BSB Final: Cal 6, Cougs 1 (Game #2) - Story + Box Score + Highlights

[ScottHood]

WSU gets HR in T1, but that's all. 1 run scored in 1st 2 gms.

Story: https://wsucougars.com/news/2019/4/6/baseball-cougars-fall-in-road-contest-to-california.aspx

Box Score: https://wsucougars.com/boxscore.aspx?path=baseball&id=12508

Highlights:

 

[Loyal Coug]

WSU gets HR in T1, but that's all. 1 run scored in 1st 2 gms.

Story: https://wsucougars.com/news/2019/4/6/baseball-cougars-fall-in-road-contest-to-california.aspx

Box Score: https://wsucougars.com/boxscore.aspx?path=baseball&id=12508

Highlights:

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So much for a big bounceback by Baseball.....

To cut Lees a little (very little) slack. This is year 4, but really only Year 3 in terms of "his" team.
He was hired in Spring 2015.
2016 team - recruits had already been signed. This was Marbut's team. 19-35, 11-19
2017 - first class, heavily weighted with JC transfers. Marbut's guys run off? 24-29, 10-20
2018 - second class. Team was mostly Lees' guys. 16-33, 8-21.
2019 - third class, 17 freshmen, 8 left from second class.
(criticisms/corrections welcome, this "year-behind" recruiting is hard to follow)
2020 - rubber will meet road. This will be 100% Lees' team.

My critique? He should have begin building with his first class, and not padded it with JC transfers. 2nd class was a light one. Not sure why - hadn't run off enough players yet? 3rd class is huge, half the team in 2019 is freshmen.

 

[Loyal Coug]

So much for a big bounceback by Baseball.....

To cut Lees a little (very little) slack. This is year 4, but really only Year 3 in terms of "his" team.
He was hired in Spring 2015.
2016 team - recruits had already been signed. This was Marbut's team. 19-35, 11-19
2017 - first class, heavily weighted with JC transfers. Marbut's guys run off? 24-29, 10-20
2018 - second class. Team was mostly Lees' guys. 16-33, 8-21.
2019 - third class, 17 freshmen, 8 left from second class.
(criticisms/corrections welcome, this "year-behind" recruiting is hard to follow)
2020 - rubber will meet road. This will be 100% Lees' team.

My critique? He should have begin building with his first class, and not padded it with JC transfers. 2nd class was a light one. Not sure why - hadn't run off enough players yet? 3rd class is huge, half the team in 2019 is freshmen.

Forget that last post. Cougs lose today 9-5, Cal sweeps us. Now 7-23 overall, 0-9 Pac-12. Only two freshman in the starting lineup.

Might be able to beat 6-23 Seattle U next Tuesday, then 18-12 Oregon comes to town. Oh boy.

 

[ScottHood]

And the Cougs still have Oregon State, UCLA and Arizona left to play.

 

[wazzubruce]

Is Paul W. coaching this team?