[d4cohn]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=16745.msg191001#msg191001 date=1491018433]
Stanford loses to $15 Utah, but it was respectable, 8-6.  Katie Donovan of Utah gave up six runs, three earned.

Stanford falls to 0-4 in conference.

Respectable losses are still losses, especially when you're fighting for your coaching job.
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I am so proud of the players and their performance tonight. They deserved to win this game, if not for terrible management of the pitching staff. Once again, the coaching staff waited too long to make a pitching change; one can tell Carolyn (or many pitchers for that matter) is getting tired when she starts giving up wild pitches late in games. Carolyn pitched a fantastic game against a Top 15 squad who had come into this contest hitting .324. However, after giving up back-to-back base runners in the seventh with one out in a two-run game (5-3 Utah), Coach Hanson should have turned to her bullpen, as Kayler and Kiana have both been good in relief. Instead, she only made a change after a wild pitch and a walk loaded the bases. It is a lot to ask for a freshman pitcher to be perfect in order to keep an offense like that off the scoreboard with the bases loaded. Unfortunately, one mistake (three-run double) made the difference in the game.

Secondly, I agree with Winlop. Respectable losses are still losses. For some perspective, last year during our 0-24 conference season, we had 6 "respectable" Pac-12 losses by 2 or fewer runs. The 0-24 record was still a thoroughly unacceptable performance by the coaching staff.

[d4cohn]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=16745.msg191001#msg191001 date=1491018433]
Stanford loses to $15 Utah, but it was respectable, 8-6.  Katie Donovan of Utah gave up six runs, three earned.

Stanford falls to 0-4 in conference.

Respectable losses are still losses, especially when you're fighting for your coaching job.
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I am so proud of the players and their performance tonight. They deserved to win this game, if not for terrible management of the pitching staff. Once again, the coaching staff waited too long to make a pitching change; one can tell Carolyn (or many pitchers for that matter) is getting tired when she starts giving up wild pitches late in games. Carolyn pitched a fantastic game against a Top 15 squad who had come into this contest hitting .324. However, after giving up back-to-back base runners in the seventh with one out in a two-run game (5-3 Utah), Coach Hanson should have turned to her bullpen, as Kayler and Kiana have both been good in relief. Instead, she only made a change after a wild pitch and a walk loaded the bases. It is a lot to ask for a freshman pitcher to be perfect in order to keep an offense like that off the scoreboard with the bases loaded. Unfortunately, one mistake (three-run double) made the difference in the game.

Secondly, I agree with Winlop. Respectable losses are still losses. For some perspective, last year during our 0-24 conference season, we had 6 "respectable" Pac-12 losses by 2 or fewer runs. The 0-24 record was still a thoroughly unacceptable performance by the coaching staff.