NCAA Softball Selection -- Does the committee love the B1G?

[bbg95]

UCLA's Rachel Garcia has a WHIP of just 0.60? Wow, that's pretty good. 

[bbg95]

Virginia Tech takes an early 2-0 lead with a two-out triple off the wall in right center. The batter got her eighth straight hit going back to the regional.

[n00b]

[trojansc]

May 27, 2021 20:50:07 GMT -5 bbg95 said:

Virginia Tech takes an early 2-0 lead with a two-out triple off the wall in right center. The batter got her eighth straight hit going back to the regional.

4-0 Hokies! They looked really good in Tempe last weekend, pitching + offense combo.

UCLA has a true pitching staff though — even as elite as Garcia is, the two behind her are very good. VTech’s dropoff is pretty significant after their ace.

[bbg95]

UCLA's defense has not been great in this game to say the least. Then again, they also have zero hits.

[bbg95]

UCLA had a whopping five errors to go with a number of other defensive miscues that weren't official errors. Virginia Tech wins 7-2.

[mikegarrison]

May 27, 2021 21:56:05 GMT -5 trojansc said:

May 27, 2021 20:50:07 GMT -5 bbg95 said:

Virginia Tech takes an early 2-0 lead with a two-out triple off the wall in right center. The batter got her eighth straight hit going back to the regional.

4-0 Hokies! They looked really good in Tempe last weekend, pitching + offense combo.

UCLA has a true pitching staff though — even as elite as Garcia is, the two behind her are very good. VTech’s dropoff is pretty significant after their ace.

In the NCAA postseason, usually the #1 ace pitcher is all that really matters. Coaches ride their best horses almost all the time.

[bbg95]

Virginia Tech continues to look very dangerous. Rochard isn't completely untouchable, as she's given up multiple runs in every game of the postseason. But she's not getting lit up (just 2 or 3 runs in each game), and the offense has given her a lot of run support, so that's a tough combination to beat.

[trojansc]

#14 Kentucky up 2-0 #3 Alabama. Alabama has won 16 straight coming in, including the SEC Tournament.

The underdogs are BRINGING it here in the Supers!

[bbg95]

Alabama just hit a bases-clearing triple to go ahead 3-2. 

[trojansc]

May 28, 2021 13:28:23 GMT -5 bbg95 said:

Alabama just hit a bases-clearing triple to go ahead 3-2. 

Kentucky's pitcher retired the first 10 batters of the game.. then... everything changed.

[trojansc]

Washington's head coach (and the announcers seem to agree) is upset about the distance between the chalk of the batters box and home plate. There is supposed to be six inches between. Before the game started, she was questioning the distance.

Washington's ace has hit 3 batters in the 1st inning alone, she's only hit 10 all season.

Oklahoma up 1-0.

[bbg95]

Wow, Kentucky had the bases loaded down 4-3 with two outs in the top of the seventh and a full count. Strikeout looking to end the game. 

[trojansc]

May 28, 2021 14:30:41 GMT -5 bbg95 said:

Wow, Kentucky had the bases loaded down 4-3 with two outs in the top of the seventh and a full count. Strikeout looking to end the game. 

I wasn't watching, but I hear that she actually swung at what would have been ball 4 previously in that at bat and walked in the run to tie the game.

[trojansc]

Washington's pitcher just found a dollar bill in the chalk of the pitching circle. WTF is going on?