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Saturday - May 7, 2011

Game 47: Texas at Nebraska

I didn't feel like paying for the video feed so just listened to the game on the radio this afternoon. So, this report is based on the description provided by Craig Way and Bill Little. Texas jumped all over the Cornhuskers who had a terrible 1st inning and never looked back. The Horns won 16-5.

The line-ups:

Texas		Nebraska
Brandon Loy (ss) Mark Payton (rf) Tant Shepherd (1b) Erich Weiss (3b) Paul Montalbano (cf) Jonathan Walsh (lf) Jordan Etier (2b) Cohl Walla (dh) Jacob Felts (c)		Michael Pritchard (dh) Bryan Peters (2b) Cody Asche (3b) Kurt Farmer (1b) Kale Kiser (lf) Kash Kalkowski (rf) Chad Christensen (ss) Patric Tolentino Tanner Krietemeier (cf)

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	6	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	16	17	1
Nebraska	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	10	3

Play by play:

• 1st inning, Texas
• Jon Keller (rhp) on the mound for Nebraska.
• Loy grounded out to ss.
• Payton drew a full-count walk.
• Shepherd grounded out to ss, moving Payton to 2b.
• Weiss fell behind 0-2, worked the count full, fouled off a pitch, and finally drew the second walk of the inning.
• Montalbano lined a single into left-center, scoring Payton and moving Weiss to 2b.
• Nebraska was very unhappy with the home plate umpire's strike zone and the head coach (who argued the zone with the ump) received a warning from the ump.
• Walsh singled up the middle (0-2 count), scoring Weiss and moving Montalbano to 2b.
• Insert visit to the mound.
• Etier reached on an error by 3b...high throw. Bases loaded.
• Walla reached on a fielding error by 3b (the ball went off the third baseman's glove and down the lf line). Montalbano and Walsh scored on the play. Etier moved to 3b.
• With Felts at the plate, a passed ball scored Etier and allowed Walla to move up to 2b.
• Felts singled up the middle. Walla scored and Felts moved up to 2b on the throw home.
• Nebraska sent Dylan Vogt (rhp) to the mound, replacing Keller.
• Loy grounded out to the pitcher.
• Texas up 6-0 (4 runs unearned...wow).
• 1st inning, Nebraska
• Cole Green (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
• Pritchard singled up the middle.
• Peters struck out swinging. Felts dropped the ball and Pritchard took off for 2b but was gunned down (2-6). Weird.
• Asche grounded out to 2b.
• 8 pitches (7 for strikes).
• Texas up 6-0.
• 2nd inning, Texas
• Payton grounded out to 1b (p covered bag).
• Shepherd lined a single into lf.
• Weiss flew out to rf.
• Montalbano drew a 5-pitch walk, moving Shepherd to 2b.
• Walsh struck out looking.
• Texas up 6-0.
• 2nd inning, Nebraska
• Farmer popped out to ss near 2b.
• Kiser flew out to rf.
• Kalkowski grounded out to ss. Nice play by Loy who had to charge hard and throw quickly to make the out.
• 16 pitches (9 for strikes).
• Texas up 6-0.
• 3rd inning, Texas
• Etier was hit by a 2-0 pitch.
• Walla flew out to rf (rf/cf gap).
• Felts reached on a fielder's choice. A throwing error by 3b over 2b on a double-play attempt, allowed Etier to move to 3b on the play.
• Loy was hit by a 1-2 pitch to load the bases.
• Payton singled up the middle, scoring Etier. Bases still loaded.
• Shepherd grounded out to 2b, scoring Felts. Loy moved to 3b; Payton to 2b. The ball was hit hard off the mound and bounced high. Nice play by the second baseman.
• Nebraska sent Zach Hirsch (lhp) to the mound, replacing Vogt.
• Weiss drew a full-count walk to load the bases.
• Montalbano doubled down the rf line, scoring Loy and Payton. Weiss might have scored as well but missed 3b and had to go back.
• Walsh (9th batter of the inning) struck out swinging.
• The Horns scored 4 more unearned runs. Again I say: wow.
• Texas up 10-0.
• 3rd inning, Nebraska
• Christensen doubled off the base of the wall in rf.
• Tolentino flew out to rf. Christensen tagged and moved up to 3b.
• Krietemeier singled up the middle, scoring Christensen.
• Pritchard singled through the right side, moving Krietemeier to 3b.
• Peters grounded into a 6-3 double play (Loy fielded, stepped on 2b, and threw to 1b).
• 9 pitches (all for strikes).
• Texas up 10-1.
• 4th inning, Texas
• Etier struck out swinging.
• Walla flew out to cf.
• Felts flew out to rf.
• Texas up 10-1.
• 4th inning, Nebraska
• Asche grounded out to ss.
• Farmer flew out to rf.
• Kiser was hit by a pitch.
• Kalkowski doubled to left-center, moving Kiser to 3b.
• With Christensen at the plate, Green was called for a balk, scoring Kiser and moving Kalkowski to 3b.
• Christensen struck out looking.
• 16 pitches (9 for strikes).
• Texas up 10-2.
• 5th inning, Texas
• Loy flew out to rf.
• Payton grounded out to 2b.
• Shepherd was hit by a pitch.
• Weiss singled through the right side, moving Shepherd to 2b.
• Montalbano grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• Texas up 10-2.
• 5th inning, Nebraska
• Tolentino singled through the left side (1st pitch).
• Krietemeier also singled through the left side (also 1st pitch), moving Tolentino to 2b.
• After the 3rd pitch to Pritchard, Green was called for another balk, moving the runners to 2b and 3b.
• Pritchard flew out to cf (sac fly). Tolentino scored and Krietemeier stayed at 2b.
• Peters flew out to cf in left-center.
• Asche flew out to cf.
• 17 pitches (10 for strikes).
• Texas up 10-3.
• 6th inning, Texas
• Nebraska sent Chase Adams (rhp) to the mound, replacing Hirsch.
• Walsh popped out to ss behind 2b.
• Etier flew out to rf (in foul territory).
• Walla doubled down the 2b line into the corner.
• Felts grounded out to 3b.
• Texas up 10-3.
• 6th inning, Nebraska
• Farmer flew out to cf. Fourth out in a row to Montalbano.
• Kiser grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• Kalkowski flew out to cf (at the warning track in right-center).
• 8 pitches (4 for strikes).
• Texas up 10-3.
• 7th inning, Texas
• Loy flew out to cf (toward the rf/cf gap).
• Payton singled into cf.
• Shepherd flew out to lf down the line.
• Nebraska sent Tyler King (lhp) to the mound, replacing Adams.
• Weiss drew his third walk of the game, moving Payton to 2b.
• Montalbano struck out swinging. But, the pitch was wild and got away from the catcher. The runners advanced and Montalbano reached 1b on the wild pitch. Wow.
• Insert visit to the mound.
• Walsh drew a 5-pitch walk, scoring Payton. Bases still loaded. Obviously.
• Nebraska sent Sean Yost (rhp) to the mound, replacing King.
• Etier popped out to 2b.
• Texas up 11-3.
• 7th inning, Nebraska
• Christensen grounded out to 3b. Slow chopper nicely run down by Weiss.
• Tolentino grounded out to ss. Really nice play by Loy to rob him of a base hit.
• Krietemeier singled up the middle (3rd hit of the day).
• Pritchard flew out to cf.
• 7 pitches (4 for strikes).
• Texas up 11-3.
• 8th inning, Texas
• Walla popped out to 1b (foul).
• Felts doubled down the lf line.
• Loy grounded out to ss, moving Felts to 3b.
• Payton fouls off about 80 pitches and then grounds out to the pitcher.
• Texas up 11-3.
• 8th inning, Nebraska
• Peters lined out to 2b. Nicely-timed leap by Etier.
• Asche drew a full-count 7-pitch walk. First walk of the game for Green.
• Farmer flew out to lf.
• Asche moved up to 2b (defensive indifference?) on the first pitch to Kiser.
• After the 2nd pitch to Kiser (a second ball), Skip Johnson made a trip to the mound.
• Kiser reached on a fielding error by 1b. The ball went off Shepherd's glove. Asche, who was on the run with the pitch, scored on the error.
• Kalkowski grounded out to 3b.
• 21 pitches (12 for strikes).
• Texas up 11-4.
• 9th inning, Texas
• Shepherd (the only Texas player who has not scored a run today) lined a single into lf.
• Weiss singled to left-center, moving Shepherd to 2b.
• Montalbano singled through the right side, scoring Shepherd (!) and moving Weiss to 3b.
• Walsh hit a sac fly to cf, scoring Weiss.
• Etier popped out to 2b.
• Walla singled through the left side, moving Montalbano to 2b.
• Felts singled to cf, scoring Montalbano and moving Walla to 2b.
• Loy singled through the right side, scoring Walla and moving Felts to 3b.
• Payton singled to rf, scoring Felts and moving Loy to 3b.
• Shepherd flew out to rf. Wow.
• Texas up 16-4.
• 9th inning, Nebraska
• Texas sent Kendal Carrillo (rhp) to the mound, replacing Green. Tim Maitland went in at lf, replacing Walsh. (Got the Maitland substitution info from the LiveStats page...not the radio.)
• Christensen struck out swinging.
• Tolentino doubled down the lf line.
• Krietemeier grounded out to 2b. No mention of it but I assume Tolentino moved to 3b on the play.
• Pritchard singled (Craig Way did not say to where), scoring Tolentino.
• With Peters at the plate, Pritchard advanced to 2b on defensive indifference. I guess.
• Peters was hit by a pitch.
• Asche grounded out to 2b.
• 20 pitches (14 for strikes).
• Texas wins 16-5.

That was a really nice win for Texas. It was frustrating that the defense and pitching were somewhat flat in the middle innings but it's hard to keep focussed when a team is so far ahead. And, I'm not about to argue with the results!

Here's hoping the Horns finish off the sweep tomorrow. Don't forget that the start time has changed...first pitch at 12:05. Hook 'em, Horns!

Posted by Joanna at 3:02 PM