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Sunday - January 30, 2011

2011 Alumni Game

The weather was gorgeous for the Alumni game yesterday. Yay! They played a full 9 innings and the 2011 Longhorns won the game 6-3. As usual with this sort of thing, they played fast and loose with substitution rules. In fact, several pitchers from the current squad pitched for the alumni team! It really looked like everyone had a good time.

By the way, Kyle Russell hit a homerun during batting practice with one of the horrible new bats...not sure if anyone else did but that was the only one hit while I was watching. I did arrive rather late, though, and missed the 2011 squad's turn at batting practice.

Here's who suited up on the Alumni side of things: Burt Hooton (manager), Randy Boone, Jordan Danks, David Hernandez, Bryan Herrera, Robby Hudson, Kenn Kasparek, Kevin Keyes, Joseph Krebbs, Sam LeCure, Kyle Lusson, Kyle McCulloch, Russell Moldenhauer, Omar Quintanilla, J.D. Reininger, Connor Rowe, Chance Ruffin, Cameron Rupp, Kyle Russell, Huston Street, Drew Stubbs, Bradley Suttle, Taylor Teagarden, Austin Wood, and Brandon Workman. Several of the players who suited up did not actually play, including: Krebbs, LeCure, Lusson, Street, Wood, and Workman. No idea what was up with that!

Starting lineups...

• Alumni, Visitor: (1) Drew Stubbs, cf; (2) Omar Quintanilla, ss; (3) Bradley Suttle, 3b; (4) Kyle Russell, rf; (5) Jordan Danks, lf; (6) Taylor Teagarden, c; (7) Robby Hudson, 2b; (8) J.D. Reininger, 1b; (9) David Hernandez, dh; (10) Bryan Herrera, dh; (11) Cameron Rupp, dh; (12) Kevin Keyes, dh; (13) Russell Moldenhauer, dh; (14) Connor Rowe, dh...with Randy Boone on the mound.
• Longhorns, Home: (1) Mark Payton, rf; (2) Brandon Loy, ss; (3) Paul Montalbano, rf; (4) Tant Shepherd, 1b; (5) Jonathan Walsh, c; (6) Cohl Walla, cf; (7) Kevin Lusson, 3b; (8) Tim Maitland, dh; (9) Jordan Etier, 2b...with Taylor Jungmann on the mound.

And, yes, they Alumni started with 14 batters. And, they played the bottom of the 9th despite the fact that the home team was ahead after the top of the 9th.

The line:

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

• 1st inning, Alumni
• Taylor Jungmann on the mound.
• Drew Stubbs struck out looking.
• Omar Quintanilla grounded out to the pitcher.
• Bradley Suttle grounded out to ss.
• 1st inning, 2011 Horns
Randy Boone on the mound.
• Mark Payton struck out swinging.
• Brandon Loy grounded out to ss.
• Paul Montalbano grounded out to 2b. Really nice play by Robby Hudson at 2b.
• 2nd inning, Alumni
• Cole Green on the mound.
• Kyle Russell lined out to lf.
• Jordan Danks doubled off the top of the lf bullpen fence.
• Taylor Teagarden struck out swinging.
• Robby Hudson flew out to rf (in foul territory).
• Danks stranded at 2b.
• 2nd inning, 2011 Horns
• Kyle McCulloch on the mound.
• Tant Shepherd struck out swinging.
• Jonathan Walsh grounded out to 1b. Another nice play by the Alumni as Reininger made a diving stop to rob Walsh of a double down the line.
• Cohl Walla struck out swinging.
• 3rd inning, Alumni
• Hoby Milner on the mound.
• J.D. Reininger struck out looking.
• David Hernandez struck out swinging.
• Bryan Herrera grounded out to 2b.
• 3rd inning, 2011 Horns
• Bryan Herrera on the mound.
• Kevin Lusson popped out to 2b. He did a nice job of working the count...saw 9 or 10 pitches.
• Tim Maitland lined out to lf.
• Jordan Etier struck out swinging.
• 4th inning, Alumni
• Sam Stafford on the mound.
• Cameron Rupp struck out swinging.
• Kevin Keyes singled to 2b. Etier made a very nice diving stop but couldn't make a good throw to 1b to make the out. I rather doubt a good throw would've beat Keyes anyway. Walsh did a good job of backing up the throw, keeping Keyes at 1b.
• Russell Moldenhauer struck out swinging.
• Connor Rowe struck out looking.
• 4th inning, 2011 Horns
• Kenn Kasparek on the mound.
• Mark Payton drew a full-count walk.
• Brandon Loy advanced Payton to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
• Paul Montalbano singled to lf, scoring Payton.
• Tant Shepherd struck out swinging.
• Montalbano stole 2b with Jonathan Walsh at the plate.
• Walsh flew out to cf.
• 2011 Horns up 1-0.
• 5th inning, Alumni
• Kirby Bellow on the mound.
• Drew Stubbs reached on a full-count walk.
• Omar Quintanilla reached on an infield single off the pitcher's glove, moving Stubbs to 2b.
• Bradley Suttle reached on a 6-4 fielder's choice, moving Stubbs to 3b. Quintanilla out on the play.
• Kyle Russell singled to cf, scoring Stubbs. The throw went from cf to 3b and hit the runner (Suttle) sliding into 3b. Russell tried to move up to 2b on the errant throw but the pitcher fielded the ricocheted ball and threw him out at 2b (I think the out went 8-1-4). Nice play by Bellow.
• Alas, shortly after the nice defensive play, Bellow threw a wild pitch allowing Suttle to score from 3b.
• Jordan Danks flew out to rf.
• 2011 Horns down 1-2.
• 5th inning, 2011 Horns
• Chance Ruffin on the mound.
• The Alumni sent David Hernandez in at ss, Rupp in at c, Rowe into lf, and Keyes into rf.
• Cohl Walla flew out to rf.
• Kevin Lusson grounded out to 2b.
• Time Maitland flew out to cf. Drew Stubbs made one of his beautiful long running catches to rob Maitland of a double in the lf/cf gap. Really nice play. I've missed seeing those catches.
• 2011 Horns down 1-2.
• 6th inning, Alumni
• Keifer Nuncio on the mound.
• Defensive changes: Christian Summers in at 2b, Erich Weiss in at 3b, Tim Maitland into cf, Jacob Felts in at c, Kirby Bellow in at 1b, Dex Kjerstad into rf, and Ben Kaplan into lf.
• Robby Hudson flew out to rf.
• J.D. Reininger struck out looking.
• David Hernandez singled over the ss into cf.
• Bryan Herrera flew out to cf.
• 2011 Horns down 1-2.
• 6th inning, 2011 Horns
• Clayton Crum (from the 2011 staff) on the mound, on loan to the Alumni.
• Defensive changes: Herrera moved to cf and Moldenhauer went in at 1b.
• Christian Summers singled over the second baseman into right center.
• Dex Kjerstad drew a full-count walk, moving Summers to 2b.
• Brandon Loy flew out to lf. Summers tagged up and advanced to 3b on the play.
• Ben Kaplan drew a 4-pitch walk to load the bases.
• Kirby Bellow drew a 5-pitch walk (rbi). Summers scored.
• Jacob Felts hit a sac fly to cf, scoring Kjerstad.
• Cohl Walla lined a single into lf, scoring Kaplan and moving Bellow to 2b.
• Erich Weiss struck out swinging (full count).
• 2011 Horns up 4-2.
• 7th inning, Alumni
• Corey Knebel on the mound.
• Cameron Rupp drew a full-count walk.
• Kevin Keyes struck out swinging.
• Russell Moldenhauer was hit by a pitch, moving Rupp to 2b.
• Connor Rowe grounded out to 1b (unassisted) moving Rupp to 3b and Moldenhauer to 2b.
• Rupp scored and Moldenhauer moved to 3b on a wild pitch with Bradley Suttle at the plate.
• Suttle drew a 5-pitch walk.
• Kyle Russell grounded out to 2b.
• 2011 Horns up 4-3.
• 7th inning, 2011 Horns
• Josh Urban (from the 2011 staff) on the mound, on loan to the Alumni.
• Defensive changes: Herrera moved to lf, Rowe went into cf, Reininger went in at 3b.
• Tim Maitland struck out looking.
• Christian Summers struck out swinging.
• Dex Kjerstad singled up the middle.
• Brandon Loy struck out looking.
• 2011 Horns up 4-3.
• 8th inning, Alumni
• Andrew McKirahan on the mound.
• Robby Hudson grounded out to 3b.
• J.D. Reininger flew out to rf.
• David Hernandez grounded out to 3b.
• 2011 Horns up 4-3.
• 8th inning, 2011 Horns
• Nathan Thornhill (from the 2011 staff) on the mound, on loan to the Alumni.
• Defensive changes: Keyes moved to lf, Herrera moved to rf.
• Ben Kaplan grounded out to ss.
• Kirby Bellow struck out swinging (7 pitches).
• Jacob Felts lined out to rf.
• 2011 Horns up 4-3.
• 9th inning, Alumni
• Stayton Thomas on the mound.
• Bryan Herrera singled through the right side.
• Cameron Rupp grounded into a 5-4-3 double play.
• Kevin Keyes struck out swinging.
• 2011 Horns up 4-3.
• 9th inning, 2011 Horns
• Kendal Carrillo (from the 2011 staff) to the mound, on loan to the Alumni.
• Defensive changes: Herrera moved to cf, Rowe moved to rf.
• Cohl Walla singled up the middle.
• Erich Weiss struck out looking.
• Tim Maitland reached on a fielder's choice. The Alumni tried to throw the lead runner out at 2b but did not make the play. Walla safe at 2b.
• Christian Summers reached on a 6-4 fielder's choice. The ball actually went off the ss and right to the second baseman who made the out at 2b. Walla advanced to 3b.
• Dex Kjerstad tripled off the bottom of the bullpen fence in rf, scoring Walla and Summers.
• Brandon Loy grounded out to ss.
• 2011 Horns win 6-3.

It was a fun day at Disch-Falk. I'm so glad the weather held up. We've got an arctic blast headed into town on Tuesday and will have a couple of days with highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s. Brrrr...

The season officially gets under way on February 18th when Maryland comes to town for a 4-game weekend series.

Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 6:43 PM