9 am Baylor game

[40 ACRZ]

Montalbano with double. Weiss stops at 3rd. 2 outs. Walsh up...

 

[40 ACRZ]

Correction... montalbano with single.

Doesn't matter though. Inning-ending fly to center.

Texas up 6-1 with three outs to go.

 

[40 ACRZ]

Jungmann in to finish the game...

walks first batter.

 

[40 ACRZ]

Deep drive to right field wall (corner) but Peyton makes the catch. runner still at first with one out.

 

[40 ACRZ]

tried for DP but only got the lead runner at second.

 

[40 ACRZ]

BU down to their last out...

 

[40 ACRZ]

strike three! ball game!!!

Jungmann with another complete game W!!! Somewhere in the 125 pitch range...

BU -- 2 and BBQ. Wonder if they're worrying at all about making the postseason?

 

[Hook 'Em Danno]

Hate to see Jungmann throw that many pitches, but it's good to get the W.

 

[warrior]

The good news is all of the other UT pitchers can pitch, Texas has some quality depth at pitching.

 

[FWHORN]

Nice to win, probably clinched national seed with this game today.

Jungmann is beyond amazing.

 

[ElginHotSausage]

Nice ONE hitter for Taylor and that hit was in the 1st inning.

 

[busterbrown16]

So, we can let Taylor go the distance today but did not want to use him yesterday? Weird.

 

[H-D Rider]

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[Chest Rockwell]

#3 Starter?? Thornhill made his 2nd start of the year yesterday. Given that we had 8 different pitchers start a game and 4 of them (Taylor, Cole, Milner & Stafford) all had 7+ starts, Thornhill was our #5 starter at best. Damn good reliever all year, but probably not the wisest choice for opening up the tourney. (Yes, I realize Carrilo took the "L".)

 

[hudsonhorn]

Agreed, Chest. Just a very poor decision by Augie with several other good choices available. But I guess that's why he gets the big bucks, to make those choices.

 

[salonghorn-70]

I guess that I have had trouble understanding Thornhill's start yesterday. The only thing that makes sense is that Augie didn't really care about winning or losing this game and wanted to see how Thornhill would do.

 

[FWHORN]

Augie didnt care about yesterday and doesnt care about this tournament. He treated it like a mid week game of no significance and the players seemed to have the same attitude. We will see normal rotation rest of way with Cole tomorrow and if we make it to Saturday Stafford and then Milner/by commitee .

 

[FourHorner]

I would guess that Thornhill's start had something to do with Augie's projections for use in the NCAA's.

 

[UT Horn Fan]

I think there were four reasons for starting Thornhill on Wednesday and a couple were mentioned above.

1) Texas SHOULD be able to beat an 8 seed without their aces.
2) Augie wanted to see if Thornhill is a prospect for being a 4th starter. Teams need more than 3 starters to get through post season tournaments. TX had not settled on a 3rd starter (Stafford) until recently and are still looking for a possible 4th one.
3) Jungmann threw 120 pitches last Thursday against A&M. Not throwing him until yesterday gave him his usual amount of rest.
4) Gotta look ahead to the tournaments that really count. IMHO the second of the five championships is the least important.

All that being said, I think Texas is in a good position considering they are coming out of the elimination bracket.

Looking at the numbers... there are a possible 4 games remaining in the Big 12 tourney. That is 36 innings. To get through them Texas has Green, Milner, Stafford, Knebel, Thornhill, Urban, Carrillo, McKirahan, Bellow, Thomas, and Nuncio at their disposal.

I like our chances.

Of course I am not a pitching coach - I only play one on the internet.

 

[FWHORN]

The aggy series was Th-Sat. so Jungmann actually pitched last Thursday against aggy so he went on his normal one week rest by pitching yesterday. Same with Cole today and Stafford tomorrow.

 

[UT Horn Fan]

HA! I forgot it was a Th - Sa series. It's been a long week at work. I fixed it.