[d4cohn]

Those walks could have been due to anything, but I wonder if one factor that might have played into it is that the pitcher knew she was going to have very little run support in this game and had to hold Arizona to 0 or 1 run for us to have a chance to win. Then she tries to make her pitches too good and walks 5.

From watching the game, it appeared to be more she just didn't have it last night, in the toughest road environment in the conference. A lot of the balls that led to walks were unfortunately not competitive pitches.

For perspective, our worst loss during 2015, when we had position players pitching in the circle in Coach Hanson's first year, was a 20-0 loss to Arizona State. This year, with 5 healthy pitchers, we lose 20-1.

[d4cohn]

Those walks could have been due to anything, but I wonder if one factor that might have played into it is that the pitcher knew she was going to have very little run support in this game and had to hold Arizona to 0 or 1 run for us to have a chance to win. Then she tries to make her pitches too good and walks 5.

From watching the game, it appeared to be more she just didn't have it last night, in the toughest road environment in the conference. A lot of the balls that led to walks were unfortunately not competitive pitches.

For perspective, our worst loss during 2015, when we had position players pitching in the circle in Coach Hanson's first year, was a 20-0 loss to Arizona State. This year, with 5 healthy pitchers, we lose 20-1.