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Not much different to say then the preview I did from Monday’s game… guess what, watch out for Jason Castro, Cord Phelps and Sean Ratliff and all the other Cardinal. 

Originally it was going to be Trevor Holder (last Saturday’s starter) to go against Stanford, but now it will be lefty Nathan Moreau.  The junior has not pitched in 2 weeks.  He has a 4-3 record this season and has 18 wins in his collegiate career.

On the mound for Stanford should be junior Jeremy Bleich (although that can change).  The southpaw has only pitched in 10 games this season with 8 starts.  He has an incredible 1.02 era this season.  He has allowed just 5 earned runs in 44 innings this season.  What is weird is that he has allowed 14 unearned runs this season and this coming from a very good Cardinal defensive team.  He tends to walk batters, but does not allow too many hits just 32 in his 44 innings and only 1 has been for a home run.

One thing that Georgia has to do that they haven’t done in Omaha that they did in the regionals and super-regionals is score early.  I know it is the score at the end, but if you can put pressure on the other team early, it makes it easier for you to win.

In the regionals and super-regionals, the Bulldogs outscored their opponents 22-6 in the first inning of games and 33-19 in the first 3 innings.  In the first 2 College World Series games, the Dawgs have failed to score in the first 3 innings of both games.

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