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Wednesday - April 16, 2008
Game 36: UT-Arlington at Texas
Sigh. Texas fell to UT-Arlington this evening 3-4. I had to work and made it out to the park just as the Horns turned a double play in the 6th. Which means I missed Kyle Russell's first homerun of the evening. Yep, he hit two. Sadly, they were solo shots. He hit his first homerun in the 5th. The second came when he led off with a towering shot over the lf fence. I'm told the first went over the rf fence. It does seem that Kyle is back. So, there's definitely something to be happy about.
The Horns started with yet another take on their line-up this evening: (1) 2b Michael Torres, (2) cf Jordan Danks, (3) dh Preston Clark, (4) 1b Tant Shepherd, (5) c Cameron Rupp, (6) rf Kyle Russell, (7) lf Kyle Lusson, (8) ss David Hernandez, and (9) 3b Travis Tucker.
A couple of things the Horns did that stood out from the usual this evening:
- They used three different third basemen in the game: Travis Tucker for the first 7 innings, Preston Clark for the 8th, and Pat McCrory for the 9th.
- Brandon Belt did not play any 1b but did pitch the 9th (quite nicely, I might add) and then went in to bat...grounding out to end the game.
Kenn Kasparek started and took the loss. He went 4 innings and gave up 3 earned runs on 4 hits with 2 strikeouts. Austin Wood threw the next two innings and held the Mavericks scoreless on 2 hits with a walk and 2 strikeouts. Pat McCrory threw the 7th and 8th, giving up an earned run on 2 hits with a strikeout. Brandon Belt pitched the final inning, giving up no runs on no hits with a strikeout.
Kyle Russell was the only batter with multiple hits (2 homeruns as I noted earlier). Michael Torres kept his hitting streak alive by hitting a single in his first at-bat of the game.
I wasn't really able to listen to much of the 1st half of the game and got to the park late so didn't try to keep score. I did take my camera, though, and sat with Geoff on the concourse and took some photos. It was late so the light was not great. Which meant I had to use a slower shutter speed. Which meant there's some motion blur going on in a pretty entertaining way with some of the photos. And, so...
Michael Torres swinging at (and missing) a pitch:
![[Michael Torres]](http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/pics/080416_torres.jpeg)
Pat McCrory demonstrating his high kick:
![[Pat McCrory]](http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/pics/080416_mccrory.jpeg)
Cameron Rupp, right before he doubled in the 7th:
![[Cameron Rupp]](http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/pics/080416_rupp.jpeg)
Tommy Harmon coaches Cameron Rupp at 2b:
![[Cameron Rupp and Tommy Harmon]](http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/pics/080416_rupp_harmon.jpeg)
Kyle Lusson reached on a walk in the 7th and then got a pointer or two from Clay Van Hook:
![[Kyle Lusson and Clay Van Hook]](http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/pics/080416_lusson_vanhook.jpeg)
Tant Shepherd playing 1b:
![[Tant Shepherd]](http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/pics/080416_shepherd.jpeg)
Preston Clark playing 3b:
![[Preston Clark]](http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/pics/080416_clark.jpeg)
Jordan Danks hit a double in the 8th (and went on to score):
![[Jordan Danks]](http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/pics/080416_danks.jpeg)
Brandon Belt on the mound:
![[Brandon Belt]](http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/pics/080416_belt.jpeg)
Kyle Russell gets props after his 9th-inning homerun:
![[Kyle Russell]](http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/pics/080416_russell.jpeg)
Kawika Emsley-Pai pinch-hit for Kyle Lusson in the 9th:
![[Kawika Emsley-Pai]](http://www.joanna.org/hook-em/pics/080416_emsley-pai.jpeg)
Alas, he grounded out. As did David Hernandez and Brandon Belt. And, thus ended the game with Texas losing 3-4.
Posted by Joanna at 11:19 PM