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Wednesday - May 20, 2009

Big 12 Tournament - Day 1 summary

I was happy to discover that the Big 12 is apparently streaming video of all the Tournament games over the Internet. See the Big 12 Sports Championship page for links.

In Pool 1, the KU/KSU game went scoreless for the first 4 innings and then the teams battled back-and-forth a bit before Kansas State managed to pull ahead for good and win 5-4. The Horns, very sadly, lost 9-14 to Baylor in an ugly game.

In Pool 2, Missouri scored 1 in the first and then slowly built on their lead until they were ahead by a 5-spot in the 6th. The Aggies managed to score 2 runs of their own...but not until the 9th. Too little, too late. Mizzou won 5-2. And, in the late game, OU beat Tech by the same score...5-2. I watched an inning or two of the game but couldn't really get into it.

Tomorrow features two Pool 1 games (Texas vs. Kansas and Kansas State vs. Baylor). Pool 2 continues play on Friday.

I really hope the Horns win tomorrow. Those three 1-run losses in Kansas still rankle.

Note: I modified this post almost as soon as I posted it. I had talked about being disappointed in the team's performance today and speculated on how things will play out. And, that's not fair. I'm not there and wasn't even able to watch the whole game. So, I deleted that stuff.

UPDATE: Here's what Coach Garrido said about removing Cole Green from the game after 5 innings when asked if Green was on a pitch-count:

No, that isn't why we took him out. Although, at the end of 5 innings, I felt that we were in good shape with what we were doing. And, that you pitch that pitcher there because he has the ability to recover and pitch in the Championship game. So, if you start to take him out to the 7th or the 8th, even the 6th... I was hoping to end it on a good note for him so that he mentally and physically was in good position to come back [Sunday] and I felt confident, and still feel confident, in the people we brought in.

Posted by Joanna at 10:53 PM