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Saturday - March 31, 2012

Game 25: Cal at Texas (at Dell Diamond)

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Until then, briefly: Texas lost to Cal 2-12 at a game played at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock.

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Friday - March 30, 2012

Game 24: Cal at Texas (at Dell Diamond)

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Until then, briefly: Texas beat Cal 13-3 at a game played at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock.

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Wednesday - March 28, 2012

Game 23: UT-Pan American at Texas

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Until then, briefly: Texas beat UT-Pan American 9-5.

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Sunday - March 25, 2012

Game 22: Texas at Kansas State

I'm so glad I stayed home to listen to today's game at Kansas State. The Horns won 8-5. They jumped out to a quick lead when Etier (hitting at the top of the lineup in the #2 spot for a change) and Weiss hit back-to-back triples followed by a double by Walsh. Etier went on to go 3-for-5 with 3 runs scored; Weiss went 3-for-4 (he was also hit by a pitch to reach base 4 times in all) with 2 home runs (!), 4 runs scored, and 4 batted in; Walsh went 4-for-5 with 1 run scored, 2 doubles, and 3 batted in. An absolutely fantastic offensive day for the 2, 3, and 4 hitters. Wow. Hoby Milner earned the win, moving his record to 4-3. Corey Knebel threw the final 1.1 innings to earn his 5th save of the season.

I listened to today's game on the radio and this report is based on that broadcast.

Here's the line (from GameTracker):

The lineups:

Texas	Kansas State
Mark Payton (rf) Jordan Etier (ss) Erich Weiss (3b) Jonathan Walsh (lf) Brooks Marlow (2b) Alex Silver (1b) Jacob Felts (c) Landon Steinhagen (dh) Tim Maitland (cf)	Ross Kivett (2b) Jake Brown (ss) Jared King (cf) Wade Hinkle (1b) Matt Giller (3b) Mike Kindel (rf) Austin Fisher (dh) Dan Klein (c) Tanner Witt (lf)

Play by play:

• 1st inning, Texas
• Kayvon Bahramzadeh (rhp) on the mound for Kansas State.
• Payton flew out ("popped out" said Craig Way) to cf.
• Etier tripled to right-center!
• Weiss tripled off the wall in left-center (!!!), scoring Etier.
• Walsh doubled into the rf corner (!!!), scoring Weiss. Excellent!
• Kansas State made a visit to the mound.
• Walsh moved up to 3b on a passed ball with Marlow at the plate. The ball in the dirt got away from the catcher who tried to go down for the ball but couldn't hold onto it.
• Marlow went down swinging after fouling off a few pitches.
• Silver also struck out swinging.
• Texas up 2-0.
• 1st inning, Kansas State
• Ricky Jacquez (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
• Kivett struck out looking.
• Brown flew out to lf down the line.
• King grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• 15 pitches (10 for strikes) for Jacquez.
• Texas up 2-0.
• 2nd inning, Texas
• Felts grounded out to 3b.
• Steinhagen grounded out to 1b (unassisted). The first baseman made a nice play to knock the ball down and rob Steinhagen of extra bases. Shucks.
• Maitland struck out swinging.
• Texas up 2-0.
• 2nd inning, Kansas State
• Hinkle hit an oposite-field home run over the lf fence. Ouch.
• Giller grounded out to ss.
• Kindel struck out looking.
• Fisher reached on a high-chopper hit toward 3b. By the time Weiss was able to get to the ball, his throw to 1b was too late.
• Klein struck out swinging.
• 24 pitches (15 for strikes) for Jacquez.
• Texas up 2-1.
• 3rd inning, Texas
• Payton struck out swinging. The catcher could not hold onto the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
• Etier lined a single into cf.
• Weiss homered over the rf fence!!!
• Walsh flew out to cf.
• Marlow singled into rf.
• With Silver at the plate, Marlow was caught stealing (2-6).
• Texas up 4-1.
• 3rd inning, Kansas State
• Witt flew out to shallow rf.
• Kivett reached on a single past the diving ss into cf.
• Brown struck out swinging.
• King drew a 4-pitch walk, moving Kivett to 2b. No likey.
• Hinkle drew a 5-pitch walk to load the bases. Skip Johnson did make a visit to the mound after the first pitch (a ball) to Hinkle.
• Giller struck out swinging!
• 25 pitches (12 for strikes) for Jacquez.
• Texas up 4-1.
• 4th inning, Texas
• Silver singled through the left side (first pitch).
• Kansas State sent Matt Wivinis (rhp) to the mound, replacing Bahramzadeh.
• Felts, unable to get the bunt down, ended up flying out to lf in shallow left-center.
• Steinhagen reached on a bloop single over the second baseman into shallow rf, moving Silver to 2b.
• Maitland flew out to cf. Silver did not wait on the catch so could not tag and move up.
• Payton lined out to lf.
• Texas up 4-1.
• 4th inning, Kansas State
• Kindel popped out to the catcher in foul territory on the 3rd base side of the plate.
• Fisher grounded out to 3b. Great play by Weiss who fielded in the hole, spun around, and threw a bullet to 1b.
• Klein flew out to shallow cf.
• 8 pitches (5 for strikes) for Jacquez.
• Texas up 4-1.
• 5th inning, Texas
• Etier grounded out o a slow chopper to 2b. Close play at 1b.
• Weiss grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• Walsh singled through the right side.
• Marlow flew out to lf in foul territory.
• Texas up 4-1.
• 5th inning, Kansas State
• Witt doubled to right-center.
• (Hoby Milner warming up in the bullpen.)
• Kivett singled up the middle, scoring Witt.
• Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound.
• Brown drew a 5-pitch walk.
• Texas sent Hoby Milner (lhp) to the mound, replacing Jacquez.
• King drew a full-count 8-pitch walk to load the bases. Ouch.
• With Hinkle at the plate, OU used an offensive timeout to talk to the batter after he fouled off the first pitch.
• Hinkle struck out swinging!
• Giller singled into rf, scoring Kivett. Bases still loaded.
• Kindel was hit by a pitch (full count, 10th pitch of the at-bat), scoring Brown.
• Blair DeBoard (pinch-hitting for Fisher) popped out to 1b in foul territory. The ball was over the stands and then blew back into fair territory.
• Klein grounded out to ss to end our misery.
• 10 pitches (5 for strikes) for Jacquez. His final numbers (my unofficial count): 4+ innings, 20 batters, 4 runs (all earned), 5 hits including 1 home run and 1 double, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, on 82 pitches (47 for strikes).
• 30 pitches (19 for strikes) for Milner.
• Game tied 4-4.
• 6th inning, Texas
• Silver singled through the left side.
• Felts, again unable to get the bunt down, struck out swinging.
• Steinhagen reached on a 5-4 fielder's choice (Silver out on the play).
• Maitland flew out to deep rf. It sounded promising for a second there. Sigh...
• Game tied 4-4.
• 6th inning, Kansas State
• (Austin Dicharry and Dillon Peters up in the bullpen for Texas.)
• Witt singled off the pitcher. The ball bounced toward ss but no chance for a play at 1b.
• Kivett lined a single into lf, moving Witt to 2b.
• Brown reached on a 1-5 fielder's choice. He bunted with 2 strikes (!) but Milner did a nice job to field and get the lead runner.
• King struck out swinging.
• Hinkle lined out to rf.
• 21 pitches (13 for strikes) for Milner.
• Game tied 4-4.
• 7th inning, Texas
• Kansas State sent Robert Youngdahl (lhp) to the mound, replacing Wivinis.
• Payton drew a 6-pitch full-count walk. Note: Payton has reached base in every game this season.
• Sadly, Payton was picked off 2-3 after Etier bunted through the first pitch. Nice play by the catcher.
• Etier singled through the left side.
• Weiss was hit by a pitch, moving Etier to 2b.
• Kansas State sent Gerardo Esquivel (rhp) to the mound, replacing Youngdahl.
• Walsh doubled to the gap in right-center, scoring Etier and Weiss!
• Texas took an offensive timeout, giving Coach Garrido a chance to chat with Marlow and Silver.
• Marlow flew out to cf. Walsh tagged and moved up to 3b.
• Silver grounded out to ss.
• Texas up 6-4.
• 7th inning, Kansas State
• Texas sent John Curtiss (rhp) to the mound, replacing Milner.
• Milner's final numbers (my unofficial count): 2 innings, 11 batters faced, no runs, 3 hits (all singles), 2 strike outs, 1 walk, 1 hit batter, on 51 pitches (32 for strikes).
• Giller flew out to rf.
• Kindel grounded out to 2b.
• DeBord lined a full-count pitch into lf for a single.
• Klein flew out to rf. Huh. That's the 4th time in 7 innings that Klein made the 3rd out. Poor guy.
• 18 pitches (12 for strikes) for Curtiss.
• Texas up 6-4.
• 8th inning, Texas
• Felts lined a single into rf.
• Steinhagen moved Felts to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
• Maitland ground into a 6-5-4 fielder's choice as Kansas State caught Felts in a run-down.
• With Payton at the plate, Maitland stole 2b. He was shaken up a bit on the play but stayed in the game. The second baseman argued that he tagged Maitland but the ump said he pushed him off the bag so no go. One pitch later, Texas sent Taylor Stell in to pinch-run for Maitland.
• Payton, after seeing two balls, was intentionally walked (last two pitches outside).
• Etier grounded out to 1b (p covered bag).
• Texas up 6-4.
• 8th inning, Kansas State
• Texas kept Stell in the game in cf.
• (Corey Knebel throwing lightly in the Texas bullpen. Dillon Peters also up in the bullpen.)
• Witt grounded out to 2b.
• Kivett drew a 4-pitch walk.
• Texas sent Dillon Peters (lhp) to the mound, replacing Curtiss.
• Brown struck out looking. Nice.
• Texas sent Corey Knebel (rhp) to the mound, replacing Peters.
• King tripled off the wall in left-center, scoring Kivett. The ball bounced off the wall and over Stell's head.
• Hinkle grounded out to 1b (p covered the bag). Silver made a great play to knock the ball down and save the run!
• Curtiss threw 7 pitches (2 for strikes). His final numbers: 1.1 innings, 6 batters, 1 run (earned), 1 single, 1 walk, on 25 pitches (14 for strikes).
• Peters' final numbers: .1 innings, 1 batter, 1 strike out, on 6 pitches (4 for strikes).
• 4 pitches (2 for strikes) for Knebel.
• Texas up 6-5.
• 9th inning, Texas
• Kansas State sent Jared Moore (lhp) to the mound, replacing Esquivel.
• Weiss hit another home run over the rf wall!
• Walsh reached on an infield single deep in the hole to ss.
• Marlow, unable to get the bunt down, struck out looking.
• Kansas State sent Kyle Speer in to lf (taking the DH spot in the batting order) and sent Tanner Witt (rhp) to the mound, replacing Moore.
• Walsh stole 2b with Silver at the plate.
• Silver lined a double into right-center, scoring Walsh!
• With Felts at the plate, Silver was picked off at 2b. Sigh... (But, oh well...they're up by 3.
• Felts flew out to cf.
• Texas up 8-5.
• 9th inning, Kansas State
• Giller grounded out to ss.
• Kindel flew out to cf.
• Speer struck out looking.
• Texas wins 8-5.

So, that takes the Horns to 5-1 in conference play and they've yet to play a conference game at home. I'm hoping that bodes well. They combined for 37 hits on the weekend which I'm taking as another good sign. Next up for the Horns is a home game on Wednesday against UT-Pan American. Hook 'em!

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Saturday - March 24, 2012

Game 21: Texas at Kansas State

Texas managed to pull off another extra-innings win today, beating Kansas State 6-4 in 11 innings. I was only able to listen to about an hour of today's game but it turned out to be the best part of the game...well, maybe the second-best part. I got to hear the Horns come from behind and tie things up. I did not get to hear the part where they won. Behind 0-3 going into the 6th, the Horns managed to scratch out a couple of runs. Jonathan Walsh reached on a 1-out wild-pitch strike out. (Always fun.) He stole second base and then Alex Silver was hit by a pitch. Jacob Felts doubled off the wall, scoring Walsh. Alas, Silver had to hold up to make sure the ball wasn't caught so only made it to 3b. Brooks Marlow then scored Silver on a ground out to 2b. The Horns, very sadly, gave up another run in the bottom of the 6th but rallied again in the 8th to tie things up...with the aid of another hit batter (Erich Weiss, who eventually scored on a balk), a really nice sac bunt by Silver, and an rbi-single by Marlow. It was at this point that I had to tune out.

With the game tied 4-4, Texas sent Knebel to the mound in the bottom of the 8th. According to the box score, Knebel went the distance. He threw 4 innings without giving up any hits or runs. He struck out 4 and walked 2 (one of them an intentional walk...the home half of the 10th was odd). He got the win.

So, how did Texas score those two runs in the 11th? A 2-out rally. With 2 out, Mark Payton, Taylor Stell, Erich Weiss, and Jonathan Walsh hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back singles! The Wildcats went 3-up/3-down in the bottom of the inning. So the series stands at 1-1.

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Friday - March 23, 2012

Game 20: Texas at Kansas State

I went out to listen to music and missed almost all of tonight's game against Kansas State...which the Horns lost 2-5. I managed to hear the bottom of the 8th wherein K-State scored a run on a balk. I dozed off during the top of the 9th and woke up in time to hear a very disgusted Coach Garrido saying that his team was outplayed by Kansas State in every facet of the game. He was not a happy man. And, after hearing what he had to say, I can't say I'm sorry I missed the game. Here's a link to the writeup and the box score from the TexasSports.com site.

For those of you with access, it appears that all the games against Kansas State are being broadcast on Fox College Sports Central (channel 432 on TimeWarner and 648 on AT&T U-verse in Austin).

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Tuesday - March 20, 2012

Game 19: Stephen F. Austin at Texas

This is a placeholder. Theoretically, some sort of game report will appear here eventually.

Until then, briefly: Texas beat Stephen F. Austin 9-1...extending their win streak to 6 games.

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Sunday - March 18, 2012

Game 18: Texas at Oklahoma

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Until then, briefly: Texas beat Oklahoma 9-4...completing a 3-game sweep!

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Saturday - March 17, 2012

Game 17: Texas at Oklahoma

As I frequently do for away games, I listened to the game on the radio and kept score while I listened. This report is based on that broadcast.

Texas won 9-5, clinching a win of the series, and extended their regular-season series win streak against the Sooners to 14. Isn't that amazing? Yowza.

Anyway...on to the report...

The lineups:

Texas	Oklahoma
Tim Maitland (cf) Mark Payton (rf) Erich Weiss (3b) Jonathan Walsh (lf) Brooks Marlow (2b) Kevin Lusson (dh) Alex Silver (1b) Jacob Felts (c) Jordan Etier (ss)	Erik Ross (cf) Jack Mayfield (2b) Max White (1b) Evan Mistich (lf) Caleb Bushyhead (ss) Garrett Carey (3b) Cody Reine (rf) Tanner Toal (c) Chase Simpson (dh)

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	9	15	1
Oklahoma	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	11	4

Play by play:

• 1st inning, Texas
• Jonathan Gray (rhp) on the mound for OU.
• Maitland struck out swinging after fouling off several pitches.
• Payton flew out to rf.
• Weiss reached on a bloop double over the ss into shallow lf. Oops. Never mind. They ruled it a single with an error on the left fielder who had trouble rounding up the ball (I guess; radio guys did not notice the error but it was reported without details on GameTracker).
• 1st inning, Oklahoma
• Ricky Jacquez (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
• Ross drew a full-count 6-pitch walk.
• Mayfield was hit by the second pitch he saw. Ouch. And, sigh...
• After the first two pitches to White (ruled balls as White was squared to bunt), Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound.
• White reached on a fielding error by 3b. Weiss had trouble fielding a chopper hit to 3b.
• Mistich reached on a 6-4 fielder's choice. Texas tried to turn the double play but the throw from 2b to 1b was too late. Ross scored (earned). Mayfield moved up to 3b. White out at 2b.
• Bushyhead struck out swinging after fouling off a few pitches and working the count full. Mistich took off for 2b with the pitch. Felts threw to ss who threw it back as Mayfield broke for home. Perfect throw and tag got Mayfield out (caught stealing) at home for the double play. Nice!
• Texas down 0-1.
• 2nd inning, Texas
• Marlow singled down the lf line.
• Lusson advanced Marlow to 2b on a 1-4 sac bunt.
• Silver grounded out to ss (right at the 2b bag), moving Marlow to 3b.
• Felts grounded out to 3b.
• Texas down 0-1.
• 2nd inning, Oklahoma
• Carey reached on a 5-pitch walk.
• Reine singled through the right side, moving Carey to 2b. Payton got the ball in quickly, keeping Carey from moving up to 3b.
• With Toal at the plate, the runners advanced on a wild pitch.
• Toal ended up reached on a 6-pitch full-count walk to load the bases.
• After the first pitch to Simpson (a ball), Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound. It appeared that the bullpen had indicated that relief was ready but Jacquez stayed on the mound.
• Simpson reached on a 3-2 fielder's choice! Bases still loaded but no run scored. Nice. Sounds like a huge defensive improvement over the last couple of weeks. I've seen Texas miss throws home several times this season.
• Ross lined out to the pitcher who then threw to 3b to turn a double play! Wow.
• Texas down 0-1.
• 3rd inning, Texas
• Etier reached on a 6-pitch full-count walk.
• Maitland tried to bunt Etier to 2b but hit the ball too hard. He reached on a 1-6 fielder's choice. Etier out at 2b.
• With Payton at the plate, Maitland stole 2b. The ball skipped into cf so Maitland tried to make it to 3b but was thrown out 8-5. Close play. Coach Harmon argued the ruling to no avail.
• Payton blooped a single over 2b into rf.
• Weiss tripled off the wall in cf, scoring Payton. The center fielder was shaken up as he ran into the wall trying to field the ball. He stayed in the game, though.
• With Walsh at the plate, Weiss scored on a wild pitch that got away from the catcher all the way to the backstop (on the right side, I think).
• Walsh grounded out to 2b.
• Texas up 2-1.
• 3rd inning, Oklahoma
• Mayfield singled over 2b into cf.
• White grounded out to p, moving Mayfield to 2b. The runner was off with the pitch so no time to make the play at 2b.
• Mistich reached on a 6-pitch full-count walk.
• Bushyhead grounded out to ss. The ball was too late for Etier to make the play at 2b so went for the sure out. Mayfield moved to 3b and Mistich to 2b.
• Carey grounded out to the pitcher.
• Texas up 2-1.
• 4th inning, Texas
• Marlow popped out to ss down the lf line. Nice play by the shortstop.
• Lusson lined out to cf. Dang.
• Silver drew a 5-pitch walk.
• The OU pitching coach made a visit to the mound.
• Felts singled into lf. The left fielder dove and tried to say he caught the ball but the ump ruled that it was trapped. Silver moved up to 2b on the play.
• Etier tripled to the right-center gap, scoring Silver and Felts!
• Maitland struck out swinging.
• Texas up 4-1.
• 4th inning, Oklahoma
• Reine singled into rf.
• Toal was hit by a pitch, moving Reine to 2b.
• Texas sent Austin Dicharry (rhp) to the mound, replacing Jacquez.
• Simpson lined out to rf.
• Ross singled through the right side. Reine scored and Toal moved up to 3b. Payton tried to make a play at home but the runner was ruled safe.
• Ross stole 2b on the first pitch (a called strike) to Mayfield.
• Mayfield popped out to 2b.
• White singled over the second baseman into rf, scoring Toal and Ross.
• White tried to steal 2b on the first pitch to Mistich and was thrown out 2-4 (caught stealing).
• Game tied 4-4.
• 5th inning, Texas
• Payton singled up the middle (1st pitch).
• Weiss singled into right-center, moving Payton to 3b.
• Walsh reached on a fielder's choice hit to 2b. Payton was caught in a run down and eventually tagged out 4-2-5. Weiss moved up to 3b and Walsh to 2b during the rundown.
• OU sent Steven Bruce (rhp) to the mound, replacing Gray.
• Marlow grounded out (slow hopper, according to Bill Little) to ss, scoring Weiss and moving Walsh to 3b.
• Lusson flew out to rf.
• Texas up 5-4.
• 5th inning, Oklahoma
• Texas sent Hoby Milner (lhp) to the mound, replacing Dicharry.
• Mistich grounded out to p.
• Bushyhead singled up the middle.
• Carey struck out swinging.
• Reine struck out looking (full count). Yes!
• Texas up 5-4.
• 6th inning, Texas
• Silver lined out to rf. The right fielder made a nice sliding catch to rob Silver of a hit.
• Felts reached on an e5. The third baseman fielded the high bouncer and then threw high to 1b.
• Felts stole 2b with Etier at the plate.
• Etier singled into rf, scoring Felts. The crowd expressed disbelief that Felts touched the plate but he was ruled safe by the home plate umpire.
• Maitland hit into a 4-6 fielder's choice.
• Payton drew a 4-pitch walk.
• Weiss flew out to the warning track in lf.
• The guys on the radio kept saying Weiss just needed a homerun to hit for the cycle but since his first at-bat was ruled a single and an error so he still needed the double as well. Sigh...
• Texas up 6-4.
• 6th inning, Oklahoma
• Toal reached on a single down the lf line.
• Simpson lined out to 3b. Weiss threw to 1b, catching Toal off the bag before he could get back to 1b. Double play! Toal somehow hurt himself (his knee?) diving back for the bag and was helped off the field.
• Ross reached on an infield single deep in the hole at ss.
• Mayfield grounded out to 2b.
• Texas up 6-4.
• 7th inning, Texas
• OU sent Dylan Neal in at c, replacing Toal who was hurt on that play in the bottom of the 6th.
• Walsh tripled to left-center. Ross fell as he went for the ball and appeared, again, to hurt himself. A trainer and the coach went out to check on him and he ended up leaving the game. OU sent Ty Taylor into cf.
• Marlow battled off several pitches and ended up flying out down the rf line. The right fielder dove for the ball to make the catch and Walsh scored pretty easily on the sac fly.
• Lusson grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• Silver doubled into left-center.
• The OU pitcher balked before the first pitch to Felts, moving Silver to 3b.
• Felts singled into rf, scoring Silver!
• OU sent Drew Harrison (rhp) to the mound, replacing Bruce.
• Etier drew a 4-pitch walk, moving Felts to 2b.
• Maitland grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• Texas up 8-4.
• 7th inning, Oklahoma
• White grounded out to 3b.
• Mistich singled into lf.
• Bushyhead doubled over 1b down the rf line, moving Mistich to 3b.
• Carey scored Mistich on a sac fly down the lf line.
• Bushyhead moved up to 3b on a wild pitch on a ball that not get very far from Felts with Reine at the plate. Close play at 3b.
• Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound after the first two pitches to Reine. Full infield joined in on the conversation.
• Reine popped out to ss in shallow cf.
• Texas up 8-5.
• 8th inning, Texas
• Payton reached on a single to cf and moved up to 2b as the ball got away from the center fielder who tried to make a sliding catch.
• Weiss singled through the right side, scoring Payton.
• OU sent Kindle Ladd (rhp) to the mound, replacing Harrison.
• Walsh lined a single into rf, moving Weiss to 2b. Which, I think, turns the run into an earned run.
• Marlow reached on a 6-5 fielder's choice (yes, really...somehow, they got the lead runner at 3b).
• After the first pitch to Lusson (a ball), OU sent Damien Magnifico (rhp) to the mound, replacing Ladd. What an amazing name! Damien Magnifico. Wow.
• Lusson popped out to ss.
• Silver grounded into a 5-unassisted fielder's choice as the third baseman fielded and stepped on 3b to get the lead runner.
• Texas up 9-5.
• 8th inning, Oklahoma
• Texas sent Corey Knebel (rhp) to the mound, replacing Milner.
• Hunter Lockwood (pinch-hitting for Neal) popped out to 2b.
• Simpson flew out to cf. Nice running catch by Maitland.
• Matt Oberste (pinch-hitting for Taylor) singled into cf.
• Mayfield flew out to rf down the line. Another nice running catch.
• Texas up 9-5.
• 9th inning, Texas
• OU Lockwood in the game at c, kept Oberste in at 1b, and moved White out to cf.
• Felts was hit by a pitch and then moved up to 2b on a bad pick-off throw by the pitcher (e1) with Etier at the plate.
• Etier struck out looking after fouling off a couple of pitches.
• Maitland grounded out to 1b (unassisted), moving Felts to 3b.
• Payton struck out looking after working the count full.
• Texas up 9-5.
• 9th inning, Oklahoma
• White popped out to shallow cf behind the second baseman. Nice play.
• Mistich worked the count full and drew a walk. Ack!
• Bushyhead flew out to deep lf.
• Carey grounded out to 3b!
• Texas wins 9-5.

Jacquez struggled throughout and did not figure in the decision. Milner was credited with the win, moving his record to 3-3. Knebel threw the final two innings and did a good job but it was not a save situation so no save for him. The offense seemed to be on fire. Weiss went 4-for-5 with a triple, 2 runs scored, and 2 batted in. Etier, in the #9 spot, went 2-for-3 with a 2-run triple and a total of 3 runs batted in. Payton, Walsh, and Felts also had multiple hits. The team combined for 15 hits on the day. So nice.

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Friday - March 16, 2012

Game 16: Texas at Oklahoma

This is a placeholder. Theoretically, some sort of game report will appear here eventually.

Until then, briefly: Texas beat Oklahoma 7-6 in 12 innings.

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Tuesday - March 13, 2012

Game 15: Texas State at Texas

This is a placeholder. Theoretically, some sort of game report will appear here eventually.

Until then, briefly: Texas beat Texas State by a score of 6-1.

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Sunday - March 11, 2012

Game 14: Loyola Marymount at Texas

This is a placeholder. Theoretically, some sort of game report will appear here eventually.

Until then, briefly: Texas won the second game of a double hearder against Loyola Marymount 3-1.

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Game 13: Loyola Marymount at Texas

This is a placeholder. Theoretically, some sort of game report will appear here eventually.

Until then, briefly: Texas lost the first game of a double hearder against Loyola Marymount 0-1.

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Tuesday - March 6, 2012

Game 12: Dallas Baptist at Texas

Dallas Baptist (who beat TCU in last year's Fort Worth Regional but lost a Super Regional tournament vs. Cal in Santa Clara) came to town this evening and gave Texas a very tough battle. The Patriots scored a quick run in the first. Texas tied things up in the 2nd. And, that's how things stood through the 12th when Texas finally put a second run across to win the game 2-1. Whew.

Here's the line (from GameTracker):

I debated back-and-forth about doing a full game report. I mean...12 innings. But, sigh...what the heck? Here goes...

Dallas Baptist	Texas
RJ Talamantes (2b) Landon Anderson (cf) Boomer Collins (rf) Ryan Behmanesh (1b) Ronnie Mitchell (lf) Joel Hutter (ss) Duncan McAlpine (c) KJ Alexander (dh) Austin Elkins (3b)	Mark Payton (rf) Tim Maitland (cf) Erich Weiss (3b) Jonathan Walsh (lf) Brooks Marlow (2b) Jacob Felts (c) Alex Silver (dh) Kirby Bellow (1b) Jordan Etier (ss)

Play by play:

• 1st inning, Dallas Baptist
• Dillon Peters (lhp) on the mound for Texas.
• Talamantes doubled to the cf/rf gap. Ouch.
• Anderson flew out to lf in the lf/cf gap. Walsh had to make a long run to catch up to the ball. Talamantes tagged and moved up to 3b.
• Collins drew a 4-pitch walk.
• With Behmanesh at the plate Collins was caught stealing (1-3-6). When the throw from 1b to ss was low, Talamantes easily scored. Etier looked home but had no chance at a play so went for the out and chased Collins back toward 1b and tagged him out.
• Behmanesh went on to strike out looking.
• Texas down 0-1.
• 1st inning, Texas
• Jordan Staples (rhp) on the mound for Dallas Baptist.
• Payton tried to reach on a drag bunt but hit the ball much too hard toward the mound. Ground out to p.
• Maitland was hit by a pitch and moved to 2b when Weiss was hit by a pitch.
• Walsh flew out to cf. Maitland tagged up and advanced to 3b.
• Marlow struck out swinging (1-2 count).
• Texas down 0-1.
• 2nd inning, Dallas Baptist
• Mitchell popped out to rf in shallow right-center.
• Hutter popped out to 1b along the line and just a few feet behind the fab.
• McAlpine drew a 6-pitch walk and then advanced to 2b on a balk called during Alexander's at-bat.
• Alexander also drew a 6-pitch walk. Ouch.
Austin Elkins struck out swinging.
• Texas down 0-1.
• 2nd inning, Texas
• Felts flew out to lf at the warning track. With the wind blowing so hard to lf, it was a little surprising that the ball didn't find a bit of a ride on out of the park. Alas...
• Silver was hit by a full-count pitch.
• After failing to get a bunt down, Bellow reached on a 4-6 fielder's choice.
• The first pitch to Etier was a bal which prompted a Dallas Baptist visit to the mound.
• Etier then lined a single into cf, moving Bellow to 2b. Bellow stumbled and fell to the ground as he rounded 2b and almost didn't make it back to the bag as the throw came back in from cf. But he managed to scramble back just in time. They took a time out, though, as the trainer went out to check Bellow out. It looked like he might've hurt his ankle or something. But, after a couple of minutes, and a visit from Tommy Harmon, he chose to stay in the game.
• Payton then loaded the bases with a 5-pitch walk.
• Maitland was hit by a the first pitch to him (!) to push the tying run across. It looked like Dallas Baptist argued that he didn't try to get out of the way of the pitch but he was plunked pretty solidly and the umps were having none of it.
• Dallas Baptist sent Andrew Elkins (lhp) to the mound, replacing Staples.
• Weiss struck out looking to end the inning.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 3rd inning, Dallas Baptist
• Texas sent Nathan Thornhill (rhp) to the mound, replacing Peters.
• Talamantes popped out to rf, Anderson grounded out to 3b (really nice charge, scoop, and throw by Weiss), and Collins struck out swinging.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 3rd inning, Texas
• Walsh struck out looking, Marlow lined out to ss, and Felts flew out to rf.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 4th inning, Dallas Baptist
• Behmanesh struck out swinging, Mitchell reached on a 5-pitch walk, Hutter struck out looking, and McAlpine struck out swinging. Nice.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 4th inning, Texas
• Silver flew out to cf (in the lf/cf gap) and Bellow flew out to rf (in shallow right-center; rf made a long run to make the play).
• Etier singled on a soft liner into cf.
• Payton singled through the right side. Etier had to jump over the ball as it sliced past him (whew!) and moved up to 2b on the play.
• Maitland lined out to cf. Damn.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 5th inning, Dallas Baptist
• Alexander reached on a full-count 6-pitch walk.
• Dallas Baptist sent Nash Knight in to pinch-run for Alexander. (He then stayed in the game as the dh.)
• Elkins eventually popped out to 1b (after several throws to 1b to keep the runner close).
• Talamantes flew out to cf.
• With Anderson at the plate, Knight moved up to 2b on a wild pitch. Sigh...all that throwing over to 1b and then...sigh...
• Anderson went on to draw another full-count 6-pitch walk.
• After the first pitch to Collins (a ball), Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound. The entire infield was involved.
• Collins grounded out to 3b. The ball was just fair and Weiss had to make a long throw across the diamond. Nice stretch by Bellow to make the play. Whew.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 5th inning, Texas
• Weiss grounded out to ss (nice scoop by ss).
• Walsh popped out to c (bunt attempt down the 3b line). Sigh.
• Marlow grounded out to 1b (p covered the bag).
• Game tied 1-1.
• 6th inning, Dallas Baptist
• Texas sent John Curtiss (rhp) to the mound, replacing Milner.
• Behmanesh reached on an infield single to 2b. Tough play for Marlow. He tried but there just wasn't enough time for him to field, turn, and throw to 1b.
• Mitchell grounded into a 1-6-3 double play!
• Hutter lined out to 3b.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 6th inning, Texas
• Felts flew out to rf.
• Silver popped out to 2b.
• Bellow reached on a 5-pitch walk.
• Etier flew out to shallow rf. The right fielder had to make a long run and sliding catch to make the out.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 7th inning, Dallas Baptist
• McAlpine popped out to 3b (just off the mound toward 3b).
• Knight flew out to lf in foul territory. Nice catch by Walsh.
• Elkins drew a full-count 6-pitch walk and stole 2b with Talamantes at the plate.
• Talamantes popped out to 2b.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 7th inning, Texas
• Dallas Baptist sent Michael Smith (rhp) to the mound, replacing Elkins.
• Payton grounded out to ss on a high bouncer fielded right at 2b. Nice play by the ss.
• Maitland and Weiss went down swinging.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 8th inning, Dallas Baptist
• Texas sent Parker French (rhp) to the mound, replacing Curtiss.
• Anderson singled up the middle.
• Collins moved Anderson to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt. Anderson rounded 2b and was almost caught off the base on a quick throw from 1b to ss. But, he just beat the throw back to the bag. So close! Ah well.
• Behmanesh grounded out to 1b (p covered bag), moving Anderson to 3b.
• Mitchell grounded out to ss.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 8th inning, Texas
• Walsh grounded out to 2b. Marlow flew out to lf. Felts flew out to lf.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 9th inning, Dallas Baptist
• Hutter grounded out to 1b (p covered bag).
• McAlpine grounded out to p. Nice play by French to snag the ground ball headed to 2b.
• Knight grounded out to 2b.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 9th inning, Texas
• Silver grounded out to 3b.
• Bellow struck out looking.
• Etier grounded out to 2b. Really nice diving stop and throw by 2b.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 10th inning, Dallas Baptist
• Elkins grounded out to p. Bellow made a nice stretch to catch the throw from the p that was offline toward the UT dugout in front of the runner. Good concentration.
• Talamantes grounded out to 2b.
• Anderson grounded out to ss.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 10th inning, Texas
• Payton grounded out to 1b (p covered bag).
• Maitland grounded out to 2b.
• Weiss struck out swinging.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 11th inning, Dallas Baptist
• Collins popped out to 2b in shallow rf toward the rf line.
• Behmanesh struck out swinging.
• Mitchell reached on an infield single to ss. Etier had a tough time on the play. If he'd managed to field and throw smoothly, he might have had a chance to make the out at 1b but the ball was a little too hot to handle smoothly. Base hit.
• Hutter grounded out to 2b.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 11th inning, Texas
• Walsh grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• Marlow popped out to 2b in shallow rf.
• Felts struck out swinging.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 12th inning, Dallas Baptist
• Texas sent Corey Knebel (rhp) to the mound, replacing French. This was Knebel's first action since the previous Tuesday when he'd tweaked a muscle. In his shoulder, I think. Nice to see him back on the mound.
• McAlpine struck out swinging.
• Knight lined a double into the lf/cf gap.
• Elkins popped out to lf.
• Talamantes flew out to cf (toward right-center).
• Whew.
• Game tied 1-1.
• 12th inning, Texas
• Silver reached on a bloop single into cf.
• Texas sent Taylor Stell in to pinch-run for Silver.
• Bellow moved Stell to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
• Etier reached on an intentional walk.
• Payton reached on a 6-4 fielder's choice, moving Stell to 3b. Payton just barely beat out the relay throw. Yikes!
• With Maitland at the plate, Payton moved up to 2b (first pitch). Defensive indifference as DBU didn't even really look at Payton.
• Maitland hit an infield single deep in the hole at ss to score Stell. The ss tried to catch Payton at 3b for the tag (and 3rd out) but Payton just stopped running, giving Stell plenty of time to score ahead of the out. The ss was very deep in the hole and really had no chance at getting the throw to 1b in time to catch Maitland. But, since the out at 3b wasn't a force, he really had no chance there, either. Poor guy. Good for Texas, though!
• Texas wins 2-1.

Nice win for the Horns against a Dallas Baptist team that made it to the Super Regional round last year and was returning a big chunk of that really good team.

Next up? Loyola Marymount at home. Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 11:55 PM | Permalink

Sunday - March 4, 2012

Game 11: Arkansas at Texas (Houston College Classic)

Again, I listened to today's game on the radio and this report is based on that broadcast. Texas had another bad inning (the 5th) that proved its unraveling. Ricky Jacquez got his first start and loss of the year. He gave up 2 quick runs in the first and then settled down nicely before giving up a solo homerun in the 4th. Dillon Peters went in for the 5th and did not have a good outing which was not helped by a bad defensive decision. Sadly, this year's team seems to be very susceptible to falling into the trap of trying too hard. After falling behind by 5 in the 5th, the Horns did manage to get one run back but stranded 4 (3 in scoring position) in the final 5 innings of the game. In the 8th, they got the first two batters aboard on back-to-back singles but could not get a run across. They ended up losing 3-7 to Arkansas.

The line:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Arkansas	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	7	8	1
Texas	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	1

The lineups:

Arkansas	Texas
Tim Carver (ss) Jimmy Bosco (rf) Dominic Ficociello (1b) Sam Bates (dh) Matt Reynolds (3b) Matt Vinson (lf) Jake Wise (c) Jacob Morris (cf) Bo Bingham (2b)	Mark Payton (rf) Tim Maitland (cf) Erich Weiss (3b) Jonathan Walsh (lf) Brooks Marlow (2b) Jacob Felts (c) Collin Shaw (dh) Kirby Bellow (1b) Jordan Etier (ss)

And, here's how things played out:

• 1st inning, Arkansas
• Ricky Jacquez (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
• Carver lined a single (first pitch) into cf.
• Bosco singled through the left side past the diving ss, moving Carver to 2b.
• Ficociello lined a full-count double to left-center, scoring Carver and Bosco. Ouch.
• Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound. (Dillon Peters up in the bullpen for Texas.)
• With Bates at the plate, Ficociello moved up to 3b on a wild pitch.
• Bates struck out swinging (full count, 7 pitches). Felts dropped the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
• Jacquez is throwing a lot of pitches to start things off.
• Reynolds also struck out swinging (full count, 10 pitches).
• Vinson grounded out to 2b.
• 33 pitches (21 for strikes) for Jacquez.
• Texas down 0-2.
• 1st inning, Texas
• DJ Baxendale (rhp) on the mound for Arkansas.
• Payton grounded out to 2b.
• Maitland was hit by the first pitch.
• With Weiss at the plate, Maitland was caught stealing (2-6).
• Weiss grounded out to 2b on the next pitch.
• Texas down 0-2.
• 2nd inning, Arkansas
• Wise popped out to ss in shallow lf.
• Morris flew out to rf.
• Bigham struck out swinging. Felts could not hold onto the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
• 10 pitches, 7 for strikes.
• Texas down 0-2.
• 2nd inning, Texas
• Walsh flew out to lf.
• Marlow drew a 5-pitch walk.
• Felts reached on a fielding error by 3b, moving Marlow to 2b.
• Shaw struck out swinging. Some controversy as the 1b ump called two swinging strikes on Shaw (saying he did not hold up). Bad form as Shaw is a left-handed batter and 1b ump not in position to make that call. Wow.
• Bellow singled through the left side, scoring Marlow (unearned). Felts moved up to 3b on the throw home and Bellow moved to 2b. Close play at 3b on throw from c after the run scored.
• With Etier at the plate as the count went to 3-1, the home plate ump issued a warning to the Arkansas head coach.
• Etier went on to strike out swinging .
• Texas down 1-2.
• 3rd inning, Arkansas
• Carver struck out swinging.
• Bosco struck out looking.
• Ficociello drew a 4-pitch walk.
• Ficociello was caught stealing (2-6?) with Bates at the plate. Nice!
• 19 pitches, 9 for strikes (I think...I lost track a bit during Bates' at bat).
• Texas down 1-2.
• 3rd inning, Texas
• Payton flew out to rf (in right-center).
• Maitland struck out swinging. The catcher dropped the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
• Weiss doubled down the line into the lf corner.
• Walsh hit a double off the first baseman's glove down the rf line, scoring Weiss!
• Marlow flew out to cf after fouling off several pitches.
• Game tied 2-2.
• 4th inning, Arkansas
• Bates grounded out to p.
• Reynolds homered to lf. Ouch. Glad nobody was on.
• Vinson drew a 5-pitch walk.
• After the first pitch to Wise (a ball), Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound. (Dillon Peters warming up in the bullpen.)
• Wise grounded out to ss in the hole. Nice play by Etier and Bellow!
• There were quite a few throws to 1b during Wise's at-bat, by the way.
• Morris popped out to c down the 1b line in foul territory.
• 22 pitches, 10 for strikes.
• Texas down 2-3.
• 4th inning, Texas
• Felts grounded out to 3b (1st pitch).
• Shaw grounded out to 2b.
• Bellow grounded out to p.
• Sigh. 1-2-3.
• 5th inning, Arkansas
• Texas sent Dillon Peters (lhp) to the mound, replacing Jacquez.
• Bigham reached on a infield single off the pitcher toward ss.
• Carver moved Bigham to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt down the 1b line.
• Bigham moved to 3b on a wild pitch with Bosco at the plate.
• Bosco reached on a fielder's choice. Bellow at 1b fielded the ball and tried to get the runner from 3b at home but the throw was off-line. Bosco got an rbI and moved up to 2b on the throwing error.
• Ficociello was hit by a pitch.
• Joe Serrano (pinch-hitting for Bates) singled through the right side, scoring Bosco and moving Ficociello to 2b.
• Ficociello moved to 3b and Serrano to 2b on a passed ball.
• Reynolds watched 3 balls (including the passed ball) before Texas went ahead and threw the final ball out for an intentional walk to load the bases.
• Texas sent Austin Dicharry (rhp) to the mound, replacing Peters.
• Vinson drew a 4-pitch walk. Ouch.
• Wise hit a sac fly to cf, scoring Serrano. The ball was hit deep enough that the runners from 1b and 2b were both able to tag up and advance.
• Morris struck out swinging. He tried to hold up but was rung up by the 1b ump on appeal.
• Ugly inning. I think all the runs ended up being earned since the error was only called on Bosco's advance to 2b which was nullified by the following batter being hit by a pitch.
• 16 pitches (8 for strikes) for Peters. 9 pitches (4 for strikes) for Dicharry.
• Texas down 2-7.
• 5th inning, Texas
• Etier drew a 4-pitch walk.
• Payton grounded out to 2b, moving Etier to 2b.
• Maitland also grounded out to 2b. Etier moved to 3b.
• Weiss struck out looking.
• Sad face.
• Texas down 2-7.
• 6th inning, Arkansas
• Bigham doubled down the lf line into the corner.
• Carver moved Bigham to 3b on a 1-3 sac bunt to the mound.
• Bosco struck out swinging (at all three pitches).
• Ficociello grounded out to 1b. Great play by Bellow to knock the ball down and then get it to Dicharry covering the bag to get the batter and save the run. Nice.
• 9 pitches, 4 for strikes.
• Texas down 2-7.
• 6th inning, Texas
• Arkansas sent Nolan Sanburn (rhp) to the mound, replacing Baxendale.
• Walsh singled up the middle.
• Marlow drew his second 5-pitch walk of the day, moving Walsh to 2b.
• Felts grounded into a 4-6-3 double play. Walsh moved up to 3b on the play.
• Walsh scored on a wild pitch (the first pitch) with Shaw at the plate.
• Shaw struck out swinging.
• Texas down 3-7.
• 7th inning, Arkansas
• Serrano singled through the right side past the first baseman.
• Serrano was picked off (2-3) on a pitch-out with Reynolds at the plate. The Horns almost picked him off on 2 previous attempts during the Reynolds at-bat.
• Reynolds went on to draw a full-count walk.
• Vinson flew out to cf.
• Wise grounded out to 3b.
• 16 pitches, 8 for strikes.
• Texas down 3-7.
• 7th inning, Texas
• Bellow struck out swinging.
• Etier grounded out to 3b. Etier was thrown out of the game after arguing that he was safe. Sigh. Dave Yeast is such a bad umpire.
• Payton singled through the right side.
• Payton moved up to 2b on a wild pitch to Maitland (first pitch).
• Maitland grounded out to 3b.
• Texas down 3-7.
• 8th inning, Arkansas
• Texas sent Christian Summers to ss, replacing Etier who was ejected in the bottom of the 7th.
• (Justin Peters warming in the bullpen for Texas.)
• Morris grounded out to 3b.
• Bigham grounded out to p.
• Carver popped out ("hump-back liner" according to Craig Way) to 2b.
• 7 pitches, 5 for strikes.
• Texas down 3-7.
• 8th inning, Texas
• Arkansas sent Derrick Bleeker in at rf, replacing Bosco.
• Weiss worked the count full and then singled through the right side.
• Walsh singled through the right side, moving Weiss to 2b!
• Arkansas made a visit to the mound and decided to make a pitching change. Barrett Astin (rhp) in, replacing Sanburn.
• Marlow struck out looking (3 pitches).
• Felts reached on a 5-4 fielder's choice. Weiss advanced to 3b. (Walsh out on the play.)
• Shaw struck out swinging.
• Damn. What a wasted opportunity. Sigh...
• Texas down 3-7.
• 9th inning, Arkansas
• Texas sent Parker French (rhp) to the mound, replacing Dicharry.
• Bleeker grounded out to p on the 3b side of the mound.
• Ficociello grounded out to 2b.
• Serrano drew a full-count walk.
• With Reynolds at the plate, French was called for a balk by Dave Yeast. Yeast would not tell the pitching coach or the pitcher what French did to get the balk call. Terrible umpire.
• Reynolds flew out to cf.
• 20 pitches, 12 for strikes.
• Texas down 3-7.
• 9th inning, Texas
• Bellow struck out swinging.
Summers out on a bunt attempt (2-3).
• Payton struck out swinging.
• Texas loses 3-7.

Sad day. Coach Garrido said in the post-game interview that it's hard to see but the team is getting better. He also commented that the players are still pressing too hard when things go wrong. But, he pointed out that they held their own for most of the game against a top-5 team. So...yeah.

Horns next play Dallas Baptist at 4 on Tuesday at Disch-Falk Field. Hook 'em!

Posted by Joanna at 2:31 PM | Permalink

Saturday - March 3, 2012

Game 10: Texas at Tennessee (Houston College Classic)

Once again, I listened to this afternoon's game on the radio and this report is based on that broadcast. The Horns had a miserable 1st inning and came up just short as they worked hard to recover. They lost to Tennessee 4-5.

Here's the line (from GameTracker):

The lineups:

Texas		Tennessee
Mark Payton (rf) Tim Maitland (cf) Erich Weiss (3b) Jonathan Walsh (lf) Christian Summers (dh) Jacob Felts (c) Kevin Lusson (1b) Jordan Etier (ss) Brooks Marlow (2b)		Zach Luther (3b) Zach Osborne (ss) Chris Pierce (lf) Drew Steckenrider (1b) Chris Fritts (cf) Jared Allen (rf) Davis Morgan (dh) Ethan Bennett (c) Will Maddox (2b)

And, here's how things played out:

• 1st inning, Texas
• Zack Godley (rhp) on the mound for Tennessee.
• Payton singled into lf on the first pitch to start off the game!
• Maitland popped out to the catcher (bunt attempt).
• With Weiss at the plate, Payton moved up to 2b when the first pitch got away from the catcher. Not sure if it was ruled a wild pitch or a passed ball.
• Weiss reached on a 4-pitch walk.
• With Walsh at the plate, both runners advanced a base on (another?) wild pitch as the ball got away from the catcher.
• Walsh went on to strike out swinging.
• Summers grounded out (on a check swing) to 3b.
• Two left in scoring position.
• 1st inning, Tennessee
• Hoby Milner (lhp) on the mound for Texas.
• Luther walked on 4 pitches. Ouch.
• Osborne reached on a fielder's choice (sac bunt attempt). He bunted the ball toward the pitcher who fielded and tried to get the lead runner at 2b. The throw was too low and skipped into cf. E1. Luther safe at 2b and Osborne at 1b.
• Pierce reached on a bunt single down the 3b line. Weiss stayed at 3b to take a potential throw from the pitcher but Milner failed to field the ball. Wow.
• Steckenrider flared a single into lf, scoring Luther and Osborne. Pierce moved up to 2b.
• Fritts bunted down the 3b line. This time, Milner fielded and threw the ball to 3b in time to get the lead runner out. Steckenrider moved up to 2b.
• Allen was hit by a pitch to load the bases and prompt a visit to the mound by Skip Johnson.
• Morgan singled through the left side, scoring Steckenrider and Fritts. Allen moved up to 2b.
• Bennett struck out looking. For the 2nd out of the inning. Whew.
• Maddox grounded out to the pitcher.
• Texas down 0-4.
• 2nd inning, Texas
• Felts hit a ball off the top of the lf fence (single). The left fielder caught the ball on one hop off the fence and gunned it to 2b to catch Felts for an out. Single. Ouch, ouch, ouch.
• Lusson lined out to lf.
• Etier flew out to lf.
• Texas down 0-4.
• 2nd inning, Tennessee
• Luther grounded out to ss (1st pitch).
• Osborne also grounded out to ss.
• Pierce flew out to cf.
• Yeah.
• By the way, no pitch count today. I have no confidence that the radio broadcast minus Craig Way is anywhere close to accurate.
• Texas down 0-4.
• 3rd inning, Texas
• Marlow reached on a standing double into the rf (I think) corner. Yes!
• Payton flew out to deep cf. Marlow tagged up and advanced to 3b.
• Maitland reached on an infield single to 1b, scoring Marlow! Maitland bead out the pitcher to the bag as the first baseman had a tough time fielding the ball.
• Weiss grounded out to 1b, moving Maitland to 2b.
• Walsh grounded out to 1b (p covered bag).
• Texas down 1-4.
• 3rd inning, Tennessee
• Steckenrider flew out to rf.
• Fritts struck out swinging (full count...10 pitches, I think).
• Allen popped out to 2b.
• Texas down 1-4.
• 4th inning, Texas
• Summers struck out looking after fouling off a pitch.
• Felts lined out to 3b.
• Lusson grounded out to 1b (p covered bag).
• Texas down 1-4.
• 4th inning, Tennessee
• Morgan flew out to rf down the line.
• Bennett popped out to 1b in foul territory. Nice play by Lusson.
• Maddox flew out to shallow lf (toward center). Walsh made a nice sliding catch on the play.
• That makes 11 in-a-row after that miserable start to things. Nice.
• Texas down 1-4.
• 5th inning, Texas
• Etier was hit by a pitch after being down 1-2.
• Marlow moved Etier to 2b on a 3-4 sac bunt.
• Payton grounded out to ss, moving Etier to 3b.
• With Maitland at the plate, Etier tried to steal home and was thrown out (1-2). Wow. Really? Apparently, yes.
• Texas down 1-4.
• 5th inning, Tennessee
• Luther singled into lf. Too bad.
• Osborne squared to bunt, pulled the bat back, and smoked a double past 3b and into the lf corner, scoring Luther.
• Which prompted a pitching change. Texas sent John Curtiss (rhp) to the mound, replacing Milner.
• Pierce flew out to rf.
• Steckenrider reached on a 5-pitch walk.
• Fritts grounded into a 4-6-3 double play.
• Texas down 1-5.
• 6th inning, Texas
• Maitland grounded out to the pitcher.
• Weiss grounded out to ss.
• Walsh singled down the rf line. He tried to stretch it into a double and was thrown out (9-6?) by the right fielder who played the bounce off the wall down the rf line perfectly. Sigh...
• Texas down 1-5.
• 6th inning, Tennessee
• Allen struck out swinging.
• Jake Rowland (pinch-hitting for Morgan) struck out looking.
• Bennett popped out to 3b (foul).
• Texas down 1-5.
• 7th inning, Texas
• Tennessee moved Steckenrider to rf, sent Parker Wormsley in at 1b (taking Allen's spot in the lineup), and sent Wes Walker in at c (replacing Bennett).
• Collin Shaw (pinch-hitting for Summers) singled into rf. Nice!)
• Felts doubled off the wall in lf, scoring Shaw. The left fielder went for the catch and could not get to the ball which bounced hard back toward the infield, giving Felts plenty of time to reach 2b and Shaw time to score, by th time Tennessee could catch up to the ball.
• Lusson grounded out to 3b, moving Felts to 3b.
• Etier grounded out to the pitcher. Felts still at 3b.
• Marlow singled into cf (!), scoring Felts. Nice.
• Payton struck out looking.
• Texas down 3-5.
• 7th inning, Tennessee
• Maddox singled into rf.
• Luther lined out to cf.
• With Osborne at the plate, Maddox moved up to 2b on a balk. The radio guys weren't really sure what happend but Curtiss was in his motion and then just stepped out of it and didn't throw the pitch home. Weird.
• Osborne drew a 5-pitch walk.
• Skip Johnson made a visit to the mound.
• With Pierce at the plate, Tennessee tried a double steal. Felts gunned to 2b, catching Osborne stealing (2-4). Maddox safe at 3b on the play.
• Pierce struck out swinging.
• Texas down 3-5.
• 8th inning, Texas
• Nick Williams (rhp) to the mound for Tennessee, replacing Godley.
• Maitland tried to bunt his way aboard but could not beat out the throw from 3b.
• Weiss singled through the right side (I think).
• With Walsh at the plate, Weiss moved up to 2b on a wild pitch.
• Walsh struck out swinging.
• Shaw grounded out to 2b.
• Texas down 3-5.
• 8th inning, Tennessee
• Steckenrider singled into right-center.
• Fritts advanced Steckenrider to 2b on a 2-3 sac bunt.
• Wormsley struck out looking. Steckenrider was off with the pitch and stole 3b on the play.
• Rowland also struck out looking.
• Texas down 3-5. C'mon, Horns!
• 9th inning, Texas
• Felts worked the count full and drew an 8-pitch walk!
• Lusson fought off a couple of pitches but ended up flying out to rf.
• Landon Steinhagen (pinch-hitting for Etier) struck out swinging.
• Marlow (with 2 strikes against him) tripled to cf, scoring Felts!! Fritts in cf dove for the ball but did not make the catch. Time-out while Fritts, who was shaken on the play, needed to be checked out. Wow.
• Payton popped out to 2b to end the game. So sad.
• Texas loses 4-5.

Hoby Milner took the loss and moved his record to 1-2. Things got pretty exciting there at the end but the Horns came up just a bit short. It's nice to see Marlow's bat coming back to life. I hope it sticks. Those two hits (by Felts and Walsh) wherein they were gunned down at 2b as both seemed to think they'd hit sure doubles were painful. I have to say that it was nice to see the Horns battle back from the 0-4 hole...despite the eventual outcome.

Up next are the Arkansas Razorbacks tomorrow at 11 am. Hook 'em, Horns!

Posted by Joanna at 6:54 PM | Permalink

Friday - March 2, 2012

Game 9: Texas at Rice (Houston College Classic)

I listened to this evening's game on the radio. This report is based on that broadcast. The Horns fell behind early, tied things up, and then took the lead for good with a great 6-run 5th inning. Nathan Thornhill struggled early on the mound but buckled down and got the win as he ended up pitching into the 7th inning. Parker French took over for Thornhill and got his first career save. Offensively, the team seemed much more confident at the plate for most of the game. Alex Silver got the hit of the game when he hit a pinch-hit double into the lf corner, giving the Horns the lead for good in the 5th. Jordan Etier got his first hit of the season when he tripled to left-center 3 batters later. Jonathan Walsh hit a couple of doubles tonight and Brooks Marlow hit 3 singles.

Here's the line (from GameTracker):

The lineups:

Texas		Rice
Mark Payton (rf) Tim Maitland (cf) Erich Weiss (3b) Jonathan Walsh (lf) Christian Summers (dh) Jacob Felts (c) Kevin Lusson (1b) Jordan Etier (ss) Brooks Marlow (2b)		Christian Stringer (2b) Michael Fuda (cf) J.T. Chargois (1b) Jeremy Rathjen (rf) Michael Ratterree (lf) Craig Manuel (c) Shane Hoelscher (3b) Ryan Lewis (dh) Derek Hamilton (ss)

And, here's how things played out:

• 1st inning, Texas
• Austin Kubitza (rhp) on the mound for Rice.
• Payton grounded out to 2b. The second baseman bobbled the ball but got the throw off in time to 1b for the out.
• Maitland grounded out to the pitcher.
• Weiss reached on an infield single off the pitcher toward 2b.
• Walsh flew out to rf.
• 1st inning, Rice
• Nathan Thornhill (rhp) on the mound for Texas.
• Stringer flew out to lf at the warning track (1st pitch).
• Fuda struck out swinging.
• Chargois drew a full-count walk.
• Rathjen singled off the third baseman's glove into lf, moving Chargois to 2b.
• After the first pitch to Ratterree (ball), Felts went to the mound to talk to Thornhill. After the 2nd pitch (another ball), Coach Johnson made a visit to the mound.
• (Dave Yeast, who is universally disliked for his calling of the strike zone, is the home plate umpire tonight. Ugh. So glad I don't have to watch him in person.)
• Ratterree went on to draw a 5-pitch walk to load the bases. Ouch.
• Manuel reached on an infield single to 2b. Marlow's throw to 1b was off-line and a bit late. Lusson could not dig the ball out of the dirt, E4. Chargois scored on the single. Rathjen scored on the error. Ratterree moved up to 3b and Manuel to 2b on the error.
• Hoelscher started out with 3 balls, fouled off a pitch, watched a strike, fouled off another pitch, and then drew a full-count walk to load the bases.
• (John Curtiss up in the bullpen for Texas.)
• Lewis struck out swinging.
• 37 pitches (17 for strikes), 2 runs (1 unearned).
• Texas down 0-2.
• 2nd inning, Texas
• Summers drew a full-count walk.
• Felts squared to bunt and as he was trying to get out of the way of an inside pitch, he ended up bunting down the 1b line, moving Summers to 2b. 3-4 sac bunt.
• Lusson drew a 4-pitch walk. Summers took off on the 4th pitch and stole 3b on the play! Nice.
• Etier drew a full-count walk to load the bases!
• (Owls had a pitcher warming up in their bullpen at this point.)
• Marlow grounded out to 2b (p covered 1b bag, I think), scoring Summers, while moving Lusson to 3b and Etier to 2b.
• Payton worked the count full and then drew a 7-pitch walk to re-load the bases.
• Maitland drew a 4-pitch walk. Lusson scored. Bases still loaded.
• Wayne Graham to the mound for a chat. Uh-oh.
• Rice sent Taylor Wall (lhp) to the mound, replacing Kubitza.
• Weiss grounded out to ss. The shortstop bobbled the ball momentarily but got the throw off in time to make the out.
• Game tied 2-2.
• 2nd inning, Rice
• Hamilton flew out to rf (1st pitch).
• Stringer lined a single into cf.
• Fuda reached on a 4-6 fielder's choice.
• With Chargois at the plate, Fuda took off on a 1-1 pitch and was caught stealing 2-6. Texas guessed he'd be on the run and pitched out. Yes!
• 11 pitches (8 for strikes).
• Game tied 2-2.
• 3rd inning, Texas
• Walsh reached on a double off the lf wall!
• Summers failed to get the bunt down and then struck out swinging. The catcher could not hold onto the ball so had to throw down to 1b to complete the out.
• On the first pitch (a ball) to Felts, Walsh stole 3b. The low ball got away from the catcher (flustered by the baserunner?) and it sounded like he reached 3b easily.
• Felts grounded out to the ss, scoring Walsh.
• Lusson struck out looking.
• Texas up 3-2.
• 3rd inning, Rice
• Chargois reached on a (non) error by ss. The replay showed it was a bad call. Lusson had to go up to make the catch on a high throw and came down on the bag (before the runner got there). Damn. Error charged to Etier at ss. Coach Garrido argued the call to no avail (of course).
• Rathjen flew out to lf.
• With Ratterree at the plate, Chargois was almost picked off at 1b but just managed to get back to the bag.
• Ratterree grounded out to 3b, moving Chargois to 2b.
• Manuel singled into right-center, scoring Chargois.
• Hoelscher lined out to cf (sliding catch by Maitland).
• 21 pitches (12 for strikes), 1 run (unearned).
• Game tied 3-3.
• 4th inning, Texas
• Etier struck out looking.
• Marlow singled up the middle!
• Payton reached on a 2-6 fielder's choice (tried to bunt his way aboard). Nice play by the Rice catcher to field and get the lead runner.
• Payton was then picked off (1-3-6) before the first pitch to Maitland. Sigh...
• Game tied 3-3.
• 4th inning, Rice
• Lewis flew out to cf.
• Hamilton grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• Stringer popped out to shallow cf.
• Nice 3-up/3-down inning! 4 pitches (all strikes).
• Game tied 3-3.
• 5th inning, Texas
• Maitland reached on a bunt single down the 1b line!
• Weiss did not bunt! He lined a sharp single into rf (1st pitch), moving Maitland to 2b.
• Walsh advanced the batters on a 2-4 sac bunt down the 3b line. Another nice play by the Rice catcher.
• Alex Silver (righty, pinch-hitting for lefty Summers) doubled down the left field line, scoring Maitland and Weiss!
• By the way, Coach Graham made a trip to the mound after the count went to 1-2 against Silver. Coach Garrido took advantage of the mound visit to have a talk with Silver.
• Graham made another trip to the mound after the double and Rice sent John Simms (rhp) to the mound, replacing Wall.
• Felts worked the count full and then drew an 8-pitch walk.
• Lusson flew out to cf. No chance for Silver to advance.
• Etier hit a stand-up triple to the left-center gap, scoring Silver and Felts!!!
• Marlow hit a sinking line drive single into cf, scoring Etier.
• Payton singled up the middle, moving Marlow to 2b.
• Maitland (with his second at-bat of the inning) singled into rf, scoring Marlow and moving Payton to 3b.
• With Weiss at the plate, a throw from the catcher to the pitcher got away from the pitcher and Payton took off from 3b. He was called out at the plate (4-2, I believe) much to the chagrin of Payton and Coach Garrido. Wow. Replays were not definitive on the call being bad, according to the guys on the radio. (According to the folks in my Twitter stream, it was another bad call by the umps.)
• Texas up 9-3.
• 5th inning, Rice
• Fuda grounded out to ss.
• Chargois flew out to cf.
• Rathjen struck out swinging!
• 10 pitches (7 for strikes).
• Texas up 9-3.
• 6th inning, Texas
• Rice sent Brad Kottman (lhp) to the mound, replacing Simms.
• Weiss drew a 4-pitch walk.
• Walsh doubled into the lf corner, scoring Weiss!
• Rice sent Zech Lemond (rhp) to the mound, replacing Kottman.
• Silver grounded out to 1b, moving Walsh to 3b.
• Felts lined out to 3b.
• Lusson drew a full-count walk, putting runners at the corners.
• Etier grounded out to the pitcher.
• Texas up 10-3.
• 6th inning, Rice
• Ratterree grounded out to the pitcher (on the 3b side of the mound).
• (Thornhill, after having that shaky start, settled down and has now topped how longest career outing!)
• Manuel popped out to c (foul, in front of the Texas dugout).
• Hoelscher grounded out to ss.
• 6 pitches (all strikes).
• Texas up 10-3.
• 7th inning, Texas
• Rice sent Ford Stainback in at ss, replacing Hamilton.
• Marlow grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• Payton struck out looking.
• Maitland popped out to c (foul on the 1b side).
• Texas up 10-3.
• 7th inning, Rice
• (John Curtiss back up in the bullpen for Texas.)
• Lewis was hit by a pitch.
• Stainback drew a 4-pitch walk. Ouch.
• Coach Johnson made a trip to the mound but left Thornhill in the game. (Parker French also up in the bullpen, now.)
• Stringer doubled to left-center, scoring Lewis and moving Stainback to 3b.
• Texas sent Parker French (rhp) to the mound, replacing Thornhill.
• Fuda hit a sac fly to rf, scoring Stainback and moving Stringer to 3b.
• Chargois doubled down the rf line, scoring Stringer.
• Rathjen flew out to cf (in right-center).
• Ratterree drew a full-count walk.
• Manuel grounded out to ss. Etier bobbled the ball a bit but made the throw in time.
• By my count, Thornhill went 6+ innings, faced 28, threw 97 pitches (56 for strikes), gave up 6 runs (4 unearned), gave up 5 hits (4 singles, 1 double), struck out 3, walked 4, and hit 1.
• 18 pitches (12 for strikes) for French.
• Texas up 10-6.
• 8th inning, Texas
• Weiss flew out to lf.
• Walsh grounded out to 2b.
• Silver struck out swinging.
• Texas up 10-6.
• 8th inning, Rice
• Hoelscher was hit by the first pitch from French. Sigh...
• Lewis flew out to lf (in left-center).
• Stainback reached on a fielder's choice. French fielded and tried to get the lead runner at 2b but Etier did not make he catch (E6).
• Stringer singled (into cf, I think), scoring Hoelscher and moving Stainback to 2b.
• Fuda grounded into a 4-6-3 double play. Whew!
• 9 pitches (7 for strikes) and 1 run (unearned).
• Texas up 10-7.
• 9th inning, Texas
• Rice sent Chase McDowell (rhp) to the mound, replacing Kottman.
• Felts lined a single into cf.
• Lusson moved Felts to 2b on a 1-3 sac bunt.
• Etier struck out swinging.
• Marlow singled off the mound up the middle, scoring Felts!
• Payton grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• Texas up 11-7.
• 9th inning, Rice
• Chargois struck out looking!
• Rathjen homered over the lf wall.
• Ratterree flew out to lf.
• Manuel doubled to right-center.
• Rice sent Daniel Gonzalez Luna in to pinch-run for Manuel.
• Hoelscher struck out looking!
• 19 pitches (13 for strikes).
• Texas wins 11-8.

Hoelscher, upset at the called strike, exchanged words with and started to get into it a bit with Felts, and the home plate umpire threw him out of the game. It seems like Hoelscher will likely be missing tomorrow's game...at a minimum.

Thornhill got the win to improve his record to 2-1. French recorded his first career save. Nice.

What a great win for the Horns. I have to say that after the way things went last weekend at Stanford, I did not expect the Horns to win tonight. I'm so glad I was wrong! Next up? Tennessee. Scheduled start time is 3:30. Hook 'em, Horns!

Posted by Joanna at 11:55 PM | Permalink

Game 8: Houston Baptist at Texas

Texas beat Houston Baptist 2-0 on Tuesday to bring their 5-game skid to a halt. Whew. I'll try to get a game report up soon. ("Try" being the operative word.)

UPDATE. Hmmm...was just looking through the archives and see this never got done. Sorry 'bout that. Here's a link to the story on TexasSports.com.

Posted by Joanna at 6:00 PM | Permalink

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