Joanna's Longhorn Baseball Page: Game 39: Oklahoma State at Texas

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Monday - April 21, 2008

Game 39: Oklahoma State at Texas

Another short report for the final game of the Oklahoma State series. First, the line:

											R	H	E
OSU	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	3	-	13	13	1
Texas	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	-	10	10	4

The Horns started the game off very nicely, scoring in 4 of the first 5 innings. Kyle Russell hit two 2-run homeruns...the second one being a Monster shot (the second of his career) in the 5th. Jordan Danks went 4-for-4 with 3 doubles, a triple, a walk, a stolen base, and 4 runs scored. He had a very good day at the plate. Kyle and Jordan accounted for 6 of the 10 Texas hits. And, 6 of the 10 Texas runs.

Austin Wood got the start for the Horns and gave up 2 earned runs in the first 5 innings on 2 hits with a walk. The first two batters of the 6th, however, hit hard singles through the left side. The next batter (Rebel Ridling) hit a Monster shot. Can you believe it? Kyle Russell hits one in the bottom of the 5th and Rebel Ridling hits one in the 6th? Wow. That's the first time in Disch-Falk history that two Monster shots were hit in one game. The (rest of the) wheels fell off in the 8th. Brandon Workman (who coaxed a double-play out of the only batter he faced in the 7th) gave up a 1-out solo shot (to Rebel Ridling!) and a ground-rule double before being lifted for Chance Ruffin. Yep...the guy who pitched 10 innings on Friday night went to the mound in relief on Sunday. All three batters he faced reached (on an error by Chance that I would've probably ruled an infield hit but I wasn't the official scorer so I guess it doesn't really matter, a triple, and a single) and went on to score. Keith Shinaberry (who, it seemed, hadn't appeared in a game in weeks but I did not go back and check that info) faced 2 (sac bunt and single). Pat McCrory then went in and struck out the 9th batter of the inning for the 3rd out. Five runs scored. In the 9th, Pat stayed on the mound and gave up a single and a double. Then Brandon Belt went in. He gave up a sac fly and a solo homerun before getting a fly out to lf and a pop out to the catcher (behind the plate). Those last two innings were extremely painful. Sigh...

So, 5 homeruns on the day...2 of them Monster shots. When I got to the park, the air was thick and rather oppressive. No breeze at all. It was terribly humid and I commented that we surely would not see any homeruns. Ha! Just a few minutes before the game started, a steady wind picked up from the south. The humidity cleared out and balls were flying everywhere. Weird.

Prevailing conditions at the start of the game:

[Prevailing conditions]