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Sunday - February 27, 2011

Game 8: Texas at Hawaii

As expected, I missed out on most of the final Texas/Hawaii game. Texas won 4-3 in rather dramatic fashion and I caught up after the fact by reading through my Twitter feed. I already knew the verdict as I was reading so wasn't on pins and needles while I read. It was kind of fun "watching" other people who were on pins and needles as the action unfolded, though.

Sam Stafford got the start and recorded his first win as a Longhorn. It sounded like he pitched a pretty solid game. At one point he got into a bases-loaded nobody-out jam and then threw 3 strikeouts in-a-row to end the inning! Hoby Milner went in to close things out but got into a bit of trouble. With the tying run and winning runs at the corners and only one out, Keifer Nuncio came on and got the only batter he faced to line into a 1-3 double play. Whew!

Link to the TexasSports.com story: No. 6 Baseball wins series finale at Hawaii, 4-3.

Hmmm...the play-by-play on the TexasSports page says the game ended on an unassisted double play by the first baseman. That contradicts my Twitter feed and, more interestingly, their very own story (linked above). Who is right?

Even better, I checked out the play-by-play on Hawaii's page and it says the game ended on an unassisted double play by the pitcher!

The article in the Statesman (wire report) only says that Nuncio induced a game-ending line-drive double play. Ha!

The recap on Burnt Orange Nation also says the final play went 1-3. I'm tending to think that's the most likely scenario.

Ah-ha! In Roger Wallace's report for KXAN, a quote from Keifer Nuncio tells us he snagged a line drive and threw someone out so...1-3 it is!

The Horns will host Stanford beginning on Friday at 3. It's looking like I'll be missing that game. Oh well. I'll report what I can. Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 11:54 PM