05-25-2023, 03:41 PM
(05-25-2023, 01:10 PM)MiniBlueHawkCard Wrote: I have a slightly different take on the importance of tonight's game. The sneaky value in winning today is it locks in a winning weekend. Does that matter? Hopefully not. It shouldn't matter what Stanford does the rest of the way in terms of getting a top 8 seed but I would be nervous with a 1-2 week. I do not want to think about the RPI with two more losses but that would be a big topic of conversation on the selection show. A win today (or tomorrow) removes that possibility. I bring this up to suggest that saving the best arms for the semis is not necessarily the approach I would take. If Stanford has a slim lead I would not be upset to see Bruno out there.
I too bet Bruno will come in if Stanford has a slim lead heading into the 9th. We could get some Pancer tonight as well. What I don't think we'll see is any Matthews, Dixon or, most likely, Dowd as he pitch a few innings last night.