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Friday - April 30, 2010

Game 43: Texas at Baylor

I listened to the game on KVET (Craig Way and Keith Moreland with the call). This report is based on that broadcast.

The line...

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Texas	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	10	1
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	10	1

Geez. That was nerve-wracking!

Taylor Jungmann started and ended up leaving the game with Baylor ahead by one. Hard luck Jungmann, again, I guess. Surprisingly, he's 4-1 in 11 appearances. Kinda hard to believe, eh? Jungmann went 6 innings and gave up 2 runs (1 unearned). By my count, he faced 27 batters. He gave up 8 hits (1 triple), walked 3, and struck out 2. I don't have a reliable pitch count since I was listening on the radio. Andrew McKirahan threw the 7th. He hit the first batter he faced and gave up an intentional walk later in the inning...otherwise no damage. Chance Ruffin threw the final 3 innings to get the win and improve his record to 5-1. He walked the first batter he faced and hit the second. Yikes. But, got out of trouble. He gave up a 1-out single in the 9th but got out of the inning again without giving up any runs. In the 10th, he gave up another 1-out single followed by a walk before striking out the last two batters of the game. Whew.

And, here's how it all played out...

Texas, 1st inning

Logan Verrett (rhp) on the mound for Baylor.
Cohl Walla (lf) hit the first pitch to deep lf. Craig Way was convinced it was gonna be a homerun. Alas...not so. Fly out to the warning track instead.
Brandon Loy (ss) grounded out to 3b.
Tant Shepherd (1b) lined out to rf.

Baylor, 1st inning

Taylor Jungmann (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
Logan Vick (lf) singled into lf.
Raynor Campbell (2b) moved Vick to 2b on a 3-unassisted sac bunt.
Tyler Collins (rf) struck out swinging on 3 pitches.
Joey Hainsfurther (3b) flew out to shallow rf after swinging for a strike and then fouling off 4 pitches.

Texas, 2nd inning

Cameron Rupp (c) singled into cf.
Russell Moldenhauer (dh) moved Rupp to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
Kevin Keyes (rf) grounded out to 2b, moving Rupp to 3b.
Kevin Lusson (3b) reached on an infield single to 3b, scoring Rupp.
Lusson moved up to 2b on a bad pick-off throw attempt. Error charged to the pitcher.
Cameron Rowe (cf) struck out swinging (0-2 count).
Texas up 1-0.

Baylor, 2nd inning

Max Muncy (1b) drew a full-count walk.
Cal Towey (dh) singled up the middle, moving Muncy to 2b.
Gregg Glime (c) advanced the batters to 2b and 3b on a 1-3 sac bunt. The amazing thing about the bunt? Full count.
Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound.
Slater grounded out to the pitcher...who looked the runner back to 3b before throwing to 1b.
Landis Ware (ss) lined out to lf after fighting off several pitches.
Texas up 1-0.

Texas, 3rd inning

Jordan Etier (2b) grounded out to ss.
Walla popped out to 2b.
Loy grounded out to ss.
Texas up 1-0.

Baylor, 3rd inning

Vick grounded out to 2b.
Campbell grounded out to ss.
Collins reached on a triple to lf. Walla appeared to lose the ball in the lights and ducked as the ball was about to get to him. The ball rolled all the way to the wall before being fielded by Rowe.
Hainsfurther grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
Texas up 1-0.

Texas, 4th inning

Shepherd reached on an infield single to 3b.
Rupp struck out swinging (2-2 count). Shepherd stole 2b on the strikeout pitch.
Moldenhauer grounded out 1-4-3 off the pitcher's glove, moving Shepherd to 3b.
Keyes grounded out to 3b.
Texas up 1-0.

Baylor, 4th inning

Muncy drew a 5-pitch walk. Second lead-off walk for Muncy.
Towey reached on a 4-6 fielder's choice.
Glime flew out to cf at the warning track.
Slater flew out to left center...cf made play.
Texas up 1-0.

Texas, 5th inning

Lusson lined into rf for a single.
Rowe struck out swinging after failing to get the bunt down (0-2 count).
Etier struck out looking (1-2 count).
Walla reached on an infield single to ss. Keith commented that the first baseman has not been able to cleanly pick a throw that bounced in the dirt on 3 difference opportunities so far in the game.
With Loy at the plate, Lusson and Walla completed a double steal.
Loy then grounded out to 1b.
Texas up 1-0.

Baylor, 5th inning

Ware flew out to cf.
Vick drew a full count walk.
Campbell singled up the middle, moving Vick to 2b.
Skip Johnson made another trip to the mound.
Collins hit into a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning!
Texas up 1-0.

Texas, 6th inning

Shepherd lined into cf for a single.
Rupp struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Moldenhauer flew out to rf.
Keyes singled into lf, moving Shepherd to 2b. Shepherd was on the run with the pitch but had to hold up at 2b because the ball went straight to the left fielder.
Lusson flew out to rf.
That's 7 stranded (5 in scoring position) for the Horns through 6.
Texas up 1-0.

Baylor, 6th inning

Hainsfurther singled up the middle.
Muncy struck out swinging. Yes!
Towey singled through the right side, moving Hainsfurther to 2b.
Glime singled through the right side, scoring Hainsfurther. Shepherd cut off the throw from rf and tried to throw Towey out at 3b but the throw was bad and went out of play. Towey scored on the error and Glime moved all the way up to 3b.
Slater hit a ball to 3b (ruled a single). The throw from Lusson got away from Shepherd. Slater rounded the bag and then decided to go back to 1b but Shepherd got the ball and tagged Slater out before he could get back to 1b. Glime had to hold up at 3b. Lots of confusion on the play, eh? Not sure I really got a reliable description there.
Ware popped out to 3b (foul).
Texas down 1-2.

Texas, 7th inning

Rowe struck out looking (2-2 count).
Etier also struck out looking at a 2-2 pitch.
Walla also struck out looking. Ouch. He did work the count full and see 9 pitches before going down.
Texas down 1-2.

Baylor, 7th inning

Texas sent Andrew McKirahan (lhp) to the mound, replacing Jungmann.
Vick was hit by a pitch. Sigh.
Campbell flew out to cf.
Collins moved Vick to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
Hainsfurther was walked intentionally.
Muncy grounded out to 1b (p covered bag).
Texas down 1-2.

Texas, 8th inning

Loy fell behind 0-2 but then drew a full-count walk.
Visit to the mound for Baylor.
Shepherd moved Loy to 2b on a 3-4 sac bunt.
Rupp grounded out to ss, moving Loy to 3b.
Moldenhauer singled up the middle, scoring Loy!!!
Texas sent Sam Stafford in to pinch-run for Moldenhauer.
Baylor sent Kolt Browder (rhp) to the mound, replacing Verrett.
Keyes struck out looking (full count).
Game tied 2-2.

Baylor, 8th inning

Texas sent Chance Ruffin (rhp) to the mound, replacing McKirahan.
Towey drew a full-count walk.
Glime was hit by a pitch. Keith argued that the batter might've bunted through the ball and it should've been called a strike instead of a hit batter.
Slater bunted a third strike foul for a strikeout. Really.
Ware hit a ground ball to 2b. Etier knocked it down, grabbed it, stepped on 2b for the first out, and threw to 1b for a double play!!! Whew.
Game tied 2-2.

Texas, 9th inning

Lusson flew out to cf (in left center).
Rowe struck out swinging (1-2 count). Fourth strikeout of the night for Rowe. Ouch.
Etier struck out swinging (full count).
Game tied 2-2.

Baylor, 9th inning

Vick struck out looking.
Campbell hit a bloop single into lf.
Collins struck out swinging.
Hainsfurther flew out to cf.
Game tied 2-2.

Texas, 10th inning

Don Lambert went into cf for Baylor, replacing Slater. This was not noted by the radio guys...I saw it on GameTracker. Which was kind of funny because GameTracker did not notice Stafford pinch-running for Moldenhauer earlier.
Walla singled down the lf line.
Loy tried to bunt Walla to 2b but drew a 4-pitch walk, moving Walla to 2b. I'll take it!
Shepherd bunted for a single on the 3rd base side of the mound to load the bases!
Rupp (after a brief chat with Coach Garrido...and with the infield pulled in) fouled off a couple of pitches, worked the count full, and then struck out looking. So sad.
Paul Montalbano (pinch-hitting in the dh spot) drew a 5-pitch walk, scoring Walla! (And, keeping the bases loaded.)
Baylor sent Brooks Pinckard (rhp) to the mound, replacing Browder.
Keyes hit a sac fly to cf, scoring Loy.
Lusson grounded out to 2b.
Texas up 4-2!

Baylor, 10th inning

Muncy struck out looking.
Towey singled into rf. Ugh.
Glime drew a 4-pitch walk. What? Oh my. Baylor sent Steve DalPorto in to pinch-run for Glime. Again, the radio guys did not notice.
Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound.
Lambert (radio guys kept saying he was pinch-hitting) struck out swinging.
Kenton Gedwed (pinch-hitting for Ware) struck out swinging to end the game!
Texas wins 4-2 in 10 innings!!!!

Wow. The Horns did not manage to get the Bears out in order once today while they went down in order four times. Not pretty. But, a win's a win. And, starting this series out with a win on the road is great.

The teams now come to Austin for the final two games of the series. Tomorrow night's game starts at 8 pm and Sunday's game at 2:30. I was wondering about the unusual start times and then I noticed that they're both scheduled to be broadcast on cable TV...the Saturday game on ESPNU and the Sunday game on Fox College Sports.

And, they'll be retiring Keith Moreland's #3 before tomorrow night's game. I suspect Cameron Rupp will get to wear the number for the rest of the season but I dunno...

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 10:26 PM | Permalink

17 wins

Not sure I'm really looking forward to going into Waco with the nation's longest win streak on the line. C'mon, Horns!

I may not be able to listen to the whole game tonight. I hope I can, though.

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 1:49 PM | Permalink

Tuesday - April 27, 2010

Game 42: UT-San Antonio at Texas

Texas held off a late surge by the UT-San Antonio Road Runners to win tonight's game 6-4.

The line...

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
UT-San Antonio	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	10	3
Texas	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	-	6	8	2

The Horns seemed a little flat this evening. I don't think it was just me. As you can see from the box, there were a few errors committed in the game...by both teams. Not pretty.

Jonathan Walsh started at catcher today while Cameron Rupp started at dh. Late in the game, Chance Ruffin went to the mound and Texas sent Rupp in to catch. Which meant they lost the dh. Which meant, Ruffin was due up to bat as the 4th batter in the bottom of the 8th. I wondered if he'd get a shot at batting and he did. With Kevin Lusson at 2b, Ruffin watched a ball and then hit a deeeeeep fly ball to cf. Lusson tagged up and moved to 3b. Ruffin danced off the field into the dugout. Hysterical. Then, the wild bunch started chanting his name. Ruffin happily exited the dugout and tipped his batting helmet to the crowd. One of the funniest moments I can remember at a Texas baseball game.

UPDATED later to include a photo...taken with my iPhone so not really the best quality but, still...a photo of Chance Ruffin at the plate before he hit that deep fly ball to cf...

[Ruffin at the plate]

UPDATE #2 (Apr. 28). My mom just sent me the photo she took. She used a point and shoot and got the swing...

[Ruffin at the plate]

You can see the ball shooting off the bat. It's that streak below the first baseman's right foot. Cool!

Anyway...

Sam Stafford started and struck out the side in the first. He also gave up a walk and a single to make things a bit more interesting than they needed to be. He started the 2nd with a walk and a hit batter so was replaced by Kiefer Nuncio who ended up with the win, improving his record to 2-0. That first batter in the 2nd did score (earned run charged to Stafford). Nuncio also walked the first batter he faced but then got an out (sac fly) and a double play to end the 2nd. He gave up a single in the 3rd. Kendal Carrillo threw the middle three innings and had a great outing. He got 8 batters out in-a-row before giving up a double. He then struck out the last batter he faced. Hoby Milner threw a 1-2-3 7th.

The 8th did not go very well, defensively, for the Horns. Stayton Thomas went to the mound and got a quick ground out. He then gave up a single and another ground out. The Road Runners also managed to steal 2b. Then? RBI-double. With 2 out, 1 across, and a runner at 2b, the Road Runners bunted down the 3b line. Thomas fielded and tried to throw the batter out. The ball got to Shepherd about the same time the batter did. The batter ran through the bag, jarring Shepherd's glove hand and making it impossible to catch the ball. The ball careened down the line to the retaining wall down the rf line. The runner from 2b who was safe at 3b on the bunt, scored on the throwing error by the pitcher. Geesh. Lots of confusion. Shepherd seemed to have hurt his wrist but he shook it off and stayed in the game. At that point, Texas sent Ruffin to the mound and Rupp in behind the plate. Ruffin gave up a single before striking out the final batter of the inning. His first warm-up pitch in the 9th after his offensive heroics in the 8th, sailed over Rupp all the way to the backstop. Yikes! I do believe his adrenaline was pumping! But, he buckled down and got two quick outs before getting into another bit of trouble. He gave up a double (0-2 pitch, tsk tsk) and then a bunt single. With runners at the corners he gave up a single up the middle, scoring the runner from 3b. Connor Rowe made a very uncharacteristic bobble as he went down to scoop the ball up which allowed the runner from 1b time to get to 3b. On the throw to 3b, the batter moved up to 2b. Tying run in scoring position. Yikes! The next batter, thankfully, went down swinging to end the game.

Offensive highlights...

2nd inning

Kevin Lusson doubled to the cf/rf gap.
Jonathan Walsh hit a really nice 5-4 sac bunt down the 3b line, moving Lusson to 3b.
With Connor Rowe at the plate, Lusson scored on a balk. Rowe went on to draw a full-count walk.
With Jordan Etier at the plate, Rowe stole 2b on a bad pick-off attempt.
Etier then grounded out to 1b, moving Rowe to 3b.
Cohl Walla then hit a homerun into the UTSA bullpen.
Brandon Loy grounded out to the pitcher to end the game. He was trying to bunt his way aboard.

4th inning

Same group of batters. Hmmm...
Lusson drew a full-count walk.
Walsh moved him to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
With Rowe at the plate, Lusson stole 3b.
Squeeze! Rowe bunted down the 1b side...about half-way between 1b and the mound. The first baseman and pitcher both went after the ball. The first baseman tried to get back to 1b but couldn't and the 2nd baseman was also too late. RBI single!
With Etier at the plate, the Road Runners had Rowe picked off but the shortstop could not handle the throw from 1b and the ball went off into shallow rf. Rowe made it to 3b on the error. E6 oddly enough. I really thought the error should be charged to 1b. Ah well.
Squeeze #2! Etier bunted down the 1b line, scoring Rowe. The first baseman fielded and had no play at the plate so tagged Etier out.
Walla doubled to the lf/cf gap.
Loy reached on a throwing error by ss. The shortstop's throw pulled the first baseman off the bag. Runners at the corners.
Alas, Loy was then caught stealing to end the inning.

8th inning

Rupp popped out to shallow rf.
Keyes reached on a 4-pitch walk.
Texas sent Kyle Lusson in to pinch run for Keyes.
With Kevin Lusson at the plate, Kyle Lusson stole 2b.
Kevin Lusson singled into cf, scoring his brother. On the throw home, Kevin moved up to 2b.
Enter Chance Ruffin and his deep fly ball to cf, moving Kevin Lusson to 3b.
Rowe, sadly, struck out swinging for the 3rd out.

The Horns now travel to Waco for an evening game against Baylor on Friday. Then, it's back to Austin to complete the Baylor series...with an evening game on Saturday and an afternoon game on Sunday.

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 11:40 PM | Permalink

Sunday - April 25, 2010

Game 41: Oklahoma State at Texas

The Horns swept the Cowboys...winning today's game 9-3. That's four Big 12 conference sweeps and sixteen wins in-a-row. Hard to believe...especially if you think about how the team started out offensively. Leading up to conference play, the Horns were 13-4. Of those 13 wins, 8 came with a run differential of 3 or fewer. Over the last 16 games, only 5 were won with that low a run differential. The bats really do seem to have come around. I just hope it's not too soon. Yes, always the worry wart. And...no, I can't ever be satisfied! Such is life, I suppose.

So...the line for today's win:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oklahoma State	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	8	1
Texas	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	2	-	9	14	0

Brandon Workman started and got the win, moving his record to 8-1. He pitched into the 7th. He gave up the 3 runs (all earned) on 8 hits (including 3 doubles and a triple). By my count, he threw 96 pitches (72 strikes) while facing 28 batters. He struck out 9 and didn't walk any. Andrew McKirahan faced the final batter of the 7th and struck him out. Chance Ruffin threw the final 2 innings and went 1-2-3 in both innings with 3 strikeouts.

One other note of interest regarding Workman's outing: he struck out the side in the 5th on 9 pitches. That does not happen often. Very sweet.

Cameron Rupp was about 2 or 3 feet shy of hitting his 3rd 1st-inning homerun in as many games. So close. If the wind hadn't been blowing in hard from lf, he would've done it. Amazing. Kevin Lusson hit the only homerun of the day...a 2-out shot over the Wendy's sign onto Comal Street in the 7th. Purty.

Here's how things played out...

1st inning, OSU

Brandon Workman (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
Davis Duren (2b) reached on a bloop single down the lf line.
Tom Belza (ss) struck out looking.
Kevin David (c) doubled off the rf wall. Keyes looked like he had a shot at catching the ball but had a bit of difficulty jumping against the wall. Duren only managed to advance to 3b as he was waiting at 2b to tag and move up, expecting Keyes to catch the ball.
Dean Green (1b) struck out looking.
Mark Ginther (3b) grounded out to the pitcher. Workman fielded the softly hit ground ball barehanded before firing the ball to 1b for the out.

1st inning, Texas

Andrew Heaney (lhp) on the mound for Oklahoma State.
Cohl Walla (lf) grounded out to ss.
Brandon Loy (ss) grounded out to 3b.
Tant Shepherd (1b) was hit by a pitch (on his hip, maybe).
Cameron Rupp (c) doubled off the wall at the 405 sign in the left alley...only 2 or 3 feet shy of hitting a homerun. Shepherd scored on the play.
Kevin Keyes (rf) was hit by a pitch, on his foot (I think).
Which prompted a visit to the mound for the Cowboys.
Russell Moldenhauer (dh) grounded out to ss.
Texas up 1-0.

2nd inning, OSU

Dane Phillips (dh) struck out swinging.
Nico Rosthenhausler (lf) struck out swinging.
Luis Uribe (rf) singled toward the cf/rf gap.
Dusty Harvard (cf) popped out to ss.
Texas up 1-0.

2nd inning, Texas

Kevin Lusson (3b) reached on a bunt single down the 3b line!
Connor Rowe (cf) moved Lusson to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt. He almost beat the throw to 1b.
Jordan Etier (2b) struck out looking (2-2 count).
Lusson stole 3b on the 4th pitch to Walla.
Walla doubled to the lf/cf gap, scoring Lusson.
Loy grounded out to ss.
Texas up 2-0.

3rd inning, OSU

Duren grounded out to 2b.
Belza flew out to cf.
David struck out swinging (9 pitches).
Texas up 2-0.

3rd inning, Texas

Shepherd tripled to the lf/cf gap. The center fielder (Harvard) tried to catch the ball at the wall and hit the wall hard. The left fielder rounded the ball up and threw it in. Harvard was down for several minutes before finally getting up. I think, maybe, he got the wind knocked out of him. Not sure. He stayed in the game for a couple of innings but did end up leaving the game.
Rupp hit a sac fly to lf, scoring Shepherd.
Keyes singled up the middle.
Moldenhauer moved Keyes to 2b on a 2-3 sac bunt.
Kevin Lusson drew a full-count walk. On Ball 4, Keyes successfully stole 3b. The catcher tried to throw him out but the throw sailed down the line past the third baseman and Keyes scored easily on the throwing error. Lusson held up at 1b.
Rowe fouled off a couple of pitches as he worked the count full. He then fouled off 4 more before he went down swinging to end the inning.
Texas up 4-0.

4th inning, OSU

Green flew out to lf. Nice run back by Walla.
Ginther lined out to lf. Walla barely had to move an inch. Funny juxtaposition of plays. Heh.
Phillips grounded out to 3b.
Texas up 4-0.

4th inning, Texas

Etier doubled up the middle. It probably should've been a single plus an error as the outfielder misplayed the ball, allowing Etier to advance beyond 1b.
OSU sent Ian McCarthy (rhp) to the mound, replacing Heaney,
Walla flew out to rf in the cf/rf gap. Etier tagged up and advanced to 3b on the play.
Loy hit a sac fly to lf, scoring Etier.
Shepherd was hit by a pitch.
Rupp struck out swinging (2-2 pitch).
Texas up 5-0.

5th inning, OSU

Workman struck out the side on 9 pitches.
Rosthenhausler struck out looking.
Uribe struck out swinging.
And, Josh Botts (pinch-hitting for Harvard) struck out swinging. Rupp couldn't hang onto the pitch and had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
Texas up 5-0.

5th inning, Texas

Keyes singled up the middle and then advanced to 2b on a passed ball with Moldenhauer at the plate.
Moldenhauer reached on a single...a sky-high pop-up that the second baseman lost in the sun. Keyes moved up to 3b on the play.
Lusson singled through the right side, scoring Keyes and moving Moldenhauer to 2b.
Rowe popped out to 1b.
Moldenhauer advanced to 3b and Lusson to 2b on a wild pitch with Etier at the plate.
Etier struck out swinging (2-2 pitch).
Walla flew out to cf.
Texas up 6-0.

6th inning, OSU

Duren singled through the right side.
Belza grounded out to 2b. Duren was off with the pitch (hit and run or sb?...not sure) and Etier had moved toward 2b...putting him in position to field the ball that likely would've been a single. But, he had no play at 2b for the double play.
David doubled up the middle, scoring Duren.
Green flew out to cf.
Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound after Workman fell behind 2-0 to Ginther.
Ginther flew out to rf. In a play very similar to the double in the first by David, Keyes was forced to back up all the way to the wall. This time, however, he managed to hold onto the ball as he jumped up to make the catch. Nicely done!
Texas up 6-1.

6th inning, Texas

Loy flew out to lf.
Shepherd grounded out to 2b...on an excuse-me check swing. Oops.
Rupp struck out swinging (1-2 count).
Only 3-up/3-down inning of the day for Texas.
Texas up 6-1.

7th inning, OSU

Phillips grounded out to 2b.
Rosthenhausler singled through the right side.
Uribe struck out swinging.
Botts tripled to the left alley, scoring Phillips.
Duren then doubled down the rf line, scoring Botts.
Which prompted a pitching change. Andrew McKirahan (lhp) wen to the mound, replacing Workman.
Belza struck out swinging. Rupp couldn't hang onto the ball and had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
Texas up 6-3.

7th inning, Texas

Keyes struck out swinging (full count).
Moldenhauer grounded out to ss.
Lusson blasted a homerun over the Wendy's sign onto Comal Street (rf).
Rowe singled into lf and was then caught stealing with Etier at the plate.
Texas up 7-3.

8th inning, OSU

Texas sent Chance Ruffin (rhp) to the mound, replacing McKirahan.
David popped out to shallow lf.
Green and Ginther both struck out swinging.
Texas up 7-3.

8th inning, Texas

Etier flew out to cf at the warning track.
Walla grounded out to 2b.
Loy reached on an infield single to ss. The shortstop made a nice stop and spinning throw to 1b but the ball got there too late. Nice effort.
Shepherd singled into lf, moving Loy to 2b.
Rupp drew a 4 pitch walk to load the bases.
That prompted a visit to the mound. While the visit was going on, the first baseman and right fielder threw to each other...clearly warming up one of them to go to the mound. But, no substitution was made.
Keyes singled toward the cf/rf gap, scoring Loy and Shepherd.
OSU sent Kevin Chambers (lhp) from rf to the mound and sent Carlos Saade into rf (and into the DH spot in the line-up).
Jonathan Walsh (pinch-hitting for Moldenhauer) hit into a 6-4 fielder's choice to end the inning.
Texas up 9-3.

9th inning, OSU

Texas sent Kyle Lusson into rf, replacing Keyes.
Eric Walker (pinch-hitting for Saade) grounded out to 2b.
Rosthenhausler lined out to cf.
Chambers struck out swinging to end the game.
Texas wins 9-3.

And, that's it for the Cowboys. The Horns will host UT-San Antonio on Tuesday before playing a split series with Baylor (Friday in Waco, Saturday and Sunday in Austin).

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 11:38 PM | Permalink

Saturday - April 24, 2010

Game 40: Oklahoma State at Texas

Texas played yet another really nice game this afternoon, beating Oklahoma State 5-0. The second complete-game shutout in-a-row for Cole Green. Very cool. The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oklahoma State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Texas	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	5	7	1

Green gave up 4 singles. He had a no-hitter through the 5th...very nice! By my count, he threw 103 pitches (67 strikes) as he faced 34 batters. He hit one batter, walked 2, and struck out 5. His counterpart (Tyler Lyons, lhp) also pitched a complete game but...for the loss.

Cameron Rupp, just like yesterday, hit a 3-run homer in the first to give Texas the lead. Purty. And, the Horns scraped a couple of single runs across in the 3rd and 4th to put the game away.

Here's how things played out...

1st inning, OSU

Cole Green (rhp) on the mound for Texas...sporting the high-socks look I so like!
Davis Duren (2b) reached on an error by 1b and moved up to 2b...the hard-hit grounder careened off Shepherd's glove into foul territory and to the retaining wall down the rf line.
Tom Belza (ss) tried to bunt Duren to 3b but popped out to the catcher...a soft bloop that only got about 10 feet off the ground.
Kevin David (c) grounded out to the pitcher.
Dean Green (1b) was hit by a pitch on his shin.
Mark Ginther (3b) struck out swinging on 3 pitches.

1st inning, Texas

Tyler Lyons (lhp) on the mound for the Cowboys.
Cohl Walla (lf) popped out to 2b.
Brandon Loy (ss) lined into cf for a single.
Tant Shepherd (1b) followed suit, moving Loy to 2b.
Cameron Rupp (c) hit a homerun that cleared the fence a few feet left of the Green Monster in cf. Purty!
Which prompted a visit to the mound for the Cowboys.
Kevin Keyes (rf) grounded out to 2b (1st pitch).
Russell Moldenhauer (dh) struck out swinging but reached on a dropped 3rd strike/wild pitch. The ball careened all the way to the backstop on the right side. The catcher might've actually had a play at 1b but he threw high.
Kevin Lusson (3b) struck out swinging. The catcher, again, could not hold onto the ball but got to it (this time it got away from him on the 3b side about 12 feet) and threw to 1b to complete the out.
Texas up 3-0.

2nd inning, OSU

Dane Phillips (dh) grounded out to 1b.
Nico Rosthenhausler (lf) lined out to rf. Nice running catch to his left by Keyes.
Kevin Chambers (rf) grounded out to the pitcher.
Texas up 3-0.

2nd inning, Texas

Connor Rowe (cf), Jordan Etier (2b), and Walla all grounded out to 3b. No, really. They did.
Texas up 3-0.

3rd inning, OSU

Dusty Harvard (cf) had a nice 9-pitch at-bat but ended up grounding out to 2b.
Duren also grounded out to 2b. Etier made a fantastic diving stop behind 2b, jumped up, and fired the ball to 1b for the out. Very nicely done!
Belza struck out swinging.
Texas up 3-0.

3rd inning, Texas

Loy struck out looking (2-2 count).
Shepherd lined into lf for a single. Then, with Rupp at the plate, he stole 2b and then 3b. On the steal of 2b, he was actually picked off but the throw from 1b to ss was a bit high and late. Whew. It could've (should've?) been scored as an E3.
Rupp hit a sac fly to the alley in lf (caught by cf), scoring Shepherd.
Keyes struck out swinging (1-2 count).
Texas up 4-0.

4th inning, OSU

David grounded out 1-4-3. He hit a liner that Green almost managed to field but went off his glove to Etier who threw to 1b for the out.
Green reached on a 5-pitch walk.
Ginther got ahead 2-1 which prompted a visit to the mound. He flew out to lf on the next pitch.
Phillips grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
Texas up 4-0.

4th inning, Texas

Moldenhauer was hit by a 1-1 pitch...grazed his shoulder I think.
Lusson moved Moldenhauer to 2b on a 1-4 sac bunt.
Moldenhauer then moved to 3b on a balk...before the first pitch to Rowe.
Rowe grounded out to 2b. The infield was pulled in so Moldenhauer had no chance to score.
Etier hit a soft liner into cf for a single, scoring Moldenhauer. Etier was then picked off 1-3-6 to end the inning.
Texas up 5-0.

5th inning, OSU

Rosthenhausler flew out to cf.
Chambers popped out to ss in shallow lf.
Harvard lined out to lf.
Texas up 5-0.

5th inning, Texas

Walla reached on an infield single off the third baseman's glove.
Loy moved Walla to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
Shepherd lined out to rf. The right fielder dove and made a nice catch. Walla tagged up and advanced to 3b on the play. Frank Anderson argued, to no avail, that he left 2b early.
Rupp flew out to cf.
Texas up 5-0.

6th inning, OSU

Duren singled through the left side for the first hit of the game by the Cowboys.
Belza drew a 4-pitch walk, moving Duren to 2b.
Skip Anderson made a visit to the mound during David's at-bat.
David struck out swinging.
Green struck out looking. And, then argued the call with the home plate ump. He did not get tossed, though, so must've been calmer in his arguing than he looked from my high perch in the stands.
Duren stole 3b during Ginther's at-bat. Lusson made a great effort to catch a high throw from Rupp, keeping Duren at 3b.
Ginther then popped out to lf in shallow lf.
Texas up 5-0.

6th inning, Texas

Keyes struck out swinging (0-2 count).
Moldenhauer grounded out to ss.
Lusson also grounded out to ss.
Texas up 5-0.

7th inning, OSU

Phillips grounded out to ss.
Rosthenhausler flew out to lf at the line. Nice catch by Walla.
Chambers grounded out to ss.
Texas up 5-0.

7th inning, Texas

Rowe grounded out to 3b.
Etier struck out swinging (1-2 count).
Walla lined out to cf. Nice play by the center fielder.
Texas up 5-0.

8th inning, OSU

Harvard grounded out to 2b.
Duren singled up the middle.
Belza popped out to shallow cf.
David grounded out to ss.
Texas up 5-0.

8th inning, Texas

Loy reached on a surprise bunt down the 3b line!
Shepherd moved Loy to 2b on a 5-3 sac bunt.
Rupp flew out to lf.
Keyes struck out swinging (1-2 count). He tried to check his swing but "no go" ruled the home plate ump. The catcher dropped the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
Texas up 5-0.

9th inning, OSU

Texas sent Kyle Lusson into rf, replacing Keyes.
Green hit a hard grounder off the mound into cf for a single.
OSU sent Carlos Saade in to pinch-run for Green.
Ginther hit into a lovely 4-6-3 double play.
Phillips singled up the middle.
And, Rosthenhausler struck out looking (3 pitches) to end the game.
Texas wins 5-0!

Yet another nice game played by the Horns. Andrew McKirahan got up in the bullpen 'round about the 6th inning for awhile. Hoby Milner and Chance Ruffin were both up in the 9th but...none of them made it into the game. Texas starters have thrown four complete games in the last four Big 12 games. Pretty cool. Can/will Brandon Workman keep it up tomorrow?

Today's win proved to be the 600th for Coach Garrido. He's the first Division I coach to reach 600 wins at two different schools. Congrats to him! Though he, of course, gives all credit to his players and assistant coaches. 'Funny to think he's been here so long. I was pretty convinced he was a bad hire when Texas picked him. I just knew he was only gonna hang around for a year or two. Heh. Never happier to be wrong about something!

The Horns go for the sweep tomorrow at 1. Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 9:21 PM | Permalink

Friday - April 23, 2010

Game 39: Oklahoma State at Texas

Texas played a great game tonight as they beat Oklahoma State 14-1. Yep...fourteen to one. 'Twas really something special. The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oklahoma State	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Texas	3	1	0	1	4	3	0	2	-	14	14	0

Taylor Jungmann pitched the third complete game in-a-row for Texas in Big 12 play. Third. In. A. Row. Suh-weet! By my count, he threw 107 pitches (71 strikes) and gave up 1 earned run on 4 hits (2 singles, 2 doubles). He threw 1 wild pitch, walked 2, and struck out 8. At one point, he (and his teammates) sat down 14 batters in-a-row. He then gave up a walk before getting the final 4 batters of the game out. The Cowboys went down in order 5 times. The Horns only went down in order once this evening.

The offensive heros of the day were Cameron Rupp who hit a 3-run homer that hit the top of the scoreboard near the UFCU ad and Tant Shepherd who hit a 2 run homer that cleared the fence in front of the scoreboard. The 2, 3, and 4 batters for Texas had a great game; they combined for 11 of the runs scored, 6 of the hits, and 4 of the team's 5 walks. Very nicely done.

And, so...here's how things played out...

1st inning, OSU

Taylor Jungmann (rhp) on the mound for Texas. OSU, by the way, had a lot of lefties in their line-up. And, they have a lot of left-handed pitchers.
Davis Duren (2b) started things off by grounding out to 2b.
Tom Belza (ss) doubled through the left side and then moved up to 3b on a wild pitch.
Kevin David (c) drew a 5-pitch walk, putting runners at the corners with one out.
Nico Rosthenhausler (lf) hit into a picture-perfect 6-4-3 double play. First pitch.

1st inning, Texas

Thomas Keeling (lhp) on the mound for the Cowboys.
Cohl Walla (lf) flew out to the deepest part of the field in left center. The center fielder made a nice long run to catch the ball just shy of the warning track at the 405 sign.
Brandon Loy (ss) drew a 4-pitch walk.
Tant Shepherd (1b) then drew a full-count walk.
Cameron Rupp (c) hit that homerun I mentioned off the top of the scoreboard in left-center. Wow.
Kevin Keyes (rf) grounded out to 1b (p covered bag).
Russell Moldenhauer struck out looking (2-2 pitch).
Texas up 3-0.

2nd inning, OSU

Mark Ginther (3b) singled past the ss into cf.
Dane Phillips (dh) popped out sky high to 3b. The ball went straight up at the plate and was fielded by Lusson about 10 or 15 feet from home plate. I wasn't sure the ball was ever gonna come down!
Dean Green (1b) grounded into a 1-6-3 double play. Shepherd made a great diving stop to his right and threw to the ss. Jungmann charged hard to 1b and got there in time to turn the double play. Very nicely done!
Texas up 3-0.

2nd inning, Texas

Kevin Lusson (3b) struck out looking (1-2 count).
Connor Rowe (cf) doubled down the rf line.
Jordan Etier (2b) struck out swinging (3 pitches). Rowe stole 3b on the 2nd pitch to Etier, by the way.
Walla singled past a diving second baseman into cf, scoring Rowe.
Walla was then caught stealing (2-6) to end the inning.
Texas up 4-0.

3rd inning, OSU

Jungmann struck out the side: Kevin Chambers (rf) went down looking, Dusty Harvard (cf) did likewise, and Duren struck out swinging.
Texas up 4-0.

3rd inning, Texas

Loy popped out to shallow cf.
Shepherd flew out to fairly shallow rf.
Rupp popped out foul to 1b. A very nice play by the first baseman who fielded the ball at the Texas dugout rail. He had to lunge back at the last second to catch the ball.
Only 1-2-3 inning of the day for the Horns.
Texas up 4-0.

4th inning, OSU

Belza lined into rf for a single.
David doubled through the left side, moving Belza to 3b.
Rosthenhausler grounded out to 3b. Lusson did a nice job to field, look the runners back to 2b and 3b, and then take his time to throw to 1b for the out. [Aside, there was a nice article about his troubles on Tuesday in today's issue of the Daily Texan: Texas baseball not satisfied despite wins by Austin Ries.]
Ginther hit a sac fly down the rf line, scoring Belza and moving David to 3b. Keyes made a nice catch in foul territory but the ball was just too deep to keep the runners from advancing.
Phillips struck out looking.
Texas up 4-1.

4th inning, Texas

Keyes struck out looking (2-2 count, 6 pitches).
Moldenhauer struck out swinging (1-2 count).
Lusson doubled off the diving center fielder's glove into the lf/cf gap.
Rowe tripled off the green monster in straightaway cf, scoring Lusson.
Etier drew a full-count walk and stole 2b on the 2nd pitch to Walla. The catcher did not make a throw to 2b...he was too busy making sure Rowe did not take off for home.
Walla struck out swinging (1-2 count). The catcher dropped the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
Texas up 5-1.

5th inning, OSU

Green grounded out to 2b. Etier made a nice back-handed stop as he was moving toward 2b before throwing to 1b for the out.
Chambers flew out to lf, down the line and foul.
Harvard grounded out to 2b. Another nice play by Etier to charge on a slow high-bouncer that went over the pitcher.
Texas up 5-1.

5th inning, Texas

Loy singled through the left side past a diving third baseman.
Shepherd tried to bunt Loy to 2b but popped the bunt up. Luckily it was a soft pop-up that fell harmlessly in the Bermuda Triangle between 1b, 2b, and the pitcher. Result: single for Shepherd and Loy at 2b, nobody out.
Rupp was then hit by a 1-2 pitch (on his foot) to load the bases.
Keyes doubled to lf, scoring Loy and Shepherd and moving Rupp to 3b. The left fielder dove for the ball but could not make the play and the ball rolled to the wall.
Which prompted a pitching change. Chance Deason (lhp) went to the mound, replacing Keeling.
Moldenhauer singled up the middle, scoring Rupp and Keyes.
Lusson then hit a soft liner to 2b. Moldenhauer was too far off the bag and was doubled off easily as he tried to scramble back to 1b. Too bad.
Rowe popped out to 1b to end the inning.
Texas up 9-1.

6th inning, OSU

Duren flew out tot lf.
Belza grounded out to 2b. Shepherd did that thing again where he started after a ball that was too far away from 1b but he reversed course and hurried back to 1b in time to receive the throw for the out. It looks like he's getting more comfortable at 1b.
David struck out swinging. Rupp dropped the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
Texas up 9-1.

6th inning, Texas

OSU sent Matt Peck (rhp) the mound, replacing Deason.
Etier popped out to ss behind 3b. Nice play by the shortstop.
Walla struck out swinging (1-2 count, 6 pitches).
Loy drew a 5-pitch walk and advanced to 2b on a wild pitch with Shepherd at the plate.
Shepherd also drew a 5-pitch walk.
Rupp doubled to the alley in rf, scoring Loy and Shepherd.
Keyes singled up the middle, scoring Rupp.
Moldenhauer grounded into a 4-6 fielder's choice to end the inning.
Texas up 12-1.

7th inning, OSU

Rosthenhausler struck out looking.
Ginther grounded out to ss.
Philips grounded out to 2b.
Texas up 12-1.

7th inning, Texas

Lusson popped out to lf after working the count full and fouling off a couple of pitches.
Rowe lined out to lf. The left fielder made a nice running catch.
Etier lined into cf for a single.
Walla flew out to lf. Another nice play by the left fielder who made an over-the-shoulder catch as he was running hard in the direction of the lf corner.
Texas up 12-1.

8th inning, OSU

Green grounded out to 2b.
Chambers struck out swinging.
Harvard drew a full-count 7-pitch walk, giving OSU their first baserunner since they left a runner stranded at 3b in the 4th.
Duren struck out looking after fouling off a few pitches.
Texas up 12-1.

8th inning, Texas

Loy lined into cf for a single.
Shepherd hit a homerun over the lf fence in front of the scoreboard.
Rupp flew out to cf in the cf/rf gap.
Keyes struck out looking (1-2 count).
Moldenhauer flew out to rf.
Texas up 14-1.

9th inning, OSU

Belza grounded out to 1b (p covered bag).
David lined out to cf...a nice run by Rowe.
Josh Botts (pinch-hitting for Rosthenhausler) grounded out to the pitcher to end the game.
Texas wins 14-1.

Jungmann just seemed to get better and better as the game went on. And, everyone in the field looked sharp and ready to play. And, the bats...the bats! Jungmann actually got some run support this evening. Truly, this game was a thing of beauty. Sigh...

Same teams, same place, tomorrow at 2. Be there! Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 11:44 PM | Permalink

Tuesday - April 20, 2010

Game 38: UT-Arlington at Texas

Texas beat UT-Arlington 21-2 tonight. The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
UT-Arlington	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	1
Texas	0	0	4	1	4	4	0	8	-	21	21	1

That 8th inning was just painful. We were on the verge of rooting for the Horns to hit into a double play to end the agony. 'Never thought I'd see the day. And, I was really wishing the teams had agreed to run-rule the game. But, that was not the case. The Horns basically quit running the bases in the 8th. My question: what's worse?...being run-ruled or having the other team stop trying? Oh well...on with the game report.

Sam Stafford started again. He threw 3+ innings and gave up 1 unearned run. By my count: he threw 63 pitches (39 strikes), faced 13 batters, hit one, walked 2, struck out 4, and gave up a single. Andrew McKirahan threw the next 2.1 innings for the win, improving his record to 2-1. He threw 18 pitches (11 strikes), faced 7 batters, and gave up a single. Stayton Thomas threw 0.2 innings and gave up 1 earned run. He threw 19 pitches (9 strikes), faced 4 batters, walked 1, struck out 2, threw 1 wild pitch, and gave up 1 hit (a triple). Keifer Nuncio threw the 7th and went 3-up/3-down with a strikeout. He threw 8 pitches (5 strikes). Hoby Milner threw the 8th. He struck out the side...but also gave up a double and threw a wild pitch, while throwing 14 pitches (10 strikes). Chance Ruffin went in for the 9th to get some work in (not having pitched on Saturday or Sunday) and faced 5 batters. He threw 12 pitches (9 strikes), struck out 1, and gave up two singles. More about those last two singles in a bit.

Here's how UT-Arlington scored their runs...

4th inning, UT-Arlington

Sam Stafford on the mound,
Jesse Payne (ss) was hit by a 1-1 pitch.
Michael Choice (cf) drew a full-count walk.
Steffan Guest (dh) reached on a fielder's choice. On the play, Kevin Lusson (3b) fielded a ground ball and threw wide to 2b. The ball went past 2b into rf. Payne scored (unearned) on the play and Choice was safe at 2b on the error.
Texas sent Andrew McKirahan to the mound.
Preston Beck (rf) hit into a 3-6-1 double play, moving Choice to 3b.
Chad Comer (c) flew out to cf.

6th inning, UT-Arlington

McKirahan still on the mound for Texas.
Payne grounded out to 1b (3-1, p covered bag).
Texas sent Stayton Thomas to the mound.
Choice drew a 5-pitch walk and then moved to 2b on a wild pitch.
Guest struck out swinging. Rupp dropped the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
Beck then tripled to the cf/rf gap, scoring Choice.
Comer struck out swinging.

So. About that error by Lusson in the 4th. He's been struggling a bit at 3b. He's been fielding just fine but seems to have something going on in his head when it comes to making the throw. And, it's been going on for a couple of weeks. But, it really came to a head over the weekend. I just looked through my score sheets for the 3 games against the Aggies and tonight's game. Lusson had 5 throwing opportunities and committed 3 errors in that time frame (1 error in 2 chances on the 16th, 1 error in 1 chance on the 17th, no errors in 1 chance on the 18th, and 1 error in 1 chance tonight). The throw tonight looked like it was 5 feet or so off-line. It looks to me like he's let it get into his head. Which really sucks. Coach Garrido went ahead and took him out of the game as the 5th inning started. He moved Jordan Weymouth (who's had a couple of brief appearances at 2b this season) in at 3b...and into the 6th spot in the line-up. The Mavericks decided to test Weymouth early on. The final batter in the 5th tried to bunt his way aboard but no go. Weymouth made a great charge on a ball bunted down the 3b line, scooped the ball up, and fired to 1b for the out. Nice. In the 9th, pinch-hitter Shane Hopkins hit a hard grounder down the 3b line. Weymouth made a really nice play to field the ball about 8 feet behind 3b and fired across the diamond to 1b. The ball looked like it was in time to me and most of the crowd at DFF but the 1b ump ruled the batter safe. The next batter lined into cf. (So, 2 hits charged to Ruffin that probably shouldn't have been but...that's the way the cookie crumbles.) And, the final batter of the game hit another grounder to 3b. Another nice long throw from Weymouth...this time in plenty of time.

About all that scoring by the Horns. It was raining hits and runs at DFF this evening. And, it's gotten awfully late. I just don't seem to have it in me to document all of 'em in my usual detail. So, you get an offensive summary instead. Sorry 'bout that. Here's how everyone did...

Cohl Walla (lf): single + stolen base in the first, single + rbi + picked-off in the 2nd (uh-oh), bunt single + run scored in the 5th, solo hr in the 6th, strikeout swinging (2-2 count) in the 7th, walk + rbi + run scored in the 8th.
Brandon Loy (ss): sac bunt in the 1st, walk + stolen base + run scored in the 3rd, double + rbi + stolen base + run scored in the 5th, fly out to cf in the 6th, walk + run scored, then ground out to 3b + rbi in the 8th (2 plate appearances).
Tant Shepherd (1b): strikeout swinging (1-2 count) in the 1st, reached on error + run scored in the 3rd, walk + run scored in the 5th, single + run scored in the 6th, single + run scored then single + 2 rbi in the 8th (2 plate appearances).
Cameron Rupp (c): fly out to rf in the 1st, 2-run homerun in the 3rd, strikeout swinging (1-2 count) in the 5th, double + run scored in the 6th.
Jonathan Walsh (c): flew out to cf for 1st out then struck out looking for 3rd out in the 8th...poor guy. But, kinda funny, eh? I once saw the son of a friend of mine make the 1st and 2nd out of an inning and he was on-deck when the 3rd out was finally made. Oh well...
Kevin Keyes (rf): flew out to cf in the 2nd (at the wall, cf had to jump to make catch), flew out to rf in the 3rd (again at the wall), sac fly + rbi n the 5th, single + 2 rbi in the 6th, single + rbi + run scored in the 8th.
Kevin Lusson (3b): ground out to 2b in the 2nd, strike out swinging (1-2 count) in the 4th.
Jordan Weymouth (3b): single + run scored in the 5th, reached on a fielder's choice in the 6th, triple + 2 rbi + run scored in the 8th.
Russell Moldenhauer (dh): ground out to ss in the 2nd, single + run scored in the 4th, double + 2 rbi in the 5th, ground out to p in the 6th, single + rbi + run scored in the 8th.
Connor Rowe (cf): single + run scored in the 3rd, fly out to lf in the 4th, pop up to 1b (foul) in the 5th, line out to rf in the 7th, single + run scored in the 8th.
Jordan Etier (2b): sac bunt in the 3rd, single + rbi + picked off in the 4th (uh-oh) in the 4th, solo homerun in the 6th, ground out to 3b in the 7th, walk + run scored in the 8th.

Yep...two more Texas runners picked off at 1b. Other than that, a very nice offensive game for the Horns. I know not what's going on with all the picked-off runners this year. It's weird. We're up to 9, folks. Nine.

Oklahoma State comes to town this weekend. The Cowboys are 22-13 (5-7 Big 12) and are playing a game tomorrow night before traveling to Austin. Here's hoping the Horns improve their win-streak to 16 games!

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 11:55 PM | Permalink

Sunday - April 18, 2010

Game 37: Texas at Texas A&M

I listened to the game on KVET (Craig Way and Bill Little on the air). This report is based on that broadcast.

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	1	8	10	0
Texas A&M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3

Here's how things played out...

1st inning, Horns

Ross Stripling (rhp) on the mound for the Aggies.
Cohl Walla (lf) lined a single into lf.
Brandon Loy (ss) moved Walla to 2b on a 3-4 sac bunt.
Note: Alan Trubow just tweeted that he's never seen so few fans at Olsen Field. Hmmm...
Tant Shepherd (1b) grounded out to 2b. Craig Way thought the ball was going to get through up the middle but the second baseman was shifted over toward 2b and he got to the ball for the out.
Cameron Rupp (c) flew out to shallow cf.

1st inning, Aggies

Brandon Workman (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
Matt Juengel (lf) struck out swinging.
Note: Craig Way just said it's a good crowd...not as big as last night but good. Double hmmm....
Andrew Collazo (cf) worked the count full then went down swinging (8 pitches).
Brodie Greene (ss) tried to get aboard via bunt but was thrown out (1-3).

2nd inning, Horns

Russell Moldenhauer (dh) struck out looking (1-2 count).
Kevin Keyes (rf) struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Kevin Lusson (3b) flew out to lf.

2nd inning, Aggies

Joe Patterson (dh) struck out looking.
Adam Smith (2b) flew out to cf (in left-center).
Kenny Jackson (1b) struck out looking.
That's 6 in-a-row.

3rd inning, Horns

Tim Maitland (cf) grounded out to ss.
Jordan Etier (2b) went down swinging (1-2 count).
Note: Trubow (via Twitter) and now Way and Little have all commented that the home plate ump has a very big strike zone.
Walla worked the count full and then flew out down the lf line (10 pitches during that at-bat).
And, that's 9 in-a-row for the Aggies.

3rd inning, Aggies

Joaquin Hinojosa (rf) grounded out (high-chopper) to ss.
Caleb Shofner (3b) struck out swinging on 3 pitches.
Kevin Gonzalez (c) struck out swinging.
Workman is perfect through 3 with 6 strikeouts. Nice.

4th inning, Horns

Note: Little comments that Aggie starter Stripling has only averaged 4 innings per start in Big 12 play.
Sounds like Stripling is having a much better game than usual.
Loy drew a 4-pitch walk.
Shepherd, sadly, grounded into a 6-4-3 double play. Sigh...
Rupp singled into rf.
Moldenhauer singled past the second baseman into cf, moving Rupp to 2b.
Which prompted a visit to the mound by Childress.
Keyes homered to straightaway cf!
Lusson struck out swinging.
Texas up 3-0.

4th inning, Aggies

Juengel worked the count full and then drew a 7-pitch walk.
There goes the perfect game.
Collazo singled through the left side, moving Juengel to 2b.
And, there goes the no-hitter.
Which prompted a visit to the mound by Skip Johnson.
Greene flew out to cf. Juengel could not advance.
Patterson grounded into a 6-4-3 double play!
Texas up 3-0.

5th inning, Horns

Maitland struck out swinging (1-2 count). The catcher dropped the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
Etier hit a homer over the lf wall! Taking him to 7 on the year.
Walla duplicated Maitland's at-bat...including the throw down to 1b.
Loy flew out to cf in right-center.
Texas up 4-0.

5th inning, Aggies

Smith grounded out (high chopper) to 3b.
Jackson flew out to cf. Nice play to get into position by Maitland.
Hinojosa grounded out to ss. Another nice play by Loy.
Texas up 4-0.

6th inning, Horns

Shepherd grounded out to 3b.
Rupp reached on a 2-base error by cf...who got to a fly ball but dropped it.
Moldenhauer doubled into the lf/cf gap. Rupp had to wait to see if the ball would be caught and only managed to move up to 3b. Er...never mind. Official scorer ruled it as another 2-base error...this time to the left fielder.
Keyes struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Lusson struck out looking (2-2 count).
Texas up 4-0.

6th inning, Aggies

Shofner reached on an infield single to 2b. Etier got to the ball headed up the middle but could not get the throw to 1b in time for the out.
Gonzalez flew out to rf.
Juengel struck out swinging on 3 pitches. Seventh strikeout for Workman.
Collazo flew out to rf.
Texas up 4-0.

7th inning, Horns

Maitland struck out swinging. The catcher dropped the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out. Ninth strikeout of the day for Stripling.
Etier doubled to the rf/cf gap.
Walla grounded out (nubber) to the pitcher. Etier had to hold at 2b.
With Loy at the plate, Etier broke for 3b on the first pitch. The throw from the catcher got away from the third baseman and Etier scored on the error.
Loy reached on his second 4-pitch walk of the game.
Loy stole 2b on the first pitch to Shepherd.
Shepherd struck out swinging (1-2 count). Tenth strikeout for Stripling.
Texas up 5-0.

7th inning, Aggies

Greene out on a soft liner to 2b.
Patterson struck out swinging. Eighth strikeout for Workman.
Smith grounded out to 2b.
Texas up 5-0.

8th inning, Horns

The Aggies sent Shane Minks (rhp) to the mound, replacing Stripling.
Note: Little also commented that it has started to rain...a light rain, but still rain.
Rupp singled through the left side.
Moldenhauer homered over the rf fence!
Keyes struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Lusson flew out to cf in the cf/rf gap.
Connor Rowe (who'd apparently entered the game in cf for the bottom of the 7th, replacing Maitland) reached on an infield single to 2b.
Etier grounded out to the pitcher.
Texas up 7-0.

8th inning, Aggies

Jackson flew out to lf.
Hinojosa popped out to 2b.
Shofner reached on an infield single to ss. Loy knocked the ball down and threw to 1b but too late.
Gonzalez lined out to 2b.
Texas up 7-0.

9th inning, Horns

Walla popped out to 2b. He felt he was hit by a pitch on his foot earlier in the at-bat but the home plate ump said no deal.
Loy grounded out to 3b.
Shepherd tripled to the cf/rf gap!
Shepherd scored on a wild pitch with Rupp at the plate.
Rupp drew a 5-pitch walk.
The Aggies sent Estevan Uriegas (lhp) to the mound, replacing Minks.
In response, Texas sent Jonathan Walsh to the plate to pinch-hit for Moldenhauer.
Walsh struck out looking (2-2 count).
Texas up 8-0.

9th inning, Aggies

Texas sent Kyle Lusson into rf, replacing Keyes.
Juengel flew out to cf (1st pitch). Nice over-the-shoulder catch by Rowe.
Collazo flew out to rf (1st pitch).
Greene singled through the left side. First hit of the series for Greene.
Patterson grounded out to 2b.
Texas wins 8-0!

Workman gets his 3rd complete-game win of the year to move his record to 7-1. What a game! And, what a series! Throwing two shut-outs is fantastic. Especially when they're supported by so many runs. 'Love it.

The Horns now host UT-Arlington on Tuesday and then the Okie State Cowboys over the coming weekend.

Hook 'em!

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Saturday - April 17, 2010

Game 36: Texas at Texas A&M

I watched the game on FSN. This report is based on that broadcast.

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	1	0	3	0	1	1	1	5	2	14	18	1
Texas A&M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

And, here's how things played out...

1st inning, Horns

Michael Wacha (rhp) on the mound for the Aggies.
Cohl Walla (lf) reached on an infield single to the ss behind 2b.
Brandon Loy (ss) moved Walla to 2b on a 1-4 sac bunt. Loy got the ball a little too close to the mound but the pitcher decided not to risk a throw to 2b.
That's 2 high throws in a row to the person covering 1b. The first baseman and second baseman both jumped up and caught the throws, though.
Tant Shepherd (1b) singled over the ss into lf, scoring Walla.
Cameron Rupp (c) flew out to rf.
With Russell Moldenhauer (dh) at the plate, Shepherd was picked off (1-3). Ouch.
Texas up 1-0.

1st inning, Aggies

Cole Green (rhp) on the mound for the Horns.
Andrew Collazo (rf) grounded out on a sharp bouncer to the pitcher.
Matt Juengel (dh) struck out looking.
Brodie Greene (ss) drew a 5-pitch walk.
Adam Smith (2b) also drew a 5-pitch walk.
Joaquin Hinojosa (lf) hit into a 6-4 fielder's choice to end the inning.
Texas up 1-0.

2nd inning, Horns

Moldenhauer struck out looking (2-2 count).
Kevin Keyes (rf) singled on a high-chopper over 3b. The ball was fielded by the ss behind 3b or it might've led to a double for Keyes.
Kevin Lusson (3b) flew out to lf.
With Connor Rowe (cf) at the plate, Wacha picked off Keyes! Wow.
Texas up 1-0.

2nd inning, Aggies

Kenny Jackson (1b) lined out to the pitcher. Nice play by Green!
Caleb Shofner (3b) grounded out to the pitcher.
Gregg Alcazar (c) popped out to 2b.
1-2-3...yes!
Texas up 1-0.

3rd inning, Horns

Rowe struck out looking (1-2 count, 6 pitches).
Jordan Etier (2b) doubled down the lf line.
Walla doubled to the lf corner, scoring Etier.
Loy grounded out to 2b, moving Walla to 3b.
Shepherd drew a full-count walk putting runners at the corners.
Which prompted a visit to the mound by Childress.
Rupp singled up the middle, scoring Walla and moving Shepherd to 2b.
Moldenhauer also singled up the middle, scoring Shepherd and moving Rupp to 2b.
Keyes struck out looking (full count).
Texas up 4-0.

3rd inning, Aggies

Scott Arthur (cf) struck out swinging.
Collazo grounded out to ss.
Juengel hit a bloop single down the rf line.
Skip Johnson made a trip to the mound after Green started Greene off with two balls.
Greene flew out to rf.
Texas up 4-0.

4th inning, Horns

Lusson struck out on 3 pitches (he watched 'em all).
Rowe lined out to rf.
Etier struck out looking (full count).
Texas up 4-0.

4th inning, Aggies

Smith popped out to ss (1st pitch).
And, I'm amused at the FSN commentator who comments that Green is 7-0 this year because he's got some good hitting behind him this year...unlike last year. What? Sigh...
Hinojosa flew out to cf.
Jackson grounded out to ss.
Second 1-2-3 inning of the game for Texas.
Texas up 4-0.

5th inning, Horns

Walla struck out swinging (full count).
Loy doubled down the 3b line. Nice.
Shepherd struck out looking.
Rupp singled (first pitch) past a diving ss into cf, scoring Loy.
Moldenhauer flew out to cf at the warning track.
Texas up 5-0.

5th inning, Aggies

Shofner grounded out to the pitcher. Green got his glove on the ball and it slowed, rolling toward 2b...about 12 feet or so. He ran after it, picked it up, spun, and smoked the ball to 1b for the out. Yes!
Alcazar lined out to 1b.
Arthur grounded out to ss. Close play but the right call was made (did frame-by-frame on TiVo to confirm...ball clearly in glove one frame before foot hit bag).
Third 1-2-3 inning for the Horns!
Texas up 5-0.

6th inning, Horns

Keyes hit a long homerun over the lf fence!
Lusson grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
Rowe reached on a high-bouncing infield single to 2b.
Etier was hit by a 2-2 pitch (on his left shoulder), moving Rowe to 2b.
Which prompted a pitching change. The Aggies sent Clayton Ehlert (rhp) to the mound, replacing Wacha.
Walla flew out to lf in the lf/cf gap. Hinojosa made a long run and really nice diving catch to rob Walla of a double.
Loy drew a full-count walk to load the bases.
Shepherd grounded out to ss.
Texas up 6-0.

6th inning, Aggies

The first pitch to Collazo was fouled off the home plate ump's mask.
Collazo flew out to cf.
Juengel grounded out to ss.
Greene out on a soft liner to ss. Great catch by Loy!
Fourth 1-2-3 inning for the Horns!
Texas up 6-0.

7th inning, Horns

Rupp singled off the base of the wall in rf. The right fielder made a great play to field the ball off the bounce off the wall, robbing Rupp of a double.
Moldenhauer struck out swinging (1-2 count).
Keyes drew a full-count walk.
Lusson reached on an error by 1b, scoring Rupp and moving Keyes to 3b.
That looked like a hit to me. The ball was hit hard past the first baseman. Shrug.
Rowe struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Etier flew out to rf.
Texas up 7-0.

7th inning, Aggies

Smith grounded out to ss.
Hinojosa also grounded out to ss.
Jackson grounded out to 2b.
Another 1-2-3 inning!
Texas up 7-0.

8th inning, Horns

A&M sent Kyle Martin (rhp) to the mound, replacing Ehlert.
Walla drew a full-count walk.
The Aggie catcher tried to pick Walla off at 1b during Loy's at-bat (2nd pitch) and threw high. Walla advanced to 2b on the error. Which prompted a visit to the mound by Childress.
Loy singled through the right side, moving Walla to 3b. The right fielder did not pick the ball up cleanly. In fact, he kicked it to his right, allowing Walla to score (E9).
Shepherd doubled down the lf line, scoring Loy. And, turning the earlier run into an earned run.
Rupp drew a 9-pitch full-count walk.
Which prompted a pitching change. the Aggies sent Jake Feckley (rhp) to the mound, replacing Martin.
Moldenhauer flew out to rf.
Keyes hit another towering homerun...3 rbi!
Lusson lined out to rf.
Rowe flew out to rf.
Texas up 12-0!

8th inning, Aggies

The home plate ump got drilled (this time in the chest) by another foul ball on the first pitch to Shofner.
Shofner struck out swinging.
Alcazar grounded out to ss.
Arthur struck out swinging.
Wow. Another 1-2-3 inning!
Texas up 12-0.

9th inning, Horns

Etier singled through the left side.
Walla doubled to the lf/cf gap, moving Etier to 3b.
Loy grounded out to the pitcher. The runners could not advance.
Shepherd singled into cf, scoring Etier and Walla.
Rupp flew out to rf.
With a 1-0 count to Moldenhauer (the ball was thrown way outside), the Aggies changed pitchers again, sending Dylan Mendoza (lhp) to the mound. It appeared that Feckley was having a problem in his throwing arm/hand. Not sure, though.
Moldenhauer was hit by a pitch (right elbow), moving Shepherd to 2b.
Keyes lined out to rf.
Texas up 14-0.

9th inning, Aggies

Collazo popped out to 2b.
Juengel drew a 5-pitch walk.
Greene popped out to 1b (in foul territory).
Smith reached on a fielder's choice. On the play, Lusson fielded a ground ball and tried to throw the runner out from 1b but his throw was off-line and pulled Etier off the bag. E5.
Hinojosa flew out to rf.
Texas wins 14-0. Wow.

Complete 1-hit game by Cole Green. What a great performance! At one point, he retired 17 batters in-a-row. Surprisingly, on the offensive side of things, three Longhorns failed to score a run, despite the team scoring 18. The batters went like so...

Walla: 3-for-5 with 2 doubles, 1 rbi, 3 runs scored, a strikeout, and a walk.
Loy: 2-for-4 with a double, 2 runs scored, a sac bunt, and a walk.
Shepherd: 3-for-5 with a double, 4 rbi, 2 runs scored, a strikeout, and a walk.
Rupp: 3-for-5 with 2 rbi, 2 runs scored, and a walk.
Moldenhauer: 1-for-5 with a run batted in, 2 strikeouts, and he was hit by a pitch.
Keyes: 3-for-5 with 2 homeruns (!), 4 rbi, 2 runs scored, 1 strikeout, and 1 walk.
Lusson: 0-for-5 with a strikeout and he reached on an error (I think he should be 1-for-5 with an rbi but maybe that's just me).
Rowe: 1-for-5 with 2 strikeouts.
Etier: 2-for-4 with a double, 2 runs scored, a strikeout, and he was hit by a pitch.

Eighteen hits. And, Sunday...their hitting day...due up. 'Hope they keep the hitting shoes on tomorrow! Hook 'em!

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Friday - April 16, 2010

Game 35: Texas A&M at Texas

Texas won 4-3 in 11. The Aggie third baseman made a 2-out bases-loaded fielding error to let the game-winning run score. And, I'm exhausted. So, I'll be back sometime tomorrow with a complete game report.

UPDATE (Saturday afternoon). Sorry for taking so long to get back to this.

The game conditions were very wet. It was drizzling for most of the game and rained rather hard a couple of times. We actually saw a bit of sun in the 4th inning or so and a pretty rainbow broke out...but that only lasted for about 10 minutes or so. The umps called a rain delay as the top of the 6th ended and play stopped for about 20 minutes. Both starters had been doing quite well and we wondered if either would be back. They both stayed in the game. The rain/drizzle continued for the rest of the game. Taylor Jungmann started for the Horns and Barret Loux started for the Aggies. Both went 7 innings. Neither was involved in the final decision. Both teams sent their closers into the game in the 8th and, again, neither figured into the decision. Hoby Milner faced one batter, in relief of Chance Ruffin, and then Stayton Thomas threw the final 1.2 innings to get the win for Texas, moving his record to 3-0.

There seemed to be a lot of foul balls hit into the crowd. More than I can ever remember seeing in one game. I guess the wet conditions must've come into play on that front. Shout out, by the way, to Rhonda...who I met last night. I think one of the first balls that went into the crowd was claimed by someone sitting very close to her. The first batter of the day started things off by fouling off 4 pitches before striking out. And, Kevin Lusson fouled off 6 pitches before hitting a homerun in the 7th. I really wonder how many extra balls they ended up using in the game. Extra innings and a bazillion foul balls into the crowd. There must've been a lot of extra baseballs used.

And, so...the line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Texas A&M	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1
Texas	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	8	2

And, here's how things played out...

1st inning, Aggies

Taylor Jungmann (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
Jungmann struck out the side: Andrew Collazo (rf) swinging (after fouling off 4 pitches), Scott Arthur (cf) looking, and Brodie Greene (ss) swinging. Nice.

1st inning, Horns

Barret Loux (rhp) on the mound for A&M.
Cohl Walla (lf) struck out swinging (0-2 count).
Brandon Loy (ss) popped out to 2b.
Tant Shepherd (1b) hit a towering homerun to lf. I thought it cleared the scoreboard but nobody else seemed to think so. Shrug.
Cameron Rupp (c) struck out swinging (0-2 count).
Texas up 1-0.

2nd inning, Aggies

Caleb Shofner (3b) lined out to cf.
Joaquin Hinohosa (lf) drew a 4-pitch walk and was caught stealing (2-4) late in the next at-bat.
Kenny Jackson (1b) grounded out to the pitcher after the longest at-bat of the game. He saw 12 pitches: ball, called strike, foul, foul, foul, foul, foul, ball, foul, ball, foul, ground out. Wow.
Texas up 1-0.

2nd inning, Horns

Russell Moldenhauer (dh) flew out to left center.
Kevin Keyes (rf) grounded out to ss.
Kevin Lusson drew a 4-pitch walk.
Connor Rowe (cf) struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Texas up 1-0.

3rd inning, Aggies

Joe Patterson (dh) reached on a bloop single down the line. It was just barely fair. I was a little surprised that he did not try for 2b because Walla had to make a long run in to field the ball.
Kevin Gonzalez (c) tried to bunt Patterson to 2b but Jungmann did a nice job fielding his position and threw to 2b (ss covering) to get the runner from 1b.
Adam Smith (2b) flew out to rf.
Collazo flew out to shallow rf.
Texas up 1-0.

3rd inning, Horns

Jordan Etier (2b) flew out to cf. The Aggie center fielder made a great twisting over-the-shoulder running catch at the wall. Great play. Sadly. Heh.
Walla reached on a 5-pitch walk.
Loy flew out to rf.
Walla stole 2b on the first pitch to Shepherd.
Sadly, Shepherd grounded out to 1b (p covered bag) on the next pitch.
Texas up 1-0.

4th inning, Aggies

Arthur reached on a fielding error by 3b. Lusson was ranging to his left to field the ball and it went off his glove toward the ss position and he had no chance of catching up to it in time to make a throw to 1b.
Greene moved Arthur to 2b on a 5-3 sac bunt. Lusson's throw was a little off-line but rounded up nicely by Shepherd for the out.
Shofner struck out swinging.
Hinohosa was hit on the arm by the first pitch. That looked like a really bad call by the home plate ump. Not only did Hinojosa make no move to avoid the pitch, he actually seemed to lean his arm into the pitch.
Jackson lined out to cf. Great charging run and diving catch by Rowe to make the play!
Texas up 1-0.

4th inning, Horns

Rupp flew out to cf.
Moldenhauer grounded out to ss.
Keyes doubled off the base of the wall in lf. And, then, sadly, was caught stealing 3b (2-5)...on the 6th pitch to Kevin Lusson.
Texas up 1-0.

5th inning, Aggies

The ground crew worked on the mound...trying to battle the wet conditions.
Jungmann had his second strike-out-the-side inning of the day: Patterson, Gonzalez, and Smith all went down swinging. Purty.
Texas up 1-0.

5th inning, Horns

First 1-2-3 inning of the day for Texas: Lusson flew out to lf, Rowe struck out swinging (1-2 count), and Etier flew out to rf at the warning track. All on 8 pitches. Sigh...
Texas up 1-0.

6th inning, Aggies

The rain got heavier as the 6th started.
Collazo drew a full-count walk.
Arthur struck out swinging.
Collazo stole 2b on the 2nd pitch to Greene.
Greene popped out to 1b.
Shofner struck out swinging. Second K for Shofner, ninth for Jungmann.
Texas up 1-0.

6th inning, Horns

Insert 20-minute rain delay.
Walla popped out to 2b.
Loy struck out looking (0-2 count).
Shepherd reached on a bloop single to lf.
Rupp struck out looking (2-2 count).
Texas up 1-0.

7th inning, Aggies

Hinojosa struck out swinging. On the second-to-last pitch, Shepherd almost caught a foul pop-up at the retaining wall near east of the 1b dugout but he hit the wall quite hard and could not hang onto the ball. Ouch!
Jackson singled up the middle and then stole 2b on the first pitch to Patterson. Jackson should've been called out via batter's interference. Patterson (left-handed batter) lunged way over the plate at an outside pitch and almost ended up in the right-handed batter's box. Rupp argued that he was interfered with but since he managed to avoid running into Patterson, I guess the ump didn't feel he was interfered with. Another bad call by the home plate ump. Ugh.
Patterson went on to ground out to ss, moving Jackson to 3b. Loy made a really nice play, fielding the ball behind 2b and throwing to 1b in time to make the out.
Gonzalez struck out swinging. Eleventh strike out of the day for Jungmann.
Texas up 1-0.

7th inning, Horns

Moldenhauer lined into rf for a single.
Keyes struck out looking (2-2 count).
Lusson had the at-bat of the night. It went: ball, swinging strike, ball, ball, foul, foul, foul, foul, foul, homerun over the Wendy's sign behind the Texas bullpen!!
Rowe drew a 7-pitch walk and was then picked off (1-3-6) with Etier at the plate. He actually had 2b stolen on the bobbled pick-off throw but slid past 2b by about 3 feet on the wet turf and was tagged out by the shortstop. So sad.
Etier struck out swinging (full count).
Texas up 3-0.

8th inning, Aggies

Chance Ruffin (rhp) went to the mound, replacing Jungmann. The ground crew also worked on the mound again.
Smith doubled to the wall in the lf/cf gap. Ouch.
Collazo singled up the middle, scoring Smith.
Arthur drew a 5-pitch walk, moving Collazo to 2b.
Which prompted a visit to the mound by Skip Johnson.
Greene struck out swinging.
Shofner struck out swinging.
Hinojosa was, again, hit by a pitch to load the bases. Again, I think he made no effort to avoid the pitch but it wasn't as flagrant as in the 4th inning.
Jackson struck out swinging.
Texas up 3-1.

8th inning, Horns

John Stilson (rhp) went to the mound, replacing Loux.
Walla grounded out to ss.
Loy struck out swinging (1-2 count).
Shepherd singled through the left side.
Rupp struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Texas up 3-1.

9th inning, Aggies

Texas sent Kyle Lusson into rf, replacing Keyes.
Patterson reached on an error by ss. The sharply-hit ground ball went through Loy's lets. Wow. Almost unimaginable. I couldn't believe my eyes!
The Aggies sent Tyler Naquin in to pinch-run for Patterson.
Matt Juengel (pinch-hitting for Gonzalez) doubled to lf. Walla was in pretty deep lf and charged hard on the soft liner to lf. And, he made a bit of a freshman error in thinking. He dove for the ball. But, he was about 10 or 15 feet short of the ball which rolled past him. The runners ended up at 2b and 3b before Rowe, backing Walla up, could get the ball back to the infield. I would've scored it as a single and E7 because if Walla had fielded cleanly, the runners would've stopped at 1b and 2b. In fact, they basically were stopped before they saw the ball go past Walla. But, anyway...
Smith doubled into the cf/rf gap, to tie things up. Kyle Lusson had a tough time picking the ball up off at the base of the wall but it didn't seem to have any affect on the base-running.
Collazo tried to bunt Smith over but ended up drawing a 5-pitch walk.
Arthur then tried the bunt thing. He bunted down the 3b line but Ruffin made a great play to field the ball and throw to 3b for the force. It was a really great effort to field that ball. Cool.
Greene lined out to lf.
Shofner struck out swinging.
Game tied 2-2.

9th inning, Horns

The Aggies sent Gregg Alcazar in at behind the plate, replacing Juengel in the line-up.
Moldenhauer struck out swinging.
Kyle Lusson was hit by a pitch.
Kevin Lusson struck out swinging.
Paul Montalbano (lefty, pinch-hitting for Rowe) went to the plate. Kyle Lusson stole 2b and then 3b with Montalbano at the plate. The third baseman didn't cover the bag on the second sb so it was almost defensive indifference. The catcher did jump up, ready to throw to 3b...he just didnt have anyone to throw to.
Jordan Weymouth (lefty, pinch-hitting for Etier) went to the plate. Montalbano advanced to 2b on the 2nd pitch to Weymouth...defensive indifference for sure in this instance. Weymouth went on to draw a full-count walk.
Tim Maitland (lefty, pinch-hitting for Walla) grounded out to ss. Sigh...
Game tied 3-3.

10th inning, Aggies

Montalbano, Weymouth, and Maitland all stayed in the game...in lf, at 2b, and in cf, respectively.
Hinojosa singled into cf.
Texas sent Hoby Milner (lhp) to the mound, replacing Ruffin.
Jackson struck out swinging on 3 pitches. Jackson, by the way, was trying to bunt Hinojosa over to 2b and fouled off the 3rd pitch for the strikeout.
The Aggies announced Brandon Wood (righty) to pinch-hit in the dh position.
Texas sent Stayton Thomas (rhp) to the mound, replacing Milner.
The Aggies sent Brett Parsons (lefty) to the plate, pinch-hitting for Wood.
Parsons struck out swinging.
Alcazar reached on an infield single to 3b, moving Hinojosa to 2b.
Smith flew out to rf. Whew.
Game tied 2-2.

10th inning, Horns

Second 1-2-3 inning of the day for Texas.
Loy struck out looking (full count).
Shepherd grounded out to 3b.
Stilson apparently did something to injure his throwing arm and was replaced by Shane Minks (rhp) on the mound.
Rupp struck out swinging (full-count). Ouch. Fourth strikeout on the day for the Texas catcher.
Game tied 2-2.

11th inning, Aggies

Aggies down in order: Collazo grounded out to 1b (p covered), Arthur grounded out to the pitcher, and Greene grounded out to ss.
On the ground out to 1b, by the way, Shepherd ranged way over to his right to make the play. He should've covered 1b and let Weymouth make the play. Dunno if that's one of those things he's still adjusting to as a first baseman or if he was worried that Weymouth might be nervous and not make the play. Shrug.
Game tied 3-3.

11th inning, Horns

Moldenhauer singled into rf.
Texas sent Sam Stafford in to pinch-run for Moldenhauer.
Kyle Lusson also singled into rf after not getting the bunt down, moving Stafford to 2b. It was a beautiful hit. With the infield pulled in, he squared to bunt with 2 strikes and then pulled the bat back and hit a slap bunt past the first baseman into rf. Stafford stumbled as he rounded 2b and had no chance to advance to 3b. I'm not sure he would've made it, though, as the right-fielder fielded the ball quickly and cleanly and might've had a play at 3b.
A&M sent Estevan Uriegas (lhp) to the mound, replacing Minks.
Kevin Lusson drew a 5-pitch walk to load the bases.
Montalbano flew out to shallow cf...fielded by the right fielder.
Weymouth popped out to ss. Ouch. The Aggie defense moved back to their regular depth.
Jonathan Walsh (pinch-hitting for Maitland) watched a called strike and then hit a relatively routine ground ball to 3b...which was mishandled by Shofner. Stafford scored and the game was over on the E5. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Texas wins 4-3. Wow.

That was a long and unnecessarily tense game. And, it only seemed fair that the Horns win on an error after the Aggies managed to tie things up due to two errors (one official and one not). Both teams meet again...in College Station this time. I think the weather's gonna hold up and we should get the game in on time. Hook 'em!

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Tuesday - April 13, 2010

Game 34: Texas State at Texas

The Horns scored 3 runs in the 8th to beat the Texas State Bobcats 6-5 this evening. 'Round about the 4th inning, trailing 0-4, I looked back through my iScore history to see how things went the last time Texas State came to town. I knew the Horns had won but couldn't remember the details. And, lo, the Horns scored 3 in the 8th to win by one run! I dared not breathe a word of that story aloud, though. But, I hoped. And, hoped. And, when the 8th came around and the Horns were down 5-3, I really started to hope. I also wondered a wee bit if the Bobcats might be a little worried about the 8th. And...heh...'seems that maybe they were. Whew.

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas State	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	10	2
Texas	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	-	6	10	1

Sam Stafford started for Texas and had a quick 1-2-3 first inning...he even struck out the 3rd batter on 3 pitches. Alas, the 2nd did not go nearly as well:

Kyle Kubitza was hit by a pitch (2-2 count) and advanced to 2b on a wild pitch late in the following at-bat.
Kyle Livingstone singled into rf, moving Kubitza to 3b. Skip Johnson, by the way, made a visit to the mound after Stafford went 2-0 to Livingstone.
Jeff McVaney also singled into rf, scoring Kubitza and moving Livingstone to 2b.
Which prompted another visit to the mound...this time a pitching change was called. Kendal Carrillo went to the mound, replacing Stafford.
Stumph then hit a homerun to left-center, over the 405 sign. Ouch.
The next three batters went down in order: strikeout, ground out to the pitcher, ground out to 2b.

Carrillo's 3rd: ground out to ss, hit batter, walk, double play. Stayton Thomas went to the mound for the Horns at the start of the 4th. He threw 2.2 innings and gave up one earned run. Andrew McKirahan got the final out of the 6th, went 3-up/3-down in the 7th, and struck out the first batter of the 8th. Texas then sent Keifer Nuncio to the mound. He gave up a single but the runner was then caught stealing (the ball got away from Rupp a bit and the runner tried to take advantage...no go). The next batter reached on an error by the ss (a hard-hit ball went off Loy's glove and he could not catch up to the ball and get the throw off in time to catch the batter at 1b...the play could've been ruled an infield single...but anyway...). The final batter of the inning flew out to cf. Chance Ruffin threw the 9th. He gave up a 2-out single but then induced a 6-4 fielder's choice to end the game. Nuncio earned his first collegiate win and Ruffin got his 9th save of the season.

And how did Texas score their runs, you ask? Why...like so:

Bottom of the 4th

Brandon Loy (ss) flew out to lf.
Tant Shepherd (1b) reached on an infield single to ss (a slow bouncer).
Cameron Rupp (c) drew a full-count walk. Which, apparently, caused some ire in the TSTU dugout 'cause the home plate ump gave them a warning.
Russell Moldenhauer (dh) doubled off the Green Monster in cf, scoring Shepherd and moving Rupp to 3b.
Kevin Keyes (rf) singled through the left side, scoring Rupp and moving Moldenhauer to 3b.
Sadly, Kevin Lusson (3b) and Connor Rowe (cf) struck out to end the inning.

Bottom of the 7th

Lusson singled to rf.
Which finally prompted the Bobcats to replace their starter, who really pitched a nice game.
Paul Montalbano, pinch hitting for Rowe, struck out swinging.
Jordan Etier (2b) singled into right-center, moving Lusson to 3b.
Cohl Walla (lf) Reached on an error by 3b. The third baseman could not field a sharply hit ground ball. Lusson scored on the play and Etier moved up to 2b.
Sadly, Loy then hit into a 6-4-3 double play.

Bottom of the 8th

Shepherd singled on an infield soft liner to the 2b bag. The ss charged but just could not field and throw in time.
Rupp popped out to 2b.
After a pitching change, Moldenhauer struck out swinging.
Keyes drew a full-count walk. Shepherd, by the way, advanced to 2b on a wild pitch during Keyes' at-bat.
Another pitching change and Lusson hit a high fly ball over 2b into shallow right-center. The 2nd baseman was backing up on the ball as the right fielder charged in. The right fielder just got his glove on the ball but dropped it. E9. Shepherd scored on the play and Keyes moved up to 3b.
Montalbano took a 1-0 pitch and hit it into the left-center alley for a triple, scoring Keyes, and Lusson. Beautiful.
Etier struck out swinging (0-2 count).

And, I'm not gonna say anything about the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th innings wherein the Horns went 1-2-3. Nope, not a word.

Horns win, Horns win, Horns win! Yes! Next up? Aggies here on Friday at 6:05, then off to College Station for a 5:30 game on Saturday and a 1 o'clock game on Sunday. The weekend games are both scheduled to be on TV...FSN on Saturday and Fox College Sports on Sunday.

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 11:08 PM | Permalink

Sunday - April 11, 2010

Game 33: Kansas at Texas

Texas completed the sweep over Kansas this afternoon, winning 10-4. The highlight of the day was Kevin Lusson's grand slam in the 3rd. That was closely followed by a 2-run homer by Kevin Keyes in the 7th.

There was a very scary moment in the 1st inning when Tant Shepherd hit a line drive foul ball into the Kansas dugout. It sounded like it hit one of the Kansas players on his head. I sit over the Kansas dugout so couldn't see anything going on inside the dugout. Play did stop for a few minutes while they tended to the injured player (trainer, coach, ?, the person who was hit...we never did get an update and there's no mention of it on either school's official site). When Shepherd came up to bat again in the third we were very amused to see that most of the players at the dugout rail were wearing batting helmets and catcher's masks. Entertainingly, Shepherd actually did hit another foul ball into the dugout during his second plate appearance! Thankfully, this one did not hit anyone. Next time up, most of the players were down and away from the rail. Heh.

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	8	1
Texas	0	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	-	10	11	0

And, here's how things played out this afternoon...

Kansas, 1st inning

Brandon Workman on the mound for Texas.
Casey Lytle (rf) struck out looking.
Robby Price (2b) drew a 4-pitch walk.
Heere (cf) grounded into a 3-6 double play. On the play, Shepherd stepped on the 1b bag and then threw to 2b in time for Loy to tag Price out. Close play...very nicely done.

Texas, 1st inning

Brett Bollman on the mound for Kansas.
Cohl Walla (lf) lined out to rf.
Brandon Loy (ss) flew out to lf.
Tant Shepherd (1b) struck out swinging (2-2 count).

Kansas, 2nd inning

Tony Thompson (3b) flew out to cf (high fly ball).
Jimmy Waters (lf) flew out to cf.
Brett Lisher (1b) struck out swinging.

Texas, 2nd inning

Cameron Rupp singled past ss up the middle.
Russell Moldenhauer (dh) flew out to cf.
Kevin Keyes doubled down the lf line, moving Rupp to 3b.
Kevin Lusson grounded out to 2b, scoring Rupp and moving Keyes to 3b.
Connor Rowe (cf) grounded out to ss.
Texas up 1-0.

Kansas, 3rd inning

James Stanfield (c) singled into rf. Keyes dove for the ball and almost caught it but...alas. Luckily, he managed to keep the ball in front of him and Stanfield had no shot at advancing past 2b.
Jake Marasco (dh) advanced Stanfield to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
Brandon Macias (ss) doubled off the base of the wall in lf, scoring Stanfield.
Lytle lined out to 1b. Nice play by Shepherd.
Price flew out to lf at the wall near the 375 sign.
Game tied 1-1.

Texas, 3rd inning

Jordan Etier (2b) singled into cf.
Walla moved Etier to 2b on a sac bunt (3-4).
Loy flew out to cf. On the play, Etier tagged up and advanced to 3b. They did not repeat yesterday's mistake. Nice to see.
Shepherd singled into rf, scoring Etier.
Rupp singled into left-center, moving Shepherd to 2b. Moldenhauer was off with the pitch (hit and run, I'm guessing) but was unable to advance past 2b due to the fact that the ball got to the outfield so quickly.
Moldenhauer drew a 4-pitch walk to load the bases.
Lusson hit a grand slam down the rf line!
Rowe singled past the ss into lf.
Etier lined out to 3b.
Texas up 7-1.

Kansas, 4th inning

1-2-3: Here flew out to lf, Thompson grounded out to ss, and Waters struck out swinging after fouling off a few pitches.
Texas up 7-1.

Texas, 4th inning

Kansas sent Tanner Poppe to the mound, replacing Bollman.
Walla reached on a dropped 3rd strike. The ball went off the catcher's foot only 8 or so feet down the 3b line but he just couldn't find it. Passed ball. Ruled a passed ball.
Loy singled up the middle, moving Walla (who never slowed down as he rounded 2b) to 3b.
Loy stole 2b with Shepherd at the plate.
Shepherd went on to draw a 4-pitch walk.
Rupp grounded into a 6-4-3 double play. Walla scored and Loy moved up to 3b on the play.
Moldenhauer drew a 5-pitch walk.
Keyes flew out to cf.
Rather disappointing to only score 1 run after having the bases loaded with no outs.
Texas up 8-1.

Kansas, 5th inning

Lisher singled into cf.
Stanfield also singled into cf, moving Lisher to 2b.
Marasco struck out swinging.
Macias popped out to 2b.
Whew. Two quick outs after those two singles. Yes! Only...
Lytle singled into rf, scoring Lisher and moving Stanfield to 2b. 'Hate to say it but Keyes looked a little casual in rf on the play. It looked like he didn't think the runner would try for home and then it was too late to make a play at home.
Insert visit to the mound.
Price then lined into lf, for a single...loading the bases. Luckily, Walla charged and gunned the ball in. They almost had a play at 3b as Stanfield rounded 3b but he managed to get back before Lusson could get the ball to Loy covering 3b.
Heere then lined out to rf. Keyes misjudged the play for a moment and moved back but then came back in to make the catch.
Texas up 8-2.

Texas, 5th inning

Lusson lined into cf for a single and stole 2b with Rowe at the plate.
Rowe struck out swinging (0-2 count).
Etier flew out to lf.
Walla struck out swinging (1-2 count).
Texas up 8-2.

Kansas, 6th inning

Thompson hit a hiiiiiiigh flying homerun into the Kansas bullpen.
Waters flew out to shallow cf.
Lisher lined out to cf.
Stanfield grounded out to 3b (unassisted).
Texas up 8-3.

Texas, 6th inning

Second (and final) 1-2-3 inning of the day for Texas: Loy lined out to lf at the warning track, Shepherd struck out swinging (full count), and Rupp grounded out to ss.
Texas up 8-3.

Kansas, 7th inning

Wherein Kansas starts to make things a little uncomfortable.
Marasco grounded out to ss.
Macias singled into lf.
Lytle was hit by a pitch near his mid-section (2-1 count), moving Macias to 2b.
Price reached on a 3-6 fielder's choice, moving Macias to 3b. The relay back to the pitcher covering 1b for the double play was close but definitely late.
Heere drew a 4-pitch walk to load the bases.
Which prompted a pitching change. Kendal Carrillo went to the mound, replacing Workman.
Alas, Thompson drew a full-count 7-pitch walk to score Macias.
Which prompted another pitching change. Andrew McKirahan went to the mound, replacing Carrillo. Going for the lefty-lefty match-up.
Waters grounded out to 2b.
Texas up 8-4. I start getting a wee bit nervous that Kansas is chipping away at the Texas lead with no response. Oh ye...er...me of little faith.

Texas, 7th inning

Russell Moldenhauer drew a 5-pitch walk.
Keyes hit a 2-run shot down the lf line!
Lusson lined out to cf.
Rowe grounded out to ss.
Etier reached on a catcher's interference.
Walla lined out to ss.
Texas up 10-4.

Kansas, 8th inning

1-2-3...two pitchers involved, though.
Also, Kyle Lusson went into rf, replacing Keyes.
Lisher grounded out to 3b.
Stanfield grounded out to 2b.
Texas sent Stayton Thomas to the mound, replacing McKirahan.
Marasco struck out swinging.
Texas up 10-4.

Texas, 8th inning

Loy struck out swinging (1-2 count).
Shepherd drew a 5-pitch walk.
Rupp reached on an infield single to ss, moving Shepherd to 2b. The shortstop had to slide as he fielded the ball and he tried to make the closer play at 2b but was just too late. He might've had a chance at 1b but he was on the ground and that throw would've been a miracle.
Moldenhauer grounded out to 2b, moving Shepherd to 3b and Rupp to 2b. The ball was hit deep in the hole between 1b and 2b and Rupp had to hold up to let the ball pass. I'm pretty sure the second baseman actually had a play at 2b but his momentum was carrying him away from 2b and I doubt they could've turned the double play even if he had made the throw to 2b.
Kyle Lusson flew out to shallow rf.
Texas up 10-4.

Kansas, 9th inning

Another 1-2-3 inning...this one to end the game: Macias flew out to cf, Lytle grounded out to 2b, and Price flew out to cf.
On the last play, Rowe made a great running catch over his shoulder at the wall in cf. Beautiful play.
Texas wins 10-4! And sweeps the Jayhawks. Returning the favor from last year.

Brandon Workman got the win this afternoon, moving his record to 6-1. Nicely done.

It's great for the Horns to get another sweep under their belts. The Horns are sitting at the top of the Big 12 race with a winning percentage of .833. KSU is in 2nd place with .667, and the Aggies are in 3rd with .542. Everyone else is at .500 or below. Texas State comes to town on Tuesday and then the Horns host the Aggies on Friday before going to College Station for the Saturday and Sunday games. The weekend games will be on TV so check your cable/satellite listings.

Hook 'em!

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Saturday - April 10, 2010

Game 32: Kansas at Texas

Texas beat Kansas 3-1 to take a 2-0 lead in the series. Cole Green pitched a great game for the win. Stayton Thomas and Hoby Milner threw the 8th and Chance Ruffin pitched the 9th to earn his 8th save of the year. Sad to say this is gonna be a shorter report than usual. I think being out in all that oak pollen is really getting to me. I came home and promptly fell asleep. And, now I've got an emergency at work so I've got to head into the office and have no idea when I'll get home. 'Decided it was better to get something online than to wait 'til I had time to do a full report.

Kansas got another good game out of their starter. Cameron Selik pitched a complete game for the Jayhawks and took the tough-luck loss. He held the Horns to 4 hits. Texas took advantage of their opportunities this afternoon to take the win. The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Texas	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	-	3	4	1

Here's how the Horns scored their three runs:

Texas, 5th inning

Russell Moldenhauer (dh) singled into lf.
With Kevin Lusson (3b) at the plate, Moldenhauer advanced to 2b on a passed ball. I thought it was a wild pitch but it was ruled a passed ball. Shrug.
Lusson flew out to deep cf. Moldenhauer tagged up and advanced to 3b. On a similar play earlier in the game, by the way, Tant Shepherd (1b) was about two-thirds of the way to 3b when a fly ball was caught in cf and had to scamper back to 2b. Frustrating.
Connor Rowe (cf> then hit a sac fly to cf (1st pitch) to score Moldenhauer and tie the game up.
Jordan Etier (2b) flew out to cf to end the inning.

Texas, 6th inning

With two out, Tant Shepherd hit a line drive into the Kansas bullpen to push the Horns ahead 2-1.

Texas, 8th inning

Rowe drew a 4-pitch walk which prompted a visit to the mound.
Etier advanced Rowe to 2b on a 3-4 sac bunt.
Rowe then moved up to 3b on a wild pitch with Cohl Walla (lf) at the plate.
Brandon Loy (ss) hit a hard ground ball to ss and managed to beat the throw to 1b for a single, plating Rowe for the final run of the game.

The Horns looked pretty good today but came up against another Kansas pitcher who threw a very good game. On the defensive side of things, the Horns turned three really nice double plays (in the 5th, 7th, and 8th) which helped make up for the lack of offense. It'll be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. Will the run machine step back up? Over the last four Sundays, the Horns have scored 18, 13, 17, and 9 runs.

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 11:35 PM | Permalink

Friday - April 9, 2010

Game 31: Kansas at Texas

Texas beat Kansas 3-2 in 11 innings this evening. Whew. Kansas scored single runs in the 3rd and 4th. Texas scored single runs in the 7th, 9th, and 11th.

The Kansas starter, T.J. Walz, threw a hell of a game and kept the Texas hitters off-balance all night long. He went 8.2 innings and gave up 2 runs (1 unearned). By my count, he threw 113 pitches (79 strikes!...that's 70% of his pitches), faced 34 batters, walked 1, struck out 7, and gave up 7 hits (3 doubles and 4 singles). He only gave up 2 singles through the first 6.2 innings. Wow. Luckily, he did not take the loss...that would've been so sad. Taylor Jungmann started for the Horns and also had a really good night...giving up both of the Kansas runs in 7.1 innings. By my count, he threw 109 pitches (69 strikes), faced 32 batters, hit 1, walked 2, struck out 6, and gave up 7 hits (1 homerun, 1 double, and 5 singles). Chance Ruffin went in with runners at the corners and 1 out in the 8th. He threw 3.1 innings, faced 15 batters, threw 53 pitches (38 strikes...that's 72%!), faced 15 batters, hit 1, struck out 5, and gave up 4 hits (all singles). With 2 out in the 11th and runners at 1b and 2b, Texas sent Hoby Milner to the mound to face lefty Brian Heere who was 3-for-4 with a double and a sac bunt on the evening. Pitch sequence: ball, called strike, swinging strike, ball, ground out to the pitcher. That's five pitches. For the out. And, the win. Milner got his first career win this evening. Sweet, eh?

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Kansas	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	1
Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	8	0

Offensively, Russell Moldenhauer drove Kevin Keyes in twice on a couple of doubles (added on Saturday: Kyle Lusson actually scored the second run, pinch-running for Keyes; one thing I don't like about iScore is that it does not note on the scorecard where pinch-running substitutions take place and I have to add that info after-the-fact...missed this one in my excitement last night). Then, in the 11th, Jordan Weymouth, pinch-hitting in the DH spot (Texas had Sam Stafford pinch-run for Moldenhauer in the 9th) ripped a 1-out triple to the alley in right center. Relatively close play at 3b. But beautiful. Kevin Lusson was hit by a pitch and then Tim Maitland (who'd gone in defensively after Connor Rowe was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the 9th) hit a sac fly to right. Tim Maitland who was (and still is) 0-for-7 on the season. Tonight he got the game-winning rbi. I was lamenting the fact that the Horns didn't put the game away in the 9th. But, what fun would that have been? To deprive Weymouth and Maitland of all their fun in the bottom of the 11th? No fun at all! Heh.

Same teams tomorrow at 2. 'Hope the Horns just take care of business and avoid all the drama. Although, there really is no beating the feeling when the drama goes the right way. Hook 'em, Horns!

UPDATE. I can't believe I forgot to mention the fact that Taylor Jungmann got drilled by a line drive in the 4th inning. He was hit hard on the upper chest on his left side and the ball ricocheted off toward the 1b line. He ran after it and threw to 1b in time to throw the batter out! Great play. And, then he stayed in the game. Wow. That is bound to be hurting him a lot. So, last week, Brandon Workman gets drilled on his throwing hand and this week it's Jungmann. Who's next? Yikes.

Posted by Joanna at 11:29 PM | Permalink

Wednesday - April 7, 2010

Game 30: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas

The Horns beat the Islanders 6-2 tonight. The game was just skipping along 'til the 7th inning stretch. It slowed down a bit after that but it still finished up in about 2 hours, 30 minutes. It was a beautiful evening. The wind was blowing in from the north but didn't seem to be quite a swirly as yesterday, when the wind was blowing out to the north.

Austin Dicharry started for Texas and pitched 4 innings. By my count, he threw 55 pitches (22 strikes), faced 15 batters, walked 1, struck out 3, and gave up 3 hits (1 double, 2 singles). Kendal Carrillo pitched the 5th and 6th for his 2nd win in as many days. By my count, he threw 24 pitches, faced 7 batters, struck out two, and gave up a single. Hoby Milner pitched the 7th. He gave up a lead-off single, then gave up a 1-6 fielder's choice, and then got out of the inning on a 6-4-3 double play. By my count, he threw 8 pitches (6 strikes), faced 3 batters, and gave up 1 hit. Stayton Thomas threw the 8th and 9th. By my count, he allowed 2 runs (both earned), threw 47 pitches (30 strikes), faced 11 batters, walked 1, struck out 3, and gave up 4 hits (1 double and 3 singles). He gave up a 2-out double in the 8th but then struck out the final batter of the inning. The 9th was kind of odd...

Trey Hernandez struck out looking (full count).
Matt Holland reached on a 10-pitch single to lf. I wasn't sure he was ever gonna stop hitting foul balls.
Caleb Marx popped out to shallow rf.
Holland stole 2b on the 2nd pitch to Bobby Buckner (who red-shirted with the Horns a couple of years ago as a freshman). Rupp didn't seem to even think of throwing down to 2b so it was very nearly defensive indifference.
Buckner eventually drew a 7-pitch full-count walk.
Jeremie Marek singled off the mound into cf, scoring Holland and moving Buckner to 2b.
Weston Montgomery then hit a bloop single into no-man's land behind 2b. Kyle Lusson (who'd moved into rf after pinch-running for Kevin Keyes in the bottom of the 8th) dove for the ball and nearly made the catch but, alas, no such luck. Buckner scored and Marek moved up to 3b.
Omar Garcia struck out swinging to end the game.

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9	2
Texas	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	-	6	10	0

Offensively, this was the kind of game I keep hoping the Horns will have every time they get out on the field. The bright shining stat of the evening? No strike outs. None. A thing of beauty. For the most part, they did everything just right. Here's how things played out for Texas...

1st inning

Cohl Walla (lf) popped out to shallow lf.
Brandon Loy (ss) singled up the middle.
Tant Shepherd (1b) reached on a 5-4 fielder's choice.
Cameron Rupp (c) then grounded into another fielder's choice (6-4 this time).

2nd inning

Kevin Keyes reached on an error (E6). The shortstop stopped a fairly sharply hit ground ball but just couldn't get a handle on the ball.
Jonathan Walsh (dh) advanced Keyes to 2b on a sac bunt (3-4). It was a nicely hit ball. I thought for a second that Walsh was gonna beat it out with nobody covering 1b but the second baseman managed to kick it into high gear and just got to the bag in time to take the toss from the first baseman to make the out.
With Kevin Lusson (3b) at the plate, Keyes stole 3b.
Lusson then grounded out to ss, scoring Keyes.
Connor Rowe (cf) grounded out to 1b.

3rd inning

Jordan Etier (2b) flew out to rf.
Walla watched a ball then tried to bunt his way aboard, but bunted the ball foul. Next pitch? Line drive homerun into the Islander bullpen...into the teeth of the wind. Good thing it was a line drive.
Loy worked the count full then flew out to cf.
Shepherd flew out to cf on the first pitch...just to be different, I suppose.

4th inning

Rupp grounded out to 3b. The third baseman made a really nice stop and then made a shaky throw to 1b...but it was in time.
Keyes tried to bunt his way aboard but ran into the ball out of the box so was called out.
Walsh popped out to 2b.

5th inning

Lusson singled through the right side.
Rowe moved Lusson to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
Lusson moved up to 3b on a wild pitch (first pitch) to Etier.
And, the squeeze was on! Etier bunted one ball foul down the 1b line. Next pitch another bunt down the 1b line, this time in fair territory. The first baseman thought for a second about trying to throw home but realized he probably couldn't make the play and just barely managed to tag Etier out running past him down the line. Lusson scored.
Walla flew out to lf.

6th inning

Loy grounded out to 2b.
Shepherd grounded out to the pitcher. It was a hard-hit ball that hit the pitcher pretty soundly (more-or-less in his belly). The pitcher managed to raise his glove up in time to deflect the ball. He then raced after it, picked it up, and threw to 1b in time to make the out. That could've been really bad. Instead? Smiles all around.
Rupp singled through the right side and was then forced out on a 6-4 fielder's choice hit by Keyes.

7th inning

Walsh flew out to lf.
Lusson singled up the middle and was then, sadly, caught stealing (by about a mile...or so) with Rowe at the plate.
2-out rally time.
Rowe reached on a 3-base error by the right fielder who misjudged a ball and let it drop off his glove.
Etier doubled off the base of the wall in rf...near the Texas bullpen, scoring Rowe.
The Islanders sent their 4th pitcher to the mound.
Walla singled up the middle, scoring Etier.
Loy reached on a ground-rule double down the rf line. On the play, the right fielder nearly caught the ball but lost it as he ran into the fence that runs down the rf line near the corner. The ball fell into the out-of-play area there in the corner. Walla had to stop at 3b, sadly.
Shepherd drew a 4-pitch walk to load the bases.
Rupp hit a hard ground ball right to the third baseman about 4 or 5 feet behind the 3b bag. He stepped on the bag for the force, ending the inning.

8th inning

Keyes drew a 5-pitch walk. The Horns sent Kyle Lusson in to pinch-run for Keyes.
Lusson stole 2b with Walsh at the plate.
Walsh went on to ground out to 1b, moving Lusson to 3b.
Kevin Lusson hit a sac fly to rf, scoring big brother Kyle.
Rowe singled through the right side.
Etier reached on an infield single to 3b, moving Rowe to 2b. The third baseman cut off the slow ground ball but had no play at either base.
Walla flew out to rf.

Really, very nicely done on the offensive side of things. Go, Horns!

Kansas comes to town this weekend. First pitch on Friday at 6:05. The Jayhawks are currently in 4th place in the Big 12 race with a conference record of 3-2-1. The Horns are in 1st place with their 7-2 conference record.

Hook 'em, Horns!

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Tuesday - April 6, 2010

Game 29: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas

The Horns beat the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders 16-3 this evening. Early on, it looked like it might be a pretty competitive game but then the Horns took advantage of a couple of wild pitches and iffy fielding and their bats went to work and it was all Texas for the rest of the evening.

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	1
Texas	0	2	3	1	1	5	4	0	-	16	17	2

Those two Texas errors? Back-to-back bad throws by Kevin Lusson (playing 3b, as usual) in the first inning. Amazing. Poor guy. With two out, Lusson fielded a ground ball and threw toward the outfield side of 1b. Tant Shepherd dove for the ball and caught it but was pulled off the bag. He lunged his foot back or the bag but the ump ruled that he didn't beat the batter. It was a close play. The next batter hit another grounder to 3b and Lusson threw to 2b, hoping to get the lead runner. Alas, his throw went wide on the 1b side of the bag and into rf...allowing the runner to make it all the way to 3b. A single then scored the runner from 3b. Ouch. Lusson had another throw-out chance in the 4th and did make a bit of an interesting throw...one more time. I think he might've been a little timid at that point...maybe...but got the throw to 1b for the out. Whew. He made up for it in a big way on the offensive side of things, though. He hit a fly ball to cf in the 2nd, allowing Kevin Keyes to tag up and move to 3b. Keyes then scored on a wild pitch (ruled a passed ball by the official scorer but the ball was in the dirt...looked like a wild pitch to me). He flew out again in the 3rd. In the 5th, he advanced Russell Moldenhauer to 2b with a sac bunt. Moldenhauer went on to score. In the 6th, he singled and scored. And, in the 8th? Two-out three-run dinger. Nice.

Everyone in the starting lineup got at least one hit and everyone but Jordan Etier scored at least one run. Tant Shepherd and Cameron Rupp also homered, making three homeruns on the night for Texas. Shepherd's homer hit the HEB sign on the left side of the scoreboard. Cool. After Rupp hit his homer, Jonathan Walsh went in behind the plate. He ended up being the only batter who failed to reach base this evening...but he only got one shot. So, I don't think it can be held against him. And, so, here's how everyone did...

Cohl Walla (lf): single, ground out to 3b, single (then stolen base and score), strikeout (1-2 pitch), strikeout (full count, 8 pitches), ground out to ss
Brandon Loy (ss): sac bunt, fly out to cf, sac bunt, single (then score), reach on error (then score), strikeout (full-count)
Tant Shepherd (1b): fly out to cf, home run (1 rbi), strikeout (full count), hit by pitch (then score), single (then score)
Cameron Rupp (c): pop out to 1b, double (then score), double (rbi), homerun (3 rbi)
Jonathan Walsh (c): ground out to 1b
Kevin Keyes (rf) walk (then score), single (then score), ground out to 2b, ground out to 2b, ground out to ss
Russell Moldenhauer (dh): sac bunt, single (rbi), single (then score), walk (full count, then score), walk (full count, then score)
Kevin Lusson (3b): fly out to cf, fly out to cf, sac bunt, single (then score), homerun (3 rbi)
Connor Rowe (cf): walk (then score), single, ground out to ss, triple (2 rbi), pop-up to 2b/rf (the high fly ball bounced off the second baseman's glove and the right fielder managed to scoop it up before it hit the ground...cool play)
Jordan Etier (2b): triple (rbi), fielder's choice, single (rbi, then stolen base), ground out to p, line out to ss

On the pitching side of things, Sam Stafford got his 3rd start of the year and pitched into the 5th. He couldn't get out of the 5th, though, so did not get the win. Stafford threw 4.1 innings, gave up 2 runs (1 unearned), faced 21 batters, walked 2, struck out 4, and gave up 3 hits (1 homerun). Kendal Carrillo entered the game in the 5th with 1 out and batters at 1b and 2b. The Islanders tried a double steal on the first pitch by Carrillo but the runner from 1b was thrown out. The batter went on to ground out to the pitcher to get the Horns out of the inning without any runs scored. Carrillo pitched 1.2 innings for his first win. He faced 4 batters and struck one out (the others all grounded out). Josh Urban pitched the 7th and struggled a bit. He faced 7 batters and the inning went: ground out, single, single, single (rbi), walk, strikeout, strikeout. Things were a little iffy there for a bit but he buckled down and got out of the inning with minimal damage. And, he sported high socks (!) so I was a happy camper. Heh. Keifer Nuncio threw the last two innings of the game. He face 7 batters, walked one, and gave up a single. He threw 4 pitches in the 9th to go 1-2-3. Purty.

The same teams meet again tomorrow night. Same bat time, same bat channel.

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 11:41 PM | Permalink

Saturday - April 3, 2010

Game 28: Texas at Oklahoma

I don't have ESPNU at home so wasn't sure I'd be able to watch today's game. I also had brunch plans and didn't know how long that would go. As it turns out, I finished with brunch at about 1:30. I ended up driving out to my folks' house while listening to the first couple of innings on the radio...jotting down notes as I drove. 'Got to my folks' house in time to watch the rest of the game. Well worth the drive out as the Horns beat the Sooners 9-3!

Brandon Workman pitched a great game. He threw 8 innings and gave up the 3 runs (all earned). He gave up 4 hits (a single, 2 doubles, and a homerun). He also struck out 8 and only gave up one walk. Chance Ruffin went in for the 9th and threw a 1-2-3 inning.

Offensively, the Horns looked better today. The stars were Kevin Keyes and Cameron Rupp. Keyes went 3-for-5 with 2 homeruns, a double, 2 rbi, and 3 runs scored. Rupp went 4-for-5 with a double, 3 rbi, and a run scored. Tant Shepherd also hit a homerun, making 3 for the Horns today. And, Connor Rowe hit a couple of doubles (and scored both times).

And, here's how things played out...

Texas, Top of the 1st

J.R. Robinson on the mound for OU.
Cohl Walla (lf) singled to lf.
Brandon Loy (ss) advanced Walla to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
Tant Shepherd (1b) drew a 4-pitch walk.
Kevin Keyes (rf) grounded out to the pitcher, moving Walla to 3b and Loy to 2b. The pitcher almost waited too long to throw to 1b just barely beat Keyes.
Cameron Rupp (c) singled through the left side, scoring both runners.
Kyle Lusson (dh) struck out looking (1-2 count).
Texas up 2-0.

OU, Bottom of the 1st

Brandon Workman on the mound for Texas.
Chris Ellison (cf) struck out swinging.
Garrett Buechele (3b) grounded out to ss.
Cameron Seitzer (1b) struck out swinging. Rupp couldn't hang onto the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
Texas up 2-0.

Texas, Top of the 2nd

Connor Rowe (cf) hit a ground-rule double down the rf line.
Kevin Lusson (3b) flew out to lf at the warning track.
Jordan Etier (2b) flew out to rf at the warning track. Rowe tagged up and advanced to 3b on the play.
Walla drew a full count walk, putting runners at the corners.
With Loy at the plate, Walla stole 2b. Rowe made sure the catcher threw to 2b and then broke for home. He beat the throw back to score.
Loy went on to strike out swinging.
Texas up 3-0.

OU, Bottom of the 2nd

Max White (dh) grounded out to the pitcher.
Casey Johnson (lf) grounded out to 2b.
Tyler Ogle (c) flew out to lf near the foul line.
Texas up 3-0.

Texas, Top of the 3rd

Shepherd hit a homerun over the lf fence way past the 411 sign in the alley. Wow!
OU sent Michael Rocha to the mound, replacing Robinson.
Keyes homered (1st pitch) over the lf fence!
Rupp singled through the left side. The first pitch to Rupp was shoulder high and just behind him. Tsk tsk tsk.
OU sent Jason Chowning to the mound, replacing Rocha.
Russell Moldenhauer (pinch-hitting for Kyle Lusson) was hit by a 2-2 pitch. OU better hope Chance Ruffin doesn't get into the game. Geesh.
Rowe advanced the batters on a 1-3 sac bunt. On the play, the ball was high and at his head. He ducked and got the ball on the bat while trying to protect himself. He was dodging the ball and heading toward 3b, thinking the ball was foul. But, it stayed in the field of play and the pitcher threw down to 1b for the out. Wow.
The first pitch to Kevin Lusson was a ball and OU changed pitchers again, sending Jack Mayfield to the mound.
Lusson drew a 4-pitch walk.
Etier struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Walla flew out to lf.
Texas up 5-0.

OU, Bottom of the 3rd

Caleb Bushyhead (ss) grounded out to 2b.
Kaleb Herren (rf) struck out swinging.
Danny Black (2b) flew out to rf.
Texas up 5-0.

Texas, Top of the 4th

Loy lined out to rf. Nice play in rf to catch the ball that was dropping quickly.
Shepherd grounded out to 3b.
Keyes doubled down the 1b line.
Rupp singled through the left side, scoring Keyes.
OU changed pitchers again, sending Ryan Gibson to the mound, repolacing Mayfield.
Moldenhauer struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Texas up 6-0.

OU, Bottom of the 4th

Ellison flew out to rf (1st pitch). Nice running catch by Keyes.
Buechele singled into rf for OU's first hit and first baserunner of the game.
Seitzer struck out swinging.
White hit a homerun to the same spot Shepherd hit one earlier in the game. The pitch was right down the middle...mistake. Rupp was set up a bit outside. First runs of the series for OU.
Johnson struck out swinging.
Texas up 6-2.

Texas, Top of the 5th

Rowe grounded out to 3b.
Kevin Lusson struck out looking (2-2 count).
Etier grounded out to 3b on a bunt attempt (1st pitch).
Wish Texas hadn't gone 1-2-3 right after giving up a couple of runs.
Texas up 6-2.

OU, Bottom of the 5th

Ogle grounded out to 3b.
Bushyhead struck out swinging. Rupp couldn't hang onto the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
Herren grounded out to ss.
Texas up 6-2.

Texas, Top of the 6th

Walla drew a 7-pitch full-count walk.
Loy drew a 4-pitch walk. He squared to bunt on each pitch.
Shepherd popped out (softly) to the pitcher (bunt attempt).
Keyes grounded into a 3-6-1 double play. Very nicely turned by OU as the first baseman had to deal with a bad hop as he fielded the ball.
Texas up 6-2.

OU, Bottom of the 6th

Black grounded out to the pitcher.
Ellison struck out looking.
Buechele lined out to lf at the warning track.
Texas up 6-2.

Texas, Top of the 7th

Rupp doubled to the right-center alley (1st pitch).
Moldenhauer struck out looking (1-2 pitch).
Rowe doubled down the lf line, scoring Rupp.
OU sent Ryan Duke (closer) to the mound, replacing Gibson.
Rowe stole 3b on the 4th pitch to Kevin Lusson (a ball taking the count to 3-1).
Lusson reached on a fielder's choice. He hit a ground ball to 2b. The second baseman tried to throw Rowe out at home but the tag was just late. Run scored.
Lusson was caught stealing (2-4) with Etier at the plate.
Etier struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Texas up 8-2.

OU, Bottom of the 7th

Seitzer drew a 4-pitch walk. First walk of the day.
Which prompted a Skip Johnson visit to the mound.
White flew out to lf.
Johnson hit into a 3-6-1 double play. Etier was also at 1b and falling as the ball got there from Loy. Yikes. Funny to see that double play twice in one game, though. It happens so very rarely.
Texas up 8-2.

Texas, Top of the 8th

Why is ESPNU showing us the SEC standings? How 'bout the Big 12? Sigh...
Walla struck out swinging (0-2 count). The catcher dropped the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
Loy grounded out to 2b.
Shepherd lined out to cf.
Texas up 8-2.

OU, Bottom of the 8th

Ogle doubled into the lf corner. Walla almost threw Ogle out at 2b but Etier couldn't hang onto the ball as he tagged Ogle. Really nice throw by Walla.
Bushyhead grounded out to 2b, moving Ogle to 3b.
Herren doubled to the same spot as Olge, scoring Ogle.
Black struck out swinging (3 pitches).
Ellison grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
Texas up 8-3.

Texas, Top of the 9th

Keyes hit a homerun to straightaway cf over OU's version of the green monster!!!
Rupp struck out swinging (1-2 count). First time he didn't get a hit today.
Moldenhauer drew a full-count walk.
Texas sent Tim Maitland in to pinch-run for Moldenhauer after the first pitch to Rowe.
Rowe struck out swinging (1-2 count).
Kevin Lusson lined out to cf.
Texas up 9-3.

OU, Bottom of the 9th

Texas sent Chance Ruffin to the mound, replacing Workman. 'Wonder if he'll wait for 2 outs to hit a batter or go with the first batter?
Buechele out on a soft liner to Etier. Initially, they ruled that he dropped the ball as he dove for it but a quick check with the other umps and they ruled that he caught it. Coach Golloway argued the call and was thrown out of the game. The only angle they had on TV was not great but it looked like Etier did catch the ball.
Seitzer struck out swinging.
White flew out to rf (1st pitch).
Hard to believe that Ruffin did not bean a batter. Huh.
Texas wins 9-3 to sweep the Sooners on the road!

Here's the line...from GameTracker:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	9	11	0
Oklahoma	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	1

Hmmm...the Sooners had an error? I went back through the GameTracker play-by-play and found that the catcher was charged with an error on the play where Rowe scored in the 2nd inning. I did not see that play...I was still on the road at that point so I'm not sure what happened. I remember Moreland or Way saying the throw from the catcher to 2b on the sb attempt was high...did it actually get away from the fielder, making it too hard to throw back home? Not sure. Shrug.

The Horns now come home and will host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday and Wednesday. Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 5:32 PM | Permalink

Friday - April 2, 2010

Game 27: Texas at Oklahoma

I managed to listen to the whole game this evening. And, I kept score with a pencil as I listened to the radio broadcast with Keith Moreland and Craig Way. First time this season I didn't use my new iPod toy (iScore) to score a game. It was fun. Wonder if I should switch back? Hmmm...probably not just yet.

After all the talk about looming bad weather, conditions turned out to be really nice.

And, here's how things played out...

Texas, top of the 1st

Bobby Shore on the mound for OU.
Cohl Walla (lf) flew out to cf.
Brandon Loy (ss) struck out swinging.
Cameron Rupp (c) struck out swinging.

OU, bottom of the 1st

Cole Green on the mound for the Horns.
Eric Ross (rf) grounded out to the pitcher.
Casey Johnson (lf) grounded out to 2b.
Garrett Buechele flew out to lf.

Texas, top of the 2nd

Russell Moldenhauer drew a 4-pitch walk and then advanced to 2b on a wild pitch with Kevin Keyes at the plate.
Keyes struck out swinging (1-2 count).
Tant Shepherd flew out to shallow cf.
Kevin Lusson drew a 6-pitch walk.
Connor Rowe doubled down the lf line, scoring Moldenhauer and Lusson.
Jordan Etier grounded out to ss.
Texas up 2-0.
Little did I know I could've just stopped right here!

OU, bottom of the 2nd

Cameron Seitzer (1b) singled up the middle.
Ross Hubbard (dh) struck out swinging (3 pitches).
Cale Ellis (ss) reached on a 4-6 fielder's choice.
Danny Black (2b) flew out to rf.
Texas up 2-0.

Texas, top of the 3rd

Walla grounded out to ss.
Loy grounded out to ss. The throw was high and he was called out on a sweep tag. Keith Moreland wasn't convinced that he was actually tagged before crossing the bag.
Rupp flew out to cf at the warning track.
Texas up 2-0.

OU, bottom of the 3rd

Bryan Groth (c) struck out swinging.
Chris Ellison (cf) singled up the middle.
Ross reached on a 1-6 fielder's choice...and was then caught stealing (2-4, I think) on ball 3 (taking the count full) to Johnson.
Texas up 2-0.

Texas, top of the 4th

Moldenhauer reached on a 6-pitch walk.
Keyes moved him to 2b on a sac bunt down the 1b line (3-unassisted).
Shepherd drew an 8-pitch walk.
Lusson flew out to cf. Moldenhauer tagged and moved up to 3b on the play.
With Rowe at the plate, Shepherd stole 2b.
Rowe was hit by a pitch (1-2 count with a couple of foul balls) to load the bases.
Etier grounded out to 3b, leaving he bases loaded. So sad.
Texas up 2-0.

OU, bottom of the 4th

Johnson grounded out to 1b (3-1, p covered bag).
Buechele grounded out to 3b. Lusson made a great play to charge the ball and throw the batter out.
Seitzer drew a 6-pitch walk.
Drew Harrison (pinch-hitting in the dh spot) struck out swinging (3 pitches).
Texas up 2-0.

Texas, top of the 5th

Walla flew out to cf.
Loy grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
Rupp struck out looking (1-2 count).
Texas up 2-0.

OU, bottom of the 5th

Caleb Bushyhead (pinch-hitting for Ellis) flew out to cf.
Black flew out to shallow cf.
Tyler Ogle (pinch-hitting for Groth) grounded out to ss. A great play and then better scoop by Loy and Shepherd to make the out.
Texas up 2-0.

Texas, top of the 6th

OU kept Bushyhead in the game at ss and Ogle in at c.
Moldenhauer grounded out to the catcher...a ball that barely got off the plate.
Keyes had a 9-pitch at-bat and ended up flying out to rf. Pitch sequence: foul, foul, foul, ball, foul, foul, ball, ball, fly out. Wow.
Shepherd doubled down the lf line and then stole 3b on the 2nd pitch to Lusson.
Lusson struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Texas up 2-0.

OU, bottom of the 6th

Ellison grounded out to the pitcher.
Ross grounded out to 3b.
Johnson struck out swinging.
Texas up 2-0.

Texas, top of the 7th

Rowe singled up the middle past the ss.
Etier was unsuccessful in getting a bunt down and ended up striking out swinging (1-2 count).
Rowe tried to steal 2b on the first pitch to Walla. Alas the pitch was a high fast ball and he was caught (2-4) for the 2nd out.
Walla fouled off a couple of pitches and then struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Texas up 2-0.

OU, bottom of the 7th

Buechele singled the first pitch he saw into rf.
After Green served up 2 balls to Seitzer, Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound.
Seitzer reached on a fielder's choice/error on a ground ball to 1b. Shepherd fielded the grounder and threw to ss. Loy took his eye off the ball and missed the throw (E6). Runners at 1b and 2b, no outs.
Elliott Blair (pinch-hitting for Harrison) failed to get a bunt down and ended up striking out (swinging, 1-2 count). That's three strike outs for three different designated hitters.
Bushyhead flew out to cf. The runners did not attempt to advance.
Texas sent Kyle Lusson into rf at this point, replacing Keyes.
Black grounded out to 1b. Shepherd blocked the ball, bobbled it, but stayed with it and tossed to Green covering the bag to make the out!
Texas up 2-0.

Texas, top of the 8th

OU sent Jeremy Erben to the mound, replacing Shore.
Loy struck out swinging (1-2 count).
Rupp struck out swinging (ball, swing, ball, ball, swing, swing).
Wow. That makes 0-for-12 for the top third of the Texas lineup today. Wow.
Moldenhauer popped out to ss.
Texas up 2-0.

OU, bottom of the 8th

Ogle flew out to rf near the line.
Ellison struck out swinging.
6th strike out of the night for Green.
Ross walked on four pitches.
Texas sent Chance Ruffin to the mound, replacing Green.
Johnson popped out to 2b.
Texas up 2-0.

Texas, top of the 9th

Kyle Lusson struck out swinging (2-2 count).
Shepherd tried to bunt for a single but he got the ball too close to the mound and grounded out 1-3.
Kevin Lusson popped out to ss.
Texas up 2-0.

OU, bottom of the 9th

Buechele grounded out to 2b.
Seitzer struck out swinging.
Max White (pinch-hitting for Blair, 4th dh of the game) grounded out to ss to end the game!
Texas wins 2-0. Another shut-out. Wow.

Green gets his 6th win of the year and Ruffin gets his 7th save. Fantastic.

It's amazing the Texas has shut OU out in the last 2 games. Interestingly, the Sooners were also shut out by Nebraska on Sunday and then beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 26-3 and 16-1 on Tuesday and Wednesday. 'So glad Jungmann and Green have been able to shut those bats down!

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Not the most exciting line, eh? Texas bats back in action tomorrow? Sure hope so. The Horns will go for their first 3-game sweep of the Sooners in Norman (at least, that's how the record looks to me...the Horns have swept a couple of 2-game series in Norman but no 3-game series) tomorrow at 2. If you've got ESPNU, you can watch the game on TV.

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 9:38 PM | Permalink

Thursday - April 1, 2010

Game 26: Texas at Oklahoma

Back on track! Texas beat Oklahoma 5-0 tonight. Taylor Jungmann pitched 7 innings for the win. He gave up 4 hits (including 1 double), struck out 6, and walked 2. Chance Ruffin threw the final 2 innings. He hit the first batter he faced then struck out the next 6! What a turnaround from Tuesday night. So glad to see it.

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	11	0
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1

Sadly, I only got to hear about half of the game. I worked late so missed the first inning, then got a couple of phone calls, and I made the mistake of sitting down in my recliner after I ate dinner instead of going to my computer and...shameful admission...I actually dozed off during the 7th inning or so. I got another phone call during the 9th and heard a bit of the tail end of things but spent most of the end of the game talking to one of my aunts. Sigh...

The Horns clearly did string some hits together this evening. But, they also struck out a lot. Eleven (11!) strikeouts on the day...2 each for Rupp (who also hit 2 sac flies), Moldenhauer (who also hit a solo shot in the 2nd), and Walsh, and 1 each for Loy, Keyes, Kyle Lusson, Kevin Lusson, and Etier. Not pretty. But, I'll take 11 hits and 5 runs any day! Texas, interestingly, made one of their usual defensive substitutions early in the game...sending Rowe into cf and moving Walla to lf in the bottom of the 5th. Kyle Lusson went in defensively in the 7th. They usually don't make those changes 'til the 8th or 9th. Hmmm...

Here's a link to the recap on the TexasSports site. From there, you can easily get to the box score and play-by-play.

In the post-game show they seemed worried about the weather wrecking havoc with the rest of the schedule. They speculated that if tomorrow's game (scheduled for a 6:30 start) gets rained out, they'll play the 2nd game at 10 am on Saturday so they'll be able to be ready for the 2 pm start time for Game 3 which is scheduled to air on ESPNU. How ever things play out, I sure am glad the Horns started this series off with a win. And, a shut-out is always particularly sweet, eh? Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 10:36 PM | Permalink

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