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Saturday - May 17, 2008

Game 52: Texas at Texas A&M

This game report is based on the radio broadcast with Craig Way and Keith Moreland on the air. My mom called to tell me that the game was being streamed free on CSTV. I tried it out but it froze up on me (as it seems to do on Macs) so I gave up on it. 'Wish they'd work on the service so the Mac stuff would work better.

The line-ups:

	Texas	Texas A&M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -	Michael Torres, dh Travis Tucker, 2b Jordan Danks, cf Kyle Russell, rf Brandon Belt, 1b Russell Moldenhauer, lf Preston Clark, 3b Cameron Rupp, c David Hernandez, ss Austin Wood, p	Kyle Colligan, cf Blake Stouffer, 2b Dane Carter, 3b Jose Duran, ss Luke Anders, 1b Darby Brown, dh Brian Ruggiano, rf Brodie Greene, lf Kevin Gonzalez, c Barret Loux, p

Things played out like so:

• 1st inning - UT
• Barret Loux on the mound for the Aggies.
• Michael Torres singled to 3b. The third baseman threw high to 1b and Michael advanced to 2b on the error.
• Travis Tucker bunted to 3b (sac) to move Michael to 3b.
• Jordan Danks grounded out to 2b, scoring Michael.
• Kyle Russell struck out swinging.
• Texas up 1-0.
• 1st inning - A&M
• Austin Wood on the mound for Texas.
• Colligan struck out looking (full count).
• Stouffer struck out swinging.
• Carter walked.
• Duran also walked. Uh-oh.
• Anders tripled down the rf line, scoring 2. Damn.
• Brown grounded out to 1b (first pitch).
• Texas down 1-2.
• 2nd inning - UT
• Brandon Belt grounded out to the pitcher.
• Russell Moldenhauer doubled down the rf line.
• Preston Clark grounded out to ss, moving Russell to 3b.
• Cameron Rupp struck out swinging.
• Texas down 1-2.
• 2nd inning - A&M
• Ruggiano flew out to rf.
• Greene flew out to cf.
• Gonzalez flew out to rf.
• Texas down 1-2.
• 3rd inning - UT
• David Hernandez grounded out to ss.
• Michael Torres doubled over the center fielder's head.
• Travis Tucker singled up the middle (first pitch), driving Michael home.
• Jordan Danks struck out swinging after fouling off a couple of balls.
• With Kyle Russell at the plate, Travis Tucker was thrown out (2-6) stealing.
• Game tied 2-2.
• 3rd inning - A&M
• Colligan popped out to c (foul).
• Stouffer popped out to 2b.
• Carter grounded out to the pitcher (bunt attempt).
• Game tied 2-2.
• 4th inning - UT
• Kyle Russell flew out to cf.
• Brandon Belt struck out swinging.
• Russell Moldenhauer flew out to cf.
• Game tied 2-2.
• 4th inning - A&M
• Duran walked.
• Anders (who tripled last time) was hit by a pitch. Sigh...2 on, no outs.
• Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound (his second of the game).
• Brown flew out to lf.
• Ruggiano grounded into a 6-4-3 double play! Excellent!
• Game still tied 2-2.
• 5th inning - Texas
• Preston Clark struck out looking.
• Cameron Rupp reached on an error by ss (the ball went through his legs).
• David Hernandez flew out to lf.
• Michael Torres popped out to 3b (foul).
• Game tied 2-2.
• 5th inning - A&M
• Greene fell behind 0-2, worked the count full, and then flew out to rf.
• Gonzalez grounded out to ss.
• Colligan singled into lf.
• Stouffer flew out to cf.
• Game tied 2-2.
• 6th inning - Texas
• Travis Tucker walked (first walk of the game by Loux).
• Jordan Danks hit a sac bunt down the 1b line, moving Travis to 2b.
• Kyle Russell homered over the lf wall!!!!
• Brandon Belt grounded out (check swing) to ss.
• Russell Moldenhauer popped out to 3b (foul).
• Texas up 4-2.
• 6th inning - A&M
• Carter was hit by a pitch (full count). Dangit.
• Duran hit into a 3-6-1 double play!!! Craig and Keith were impressed with Austin getting over to 1b to cover the throw from ss for the 2nd out.
• Anders grounded out to 1b (3-1, Austin covering 1b again).
• Texas up 4-2.
• 7th inning - UT
• Preston Clark hit a high-flying homerun over the lf fence!
• Cameron Rupp grounded out to ss.
• David Hernandez doubled to the lf/cf gap. He tried to stretch the double into a triple and was thrown out (8-6-5) at 3b. Damn.
• Michael Torres singled through the right side.
• The Aggies changed pitchers, sending Thebeau to the mound.
• With Travis Tucker at the plate, Michael stole 2b.
• Travis popped out to 1b (foul) on the next pitch, however.
• Texas up 5-2.
• 7th inning - A&M
• Brown grounded out to 1b.
• Ruggiano singled to rf.
• Greene popped into the cf/rf gap...toward rf. Kyle Russell lost the ball and Jordan Danks rushed in to make the catch! Yes!
• Gonzalez flew out to cf (toward the lf/cf gap). Way to go, Jordan!
• Texas up 5-2.
• 8th inning - UT
• Jordan Danks grounded out to 2b.
• Kyle Russell singled past the second baseman into cf.
• Brandon Belt lined out to 1b; double play by the first baseman who stepped on the bag to put Kyle Russell out. Shucks.
• Texas up 5-2.
• 8th inning - A&M
• Colligan grounded out to 3b. Nice play by Preston Clark at 3b.
• Stouffer grounded out to 1b (3-1, pitcher covering again).
• Carter flew out to lf.
• Texas up 5-2.
• 9th inning - UT
• Russell Moldenhauer walked (full count).
• Preston Clark singled down the rf line, moving Russell to 2b. Russell had to wait on the play to see if the right fielder would catch the ball, otherwise runners would've made it to 2b and 3b.
• With a 1-1 count to Cameron Rupp, Coach Garrido took an offensive timeout to talk to the batter.
• Cameron Rupp ended up flying out to cf. Russell tagged on the play and moved up to 3b.
• David Hernandez hit into a 5-4-3 double play. Ouch.
• Texas up 5-2.
• 9th inning - A&M
• Duran flew out to the alley in left center. Jordan made a great diving catch to rob Duran of an extra base hit!!!
• Anders doubled to the cf/rf gap.
• The Aggies sent Nick Fleece in to pinch hit for Brown. Fleece struck out swinging! Austin's first strikeout since the 1st inning!
• Ruggiano popped out to 1b (foul)!!!
• Game over.

Texas wins 5-2!!! Fantastic. Here's the line from GameTracker:

A complete-game win for Austin Wood. Fantastic. Texas wins the series and has Kenn Kasparek ready to go on the mound tomorrow.

Posted by Joanna at 9:27 PM