cevans_40 said:

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_mpaul said:

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But what about pitching stats?

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Anyone with a clue knew our pitching would not be as good. We lost our ace and were unable to sign a replacement. I am not sure what you thought was going to happen.

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TravelinTex said:

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Would assume it tells the same story. We had an All-American pitcher in the circle that made up most of the work load all season and dominated lesser competition in non conference play last year vs playing half of the top 15 with mostly underclassmen and a senior rebounding from injury. Figured you'd have time to look that up yourself since you have time to be so miserable.

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_mpaul said:

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But what about pitching stats?

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_mpaul said:

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Boozer92 said:

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_mpaul said:

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But what about pitching stats?

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2025 2026

Hits/g 5.52 5.21
BB/g 1.67 1.39
R/g 2.43 3.48
ER/g 1.67 2.83

Biggest difference I found was Homeruns allowed. 5 allowed in pre conference last year 20 this year. So even with fewer hits and walks allowed per game more runs scored.

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Interesting. So slightly better on hits and walks per game, but significantly worse on runs and earned runs per game. Consistent with someone's prior stats about how drastically different our pitching was between top tier competition and the rest of the teams.

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Boozer92 said:

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2025 vs preconference ranked opponents

W vs Baylor 10-7
L vs OK St 5-6
W at FSU 6-3(8)
W at FSU 11-4
L vs Texas Tech 2-7
W vs Texas Tech 7-6

Runs/game 6.83 Runs allowed/game 5.5

2026 vs preconference ranked opponents

L vs Texas Tech 2-3
L vs OK St 8-9
L vs Duke 6-8
L vs Oregon 1-2
W vs Duke 11-5
L vs Nebraska 2-8
L vs UCLA 7-15

Runs/game 5.29 Runs allowed/game 7.14

The real killers from this start are the losses to Louisiana and Texas St

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fitzwatema said:

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The biggest disappointment for me has been Taylor Pannell, I thought she would come in and be lockdown reliver. Sidne Peters has been good and it seems like Lessentine is maybe putting to much pressure on herself. Bottom line offense and defense are going to have to be rock solid if the pitching doesn't get better.

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Gap said:

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Also, of note when pulling this together. 19% (16 of the 85) of the runs we have allowed this year are unearned. So, there is a defensive element that can get overlooked when just looking at the runs allowed and thinking pitching.

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Gap said:

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_mpaul said:

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Boozer92 said:

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_mpaul said:

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But what about pitching stats?

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2025 2026

Hits/g 5.52 5.21
BB/g 1.67 1.39
R/g 2.43 3.48
ER/g 1.67 2.83

Biggest difference I found was Homeruns allowed. 5 allowed in pre conference last year 20 this year. So even with fewer hits and walks allowed per game more runs scored.

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Interesting. So slightly better on hits and walks per game, but significantly worse on runs and earned runs per game. Consistent with someone's prior stats about how drastically different our pitching was between top tier competition and the rest of the teams.

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It has been 2 weeks since I did that, so here is an update thru the current:

ERA - Overall
Sparks (18 1/3 IP, 6 ER) - 2.29 ERA
Lessentine (54 IP, 19 ER) - 2.46 ERA
Peters (49 2/3 IP, 18 ER) - 2.54 ERA
Munnerlyn (18 1/3 IP, 11 ER) - 4.20 ERA
Pannell (14 1/3 IP, 15 ER) - 7.33 ERA

ERA - vs Non-25 Opponents
Lessentine (41 2/3 IP, 7 ER) - 1.18 ERA
Peters (28 1/3 IP, 6 ER) - 1.48 ERA
Munnerlyn (11 1/3 IP, 3 ER) - 1.85 ERA
Pannell (11 1/3 IP, 3 ER) - 1.85 ERA
Sparks (16 1/3 IP, 6 ER) - 2.57 ERA

ERA - vs Top 25 Opponents
Sparks (2 IP, 0 ER) - 0.00 ERA
Peters (21 1/3 IP, 12 ER) - 3.94 ERA
Lessentine 12 1/3 IP, 12 ER) - 6.81 ERA
Munnerlyn (7 IP, 8 ER) - 8.00 ERA
Pannell (3 IP, 12 ER) - 28.00 ERA

Team ERA - Overall: 3.10

Team ERA - vs Non-Top 25: 1.59
Team ERA - vs Top 25: 6.74

Also, of note when pulling this together. 19% (16 of the 85) of the runs we have allowed this year are unearned. So, there is a defensive element that can get overlooked when just looking at the runs allowed and thinking pitching.

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cevans_40 said:

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Gap said:

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ERA - vs Top 25 Opponents
Sparks (2 IP, 0 ER) - 0.00 ERA
Peters (21 1/3 IP, 12 ER) - 3.94 ERA
Lessentine 12 1/3 IP, 12 ER) - 6.81 ERA
Munnerlyn (7 IP, 8 ER) - 8.00 ERA
Pannell (3 IP, 12 ER) - 28.00 ERA

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The biggest difference is the level of talent in the circle. Kennedy was really good. Thats the whole story.

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Wooahhhh said:

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The pitching staff looks SEC ready. Lessentine & Peters getting starts in the 1st 2. #7 closing out tonight's game. I wonder if Lessentine will go tomorrow night

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Wooahhhh said:

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The pitching staff looks SEC ready. Lessentine & Peters getting starts in the 1st 2. #7 closing out tonight's game. I wonder if Lessentine will go tomorrow night

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