Steal home in 15th

[cnstoll58]

I don't remember us stealing home to win a game in the 15th like tonight, can anybody enlighten me?

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[Trifecta]

Just got home. Anyone have a video they can post?

 

[accuratehorn]

A straight steal of home is a very rare play. You see the double steal with runners on first and third, where the guy on first breaks to second, and if they throw to second, the runner on third steals home. But a plain, flatout steal of home? Not too common.
It's a desperate move. We have no clutch hitting. The coach (who called it, BTW, Augie or Harmon?) felt we had to try something, anything, to score a run.
One one hand I love seeing a walk, bunt, ground out to the pitcher, and steal of home score the winning run. But on the other hand, the lack of hitting, particularly with runners in scoring position, even more particularly in the late innings, is becoming a slight concern.

 

[Texanne]

A slight concern?? No.

 

[Thorp]

We lucked out tonight. Come on guys....a shut out going and not a run.

 

[slappinleather]

I would rather be lucky than good! The hitting will come around. It could not get any worse!!

 

[TXThorn]

The hitting is a great cause for concern, believe that. And it will still be lacking later in the year, much more than years past. However, I'd feel a hell of a lot worse today if we'd lost that game. As it stands we are 4-0 in the Big12 and have a 2.5 game lead on a good Oklahoma St. team. Also have a 2 game or more lead on 7 of the other 9 conference teams. Losing that game would have made quite a difference. Yes, it's early, but we are in way better shape at 4-0 than otherwise.

 

[Old Blevins]

Those stats that seem to show that the bunt is overused or a wash when it comes to overall effectiveness do not account for which hitters are asked to bunt. If the coach makes the weak hitters bunt and allows the good hitters to swing away the stats might show the bunt as more effective. So since we have no good hitters in our lineup Augie has good reason to bunt even more than usual. A bunt is always better than a sure strikeout. We could have done better last night if we had bunted every time. Last night the odds of them misplaying the bunt were greater than the odds of us getting a hit.

 

[TigerPride]

Steal home when the catcher is throwing back to the pitcher.