What a road, from getting injured early and getting back into the lineup to this - very well deserved !!!


https://texags.com/s/65992/texas-ams-amari-harper-named-secs-co-player-of-the-week

Note: Also a press conference on the TexAgs softball page.

And Lefty was the only one able to secure that win? I'm just worried we aren't using the staff coach said she went out to get and we are putting all our eggs into one basket, again.

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And Lefty was the only one able to secure that win? I'm just worried we aren't using the staff coach said she went out to get and we are putting all our eggs into one basket, again.

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I've been watching Lefty pitch for 4 years now; she needs to throw as often as possible without risking injury because the more she pitches, the better she gets as the season goes on. You will see her throw 2 or 3 times every SEC series from here on out I would bet.

If you have an All American senior pitcher that is capable of pitching 200 innings in a season, why on earth wouldn't you pitch her?

I swear, people questioning decisions after a road SEC sweep is bizarre.

This is why we need mid week games. Too many arms to throw on the weekend. Lefty will pitch every Friday and Sunday. Maybe some Sundays she will close and not get a complete game. You go into the weekend knowing that. Saturday was supposed to 3 innings from Sidne then bullpen. She was efficient so she went 4 and the game ended early.

Next week the other 4 pitchers who didn't throw may fall differently but Emiley will start Friday and pitch Sunday. If Sidne is available I would guess she starts on Saturday. The rest will be as needed and matchups call for.

Then we have a Tuesday and Wednesday to get them innings again

Thats pretty insightful. So maybe it wasn't that Lefty had to pitch so much last year it was more about coaches preference to throw her over others. Don't get me wrong I do think she is good I am just surprised we haven't been throwing our other arms more. Even leading up to conference play she threw a few games that I was surprised we would bother throwing her in.

He turned on that one...BIG FLY!!! Wrong Thread...

Megan Gibson pitched every game her senior year. We ended the season as the National runner up. She pitched every inning in the WCWS.

I think last year she did throw too much. Mostly because the rest of the staff couldn't handle Saturday most weekends

Optimally I would like to see another pitcher go one time through the lineup to open the Sunday and make it a shorter game for Lefty. Not sure if coach will do that or not but if you could that 3rd look at her on Sunday it might help

SEC Tuesday

C Ark 3 Ark 6
Ill 3 Missouri 5
Dayton 2 Kentucky 6
E Kentucky 0 Tennessee 8

I couldn't find the KPI ranking when posted the other ones.

So you can add the Ags at #2 in KPI

https://faktorsports.com

After the Bama series we have six non-conference home games. I think we might see all six pitchers used during those games..

After that, only one more midweek left in the season, vs Louisiana.

The 2008 team was mentioned above, with the dominating Mel Gibson pitching a lot that year. That year was the only time I have been to a World Series. I went to all of the Aggie games as well as those of Louisiana. She threw 302.1 innings that year whilst Rhiannon Kliesing threw 110.1.

Kliesing did come in for Gibson in the loss to Florida, about the 4th or 5th inning, in the WCWS. Other than that Mel Gibson pitched every inning in OKC that year. Unfortunately, ASU shut us out both games in the championship series to take the title. The last game, where they scored a bunch of runs at the end of the game, was truly heartbreaking, to put it mildly.

We also relied heavily on Mel Dumezich, Samantha Show and a couple of others over the years (until Lefty last year) but I think Gibson and Dumezich were the last two really, really dominating pitchers we have had, with waaaay more strikeouts than walks. I have been hoping for years that we would get one like that again. As I have said before, don't get me wrong - Lefty is great, for sure. One of our best pitchers all time. But usually gives up a lot of walks. About a 2-1 strikeout/walk ratio. Gibson was about 5-1. Some of the really awesome pitchers the past 10 years or so (other teams) have been in the 8-1 range and above. Teams with pitchers like that are in OKC regularly. But it's the ones with outstanding hitting to go with that pitching who win it all consistently.

Lessentine 'could be' one of those with a great ratio but we have not seen her enough to know. After she gets some SEC experience and pitches against some great hitting teams in the future we will find out. I think freshman Taylor Brown (redshirted) is possibly one of them. Maybe our next Mel Gibson. We will have to wait and see on her, too. We HAVE signed some pitchers over the years that were outstanding in HS, really awesome numbers, but bombed in college. Always the possibility.

I recall thinking many times over the Summer and Fall that we would not have to rely on Lefty so much this year with such a large staff. We did not have to in non-conference. If our hitting becomes more consistent we might not have to in the near future. But the coaching staff will use who they have to to win games. If that means pitching Lefty a lot so be it.

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Another interview with Coach here on TexAgs, on the softball page:


https://texags.com/s/66010/texas-ams-trisha-ford-blessed-to-reach-the-500-win-milestone

I did not know about tonight's Alabama-FSU game until she mentioned it. A great game to pay attention to.

Wed SEC games

Kentucky @ Bellarmine
Florida @ Jacksonville
Georgia St @ Georgia
Miss St @ UAB
Florida St @ Alabama
S Alabama @ Auburn
East Texas A&M @ OU

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Coach Ford: "Who would have thought two home runs? Amari Harper is not that kid, but she has been someone who has been very steady in our lineup. She continues to work. She plays second base, first base and outfield for us. We are trying to get these pieces together. Mac Barbara, Mya Perez and Harper."

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Someone tell me, was it basically Mac started the season hot, then slumped so played less, and now back to hitting very good and starting every game..? and Harper proved she's very good over than span..?

I thought Mya looked great at 1B fielding tough throws.

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Coach Ford: "Who would have thought two home runs? Amari Harper is not that kid, but she has been someone who has been very steady in our lineup. She continues to work. She plays second base, first base and outfield for us. We are trying to get these pieces together. Mac Barbara, Mya Perez and Harper."

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Someone tell me, was it basically Mac started the season hot, then slumped so played less, and now back to hitting very good and starting every game..? and Harper proved she's very good over than span..?

I thought Mya looked great at 1B fielding tough throws.

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Amari was the starting right fielder to start the season. She got hurt in the first game. Frankie came in and played great. Now she is playing again and playing well. So the question now is how to get the bats of Mya, Mac, Amari and Frankie in the lineup. On Monday Mac was a guest on a show they recorded at Pluckers. I don't think it has been released yet. During the show Mac talked a bit about her first position being catcher and that she came to college as a catcher. I wonder since she brought it up if we will see her get some time at catcher

I just saw that the interview at Plucker's was released in the past hour:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KypBcFXCtaU

I would be very, very surprised to see Mac behind the plate. There is more to catching than hitting the ball.

You may very well be right. But my experience has been players rarely make public comments that aren't top of mind so I think there is an outside chance. Not as a full time starter but competing for that Saturday start

Katie Dack just hit a 3 run shot to give FSU the lead over Bama

Autographs after the Saturday game and kids run the bases in Sunday this week

Auburn wins in a walk-off homer…boy did they need that

SEC Wednesday Results

Kentucky 5 @ Bellarmine 0
Florida 5 @ Jacksonville 2
Georgia St 0 @ Georgia 8 (5)
Miss St 8 @ UAB 4
Florida St 5 @ Alabama 2
S Alabama 6 @ Auburn 7
East Texas A&M 0 @ OU 8 (5)

Tonight

2 run shot Wohlers
Gland Slam Wohlers
Walk Off Adams

The Aggies did a great job of limiting RBI opportunities for those 2 players in the middle of their lineup. If I recall correctly they only knocked in 2 against the Ags in 3 games.

Happy for Auburn to get back on track. They are very limited in the circle and have a rough schedule. Hopefully they won't quit on Chris before the season ends even though they are likely to start 0-12. I would love it if they steal one in Austin this weekend

I would be completely shocked if Auburn wins one game against sip. They just don't have a pitcher that can handle that lineup.

Me too. SJ Geurin is the only pitcher they could hope to limit the damage with but they know she can't throw a complete game. Best chance is likely Tresvic once through and then Geurin like they tried on us. They rest of staff are just average arms

Jacksonville was tied with the Gators 2-2 in the 4th or 5th. Earlier, Falby misplayed a sinking line drive to center and the ball got past her and went to the fence. RF was pretty quick on the back up or else it would have been an in the park home run. I say it because that's got to be the worst play I've ever seen Falby make, it never happens. Still no Rothrock.

Press release:

No. 6 Texas A&M Opens Nine-Game Homestand with No. 24 Alabama

https://12thman.com/news/2025/3/20/softball-no-6-texas-am-opens-nine-game-homestand-with-no-24-alabama

Thanks!

Looking forward to this weekend!

Megan. Wasn't Amanda Scarborough on that team? I know one of them got injured but they were great players.

Yes, both were on the same team and both were awesome. Amanda still does commentary on games and is really good at that, too.

Looks like we will be in new dark grey uniforms on Saturday.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHb-Q_nOfyK/?img_index=1&igsh=MXE5eHA4d2V4NjhxMw==

Series thread started

https://texags.com/forums/8/topics/3534191/replies/69882140

Not exactly true about Show...she pitched more than others her freshman year. Soph year, Trinity Harrington carried the team. Then Show transferred.