[d4cohn]

Stanford wins and avoids a disaster in their first game. Canady was brilliant and very efficient. Kern had a couple of great defensive plays. 

It will be very interesting how they use the pitchers tomorrow after Canady goes 2, rests 2, and then pitched the final 3.

Not putting away the game up 7-0 and Canady having to go 5 innings as opposed to 2 was a missed opportunity. But if you told me before the game Canady would only have to pitch 5 innings and throw ~75 pitches, I would have been thrilled and expected a 5 inning run rule.

The game certainly did not end up like that, but postseason is all about winning and not about style points. And I am glad if we were to play a close game in the regional opener (like last year), it was a higher scoring affair, because that meant our offense, which had been struggling, really produced tonight.

[d4cohn]

Stanford wins and avoids a disaster in their first game. Canady was brilliant and very efficient. Kern had a couple of great defensive plays. 

It will be very interesting how they use the pitchers tomorrow after Canady goes 2, rests 2, and then pitched the final 3.

Not putting away the game up 7-0 and Canady having to go 5 innings as opposed to 2 was a missed opportunity. But if you told me before the game Canady would only have to pitch 5 innings and throw ~75 pitches, I would have been thrilled and expected a 5 inning run rule.

The game certainly did not end up like that, but postseason is all about winning and not about style points. And I am glad if we were to play a close game in the regional opener (like last year), it was a higher scoring affair, because that meant our offense, which had been struggling, really produced tonight.