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Thursday - May 27, 2010

Game 56: Texas at Texas Tech (Big 12 Tournament)

Like yesterday, my plan was to listen to Craig Way and Keith Moreland on the radio and watch the Big 12 stream over the Internet. But, my plan did not work out. Amazingly, the video was running ahead of the radio broadcast and wasn't flaking out like yesterday so I ended up watching and listening to the not-so-great Internet guy. I'd much rather listen to Craig and Keith but it was not meant to be today.

Texas was the visiting team and Brandon Loy was still out. The Horns also had Connor Rowe starting back in cf today and played a bit with the batting order.

The line...

Team 123 456 789 RHE
Texas 001 000 010 2 7 2
Texas Tech 100 030 00- 4 8 1

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

Well, that pretty much sucked. I can't believe it. They just looked flat. Gotta win on Saturday against the Aggies. Sigh.

This feels kind of like the situation in 2007 when we started the Regional (played at the Dell Diamond) without Preston Clark who'd hurt his knee off the field and then Nick Peoples went down with a broken collar bone. It's different with the shortstop out instead of the catcher but making that sort of change just makes a difference to the chemistry on the field and in the line-up. And, that's not a knock on the other guys who are stepping in. It's just not the same team out there and I wonder how much the loss of Loy upsets the general balance on the field.

And, not much else to say today. Sorry 'bout that.

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 6:12 PM