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Friday - March 18, 2011

Game 18: Kansas State at Texas

Texas started off conference play tonight by beating Kansas State 3-0. The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Texas	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	3	5	1

Taylor Jungmann started and got the win for the Horns, taking his record to 5-0. Corey Knebel pitched the 9th for his 5th save of the year. Jungmann gave up all 5 of the Wildcats hits, walked 1, and struck out 4. By my count, he threw 106 pitches. Knebel faced 3 batters, struck out 1, and threw 19 pitches. Kyle Hunter started for Kansas State, went 6+ innings, and took the loss, moving his record to 2-1.

So, those runs scored by the Horns...

• 1st inning
• Mark Payton reached on a 1-out single to 3b. The third baseman managed to knock the hard-hit ground ball down but had no throw to 1b.
• Cohl Walla singled to ss, moving Payton to 2b. The KSU shortstop made a nice diving stop on the play but by the time he got to his feet, there was no play to be made at 1b or 2b.
• Erich Weiss drew a 5-pitch walk to load the bases.
• Jonathan Walsh then reached on a 3-2 fielder's choice (Payton out at the plate). He hit a high chopper down the line right at the first baseman. The play was close at home but...shrug. Bases loaded, 2 out.
• Jacob Felts hit a beauty of a single into lf, scoring Walla and Weiss (Walsh moved up to 2b).
• Kevin Lusson flew out to rf, ending the inning.
• 7th inning
• Tant Shepherd drew a full-count 7-pitch walk.
• Jordan Etier drew a 5-pitch walk, moving Shepherd to 2b.
• Which chased the KSU starter out of the game.
• Brandon Loy drew a 4-pitch walk. Ouch.
• Payton then hit a fly ball into fairly shallow cf. Shepherd tagged up and just slid under the tag at home to score the final run of the game. Whew.
• Walla then reached on a 6-4 fielder's choice and Weiss flew out to cf to end the inning.

Kansas State threatened to score in both the 7th and 8th, getting 4 of their hits in those 2 innings (2 singles in each inning). They got runners to 3b in both innings but failed to capitalize.

All-in-all, a very nice game for the Horns. Jungmann didn't seem to have his best stuff but he and his defense got the job done. There was a nice crowd on hand...to wit, a photo I took with my phone during the 7th inning stretch:

It was really a lovely night for baseball.

There are a couple of fun things scheduled for the weekend games. Before Saturday's game, five members of the Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Team will jump into Disch-Falk Field. I sure hope the wind cooperates. And, before Sunday's game, there will be a flyover featuring 2 Navy F/A-18C Hornets. Don't forget your cameras!

Posted by Joanna at 11:49 PM