Situationally, yes small ball is needed

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Problem is if we only do it in the perfect situation it’s harder to execute because we don’t do it often enough to be good at it Pitching changes are a crapshoot; when Duke took Curd out we still scored 3 more to tie. It’s hard to make a change so early in inning 1 away from your 1 and 2 but both Mazz and Avery struggled to start this weekend ** Edited by hokiepro at 3/16/2026, 9:42:58 AM

Posted: 03/16/2026 at 09:41 AM ET

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If you just looked at the game statistics you may have concluded that VT -- SHPHOKIE Mar 15, 2026 at 09:48 AM ET

SHPHOKIE • 03/15/26 09:48 AM ET

There’s a good bit of luck involved deciding games between top or evenly -- hokiepro Mar 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM ET

hokiepro • 03/15/26 10:14 AM ET

Coaching has a lot to do with it. -- bushartbs525 Mar 15, 2026 at 12:34 PM ET

bushartbs525 • 03/15/26 12:34 PM ET

Coaching doesn’t walk 10, nor does it barrel up a pitch randomly when bases -- hokiepro Mar 15, 2026 at 12:55 PM ET

hokiepro • 03/15/26 12:55 PM ET

Coaching does call specific pitches, coaching does decide when to pull -- VAHokie89 Mar 15, 2026 at 04:04 PM ET

VAHokie89 • 03/15/26 04:04 PM ET

So you’d have pulled Mazz in first inning of Game 1 -- hokiepro Mar 16, 2026 at 01:38 AM ET

hokiepro • 03/16/26 01:38 AM ET

After the grand slam, potentially yes. Or ealroer than she was -- VAHokie89 Mar 16, 2026 at 07:10 AM ET

VAHokie89 • 03/16/26 07:10 AM ET

Situationally, yes small ball is needed ◄ -- hokiepro Mar 16, 2026 at 09:41 AM ET

hokiepro • 03/16/26 09:41 AM ET

How many DP did we hit into this series and how many has Duke hit into? -- bushartbs525 Mar 15, 2026 at 01:03 PM ET

bushartbs525 • 03/15/26 01:03 PM ET

Hopefully you can respond and assist me in understanding your post. In the -- SHPHOKIE Mar 15, 2026 at 02:04 PM ET

SHPHOKIE • 03/15/26 02:04 PM ET

While the PH for Rohs worked in the second inning, -- bushartbs525 Mar 15, 2026 at 02:21 PM ET

bushartbs525 • 03/15/26 02:21 PM ET

That was a clear as mud, you better stop, it just gets worse.** -- SHPHOKIE Mar 15, 2026 at 03:06 PM ET

SHPHOKIE • 03/15/26 03:06 PM ET

Rohs has been pinch hit for almost every game for 3 years now. -- schubee Mar 15, 2026 at 02:48 PM ET

schubee • 03/15/26 02:48 PM ET

Line drive DPs happen regardless of whether there’s a force or not -- hokiepro Mar 15, 2026 at 01:11 PM ET

hokiepro • 03/15/26 01:11 PM ET

Keep slugging and make their luck.** -- TomTurkey Mar 15, 2026 at 10:19 AM ET

TomTurkey • 03/15/26 10:19 AM ET