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Sunday - February 28, 2010
Game 7: Stanford at Texas
Texas got their first series sweep today beating Stanford 8-2. Cole Green got the win in relief and Russell Moldenhauer hit his first homer if the year.
Another quick post from the field. Full report to come this evening. Watch for an update here.
UPDATE. I have to say...that was awfully sweet. After watching the Horns struggle last weekend, it was really nice to see them play so well this weekend. It was another fairly chilly day at Disch-Falk. I think the temperature was in the low 60s but the wind was blowing the whole game...from rf to lf, in stark contrast to the wind on Friday. It was only a few degrees colder than yesterday but felt more like 15 degrees colder. It never ceases to amaze me how much colder it can be in the stands at Disch-Falk Field than anywhere else in the city of Austin. Ah well...the win made the weather much easier to tolerate. Heh.
Here's the line:
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Texas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Austin Dicharry got the start and pitched the first four innings. He gave up the two Stanford runs (both earned) as he faced 17 batters. By my count, he threw 58 pitches (34 strikes). He hit one batter, walked one, and gave up 5 hits. Cole Green threw the final 5 innings to get the win. His five innings were perfect, by the way. 1-2-3 all the way. He faced 15 batters, threw 52 pitches (38 strikes) and struck out 6. 'Twas a thing of beauty. And, he was sporting the high-sock look. Love it!
Once again, the Horns jumped to an early lead, scoring 3 in the first:
- Tant Shepherd, who started the day hitting well over .500, led things off with his first of four strikeouts. Ouch. He's still leading the team with a batting average of .435, by the way.
- Brandon Loy singled and then moved to 2b on an error by 1b. The Stanford pitcher had him picked off (that seems to be something the team really needs to work on, by the way) but the first baseman mishandled the pick-off throw from the pitcher so Loy was safe at 2b. Whew.
- Cameron Rupp hit a single that dribbled off the third baseman's glove into shallow lf, scoring Loy.
- Russell Moldenhauer then hit a homerun over the 375 sign in lf.
- Kevin Keyes struck out swinging.
- Connor Rowe reached on a throwing error by 3b. The third baseman fielded and looked like he had plenty of time to catch Rowe at 1b but his throw was low and off-line.
- Kevin Lusson popped out to 2b.
The Horns went down in order in the 2nd and 3rd...two strikeouts in both innings. Ouch.
They scored three more in the 4th, though:
- Keyes led things off with a single to shallow cf that he tried to stretch into a double. Bad idea. Thrown out at 2b.
- Rowe singled up the middle.
- Kevin Lusson drew a 5-pitch walk, putting runners at 1b and 2b.
- Kyle Lusson then tripled down the rf line, scoring Rowe and the younger Lusson.
- Jordan Etier drew an 8-pitch walk. Purty.
- With Shepherd at the plate, Lusson scored and Etier moved to 2b on a balk by the pitcher, who had Etier picked off (again!) but double-pumped before throwing to 1b. Balk.
- Shepherd, sadly, as I noted earlier, struck out.
- Loy grounded out to 2b to end the inning.
Rupp led the 5th off with a walk and moved to 3b (hit batter, double play ball) but was stranded there. The Horns went 1-2-3 again in the 6th and 7th before putting another couple of runs up in the 8th:
- Moldenhauer reached on a full-count walk.
- Keyes flew out to lf...just shy of the lf fence in front of the scoreboard. So close.
- Rowe singled through the left side, moving Moldenhauer to 2b.
- Kevin Lusson doubled off the top of the wall in lf (near the 375 sign) to score Moldenhauer and Rowe.
- Kyle Lusson grounded out to 2b, moving Kevin Lusson to 3b.
- Etier struck out to end the inning.
The Horns now play UT-Pan American on Tuesday (6:05 first pitch) and then are off to Houston for the Houston College Classic at Minute Maid Park over the weekend. Texas, Missouri, and Texas Tech are the three Big 12 teams participating this year. The other three teams are Houston, Rice, and TCU. Oddly, Texas is scheduled to play Rice, Houston, and Mizzou. Weird. Usually, the Big 12 teams do not play each other...they each play the other three teams. Dunno why things are different this year. But, I do know the Mizzou game will not count in the Big 12 standings. I won't be headed to Houston, as usual, but will try to listen to (and report on) all the games.
Go, Horns!
Posted by Joanna at 3:25 PM