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Friday - March 11, 2011
Game 13: Brown at Texas
I listened to the first half of the game as I drove out to Bastrop this evening. Which really made me miss KLBJ's strong AM signal. In years gone by, I could drive all the way to Waco and maybe even a bit past there and listen to a game the whole way. Now I can't even make it all the way to Bastrop. So sad. Anyway, once I got to Bastrop, I tuned in online and watched the rest of the stream from TexasSports.com. Texas won in easy fashion, beating Brown 8-0. The line:
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Texas | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 14 | 1 |
Taylor Jungmann started for Texas, went 8 innings, and did not give up a run (obviously). He did walk a couple of batters...his 2nd and 3rd of the year in 34+ innings. He hit one batter (the first batter of the game) and also gave up 3 hits but they were scattered and Brown never really did threaten much. The Bears did get a runner to 3b in the 3rd. Matt Colantonio (c) reached on a 2-out full-count walk and then stole 2b. On the play, Jacob Felts threw to 2b but neither Brandon Loy (ss) nore Jordan Etier (2b) moved to cover the bag. The ball sailed into cf and Colantonio made it easily to 3b. Bill Little speculated that the Texas middle-infielders had both thought the pitch was the third strike...and end of the top-half of the inning.
Jungmann threw 88 pitches to finish out the 8th inning. In his post-game interview, Coach Garrido said they're being very aware of not over-using Jungmann and that he was on a 90-pitch limit for tonight's game. Keifer Nuncio threw the final inning of the game. He faced 4 batters, walked one and struck out one.
The Horns jumped out to an early lead, scoring 4 quick runs in the bottom of the 1st as the entire line-up made it to the plate. Paul Montalbano started things off with a single and then moved all the way to 3b on a bunt single by Brandon Loy down the 3b line. He then scored and Loy moved to 2b on another bunt single by Mark Payton. Erich Weiss moved the runners to 2b and 3b on a sac bunt. Walsh then reached on a fielder's choice (3-2)...Loy was thrown out at home and Payton moved up to 3b. Walsh made it all the way to 2b on the play. (Sounded like the Bears weren't really on their game in the early going.) Cohl Walla then reached on an error by the shortstop that scored Payton and moved Walsh to 3b. Walla then stole 2b and Tant Shepherd drew a full-count walk to load the bases. Jacob Felts singled through the left side, scoring Walsh and Walla. Jordan Etier then flew out to lf to end the inning.
Walsh led off the 3rd with an infield single to 2b. After Walla struck out, Shepherd tripled to the cf/rf gap, scoring Walsh. A squeeze attempt by Felts was not successful...he was thrown out at 1b and Shepherd was unable to score. But, Etier singled through the left side, scoring Shepherd, but was shortly caught stealing to end the inning.
Texas scored a single run in the 7th. Weiss reached on a lead-off single, moved to 2b on a throwing error by the pitcher (bad pick-off throw) and then advanced to 3b on a wild pitch. He scored on another bad pick-off throw by the pitcher to 1b. Reminiscent of the first inning, eh?
The Horns scored their final run of the game in the 8th. Etier reached on a double to cf and then scored on a Montalbano single through the right side.
The Horns did a good job of capitalizing on mistakes made by Brown this evening. Here's hoping for more wins...but cleaner ball...this weekend. They're scheduled for a double-header starting at noon tomorrow. The first game is set to go 7 innings and the second to go 9. If the first game goes extra innings, the second one will be shortened to 7 innings. Then they play a single game on Sunday, also scheduled for a 12 o'clock start.
Hook 'em, Horns!
Posted by Joanna at 9:22 PM