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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