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Tuesday - April 26, 2011
Game 41: Texas State at Texas
I had to work tonight and missed most of the game. Luckily, the Horns won anyway! They beat Texas State 2-0. Not a lot of offense by either team, eh? The line:
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 2 | 8 | 0 |
The Horns scored one run in the 6th. With Erich Weiss at 1b and one out, Paul Montalbano tripled to right-center. Nice. A pop-out and strikeout ended the inning. They scored another run in the 8th:
- Tant Shepherd singled up the middle.
- Weiss reached on an infield bunt single down the 1b line. His ball went almost a third of the way down the line. The catcher hoped it would roll foul but it stayed fair. Cool.
- Montalbano advanced the batters to 2b and 3b on a sac bunt (1-3 or 1-4...not sure who was covering 1b since I wasn't keeping score).
- Cohl Walla, pinch-hitting in the dh spot, was intentionally walked to load the bases.
- Jonathan Walsh then hit a bloop single over the first baseman, scoring Shepherd. Yes!
- Double play ended the inning.
Sam Stafford started for the Horns and went a pre-determined 3 innings. He gave up 2 hits and struck out 3. Nathan Thornhill went 2.2, gave up 1 hit, and struck out 3. Kendal Carrillo threw 1.1. He hit the first batter he faced but got the next to ground out and then threw a perfect 7th. Hoby Milner pitched the 8th. He gave up a 2-out single but then caught the runner stealing to end the threat. Corey Knebel threw the 9th and struck out the side. Carrillo earned his 4th win of the year and Knebel earned his 13th save! Nice.
The Sooners come to town this weekend. The Saturday and Sunday games are on TV (FSN on Saturday, ESPNU on Sunday) for you out-of-towners. Or for you in-towners who can't make it to Disch-Falk. Hook 'em!
UPDATE. I forgot to comment on two things:
- Erich Weiss started at 2b today. In his post-game interview, Coach Garrido said they were just seeing how he'd fare at 2b in case he's needed there somewhere down the line. I didn't see much but was told he looked a little rusty/tentative out there.
- Texas State turned a 5-6-3 double play on a sac bunt attempt. You might think that meant the third baseman threw to the ss at 2b who relayed to 1b. Nope. Texas State did an unusual shift as the Texas batter (cannot remember who it was) squared to bunt. The shortstop ran over to 3b to cover while the third baseman charged hard at the bunted ball. He fielded, turned, and threw to the ss on 3b for the first out. The shortstop then threw across the diamond to clip the batter at 1b. Craig Way was blown away by the play.
Posted by Joanna at 11:39 PM