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Sunday - October 17, 2010
Fall Ball, Game 2: Vanderbilt at Texas
Sorry for being late with this. Texas lost their second Fall Ball game on Friday evening...this time losing 2-7 to Vanderbilt. It was another scheduled 12-inning scrimmage with loose substitution rules. The line:
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
In general, I think the Horns looked better than they did last weekend. But, they're still not getting any hits. Remember the bat thing? It seems that Vandy's using a different brand of bat. It didn't have the same ear-splitting clang that the Texas bats have when the bat didn't square exactly with the ball. I'm sure there's some sort of sponsorship agreement in place that won't allow Texas to change bat manufacturers but...ugh...the Texas bats sound just awful. And, maybe it's our hitters (I really doubt it) but the Vandy bats seemed to have more of a sweet spot and appeared to be a bit more forgiving.
I didn't keep score but I took notes. The five Texas hits:
- Mark Payton (in the 4th) lined a 1-out double over the left fielder's head.
- Two batters later, Cohl Walla also doubled, driving Payton home.
- Tant Shepherd (in the fifth) lined another double over the left fielder (again with 1 out).
- After Shepherd moved to 3b on a fly to cf by Paul Montalbano, Alex Silver singled to push the final run of the game across for Texas.
- The Horns managed one more hit in the 6th when Jordan Etier reached on a lead-off bunt down the 3b line. It was a gorgeous bunt and he then made it to 3b on a sac bunt and fly out to cf but was stranded at 3b.
Not much going on offensively. Jonathan Walsh reached on a walk in the 2nd but was picked off. Montalbano was hit by a pitch in the 8th but Silver hit into a double play in the next at-bat. Payton reached on a 1-out walk in the 9th but that was followed by another double play (this time hit into by Brandon Loy). Walla walked in the 10th. Lucas Kephart then popped out to cf and Walsh hit into a 1-6-3 bang-bang double play.
All-in-all, not a great day at the plate for the Horns.
Defensively, there were a couple of nice highlights. The play of the game went to Walla in cf who made a beautiful running dive to catch a ball hit toward the lf gap in the 2nd. Beautiful play. Loy started a nice 6-4-3 double play and then made a fantastic stop deep in the hole at ss in the 7th to end the inning after Vandy had managed to load the bases.
Taylor Jungmann started for the Horns and was charged with the first four Vanderbilt runs. Vanderbilt went down in order in the first two innings but then capitalized on a lead-off walk and a double in the 3rd. Three singles, a stolen base, and a walk led to two more runs in the 4th. Kirby Bellow threw the 5th and 6th...scoreless with a single. Josh Urban threw the 7th and 8th. A lead-off walk scored in the 7th but he threw a 1-2-3 eighth. Corey Knebel pitched the 9th and 10th. He gave up a lead-off double and walked a batter in the 9th but no further damage done. A lead-off walk and single were squashed when the defense turned another 6-4-3 double-play behind him in the 10th. Hoby Milner threw the 11th and gave up a 1-out double followed by a triple and a single to allow the final two runs of the game for Vanderbilt. Stayton Thomas, who's in the mix for the closer role this year, threw the 12th and gave up a 1-out double (runner stranded at 3b).
The Horns seemed a bit more relaxed on Friday than they were last week but still don't seem to have a lot of fire. I'm very interested to see how things go this afternoon. Especially after they watched what the football team did to Nebraska yesterday.
Also, check out Donald Boyles' report for the College Baseball Blog (includes some nice photos).
Hook 'em!
Posted by Joanna at 9:07 AM