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Monday - April 21, 2008

Game 38: Oklahoma State at Texas

I'm not going to have time to post a full game report. Things are just way too busy at work this week. They're so busy that I may well be unable to listen to the Baylor game or attend the UT-San Antonio game. So, I'm giving in and doing a quick game report for the "missing" OSU games.

Here's the line for Saturday's game:

											R	H	E
OSU	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	-	8	14	1
Texas	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	-	7	10	0

OSU jumped out to an early lead, sending 10 to the plate in the first inning and scoring 4. The Cowboys threatened in the 2nd and again in the 3rd but were thwarted. Brandon Workman got the start and gave up those 1st four runs without getting out of the 1st inning. Stayton Thomas threw the next 1.2 innings and also struggled. Cole Green (who faced the first two OSU batters in the 11th in the previous game and gave up a walk, a wild pitch, and a sac bunt to put the winning run at 3b, and ending up with the loss) went in with runners at 1b and 2b and 1 out in the 3rd. He promptly struck out the first two batters he faced. He went on to pitch 5.1 innings, giving up 1 earned run on 5 hits (1 double) with a walk and 5 strikeouts. Night and day from his previous outing. Brandon Belt got the last out of the 8th and then gave up a 4-pitch walk to start off the 9th. He then gave up a single and a sac bunt to put the tying runs in scoring position with one out. Pat McCrory (who'd gone in at 3b at the start of the 9th) went to the mound moving Brandon to 1b and Preston Clark to 3b (from dh). Pat gave up a 2-run single. So, Pat went back to 3b, Brandon went back to p, and Preston went to 1b. Brandon then gave up a sac bunt and a single to put the go-ahead (and eventually game-winning) run across. Pat ended up with the loss.

On the offensive side of things, the Horns started off slowly, going 3-up/3-down in the 1st inning. Preston Clark and Cameron Rupp hit back-to-back singles to start off the 2nd. Kyle Russell (having a very "off" day) struck out for the first of 4 times on the day. Brandon Belt reached on an error by the shortstop (Preston scored). Kyle Lusson (lf) and David Hernandez hit two more singles (scoring Cameron and loading the bases). Travis Tucker then hit into a fielder's choice (scoring Brandon) and Kyle ended up scoring on a wild pitch. Score tied at 4. Whew. Brandon Belt led off the 4th with a solo homerun. David Hernandez reached on a 1-out single and moved up on a hit batter and a walk. He went on to score on a wild pitch. Kyle Lusson scored the final Texas run by reaching on a 2-out double in the 5th which was followed by a run-scoring single by David Hernandez. Sadly, the Horns only managed to get one more runner on base (a 2-out single by Michael Torres in the 8th) for the rest of the game.

That single by Michael Torres in the 8th extended his consecutive game hitting streak to 25 games. A new school record.

A few photos...

Preston Clark hitting a single in the 2nd:

[Preston Clark]