On April 8th, Hunter Wells accomplished something that doesn’t happen often in baseball: he hit for the cycle. That means Wells hit a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in a single game. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, in the majors, cycles have only happened 319 times. That’s dating back to the […]
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Tech ranks well among college baseball teams in a lot of stats. The Bulldogs rank 1st in ERA, 8th in triples, and 1st at throwing shade at alternative rock bands from Las Vegas. But what’s the fun of looking at one of Tech’s strengths. Instead, let’s look at something Tech is ranked 59th in: stolen
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What do Arizona, Kansas, Texas A&M, New Mexico State, Lafayette (PA), and Louisiana Tech have in common? They all are tied for 6th in college baseball with 12 triples. But what exactly does that mean? How meaningful are triples? How common are they? How much do they help a team? Can I do anything other
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There’s a saying in football: “Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.” The quote (often attributed to Bear Bryant) is so prevalent in football that it is on Wikipedia’s List of Sports Clichés. The maxim is usually attributed to football, but it can be applied to most sports. In basketball, dunks and J-shooting is what
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With a sweep over C-USA bottom-feeder Western Kentucky (4-17 in conference play) this past weekend, Tech has improved to a 11-10 C-USA record, good for 5th in the conference. As we get closer to the conference tournament, it’s worth noting only the top eight teams get in, and only two wins separate the Bulldogs from
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Tuesday night was one of the games of the year, with a come from behind victory in the bottom of the ninth. Tech used five pitchers in that game (Hamilton, Jordan, Baughman, Ahlrich, and Griffen), but kept Nate Harris from making an appearance. Harris was still involved in the game, however. He was almost the
Often, if you follow the baseball team on twitter, you will see a tweet like this: T1 | Diaz draws a walk to open the ball game! — Diamond Dogs (@LATechBSB) April 15, 2017 followed shorty with a tweet like this: M1 | Diaz is stranded. Cam Linck ready to make his eighth start of
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Louisiana Tech baseball last year went 42-20 and received an invitation to play in the Starkville Regional for the postseason. It was a much more successful year for the Bulldogs than anybody had predicted. This year, Tech hoped to build off that success with goal of making it to Omaha this year. Even though Coach Goff
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So we are now 30 games into Tech’s baseball season, and things have definitely gone better. After Tech started 8-0 (and then went 7-2 after that), the team has seem to have fallen off a cliff. Including a home sweep at the hands of Southern Miss, Tech has gone 4-9 against a mix of good
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