I am not sure what is going with this Tigers baseball team right now, but they need to shape up quick. The series last week at Texas A&M was a complete disaster. The Tigers had two games they easily could have won, but after blowing an 8-1 lead, they seemed to sleep through both games until the Seventh inning of the Sunday game. However, there were a couple of positives this weekend. One of the first things Id like to mention is Rick Zagone's strong outing. He pitched very well with the amount of pitches he threw. It was good to see him pull together back to back strong outings and get back in the rotation. Despite losing 2 of 3 to A&M, I think this is a team the Tigers can play with. I mentioned earlier the Tigers could have easily won the series, so that is something to keep an eye on. I would like to see the Tigers get a chance to face this team in the Big 12 tournament. Tigers now have to position themselves for a strong finish in conference play and positioning in the Big 12 tournament/ NCAA tournament.
Kansas St. Preview
KST (6-12, 21-23)
Right now the Wildcats are on the border of making the Big 12 tournament currently in 8th place with a 6-12 conference record. The Wildcats are coming off a big midweek win by defeating 8th ranked Wichita St. 3-2. The Shockers committed four errors and had the tying run on in the last inning.
Pitching match ups
Crow vs. Lance Hoge (5.19 1-5)
Gibson vs. Brad Hutt (3.08 , 4-3)
Zagone vs. A.J. Morris ( 5.23 4-2)
It does not look like they have a consistent Sunday starter. Hoge has made 6 starts, Midweek starter against Wichita St has made 9 and Chase Bayuk has made 6. Im guessing that either of these guys could make a Sunday start or appear at least appear in Sundays game.
Projected line up courtesy of KST PDF preview off of kstatesports.com
POS. PLAYER YR. B/T BA-HR-RBI NOTES
C Rob Vaughn Jr. R/R .229-2-7 Has started 20 of the last 24 games.
1B Justin Bloxom So. S/R .275-6-34 Blasted 2-run, walk-off HR last Wed. vs. UC Irvine.
2B Brett Scott Sr. R/R .287-0-15 Leads team in on-base percentage at .437.
3B Nate Tenbrink Jr. L/R .245-0-8 Leads team in seven offensive categories.
SS Drew Biery Jr. R/R .196-3-20 Has raised average 15 points in last 12 games.
LF Adam Muenster So. R/R .308-0-14 Leads team with batting average at .308.
CF Jordan Cruz Jr. L/R .275-2-23 Currently riding career-best 9-game hit streak.
RF Jason King Fr. S/R .275-3-21 Has started 20 of last 23 games in right field.
DH Byron Wiley Jr. L/L .196-0-14 Has DHed the past 3 games and 4 of last 7.
The team has a team batting average of .249 which is last in Big 12 play with 27hrs and 212rbis as a team. They are also near the bottom in fielding percentage.
In the end, the Tigers should sweep this Kansas St. team, if not, definitely win the series.
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no doubt this team hasn't lived up to its expectations and pre-season rank. I guess some of the hype from last year bled over and influenced those impressions before the season. I'm wondering about their chances at the tournament though, how does that work in baseball?
There are 16 number one seeds with four teams at each site. However there are eight national seeds seeded 1-8 and if they were to all advance, they would most likely host Super Regional sites. Mizzou is pretty much a lock for the tournament being ranked in the top 25 in most polls, whether they can host a regional is still up in the air.
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