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Saturday - April 7, 2007

Game 38: Texas at Kansas

I didn't tune into the game until the 4th inning. And, guess what? I missed Nick Peoples' second home run of the year. I missed his first one on Thursday and missed the second one today. I can't get a break! Ah well. His 2-out solo shot in the 2nd inning was the only score of the game through the first 4 innings for either team. It was cold and windy and neither team really did much of anything offensively until Kyle Russell hit a 3-run home run (his 19th of the year!) in the 5th. Wow.

Joseph Krebs started for Texas on the mound. He did well through the first 4 innings but got into trouble in the bottom of the 5th. Afenir doubled and Land walked. Parzyk and Murphy then flew out. Robby Price singled to score Afenir. Runners at 1b and 2b. Allman then reached on a very rare error by Travis Tucker to load the bases. Simpson then singled, scoring 2. Runners at 1b and 2b. Texas up 4-3. Randy Boone then went in for Joseph on the mound. He gave up a double down the lf line (barely fair) to tie the game. Ryne Price then struck out to end the inning.

In the 6th, Preston Clark walked and was moved to 2b on a sac bunt but was stranded there. Kansas scored a run in the bottom of the inning to take the lead. Texas tied it up on a 2-out home run by Kyle Russell! Wow. That's at least the 3rd time this year that he's hit 2 homers in a game. Double wow. The Horns got two more aboard after the homer on a single and an error but they did not score. In the bottom of the 7th, Kansas left a batter at 1b.

In the 8th, Nick Peoples led things off with a single. He then scored on a double by Russell Moldenhauer to give the Horns a 1-run lead. Michael Demperio pinch ran for Russell, advanced to 3b on a ground out, and was then thrown out at the plate on a ground ball hit by Travis Tucker to ss. Keith Moreland thought Michael was running on contact. Jordan Danks grounded out to 2b to end the top half of the inning. Kansas went 3-up/3-down in the bottom half.

In the 9th, the Horns went down in order. In the bottom of the 9th, the Jayhawks did the same. Randy Boone struck out the final two batters of the game to get the win. Entertainingly, his record goes to 1 win, 5 losses, and 8 saves. I can't help but find a bit of humor in the fact that our closer had a record of 0-5 with 8 saves going into today's game. Heh.

So, Texas won 6-5. Yes!

By the way, Texas seemed to have settled on a line-up a couple of weeks ago but things have been changing lately. Today's line-up was quite a bit different: (1) Jordan Danks, (2) Kyle Russell, (3) Chance Wheeless, (4) Bradley Suttle, (5) Preston Clark, (6) Nick Peoples, (7) Russell Moldenhauer, (8) Josh Prince, and (9) Travis Tucker. It'll be interesting to see what's in store for us on Friday when the Red Raiders come to town.

Posted by Joanna at 4:06 PM