You have to be able to bunt guys in scoring position at times. We will see better pitching in Omaha and that is a big ball park. Take it for what it's worth. We haven't been able to get out the losers bracket in Omaha the past 2 years.
You can thank sabermetricians for this. Bill James and others began waging war on the sacrifice bunt years ago, and eventually sabermetric thinking took over front offices and has slowly trickled down onto the field. It's going to take a while before the sac bunt is out of the league completely, of course. Particularly in the National League, where pitchers are still required to "hit." Until the designated hitter finds its way to the Senior Circuit, the sac bunt will avoid total extinction. But for the most part, the sac bunt has fallen out of favor because teams are too smart to be so dumb. They know that the data says that giving up an out to advance a runner is a very bad idea.
Deichmann being caught flat footed on a possible double play extended this inning with 2 more runs otherwise.
That breaking ball is nasty. Doesn't look good for LSU fellas. I hate to see us have to stretch this game into Tuesday.
