So the Diamond Dawgs must have lost their opening round SEC tournament game. Dawgs lose opening to Vandy 4-1. I'd love to say there is one reason for it, but other than one stretch in the third inning, the Dawgs did all they had to defensively to win. Offensively, Vandy got the same number of hits, but scored three more runs. Pretty much a microcosm of the season: Play good, but not great, and lose to a team they played evenly with.
Now, the Dawgs find themselves in exactly the same situation as last season, having lost to Vandy in the Tuesday game and needing to play deep into the weekend to play next week. Going into the SEC tourney, Georgia needed to win a couple last year to not have to sweat too much on selection day. I still think a win over South Carolina and a win over Florida will probably get the Dawgs in, just like last year. Both of those programs were very good last year. Both are very good this year. If it is Vandy and one of those other teams we beat to play until Saturday, I don't know. Being one or two games over .500 and making the NCAA regionals requires pretty strong late season statement wins. Beating Vandy won't fill that requirement.
By no means is it a lost cause. Unless we start getting hits when we need to, however, this season will end in Hoover instead of in an exciting regional final somewhere.
TD
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We've been static as a program the entire Perno tenure. The only difference being we no longer make the occasional trip to Omaha. The mood around the program feels much like the end of the Goff era. His teams were snakebit too and forgot how to win. This will not change if Perno gets another year.
I'm not giving up but I don't see how anything will change over the next few days. We don't hit with runners on base. Plain and simple. 90% of our losses can be attributed to poor situational hitting. And its going to be even harder given our 2 best pitchers are going to be out of the equation after today. That is, if there is any after today.
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