Mid-week Baseball at Nichols

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After four innings the game is tied at two. Lamar led two to nothing after three, but more self-inflicted wounds allow Nicholls to tie the game. Lamar changed pitchers, got two outs then a single a walk an error and a wild pitch before getting the last out of the inning.

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Cards give up three runs in the bottom of the fifth on a single, two errors a pitching change and a home run. Nicholls is still on their starting pitcher through six innings and after a tough first inning he has settled in.

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Lamar falls by the final of 5-2. Nicholls starter pitches seven innings while Lamar used six pitchers over eight innings in the loss. Cards are now 15-10 on the season with a three-game loosing streak.

[coachacola]

Are they losing these mid-week games against the SLC on purpose?

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My hope is he is trying to develop some additional pitchers without them throwing too many pitches and not be available for weekend somehow. I don't know if there are any kind of NCAA rules on innings or pitch count over the course of the week or if maybe it is something internal. I guess I am one who probably wouldn't pull the starter unless I saw him struggling at least not until he had the opportunity for the win, which I believe still takes five innings.