What a weekend for the Diamond Dawgs in Oxford. To start, the Friday night tilt got shifted to Saturday due to weather. What resulted was a 1 pm start the next day (noon in Mississippi time), where the Dawgs jumped out to an 8-0 lead and cruised a while…until Mississippi accounted for 10 unanswered runs, three of which came off three homeruns surrendered by Georgia’s otherwise solid bullpen arm, Caden Aoki.
Ole Miss would go on to win Game 1, 10-8. Buckle up, because game 2 of the doubleheader started late that afternoon. What ensued was a 14-inning, six hours and 13 minutes, the second longest game in program history. In all, it was over twelve ours of baseball in one day, and what felt like a triple-header when all was said and done.
Enter Game 3, and with all the arms tired and a likely exhausted team. With Wes Johnson electing to sit Vigue for another week, the Dawgs turned to Caden Aoki to get the start in what should’ve been a noodle-armed bullpen game. Instead, Georgia may have gotten an answer to a season-long question:
Aoki dealt it for six innings and 7 Ks with 1 ER, and Georgia won the series with a 5-1 victory and earing their first series victory in Oxford in 15 years.
If, and it’s a big IF, the Diamond Dawgs can get the pitching woes down, we may be able to make some noise in the post-season.
Go ‘Dawgs!
Nice road series win for the Diamond Dogs. One pitch away from a likely sweep, without Vigue. Should bump the RPI which is low despite the record and being in first place in the best conference. Being punished for all the early season home series I guess. RPI still seems off this season.
Aoki was clutch yesterday. I assumed Wes was starting him to just give them what could, but the dude ate some innings and held Ole Miss to 1 run. Good stuff, Caden!