Georgia has been given another day off due to rain in Omaha and will now play on Saturday at 2:00 pm ET. The advantage Georgia gained by winning their first 2 is now gone. Stanford's staff will get an extra day off to catch up with Georgia's, and their 1.02 ERA ace will now take the mound after his normal 6 days of rest. 4 days off for Georgia seems like a day too much. However, come Saturday there will only be 4 collegiate teams in the country playing baseball and Georgia is one of them.
Now the question I have is, should the pitching rotation change? Holder was to be the starter on Friday with the idea that he could start Game 3 of the National Championship Series if Georgia is lucky enough to advance. Now, if he starts on Saturday I believe the most you could get out of him would be a couple innings of relief on Tuesday or Wednesday. Montgomery could possibly be ready on Sunday and Dodson will be in the Pen for at least the next 3 games. Knowing that Georgia could play anywhere between 2-5 games, I could see 3 different rotations being considered by Perno:
1. Saturday: Holder
Sun./Mon.: Moreau
Mon./Tues.: Montgomery
2. Sat.: Moreau
S/M: Holder
M/T: Monty
3. Sat.: Holder
S/M: Monty
M/T: Moreau
Any way you go Georgia is going to have a tough time scoring runs in the 1st one and the bullpen cannot be exhausted in the 1st match up because of a possible rematch on Sunday against a lineup which has shown it can explode at any time.
I go with option 2 in hopes of Moreau pulling out a win and Holder going in the NCS. But if not you have Holder in the elimination game.
Now the question I have is, should the pitching rotation change? Holder was to be the starter on Friday with the idea that he could start Game 3 of the National Championship Series if Georgia is lucky enough to advance. Now, if he starts on Saturday I believe the most you could get out of him would be a couple innings of relief on Tuesday or Wednesday. Montgomery could possibly be ready on Sunday and Dodson will be in the Pen for at least the next 3 games. Knowing that Georgia could play anywhere between 2-5 games, I could see 3 different rotations being considered by Perno:
1. Saturday: Holder
Sun./Mon.: Moreau
Mon./Tues.: Montgomery
2. Sat.: Moreau
S/M: Holder
M/T: Monty
3. Sat.: Holder
S/M: Monty
M/T: Moreau
Any way you go Georgia is going to have a tough time scoring runs in the 1st one and the bullpen cannot be exhausted in the 1st match up because of a possible rematch on Sunday against a lineup which has shown it can explode at any time.
I go with option 2 in hopes of Moreau pulling out a win and Holder going in the NCS. But if not you have Holder in the elimination game.
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