madeinhawaii wrote:Okay.. starting tomorrow, then. I guess they simply ran out of gas after dealing with the #1/2 team in the nation. The adrenaline rush, the exhiliration and the let down when it's all over. They'll bounce back and handle it better the next opportunity they have.
Yeah, that emotional letdown often happens after a team scores a big win. Ricketts didn't seem to be in top form, probably tired after pitching 10 innings the night before, and with Parnaby gone. She kept shaking her pitching arm later in the game. A few fielding errors really cost the Wahine, especially that 5th inning when Iwata lost that high pop up and thought it was going deeper than it did when she was under it all the time. Nice try by Aguirre trying to come in from left field. That could have been the third out and gotten them out of the inning, instead of scoring two runs, and eventually a third. Can't fault Iwata on that, though, as that ball was a mile high and probably in the lights.
What's really troubling, though, is the lack of hitting by the team. The top four % hitters are still doing OK, but the bottom five starting hitters in % are really struggling, even against some of the weaker teams they've played. I hope they can figure out what's wrong and fix it soon.