Urban out for the third gets the lead off man in the third on a ground ball toward the hole on the right side that McElroy playing first tonight ranges over and flags it down and flips to Urban covering for the first out.
A ground ball to third is out two.
A slow chopper to short is charge by Hinojosa, but he can't make the bare handed play and it's an infield hit again for PVU as both their hits are with the other a bunt that lead off the game.
Duke out for his second inning now and lines a single to right and Payton juggles the ball and the runner tries to reach second, but Payton guns him down for the first out on a 9-6 put out.
The next batter K's swinging as he is hit by the pitch.
A fly ball down the line in right drops fair barely and the runner makes a big turn, but holds with a single after seenig Payton's arm earlier this inning.
Skip comes out to the mound after the two hits, but Duke stays on.
PVU continues to put runners on every inning and continues not to score as the next man is out looking for a K that ends the inning.
Payton leads off the seventh for Texas as the PVU starter Lunceford is still out there shutting us down so far as he joins the ranks of many that have.
Payton flies out to deep right center for the first out.
Weis grounds out to second.
Felts cues a grounder to second and the second baseman boots it for an error to put a two out runner at first.
B. Marlow lines a single to left to put two on with two away.
Montalbano doubles to left and Felts scores to give Texas a 1-0 lead. It took an unearned run, but it's a run.
McElroy flies out to right to end the inning.
Thanks to the two out and nobody on error Texas leads 1-0 after seven.
Lunceford is still out there in the eighth and Stell leads off for Texas.
Stell pops up to second for out one.
Carter singles up the middle.
Hinojosa K's swinging as Carter steals second for out two.
Payton grounds out to first to end the inning.
Great game for the PVU pitcher as he shuts out Texas except for an unearned run on an error on an easy grounder.
Sometimes of course it's hard to tell how good a pitcher is against Texas, but it's a big moment for Lunceford.
Still he is up for the tough loss as Texas leads 1-0 as we head for the ninth.