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Sunday - October 10, 2010

Fall Ball, Game 1: Texas State at Texas

Texas lost 0-9 to Texas State in a scheduled 12-inning scrimmage this afternoon. Ouch. I made an effort to keep score with the iScore app on my iPhone even though I knew the teams would be loose with substitution rules. I gave up in the 6th when the Horns skipped Cole Green (who started as one of the DHs) and then sent him to the plate two batters later. iScore has an option to skip a batter without penalty but I couldn't figure out how to put him back into the lineup without replacing a batter. Sigh...

Offensively, the Horns were pretty disappointing today. They only managed to get three hits on the board...all singles. The Bobcats ended up with 9 hits, including only one extra-base hit to the best of my recollection (it was a double). The new bats were the talk of the town. Nobody seems happy with them...to this point. I suspect that they'll benefit teams like Texas in the long run...especially when we play teams that are built for Gorilla Ball. But, in the short run, the Horns just could not hit the ball today. That's not to say that Texas State did much better for the first 9 innings. I think both teams were tied at 2 hits through regulation...with Texas trailing 0-1 on an unearned run as the teams went into the 10th inning.

Things fell apart defensively in the 10th and 11th when the Horns gave up 7 runs. It was not pretty.

In general, I thought the pitchers looked pretty good...especially early on. But, overall, the team looked flat and uninspired.

Link to the story on the TexasSports.com page.

Here's hoping things go better against Vanderbilt next week. Two games are on tap: Friday at 5 and Sunday at 1. Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 9:16 PM