terry2 wrote:
CTcard wrote:
Repeats that Appel got hit hard by Vandy in first three innings.
Appel has pitched 14 innings, has given up 5 hits, 15 strikeouts, opposing batting average .106, ERA 1.29. I just don't get this talk about his getting hit hard.
I was assuming that the unnamed scout in the Baseball America article was either the same guy (Keith Law) discussed in the other thread, or significantly influenced by him. The comments not only seem very similar, but seem divorced enough from reality that it is hard to see them arising independently.
In those first three innings mentioned in the BA article, the play by play has:
First Inning: ground out, ground out, fly out
Second Inning: ground out, fly out, reach on error, walk, strike out.
Third Inning: fly out, fly out, strike out.
Now it is possible that some of the fly outs were hard hit balls (I am far away from Palo Alto, and the all-access video wasn't working for me until last night) but it is mostly certain that the ground outs (and errors) were not and I'm pretty positive the strike outs were not hard hit balls.
The first "lined out" note in the box score is from the fourth, and of course in the fifth Vandy got a couple of doubles.
As a Stanford fan, I can handle having my team led by a "not very good" future first rounder with a 1.29 ERA and a 0.106 opp batting average.
