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Saturday - April 30, 2011

Game 43: Oklahoma at Texas

The Horns gave up 3 in the second and things did not look good for a while. But, a homerun in the bottom of the 2nd and a 3-spot posted by the Horns in the third turned things around just enough to bring about another Texas win. Whew. With the 4-3 win, the Horns clinched the series win...and with another loss for the Aggies at Mizzou, the Horns now sit all alone atop the conference standings. Yes!

The line:

The line-ups:

Texas Tech		Texas
Evan Mistich (dh) Erik Ross (lf) Garrett Buechele (3b) Tyler Ogle (c) Cameron Seitzer (1b) Rick Eisenberg (rf) Christopher Ellison (cf) Cale Ellis (2b) Caleb Bushyhead (ss)		Brandon Loy (ss) Mark Payton (rf) Tant Shepherd (1b) Erich Weiss (lf) Paul Montalbano (cf) Jonathan Walsh (rf) Kevin Lusson (dh) Jordan Etier (2b) Jacob Felts (c)

Before I get into my play-by-play, let me just say that the long delays between innings (caused by the fact that the game was being televised) were miserable. Ugh. They made me appreciate the efforts made to speed the game up. Anyway...

The play-by-play...

• 1st inning, Oklahoma
• Cole Green (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
• Mistich grounded out to 3b.
• Ross grounded out to ss.
• Buechele struck out swinging. Felts dropped the ball so tagged the batter to complete the out.
• 1st inning, Texas
• Burch Smith (rhp) on the mound for Oklahoma.
• Loy grounded out to ss after fouling off several pitches.
• Payton popped out to ss right at the 2b bag.
• Shepherd (wearing high socks again!...did I mention he was sporting the high socks yesterday?) struck out swinging (full count).
• 2nd inning, Oklahoma
• Ogle drew a full-count walk.
• Seitzer moved Ogle to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt down the 1b line.
• Eisenberg lined a single into right-center, scoring Ogle.
• Ellison drew a 4-pitch walk, moving Eisenberg to 2b.
• Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound.
• Ellis struck out looking. Both runners were off with the strikeout pitch and Felts almost threw Ellison out at 2b. Alas, both runners were save on the double steal.
• Bushyhead tripled to right-center, scoring both runners. It really looked like Montalbano was going to get to the ball but it ended up falling a foot or two beyond his reach. Damn.
• Mistich was hit by a pitch (off his elbow guard).
• Ross grounded into a 6-4 fielder's choice.
• Ugh. That was a miserable half-inning.
• Texas down 0-3.
• 2nd inning, Texas
• Weiss hit the second pitch he saw over the rf fence...at the fans who sit on top of the busses! Woo-hoo!
• Montalbano flew out to cf.
• Walsh grounded out to 1b, unassisted.
• Lusson drew a 7-pitch full-count walk.
• Etier flew out to left-center.
• Texas down 1-3.
• 3rd inning, Oklahoma
• Buechele grounded out to 3b. The throw pulled Shepherd off the bag toward home but he managed to tag the batter for the out.
• Ogle grounded out to 3b. Weiss made a really nice snag on a shot hop.
• Seitzer grounded out to ss.
• Really nice half-inning after the previous one.
• Texas down 1-3.
• 3rd inning, Texas
• Felts singled through the left side. Nice.
• Alas, he was caught off the bag on the first pitch to Loy and thrown out 2-3-6.
• Loy lined a single into cf. Too bad about that pick-off, eh?
• Payton singled up the middle, moving Loy to 3b. The throw went to 3b and Payton was able to move up to 2b on the throw. Nice job by Payton to move up on the throw. Whew.
• Insert visit to the mound.
• Shepherd singled through the left side, scoring Loy and Payton. The throw from lf was a bit late and went home. Shepherd moved to 2b on the throw!
• Weiss drew a 4-pitch walk.
• Oklahoma sent Jordan John (lhp) to the mound, replacing Smith.
• Montalbano hit a bloop double down the lf line, scoring Shepherd and moving Weiss to 3b!
• Walsh grounded out sharply to 3b. The third baseman looked Weiss back to 3b before throwing across the diamond for the out.
• Lusson struck out swinging (full count, 8 pitches).
• Texas up 4-3.
• 4th inning, Oklahoma
• Eisenberg struck out swinging...full count, 11 pitches!
• Ellison grounded out to 2b.
• Ellis grounded out to ss.
• Another nice 1-2-3 inning for Green.
• Texas up 4-3.
• 4th inning, Texas
• Etier grounded out to ss.
• Felts singled through the right side.
• Loy flew out to cf toward the lf/cf gap.
• Payton grounded into a 6-4 fielder's choice. Not sure the second baseman hit the bag...but...shrug.
• Texas up 4-3.
• 5th inning, Oklahoma
• Bushyhead lined out to cf.
• Mistich struck out looking.
• Ross drew a 4-pitch walk.
• After another ball to Buechele, Coach Johnson made a visit to the mound.
• Buechele flew out to cf.
• Texas up 4-3.
• 5th inning, Texas
• Shepherd grounded out to ss.
• Weiss grounded out to 2b.
• Montalbano popped out to 2b in shallow rf.
• Texas up 4-3.
• 6th inning, Oklahoma
• Ogle grounded out to ss.
• Seitzer singled up the middle past the pitcher.
• Eisenberg and Ellison struck out swinging.
• Texas up 4-3.
• 6th inning, Texas
• Walsh flew out on a hiiiiiiiigh fly ball to lf...nearly to the warning track. It was exciting for a second or so.
• Lusson grounded out to 3b.
• Etier reached on an infield single to ss deep in the hole. He just beat out the throw. Nice.
• Felts flew out to rf.
• Texas up 4-3.
• 7th inning, Oklahoma
• Texas sent Hoby Milner (lhp) to the mound, replacing Green.
• Ellis struck out looking. He was very unhappy with the call by the home plate ump.
• Bushyhead flew out to rf just shy of the warning track.
• Mistich also flew out to rf down the line.
• Texas up 4-3.
• 7th inning, Texas
• Loy struck out swinging.
• Payton struck out swinging.
• Shepherd grounded out to 1b (p covered bag).
• Texas up 4-3.
• 8th inning, Oklahoma
• Ross lined out to cf. Montalbano made a nice charging run in to make the play.
• Buechele grounded out to 2b.
• Ogle lined a single into rf.
• Seitzer grounded out to 2b.
• Texas up 4-3.
• 8th inning, Texas
• Weiss was hit by a pitch on his elbow. Ouch. He wasn't wearing a guard on his arm.
• Montalbano moved Weiss to 2b on a 3-4 sac bunt.
• Walsh grounded out to 3b. The third baseman looked Weiss back to 2b before throwing to 1b.
• Cohl Walla (pinch-hitting for Lusson) grounded out to ss.
• Texas up 4-3.
• 9th inning, Oklahoma
• Texas sent Tim Maitland into lf, replacing Walsh. They also sent Corey Knebel (rhp) to the mound, replacing Milner.
• Casey Johnson (pinch-hitting for Eisenberg) drew a full-count 9-pitch walk.
• Ellison moved Johnson to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt. The throw from Knebel to 1b bounced. Nice dig by Shepherd at 1b. Whew.
• Cody Reine (pinch-hitting for Ellis) struck out swinging.
• Bushyhead was hit by a 2-1 pitch on the elbow.
• Coach Johnson made another visit to the mound.
• Mistich lined out to rf to end the game.
• Texas wins 4-3!

Green got the win and improved to 4-3. Knebel earned his 14th save of the year (which ties Huston Street's freshman record for saves). Nice.

The Horns go for the sweep tomorrow. Sam Stafford has been announced as the starter for the Horns. Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 10:35 PM