. This also mean something different in college ball vs. MLB. Good
-- HokiePWC
Mar 08, 2025 at 11:01 AM ET
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03/08/25 11:01 AM ET