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Sunday - April 20, 2008

Quick post

The OSU Cowboys completed a sweep of the Longhorns this afternoon. Here in Austin. As I noted three weeks ago, the Horns hadn't been swept in a 3-game series at home since 1996. The first two losses of the series were particularly hard to take. Strike that. They were all tough.

I do hope this team can get things turned around by the time the Big 12 tournament rolls around. As it stands now, I think the only chance the Horns have of hosting a Regional is to win out and go deep in the conference tournament. The team has 13 games (one against an opponent yet to be determined on May 14th...so, maybe only 12 games) left in the regular season. They currently have 23 wins. In general, the NCAA does not like to award Regionals to teams with fewer than 40 wins. But, if the Horns won out, that would certainly make a statement that the NCAA might have to take a look at. Just an observation.

Michael Torres now holds the consecutive-game hitting record. He got a hit in yesterday's game...giving him 25 games in a row with a hit. He passed the previous mark of 24 set by Rick Bradley in 1974. Alas, he did not get a hit in today's game so the record stops at 25.

There were two Monster shots today. The first one by Kyle Russell in the 5th (the 2nd of his career) and the second by Rebel Ridling in the 6th. That's the first time two Monster shots were hit in the same game.

Sorry I didn't get yesterday's game report up in a timely fashion. I just forgot to do it (my subconscious mind not wanting to do it?) until after midnight. And, by then, I was too tired. And, this morning I just didn't feel like doing it. I took my camera to the park yesterday and today and have lots of photos so maybe I'll just post some photos. We'll see.

Posted by Joanna at 8:39 PM