As of Tuesday Out of the Box was reporting there wouldn't be streaming video this weekend. It looks like that's changed (at least for game one against U La-La.)
(Gray did mention there was a Russian site offering video ... don't go there for a trial offer. According to him it's a scam.)
Last weekends game thread we saw a few mentioning "it's early in the season." I get that but have to take a bit of a different stance on what we saw. Two things of note on fielding/defense and the offense:
How often do you see an "E" on the board and summarily dismiss the stat? I have to give Megan Bloodworth a pass considering it was her first "live ball" when she registered the error last weekend. Her fielding percentage took a hit; it's at .950 right now. (20 chances, 11 put outs along with eight assists.)
It's the team number that jumps out to me especially given they were facing a top ten team in Va. Tech last weekend. They're at .995 FPCT, 221 C, 165 PO, 55 A, and the 1 E. That's a strong defensive unit, folks.
There's some numbers on offense that jumped out to me as well. I can't say I've seen this before: certainly something I think we can call a bit of an anomaly. Goodnight, Shipman, Prange, and Johnson all saw 23 at bats this past weekend. All four finished with weekend 10-23. All four had OB% of .500 or greater, and all four with a SLG% of .652 or greater. That's a solid start for an offensive group and there's not a lot of drop off when we get to #5 and #6 in the last lineup. Seeing Doerr and Dowling in the 7/8 spot struggling a bit now isn't something we'll continue to see as the both get into playing shape this season.
U La-La has a solid program. I'm looking forward to at least listening to the game tonight.
Lexi or Tana? I'm guessing we see Tana in the circle to start the series.