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Saturday - March 12, 2011

Game 15: Brown at Texas

The Horns lost the second game of today's double header against Brown by a score of 3-7. It was Brown's first win of the year. And, they deserved the win. For Texas fans, it was ugly. Just plain ugly. The line:

Team 123 456 789 RHE
Brown 003 000 310 7 10 2
Texas 011 010 000 3 6 3

Remember yesterday's game and how Texas kept capitalizing on the mistakes Brown made and won handily? Not so much in this afternoon's game. The Brown starter really pitched a miserable game. He threw 2 innings (and faced 1 batter in the 3rd) and gave up 2 runs (1 unearned)...without giving up a single hit. He walked 4, hit 1, struck out 1, and threw 2 wild pitches. He was all over the place. He threw at least 4 pitches that went BEHIND the batter. He'd throw something completely off-target and would come right back with a strike. It was bizarre. Despite all that, Texas only managed to score 2 runs against him before he was replaced by the eventual game winner. I really don't know what to say about the game. Texas just did not play well.

Sam Stafford started. He threw 6 innings and gave up 3 runs (2 unearned). He walked 5 and struck out 7. Not a bad game really. Keifer Nuncio relieved Stafford at the start of the 7th and only lasted a third of an inning. He gave up a single, a sac bunt, and a walk...and ended up with the loss as the two batters he allowed on base went on to score. Kirby Bellow, Kendal Carrillo, and Andrew McKirahan each pitched a third of an inning before Stayton Thomas went in for the final 1.2 innings of the game. Bellow and McKirahan were each charged with single earned runs. Defensively, the Horns failed to turn a couple of double plays and made a couple of sloppy errors. Coach Garrido was thrown out of the game for arguing a close play at 1b. That's the 2nd time this year he's been tossed. Both times were parts of double headers. I'm thinking maybe Texas should consider not scheduling double-headers in the future. Just a thought.

Offensively, Brandon Loy and Paul Montalbano had pretty good days, going 2-for-3 and 2-for-2 respectively; each hit a double. The Horns got the lead-off man aboard in each of the first 7 innings but only scored him 3 times. And, then, as if to add insult to injury, the 1, 2, and 3 batters struck out back-to-back-to-back to end the game. Ugh. I'm really hoping things get better tomorrow. Frankly, it would be hard to do worse. It was a very frustrating day. Especially when you consider how well they played on Friday. Ah well...tomorrow is another day. Again I say: hopefully a better one. Hook 'em, Horns!

Posted by Joanna at 10:27 PM