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Saturday - May 2, 2009

Game 44: Texas at Baylor

I had trouble getting the video stream to work so listened to most of the first two innings on the radio. Once I finally got video, I switched off the radio since it was about 30 seconds ahead of the video. It was the Baylor Bears stream so had Baylor announcers, who were not bad. Not Craig and Keith but not bad. Anyway...

Texas won 19-11 in a weird game. Read on.

Today's starting line-ups:

Texas	Baylor
1 Travis Tucker, 2b 2 Michael Torres, 3b 3 Brandon Belt, 1b 4 Kevin Keyes, rf 5 Preston Clark, dh 6 Brandon Loy, ss 7 Cameron Rupp, c 8 Tant Shepherd, lf 9 Connor Rowe, cf - Cole Green, p	1 Dustin Dickerson, 1b 2 Shaver Hansen, ss 3 Aaron Miller, dh 4 Dan Evatt, lf 5 Ben Booker, cf 6 Adam Hornung, rf 7 Gregg Glime, c 8 Drew Bias, 3b 9 Landis Ware, 2b - Aaron Miller, p

• 1st inning, Texas
• Aaron Miller (lhp) on the mound.
• Tucker grounded out to 1b (pitcher covered the bag).
• Torres struck out swinging (1-2 count).
• Belt homered over the lf fence.
• Keyes grounded out to 2b. Craig commented that it was a nice play by Ware at 2b.
• Texas up 1-0.
• 1st inning, Baylor
• Cole Green (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
• Dickerson struck out swinging (2-2 count).
• Hansen grounded out to 2b (1st pitch, I think).
• Miller flew out to Rowe at the warning track. Craig said Rowe ran full speed to get to the ball.
• 2nd inning, Texas
• Clark drew a full-count walk.
• Loy advanced Clark to 2b on a sac bunt down the 1b line (1-3).
• Rupp drew a 5-pitch walk (ball, ball, ball, called strike, ball).
• Insert visit to the mound by Steve Smith.
• Shepherd was hit (on the foot) by a pitch (0-2 count) to load the bases.
• Rowe blooped a single into lf, scoring Clark and keeping the bases loaded.
• Tucker hit a grand slam to lf!!!
• Baylor sent Shawn Tolleson (rhp) to the mound for Miller. Miller stayed in the game in the dh spot.
• Torres grounded out to ss.
• Belt was hit by the first pitch to him (on the foot, I think).
• Keyes struck out swinging.
• Texas up 6-0!!
• 2nd inning, Baylor
• The video feed finally started to work for me at the bottom of the 2nd. No audio, though, forcing me to pay very close attention.
• Evatt struck out swinging.
• Booker drew a 7-pitch full-count walk.
• Hornung flew out to the lf/cf gap. Connor Rowe made a fantastic diving catch to rob Hornung of a hit.
• Glime homered over the lf fence (1st pitch, 2 runs score). The audio joined the video just in time for the homer.
• Bias struck out swinging.
• Texas up 6-2.
• 3rd inning, Texas
• Clark doubled to lf (3-1 count).
• Loy bunted the ball right back to the pitcher, who fielded, looked Clark back to 2b and then threw to 1b for the out.
• Rupp was hit (on the foot, 0-1 count).
• Shepherd flew out to cf (full count). Clark tagged up on the play and advanced to 3b.
• Rowe singled up the middle, scoring Clark and moving Rupp to 2b.
• Tucker reached (full count) on catcher's interference to load the bases. Tucker's bat made contact with the catcher's glove as he swing at a full-count pitch.
• Torres singled into rf, scoring Rupp and Rowe. Tucker moved up to 3b.
• Belt singled to cf, scoring Tucker and moving Torres to 3b.
• Steve Smith made another visit to the mound.
• Keyes grounded into a 6-4 fielder's choice.
• Texas up 10-2.
• 3rd inning, Baylor
• Ware struck out swinging (2-2 pitch).
• Dickerson popped out to ss in very shallow lf.
• Hansen grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• 4th inning, Texas
• Clark flew out to cf (full count).
• Loy flew out to cf (1st pitch).
• Rupp lined a homerun over the lf fence.
• Shepherd grounded out to ss.
• Texas up 11-2.
• 4th inning, Baylor
• Miller struck out looking (full count).
• Evatt drew a 4-pitch walk.
• Booker grounded out back to the pitcher. Evatt moved up to 2b.
• Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound after the count went 2-1 to Hornung.
• Hornung grounded out to ss. Nice long throw by Loy.
• 5th inning, Texas
• Rowe reached on an error by ss. The shortstop fielded nicely but then overthrew 1b by about 10 feet. Rowe moved on up to 2b.
• Tucker grounded out to 3b.
• Torres singled up the middle, scoring Rowe. The center fielder did not field the ball and it rolled all the way to the wall. Torres scored on the error!
• Belt drew a full-count walk.
• Keyes drew another full-count walk, moving Belt to 2b.
• Clark hit a long foul ball to lf. It was initially ruled a homerun but was then taken back off the board. Amazing. He then singled through the left side to load the bases. Coach Garrido did not argue the call but, surely, only because the Horns were so far ahead.
• Loy hit a sac fly to deep lf, scoring Belt. Keyes tagged on the play and moved to 3b.
• Rupp hit into a 6-4 fielder's choice.
• Texas up 14-2.
• 5th inning, Baylor
• Glime popped out to ss.
• Bias struck out swinging (on 7 pitches).
• Ware struck out looking.
• 6th inning, Texas
• Trent Blank (rhp) went to the mound for the Bears, replacing Tolleson.
• No audio. Whoever's running the system forgot to switch back to the Baylor radio guys. I guess that's what was going on earlier as well.
• Russell Moldenhauer (pinch-hitting for Shepherd) grounded out to ss. The throw was a bit off-line but the first baseman tagged Moldenhauer out as he got to 1b.
• Rowe singled to rf.
• Tucker flew out to rf.
• Kevin Lusson, pinch-hitting for Michael Torres, grounded out to the pitcher.
• First inning without a score for Texas.
• 6th inning, Baylor
• Russell Moldenhauer and Kevin Lusson stayed in the game in lf and at 3b, respectively.
• Dickerson struck out looking.
• Hansen struck out swinging.
• Miller grounded out to ss.
• 7th inning, Texas
• Belt grounded out to 2b.
• Keyes struck out swinging.
• Clark also struck out swinging.
• 7th inning, Baylor
• Evatt doubled down the lf line and into the corner.
• Booker singled to lf. It looked like Moldenhauer was going to catch the shallow fly ball so Evatt stayed at 2b.
• Hornung struck out swinging.
• Glime hit into a 3-6 fielder's choice, moving Evatt to 3b. Texas tried to turn a 3-6-1 but the throw back to 1b was just barely late.
• Bias was hit by a full-count pitch to load the bases.
• Skip Johnson made a quick trip to the mound.
• Ware reached on an error by 2b. Tucker booted the ball a bit to his right and then had no play when he did round it up. Evatt scored on the play. Bases still loaded.
• Dickerson hit a bloop single into lf, scoring two, and putting runners at the corners. Moldenhauer, Kevin Lusson, and Loy were all within a foot or two of fielding the ball but it fell fair between them. Wow.
• Hansen flew out to shallow lf.
• I have to say I was a bit amused when one of the Baylor radio guys started talking about today's game being only the 14th "away" game for Texas. Or some such. People always knock on Texas for this sort of thing. But, the other guy quickly pointed out that the Bears had only been "away" for 15 games. Heh.
Texas up 14-5.
• 8th inning, Texas
• Loy drew a 4-pitch walk and then moved to 2b on a wild pitch with Rupp at the plate.
• Rupp struck out looking.
• Moldenhauer drew a 5-pitch walk.
• Tim Maitland went in to run for Moldenhauer.
• Rowe singled through the left side, scoring Loy and moving Maitland to 2b.
• Tucker hit a bloop single over 2b, scoring Maitland and moving Rowe to 2b.
• Kevin Lusson singled through the right side, scoring Rowe and moving Tucker to 3b. The right fielder decided to try and get Tucker at 3b and his throw hit the umpire on the leg. The ball ricocheted off the ump's leg into the air and then came down on the ump's head. Tee hee.
• Belt grounded out to the pitcher, scoring Tucker and moving Lusson to 2b.
• Kyle Lusson doubled to cf, scoring Kevin Lusson.
• Clark drew a full-count walk.
• Baylor sent Ross Speed (rhp) to the mound, replacing Blank.
• Loy grounded into a 6-unassisted fielder's choice. The short-stop fielded a couple of feet from 2b and stepped on the bag to force Clark out.
• Texas up 19-5.
• 8th inning, Baylor
• Tim Maitland stayed in the game in lf. Texas sent Andrew McKirahan (lhp) to the mound, replacing Green.
• Miller grounded out (1-1 count) to 3b.
• A light rain started to fall (for the 2nd time of the evening).
• Evatt struck out looking.
• Ludy (pinch-hitting for Booker) grounded out to ss, deep in the hole. Nice play by Loy.
• 9th inning, Texas
• Lucas Hileman went into cf for the Bears (for Ludy, who'd hit for Booker).
• Rupp flew out to rf.
• Maitland singled through the right side.
• Rowe struck out swinging.
• Tucker was hit by a pitch (left arm), moving Maitland to 2b.
• Kevin Lusson flew out to rf.
• 9th inning, Baylor
• Hornung singled into the lf/cf gap.
• Kimmey drew a 5-pitch walk, moving Hornung to 2b.
• Bias drew a full-count walk to load the bases.
• Texas sent Stayton Thomas (rhp) to the mound, replacing McKirahan.
• Kenton Gedwed, pinch-hitting for Bias singled into rf, scoring Hornung, and keeping the bases loaded.
• Dickerson struck out swinging.
• Joey Hainsfurther, pinch-hitting for Hansen, doubled down the lf line, scoring Bias and Kimmey. Gedwed moved to 3b. That thing was just barely fair. Wow.
• Don Lambert, pinch-hitting for Miller, struck out looking.
• Evatt doubled to right-center, scoring Gedwed and Hainsfurther. Initially, it was ruled an error by cf (Rowe had to make a fairly long run but got to the ball and appeared to just miss it) but then changed to a double.
• Hileman singled on a ball that took a weird hop and bounced over ss into lf, scoring Evatt.
• Hornung struck out swinging to end the game.
• Note: Thomas struck out the side. Heh.
• Texas wins 19-11.

A weird game. Cole Green got the win to improve his record to 4-1. Aaron Miller took the loss for the Bears. 'Not sure what to think of the 7th and 9th innings for Baylor. Especially since the Horns threw five 3-up/3-down innings. Ah well. Connor Rowe had another great game at the plate, going 4-for-6 with 4 runs scored and 3 batted in. Travis Tucker's grand slam in the 2nd was a great shot in the arm for the Horns. The offense took advantage of most of their chances and only had one 3-up/3-down inning. Which was nice.

Ah well...here's the line (from GameTracker):

The teams are scheduled to face off against each other again tomorrow in Waco at 1:30. Weather permitting. It's supposed to rain quite a bit overnight and the outlook is not great for tomorrow. If they do play, Taylor Jungmann will get his first Big 12 start. Go, Taylor!

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 10:29 PM