Incarnate Word vs. Texas

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The last game before the first conference series of the season is the Incarnate Word Cardinals. I'm sure we will see the arms not used against Stanford get some work tonight. It's the last chance for the freshman to make an impression and make the squad for conference play.

In that regard freshman right hander Tyler Schimpf, with start and no doubt followed the other freshmen and maybe an inning for Travis Duke, who had only one shaky inning of relief work in Palo Alto.

I'm off to dig up the starting lineups.
 
The Incarnate Word lineup:

Mark Whitehead-CF
Matt Morris-RF
Jesse Hoover-LF
Austin Hoffman-SS
Ethan McGill-1B
Christian Divelbiss-DH
Brance Kahle-3B
Colton Besett-C
Trey Rodriguez-2B
Cody Richey-P


 
Texas lineup:

Ben Johnson-LF
Collin Shaw-RF
C.J. Hinojosa-SS
Tres Barrera-C
Brooks Marlow-2B
Bret Boswell-3B
Michael Cantu-1B
Taylor Stell-DH
Zane Gurwitz-CF
Tyler Schimpf-RHP
 
It is respectable for the Horns to play in them in pre-Big XII baseball, but not for Baylor to schedule them for an OCC football game.

Nonetheless, Go Horns!!!
 
Right hander Tyler Schimpf toes the rubber for Texas in his first ever start, but there will be many pitchers used by Texas in this game as they prep for conference play.

The lead off hitter against Schimpf will be Mark Whitehead, the center fielder.
He steps in from the left side as we get underway.
A one hopper to short and C.J. playing up the middle makes the 6-3 first out.

Matt Morris, the right fielder bats righty and flies the first pitch to center for two away.

Jesse Hoover, plays left and bats righty and a little ground ball to third goes 5-3 to retire the side in order.

Nothing doing for the Cardinals and Texas comes to bat.
 
Cody Richey, a right hander gets the start for Incarnate Word.

Ben Johnson as usual leads off from the right side.
A ground ball at the third base bag is back handed and then thrown away at first.
It's a hit and an error as Johnson goes all the way to third.

Shaw up with one on.
He lines one down the line in right for a rbi double.

Texas leads 1-0.

Hinojosa up with one on at second.
His liner goes to center, but hangs up for out one.

Barrera bats righty now with one down and one on.
The count runs full before taking a fast ball, just at the knees for a called K and two away.

Marlow up with one on and two gone.
He one hops one back to the mound and the 1-3 ends the inning.

Takes takes a 1-0 after one inning.
 
Schimpf come back out for the second.

Austin Hoffman, the shortstop leads off and flies to center for a quick out.

Ethan McGill, the first baseman grounds the first pitch to short for a 6-3 out two.

Christian Divelbiss, bats righty and is the DH and he can't check his swing and K"s on an inside pitch to retire the side.

Incarnate Word goes down in order again and Texas leads 1-0 to the bottom of two.
 
Richey works the second for the Cardinals.

Boswell will lead off from the left side.
The Horn third baseman rips a liner to the gap in right center and it one hops the wall for a lead double.

Cantu step in righty and he is at first base tonight.
He slaps a liner through the left side and Boswell stops at third on the single.

Runners on the corners for Stell at DH and batting right handed.
He bunts and the first baseman charges and one hops it and forces Cantu at second on a 3-6 play.
Boswell had to hold thinking the ball might be caught on the fly.

Gurwitz bats with one down and two on.
He gets down the safety squeeze is down it scores the run on the second out.

Texas leads 2-0.

Johnson up once more at the top of the order and he grounds one off the mound and the 6-3 retires the side.

Two played and Texas leads 2-0.
 
Schimpf will work the third for the Horns.

Brance Kahle leads off from the right side.
The right hander hitter grounds to third for one down.

The catcher Colton Besett, bats righty.
A fast ball clips him and the HBP is the Cardinals first base runner.

Trey Rodriguez, plays second and is the nine hole hitter.
He bats righty with one on and one down.
A ground ball to second is a 4-3 second out as the runner was going on the pitch and goes to second.

Skip comes out and the parade of pitchers starts for the Horns.

Pitching change.
 
The new Texas pitcher is freshman lefty Jon Malmin.

He comes in with two down and a runner at second.

His first batter is lead off man Mark Whitehead, batting lefty with two outs and a man at second.
He slaps a single by Boswell and into left, but Johnson gets it in quickly and the runner holds at third.

Matt Morris bats righty with two on and two outs.
The Cardinal lead off hitter grounds to third and Boswell has it and the long throw across retires the side without any damage done.

A threat is quelled and Texas leads 2-0 to the bottom of three.
 
Richey still works for the Cards in the third.

Shaw up again and lays down a bunt toward the third base line and the third baseman charge and throws and nips him at first for one gone.

Hinojosa steps in with one down.
He squibs one back to the mound for a 1-3 second out.

Barrera stands in for his second trip and takes a fast ball up the middle for a two out single.

Marlow will bat with two outs and one on from the left side.
He takes four straight bad ones and the walk puts two aboard.

Boswell, who doubled off the wall in right center has a chance to play add on for Texas with two on and two away.
The lefty hitting third sacker works the count full and the runners will be off on the pitch.
A drive this time to left center and it goes off the diving left fielder's glove for another double and two rbi's.

Texas leads 4-0.

Cantu bats with two gone and Bret at second.
A fast ball one hops the plate and gets away for a wild pitch and Boswell is on third.
Another full count and Cantu drives another single through the hole on the left side and another run is plated.

Texas leads 5-0.

The DH is Stell, batting right handed with two outs and a man on.

He laces a drive to left, but right at the left fielder and that finally ends the inning.

It was a big one for Texas and they add three more and lead now 5-0 after three played.
 
Malmin will come back for Texas in the fourth on the mound.

Hoover will lead off for the Cards and the right handed hitter grounds to Marlow for a 4-3 first out.

Hoffman bats next from the right side and another grounder goes to short and and C.J. charges and makes the 6-3 put out for two gone.

McGill, the big lefty hitting first baseman is up and the count runs full
A high fast ball puts him on as a free pass is issued to him.

The DH is Divelbiss batting righty with one on and two gone.
Another walk puts two on and out comes Skip again.
He wants a right hander.

Pitching change of many.
 
The next Horn pitcher is right handed freshman Jake McKenzie, who can pitch and play infield.

He faces Brance Kahle as his first hitter with two aboard and two down.
A fast ball paints the outside corner and is taken for the called strike three that ends the inning again without any damage.

Bottom of the fourth is coming and Texasleads 5-0.
 
The new pitcher for Incarnate word is right hander John Shull.

Gurwitz leads off against him and draws a lead walk.

Johnson, at the top of the Horn lineup is up with one on.
A ground ball in the hole on the left side is knocked down by the shortstop, but he has to eat it for an infield hit.

Shaw bats with two on.
A deep fly ball to left dies just short of the track for one gone and the runners hold.

Hinojosa back to the plate with two on and one out.
Gurwitz is picked off second and it seems we can't go a game without a base running clinker.
Johnson moves up to second on the 1-4-5-4 out.

Hinsojosa back in with now two outs and one on.
He grounds to short and the 6-3 retires the side.

Four in the books and Texas leads 5-0.
 
McKenzie pitches the fifth for Texas.

The catcher, Besett leads off from the right side.
He walks on four pitches to put a lead runner on.

Rodriguez bats with one on as the nine hole hitter.
He grounds toward the hole on the right side and Marlow gets there and still wheels and throws to second for a 4-6 force for one down.

Whitehead, at the top of the Cardinal order with one down and one on.
He hacks defensively at an outside slider and misses for the K and two away.
McKenzie has a nice slider and he can bring take in both directions for lefty and righty hitters.

Morris bats from the right side with two down and one on.
The right handed hitter draws another walk on a check swing to put two on.

Hoover bats with two on and two outs.
He grounds to Marlow for the 4-3 play to retire the side.

Incarnate Word with more traffic, but still no runs.

Halfway home and Texas leads 5-0.
 
Shull stays on the hill for the Cards in the fifth.

Barrera leads off for Texas from the right side.
A fly ball to right is one away.

Marlow approaches the plate again from the left side with one gone.
He skies one to center for a quick two away.

Boswell of the two doubles is up and wears a pitch on the foot to reach the hard way on a HBP.

Cantu back up with one on and two outs.
A shallow pop to left is caught by a backing shortstop to retires the side.

Five played at the Disch as the game starts to move right along and Texas leads 5-0.
 
As I expected left hander Travis Duke does get an appearance for the Horns.

The Cardinal sixth is lead off by shortstop Hoffman, from the right side.
A ball rolled out to short and Hinojosa's high throw is pulled down by Cantu for one away.

McGill up from the right side and lines one that Johnson comes charging in to make what turned out to be a snowcone in the webbing, but an out none the less for two down.

Divelbiss, is the DH and he grounds a ball back to Duke and the 1-3 retires the side in order.

Bottom of six and Texas still ahead 5-0.

 
Shull will remain on the bump for the Cards in the Texas sixth.

Stell, as the DH will leads it off from the right side batter's box.
He K's looking on a fast ball for one away.

Gurwitz bats with one down from the right side.
A hard hit grounder right at the shortstop is two gone.

Johnson bats with the two away at the top of the order.
He flies out to left to end the inning.

Six gone now and Texas leads 5-0.
 
Right hander Andy Mcguire is in to pitch the seventh for Texas.

Kahle leads off for the Cardinal.
Look out as he is beaned and that had to hurt.

He is pinch ran for as the HPB ends his night.

One on for Besett from the right side.
A foul pop is caught by Boswell for one down.

Rodriguez bats righty with one on and one away.
He K's swinging for two gone.

Whitehead has the only hit for the Cardinals tonight.
He bats with one on and two gone.
He also pops up foul on the left side and Boswell back hands it to retire the side.

They stretch in Austin and Texas still leads 5-0.

 
A new chunker for Incarnate Word is right handed Trevor Hardee in the seventh.

Shaw leads off for the Horns from the left side.
He can't hold up on a fast ball and K's swinging for the lead out.

Hinojosa bats right handed and looks for something to get him out a hitting slump.
Not this time as an off balance swing rolls a ball to short for two away quickly,

Barrera bats with two down.
A piercing line drive to left and it just clears the wall for a homer.

Texas leads 6-0.

Marlow bats with two gone and one in.
He hits a towering shot to right and it lands in the bullpen for back to back homers!
When was the last time that happened?

Texas leads 7-0.

Boswell up from the left side with two gone.
A full count and he swings through a fast ball to retire the side.

Texas has put this one away on two dingers and leads now 7-0 after seven.
 
The new Horn hurler is right hander Ty Marlow coming back from an injury for the first time.

Morris is the first hitter to face him from the right side.
He flies out to left for one down.

Hoover bats from the left side with one gone.
The count runs full and another fly ball to shallow right center is squeezed by Gurwitz for two away.

The shortstop Hoffman bats righty with two down.
He K's swinging to retire the side in order.

Welcome back Ty Marlow, as Texas gets another arm back.

The Horns lead 7-0 to the bottom of eight.
 
Another big right hander is the new pitcher for the Cardinals in Tyler Miller.

Cantu leads off and grounds weakly to short for a 6-3 out.

Stell sends a carrying ball to center and the center fielder races back and makes the running snag for two away.

Gurwitz bats in the nine hole from the right side.
He sends a ground ball up the middle for a two out single.

So Johnson gets another turn at the top of the order with one on and two gone.
He lines out to right as the right fielder is a bit fooled, but reaches up and makes the catch to retire the side.

The ninth is here and Texas three outs from victory number eleven as they lead 7-0.
 
Ty Marlow looks to close the night out for Texas in the ninth.

The big lefty hitting first baseman McGill leads off.
He sends a drive over Shaw's head in right and to the wall for a lead double.

Lefty hitter Tanner Wall, will pinch hit with one on.
He K's looking at a fast ball on the outside corner for one away.

Shepherd bats with one down and sends a fly ball to center to Gurwitz for two down.

Besett grounds a ball off Boswell's glove and into shallow left. The deflection allows the not so fleet of foot to score and break up the shutout.

Texas leads 7-1.

Woosley bats from the right side with two down and one on.
He K's swinging and that ends the game.

Texas wins 7-1 in a prep game for the start of conference this weekend.
Let's listen to the post game and then sum things up.
 
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Took care of business in game one of the "easy" remaining March stretch. Let's kickoff conference play and spring break with a sweep of West Virginia!
 
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Texas wins a game that it should win and gets to look at some young arms in the process. The return of Ty Marlow to the pitching staff adds yet another dimension that Skip can use in the future.

We saw something if you have LHN that is, that Longhorn fans haven't seen in a long time and that was back to back long balls from first Barrera and then Marlow. Boswell added two well hit doubles and that was more than enough
to win this one.

So Texas opens conference play this weekend against a not exactly strong WVU squad at the Disch. You would hope for not less than two of three and really a sweep against a team not expected to do well in the Big 12 when you have them at home. There should be a good crowd as the weather finally starts to heat up. Everybody can't go to SXSW can they?

Should be a good time at the ballpark and I am looking forward to it and I hope you are too.:hookem2::bevo:
 
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