2019 Softball Season Thread

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:43 pm

game 2 heading to extra innings. 0-0 after 7

And Denham goes all 8 innings, as the Cats win 2-0!

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 4:54 am

Shoutout to McQuillin and Denham last night, they pitched their asses off. GCU's pitchers are oddly tough and they certainly showed it last night.

MrMeow · Post by **MrMeow** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:05 am

ChooChooCat wrote:Shoutout to McQuillin and Denham last night, they pitched their asses off. GCU's pitchers are oddly tough and they certainly showed it last night.

Wow!! Anyone who doesn't think Taryne is the difference maker in this year's team isn't paying attention.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:58 am

She has got her pitchers thrown by that change up for a strike and it is highly effective. I agree she has had a huge impact. Great to see

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 10:55 am

The ladies will be on Fox Sports Arizona today at 1:00PM.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 1:38 pm

if anyone needs a legal stream for this game, you can watch it over at gcu.tv

Bowen pitching. Cats down 0-1 after 2 innings. Bowen's already thrown 48 pitches.

Top of the 3rd, Harper with the two out RBI double ties it up!

GCU switches pitchers when we have 2 on and 2 out in the third. Kinda surprised at that. We get the bases loaded but can't get another 2 out hit.

1-1 into the bottom of the 3rd

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:10 pm

MrMeow wrote:
ChooChooCat wrote:Shoutout to McQuillin and Denham last night, they pitched their asses off. GCU's pitchers are oddly tough and they certainly showed it last night.
Wow!! Anyone who doesn't think Taryne is the difference maker in this year's team isn't paying attention.

azcat49 wrote:She has got her pitchers thrown by that change up for a strike and it is highly effective. I agree she has had a huge impact. Great to see

Taryne had the best changeup i've ever seen in softball, so it's been awesome seeing her get our pitchers into throwing it. Not just throwing it, but being able to throw it for strikes too.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:13 pm

Bowen needs to stop hitting hitters. She's too high-volume with her pitch count to be putting batters on for free. Still she got out of a 2-on jam in the third

:::And she hits the first batter in the 4th. but works out of another 2-on jam. phew.
92 pitches through 4 innings.

still tied up

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:39 pm

Dejah with the 2 run homer in the 5th. yessss

Malia with the homer follow up. She just crushed that one

And gcu with another pitching change. Cats up 4-1

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:41 pm

And another HR by Martinez

4-1 Cats

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:45 pm

Dejah's

Malia's

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:50 pm

Into the bottom of the 5th we go, Cats up 4-1

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:52 pm

Just like yesterday, it was only time before the bats got going.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:54 pm

Bowen with a nice, quick 5th inning. 99 pitches through 5.

Here come the bats again, still up 4-1

Reyna with the 2 RBI double! 6-1

To the bottom of the 6th we go.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:12 pm

PieceOfMeat wrote:Bowen needs to stop hitting hitters. She's too high-volume with her pitch count to be putting batters on for free. Still she got out of a 2-on jam in the third

:::And she hits the first batter in the 4th. but works out of another 2-on jam. phew.
92 pitches through 4 innings.

still tied up

Bowen seems to have a good amount of Ks and a good amount of HBPs. Get rid of the latter and we have something to work with next year.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:14 pm

ChooChooCat wrote:
PieceOfMeat wrote:Bowen needs to stop hitting hitters. She's too high-volume with her pitch count to be putting batters on for free. Still she got out of a 2-on jam in the third

:::And she hits the first batter in the 4th. but works out of another 2-on jam. phew.
92 pitches through 4 innings.

still tied up
Bowen seems to have a good amount of Ks and a good amount of HBPs. Get rid of the latter and we have something to work with next year.

Yeah her riseball is nice and screwball is good when it doesn't run into right handed hitters. Will be nice to see her progress next year and hopefully those HBP's will drop way down

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:15 pm

Is Bowen the little short blond right handed pitcher? If so she throws hard

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:16 pm

azcat49 wrote:Is Bowen the little short blond right handed pitcher? If so she throws hard

Could be her. Her rise ball in particular has nice velocity and late rise movement
(she's listed at 5'4 but...I'm not sure she's quite that tall lol)

As Choo points out, Schuld is also a short(listed as 5'3) pitcher with blonder hair lol

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:17 pm

azcat49 wrote:Is Bowen the little short blond right handed pitcher? If so she throws hard

Bowen is a short dirty blonde pitcher and is a sophomore. I think you may be thinking of Schuld though.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:20 pm

Bowen's through 6 innings now. Has 8 strikeouts (tieing her career high apparently)

Cats up to bat in the 7th with a 6-1 lead.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:21 pm

Edior with the pinch hit homer, hell yeah! 7-1.

And gcu switching back to their original starting pitcher of the game.

and a pinch hit RBI from Campbell pushes out our lead to 8-1.

Love the bench coming in and producing

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:33 pm

Bowen back out there for the 7th.

Complete game victory for Bowen 128 pitches

8-1 final score.

17th straight victory for the Cats!

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 4:10 pm

Bowen was a workhorse today. Glad to she her complete the game.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:09 am

let's get this stanford series off to a great start today Cats!

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:27 pm

Cats Continue to crush opponents. Up 7-0 in the 5th

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 10:16 pm

azcat49 wrote:Cats Continue to crush opponents. Up 7-0 in the 5th

Was hoping to get that final run across for the run-rule victory, but I'll take a full 7 innings from Taylor in the circle and the Cats winning 7-0

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 6:28 am

Went to the game, this team is on fire. That Stanford team is very good and the Cats made them look average at best. For those that live in Tucson, you should come out and support them. Like I said earlier, this team is very talented, hitting and pitching. Plus, you can see the girls know that.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 3:42 pm

Irish27 wrote:Went to the game, this team is on fire. That Stanford team is very good and the Cats made them look average at best. For those that live in Tucson, you should come out and support them. Like I said earlier, this team is very talented, hitting and pitching. Plus, you can see the girls know that.

I'm in town and going to the game today. It's hot as balls today too!

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 6:50 pm

Dejah with 2 home runs through 3 innings. (accounting for 4 runs).

Cats lead 4-0

Alyssa gave up a homer in the 5th, and a hit, and we're bringing in Bowen. Kinda surprised.

4-1 Cats still lead.

Bowen works out of the inning, and we're 4-1 up after the top of the 5th

Dejah with another rbi (single) in the 5th.

Then Malia gets a walk rbi lol.

6-1 Cats

Edior with the 2rbi double!

8-1 cats.

Riley with the walk off rbi!

9-1 Cats win in 5 innings

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 8:29 pm

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 8:35 pm

No mercy cats! They are just crushing people

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:02 am

One more against Stanford, three against he worst team in the league Cal, then hold on to your socks. What a way to end the year. Three against UCLA and three against Washington.

Frybry02 · Post by **Frybry02** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 12:32 pm

If the bottom of the lineup keeps producing, this team will continue to be tough to beat

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 12:55 pm

That has got to be the worst announcer I've ever heard. Announcers should have emotion in their voice. This guy is monotone and puts you to sleep. To top it off no one is running the online scoreboard. You can't rely on the info there. Worst production of a sports event I've ever seen. At least the video is good.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 1:05 pm

AZCatGirl wrote:

awesome

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 1:05 pm

Cats with the Huge 3rd inning today

12 runs scored. for a 13-0 lead going into the 4th. woah.

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 1:13 pm

Cats 13-0. Still in the third inning.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 1:41 pm

13-2 is the final.

Cats Sweep the trees

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 1:41 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:18 pm

Wow. Fight at the UofA bat rack.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:20 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:Wow. Fight at the UofA bat rack.

What?

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:47 pm

azgreg wrote:
UAEebs86 wrote:Wow. Fight at the UofA bat rack.
What?

It's an expression for who wants to get up to hit next.

Can't wait to get at the pitcher. Been going on for weeks actually.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 3:18 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:
azgreg wrote:
UAEebs86 wrote:Wow. Fight at the UofA bat rack.
What?

It's an expression for who wants to get up to hit next.

Can't wait to get at the pitcher. Been going on for weeks actually.

Gotcha. That softball has to look like a beach ball to all our hitters right now.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 6:28 pm

I am looking so forward to the Washington & UCLA series. I think they can get at least four wins.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:07 pm

I can't remember. Does the conference have a tournament at the end of the year?

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:36 pm

azgreg wrote:I can't remember. Does the conference have a tournament at the end of the year?

No.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:56 pm

Irish27 wrote:I am looking so forward to the Washington & UCLA series. I think they can get at least four wins.

They're going to need more than that to win the conference crown.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 10:54 pm

ChooChooCat wrote:
Irish27 wrote:I am looking so forward to the Washington & UCLA series. I think they can get at least four wins.
They're going to need more than that to win the conference crown.

If they take two of three from both of them they'll win the conference.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:20 pm

ChooChooCat wrote:
Irish27 wrote:I am looking so forward to the Washington & UCLA series. I think they can get at least four wins.
They're going to need more than that to win the conference crown.

If the Cats sweep Cal, which they certainly should, then 2 of 3 from both UCLA and UW wins us the conference. In that scenario UCLA would have a minimum of 3 losses in conference, and the Cats would have only 2.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:56 pm

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