Comments on: Hawaii-Washington State baseball: Game 3 https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/baseball/hawaii-washington-state-baseball-game-3/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:25:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Casual Observer https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/baseball/hawaii-washington-state-baseball-game-3/#comment-2710609 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:25:09 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=52990#comment-2710609 Didn’t see the last two games but how did the Bows handle Montez? In the first game he looked like a beast, two swings, two homers I think. Did they pitch to him or just gave him junk, intention walks? Few players ever did what he did in LM Stadium.

]]> By: sackkabooya https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/baseball/hawaii-washington-state-baseball-game-3/#comment-2710608 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:41:55 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=52990#comment-2710608 Matt

Nice breakdown of the series so far. Thanks for the insight. Wu-Yelland and Smith should be more reliable I think. Still early though. Yes, hoping Stephen can give a closer (insider) perception of this team as a whole. Especially with the unfamiliar names and what they will contribute. Maybe going be good 2020? Hard to tell so far.

]]> By: Matt https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/baseball/hawaii-washington-state-baseball-game-3/#comment-2710607 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 08:22:07 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=52990#comment-2710607 I’ll say this, Stephen. One of the things I find impressive so far with this team is that they’re doing anything and everything they can to pull out miracles. This team has struggled to close out against Wazzu for the 2nd time in a row after they started to make a late rally. They led early, and right in the midst of all that, Wazzu continues to play aggressively and kept pressuring Hawaii late.

Hawaii’s pitching gave up 29 hits so far in the series, including 21 in the two Hawaii wins, and somehow manages to pull through in convincing fashion having limited WSU to only 5 runs on that occasion.

Three things that stand out to me in this series is:

1) Hawaii has made BIG plays when they needed it the most. Especially the pitching, when they needed to get out of trouble, they made a crucial play.

2) Wazzu left players on base 21 times after only having left 5 in the series opener. Hawaii has only left 8 on base after winning the two games following the opener where they only left men on base 6 times.

3) Wazzu tried to gamble the dice by allowing A. J. Block to pitch the full game, didn’t work at all, as Hawaii used a 4-pitcher symphony to minimize any and ALL damage Wazzu could give them.

But as a bonus, Jeremy gets his first save for the season. Reilly, although, I thought, would be a sure shoe-in because he has two of the team’s saves, and has been able to make a strong case for being the best closer for the team. Maybe Trap wanted to see some redemption out of Jeremy to give him a second chance after fumbling the lead in the 8th last night. I dunno…what are some of your thoughts about this series, Stephen? Think this team might have something going on for 2020?

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