Defensive Alignment Question
Jun 12, 2010 11:33:08 GMT -8
Post by mudvnine on Jun 12, 2010 11:33:08 GMT -8
NCAA Super Regional . . . Coastal Carolina (CC) v. South Carolina (SC)
Situation: Bottom of the 8th, CC hitting down by a run (3-4) . . . bases loaded with no outs. Early in the AB (1-0, 1-1), SC's middle infield is playing at double-play depth . . . OK, no problem there, but then the count goes to 1-2 and the SC infield all come up to the grass to play for the out at the plate . . . Why?
I get that they're now at an "off-speed" count, but what's the baseball "philosophy" that changes giving up a run for two outs, to moving the IF in, playing to prevent the run from scoring just becasue the count goes to 1-2?
BTW, the hitter struck out on the next pitch, putting SC back to the expected, standard defensive alignment, so I'm not sure what they would have done with the potential, different counts had the AB continued . . .
Situation: Bottom of the 8th, CC hitting down by a run (3-4) . . . bases loaded with no outs. Early in the AB (1-0, 1-1), SC's middle infield is playing at double-play depth . . . OK, no problem there, but then the count goes to 1-2 and the SC infield all come up to the grass to play for the out at the plate . . . Why?
I get that they're now at an "off-speed" count, but what's the baseball "philosophy" that changes giving up a run for two outs, to moving the IF in, playing to prevent the run from scoring just becasue the count goes to 1-2?
BTW, the hitter struck out on the next pitch, putting SC back to the expected, standard defensive alignment, so I'm not sure what they would have done with the potential, different counts had the AB continued . . .
