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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