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Sunday - June 1, 2008

Game 60: Texas at St. John's (Houston Regional)

Texas played visitor again today in the game against St. John's. Like yesterday, I watched the CSTV stream. Once again, they carried Craig and Keith's KVET broadcast for the audio.

The Texas lineup: (1) dh Michael Torres, (2) cf Jordan Danks, (3) rf Kyle Russell, (4) 3b Preston Clark, (5) 1b Brandon Belt, (6) ss David Hernandez, (7) c Cameron Rupp, (8) lf Russell Moldenhauer, and (9) 2b Travis Tucker.

• 1st inning - Texas
• Matt Tosoni (lhp) on the mound for the Red Storm.
• Michael Torres grounded out to 1b.
• Jordan Danks flew out to rf.
• Kyle Russell popped straight up at the plate to the catcher.
• 1st inning - St. John's
• Austin Wood on the mound for the Horns.
• Grantham grounded out to 1b.
• Benedetti popped out to 1b (foul, first pitch).
• Kemp flew out to rf.
• 2nd inning - Texas
• Preston Clark flew out to lf. The left fielder (Del Rosario) charged hard and made a good diving catch.
• Brandon Belt grounded out to 1b (p covering). Nice play by St. John's.
• David Hernandez singled up the middle.
• Cameron Rupp flew out to the warning track in left field. Craig got awfully excited, thinking it was going out, but the wind held it up.
• 2nd inning - St. John's
• Anninos lined out to ss.
• Hopkins grounded out to 3b.
• Karmas grounded out to 2b.
• 3rd inning - Texas
• Russell Moldenhauer struck out swinging. The catcher dropped the ball so had to throw to 1b to complete the out.
• Travis Tucker flew out to rf. Nice play by the right fielder who had to make a pretty long run to catch the ball.
• Michael Torres tripled to cf. On the play, the center fielder apparently lost the high hit ball and it went over his head. Michael was running hard and easily made it to 3b!!
• Jordan Danks walked (full count) to put runners at the corners.
• Kyle Russell, alas, struck out.
• 3rd inning - St. John's
• Del Rosario flew out to rf.
• La Stella walked. There goes the perfect game.
• Matias advanced La Stella to 2b on a sac bunt (1-3).
• Grantham doubled to the lf/cf gap, scoring La Stella. And, there goes the no-hitter along with the shut-out.
• Benedetti tried to bunt his way aboard but Austin made a nice play to field the ball hit down the 3b line and throw the batter out at 1b.
• Texas down 0-1.
• 4th inning - Texas
• Preston Clark flew out to cf (first pitch).
• Brandon Belt flew out to cf.
• David Hernandez lined out (first pitch) down the lf line. Del Rosario made another very nice play to rob David of an extra-base hit. Damn.
• Tosoni only threw 5 pitches. Sigh...
• Texas down 0-1.
• 4th inning - St. John's
• Kemp singled up the middle.
• Anninos singled to cf.
• Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound.
• Hopkins could not get a bunt down and after fouling off a couple of pitches, he grounded into a 6-4-3 double play!
• Karmas lined out to 1b. Whew.
• Texas down 0-1.
• 5th inning - Texas
• Cameron Rupp grounded out to ss (first pitch).
• Russell Moldenhauer worked the count full and then grounded out to 1b.
• Travis Tucker singled up the middle.
• Michael Torres hit into a 4-6 fielder's choice.
• Texas down 0-1.
• 5th inning - St. John's
• Del Rosario struck out (foul tip into catcher's glove).
• La Stella was hit by the 10th pitch of his at-bat. Argghhh. He was almost hit by the 7th or 8th pitch as well.
• Matias struck out swinging. Excellent.
• Grantham hit into a 6-4 fielder's choice.
• Texas down 0-1.
• 6th inning - Texas
• Jordan Danks singled to cf to lead things off!
• With an 0-1 count to Kyle Russell, the Red Storm picked off Jordan Danks, going on the pitcher's first movement (1-3-6).
• Kyle Russell was hit by the next pitch.
• Preston Clark singled to lf.
• Brandon Belt doubled off the wall in the rf corner! Kyle scored and Preston moved to 3b.
• St. John's made a visit to the mound.
• David Hernandez singled through the left side, scoring Preston and moving Brandon to 3b.
• Coach Garrido took an offensive timeout to talk things over with Cameron Rupp.
• As Cameron went to the plate, St. John's decided to change pitchers, sending Jared Yecker to the mound (righty replacing lefty).
• Cameron went down swinging. Runners at the corners, 2 out.
• Russell Moldenhauer flew out to cf.
• Texas up 2-1. Hook 'em!
• 6th inning - St. John's
• Benedetti lined out to rf down the line. Kyle Russell made a spectacular run and dive to catch the ball!!
• Kemp grounded out to 2b.
• Anninos grounded out to ss.
• Texas up 2-1.
• 7th inning - Texas
• Travis Tucker struck out swinging.
• Michael Torres grounded out to 1b (pitcher covering the bag).
• Jordan Danks doubled into the lf/cf gap.
• Kyle Russell hit his 56th career homerun off the scoreboard in rf (to take over the top spot in the Texas record book)! It was a thing of beauty. Even on the blurry CSTV feed.
• Preston Clark popped out to 3b.
• Texas up 4-1.
• 7th inning - St. John's
• Hopkins struck out swinging.
• Karmas singled to rf.
• Ferrara was sent in to pinch run for Karmas.
• Del Rosario hit into a 4-6-3 double play!!
• Texas up 4-1.
• 8th inning - Texas
• Morris went in at 1b for St. John's (replacing Ferrara who'd run for Karmas).
• Brandon Belt was called out on strikes (full count).
• David Hernandez flew out to rf.
• Cameron Rupp reached on an infield single to 3b. It looked like he pulled a muscle a bit as he ran down the line. He stayed in the game, though, and Keith started worrying about the catching situation for the evening game.
• Russell Moldenhauer flew out to cf. Russell fell as he swung at the pitch and then had to be helped off the field. There was a problem with his left leg or knee.
• Texas up 4-1.
• 8th inning - St. John's
• Kyle Lusson went into lf for Russell Moldenhauer and Cameron Rupp stayed in the game behind the plate.
• La Stella singled off the mound into cf.
• Matias grounded into a picture-perfect 6-4-3 double play. Third double play of the day for the Horns.
• Grantham lined out to lf. Kyle Lusson made a great run and then dove to catch the ball. Another beautiful play. Add the fact that he'd just entered the game and it's even more impressive. Wow.
• 103 pitches for Austin Wood by my count.
• Texas up 4-1.
• 9th inning - Texas
• Travis Tucker popped out to ss in shallow lf behind 3b.
• Michael Torres grounded out to 2b.
• St. John's replaced the pitcher, sending Monell (lefty) to the mound.
• Jordan Danks tried to check his swing but the umpire ruled that he went around...strikeout.
• Texas up 4-1.
• 9th inning - St. John's
• Benedetti grounded out to 2b.
• Kemp grounded out to 3b. A great job by Preston to knock the ball down, jump up, and throw to 1b.
• Anninos singled through the left side.
• Hopkins also singled (first pitch) through the left side.
• Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound.
• Morris was hit by a pitch (0-1 count).
• Del Rosario doubled down the rf line, scoring 2. Ohmygoodness. Tying run at 3b, go-ahead run at 2b, 2 out.
• Chance Ruffin went to the mound for the Horns.
• La Stella was intentionally walked to load the bases.
• Alcardi went in to pinch-run for La Stella.
• The fist two pitches to Matias were balls. He yanked the next one foul. And, he grounded the fourth pitch into a 6-4 fielder's choice.

Oh. My. I cannot believe it. What an ending. Texas wins 4-3. Wow. Heart break (likewise heart attack) narrowly avoided.

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I'm not gonna post anything else now as I've got another full game coming up in an hour.

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 5:00 PM