Texas AM CC vs. Texas

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The home opener has Texas A&M Corpus Christi at the Disch.

Freshman Blake Goins gets the start and he retired the first hitter somehow as I just got home

The two hitter grounds a slow roller to first and he beats Goins to the bag for an infield hit.

The third hitter singles sharply in the gap in right cenrter, but Payton cuts it off and holds him to a single as the runner goes around to third .

The four hole hitter lines one out to Payton and here comes the runner and Payton's strong throw and Barrera applies the tag and he's out.

It's a 8U-2 double play to retire the side without a run.

Texas comes to bat now trying to take an early lead.

 

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B. Marlow leads off for Texas and grounds out to second for one away.

Payton flies one down the line in right and it falls fair and goes to the wall. He stands safely at third with a triple.

Hinojosa up singles up the middle and Texas takes an early 1-0 lead.

Kacy Clemens to the plate and there goes Hinojosa and he is nailed at second on the steal attempt for out two.

Clemens works the count full but then K's looking to retire the side.

One inning completed in the home opener and Texas leads 1-0.

 

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Gipson leads off the second for the Islanders and he grounds out weakly to third for out one.

The next hitter Lopez flies one lazily out to Payton who makes the catch for out two.

This brings Tierney the third sacker for A&M CC to the plate and he reaches on a HBP.

Two away with one on for the first baseman Salas who grounds one up the middle, but Marlow makes a sliding stop and then flips to Hinojosa for a 4-6 third out.

to the bottom of the second as Texas still leads 1-0.

 

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Leading off for Texas is McGuire and he is hit by a pitch to reach by the Islander lefty pitcher Belecek

Montalbano gets the bunt down and moves the runner to second.

Barrera up with chance for a rbi with one out flies out to right for out two.

McGuire tags and moves over to third on the play.

Ben Johnson up now and the pitch gets away from the catcher and here comes McGuire trying to score, but the throw goes back to Belecek at home and McGuire is a dead duck to retire the side.

Texas still ahead 1-0 after two innings.

 

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Goins still out on the mound for Texas in the third faces Vaughn the catcher and he grounds back to Goins for out one.

Stevens up now and he singles to center to put a runner on with one away.

The speedster left fielder Lee is up now and after two balls to Lee here comes Skip out for a chat.

Skip back to the dugout now, but it didn't help as Goins completes the walk on four pitches

Two one with one out and out comes Skip with a hook this time and Goins is done for the night.

 

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The new hurler for Texas is Freshman Josh Sawyer to face right fielder Ware also a lefty.

A double steal on a close play at third as the throw by Barrera was a little on the foul side of third.

Ware K's swinging for a big second out.

Right handed hitter Danford up for the Islanders in a big early situation grounds out to third to strand runners at second and third.

Going to the bottom half of the third Texas still leading 1-0.

 

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Ben Johnson who was at bat when McGuire was thrown out at the plate leads off for Texas and singles through the hole on the right side.

Gurwitz tries to bunt him over but can't get it down and then K's swinging as the appeal goes against him on a check swing.

B. Marlow up singles on the first pitch up the middle to put runners at first and second.

That brings Payton back to the batter's box for Texas with men in scoring position. A fast ball gets in on the hands of Mark and he hits a lazy fly to center for out two.

So it's up to Hinjosa with two away and a double steal this time goes Texas's way without a throw.

He pops up to short and the shortstop Gipson circles and drops the easy third out.

The error plates two runs and Texas now leads 3-0 as C.J. takes second.

Clemens steps in with still two away in left handed batter's box. He K's swinging to retire the side.

After three completed Texas in the lead 3-0.

 

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Sawyer still pitching for Texas in the fourth blows away the first hitter on high heat swinging for out one.

Another K swinging for out two.

Tierney lines one down the first base line for a two out double to stir up some trouble.

Salas up with a chance to tie the game grounds right back to Sawyer and his throw to first ends the inning.

Bottom of four on the way Texas ahead 3-0.

 

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McGuire leads off the fourth against Belecek for Texas with ground out to third for out one.

Montalbano lines a single to right center put a runner on.

Barrera comes to bat now grounds into a 5-4 force for the second out as he beats the relay throw to first.

Two away now as Johnson bats and he K's looking to retire the side.

Four innings in the book now in the home opener with Texas still leading 3-0.

 

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Sawyer faces Vaughn to start the fifth and he K's swinging on three pitches for out one.

The second man singles to put a runner on.

That brings Lee back to the plate with one on and one out.
He walks on a full count offering to put two on.

A ball in the dirt moves the runners up to second and third.

This brings Skip out again, but he leaves Sawyer in the game.
A high pop to Marlow gives him some trouble but he makes the catch for out two.

Danford is up in another big situation for the Islanders and Texas for that matter.

For the second time a combacker ends a threat to retire the side.

Halfway through the home opener with Texas still leading 3-0.

 

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Dorris a right hander is the new pitcher for the Islanders in the fifth.

The first batter against him is Gurwitz and he flies fairly deep to center for out one.

B. Marlow up again as the top of the order comes around again. He K's swinging for out two.

Payton swings now for Texas with two away and singles to put a two out runner for the Horns. Payton had earlier extended his consecutive streak of reaching base to 44.

Hinojosa up lines one down the third base line to the wall and Payton who was running on the pitch comes around to score and the Texas lead grows to 4-0.

Clemens bats now with Hinojosa on secnod after his rbi double.

He chops a slow grounder to second and the throw gets away at first and C.J. scores to make it 5-0.

It's ruled a hit and an error on the second baseman as his throw allowed Hinojosa to score.

McGuire up now singles sharply to left and that puts two on at first and second.

Montalbano bats now with two on and two out and he singles up the middle and that plates Clemens to make it 6-0 Texas.

Barrera up now with the same two out and two on scenario.

Another two out high pop to short is again dropped by Gipson and again it plates two runs as Texas now has a lofty 8-0 lead.

Finally the side is retired as Johnson grounds back to the mound.

Going to the sixth Texas in command 8-0.

 

[Wishbonemac]

You rock NB, thanks so much for your time and efforts. I'm signal-strength challenged and don't get LHN so I sit here staring at my computer.

 

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Another freshman Malmin comes to pitch for Texas in the sixth.

He retires the first man he faces on a grounder to first.

Lopez up now grounds out to short for out two.

A walk puts a runner on for the Islanders.

A wild pitch moves him to second.

Salas up grounds to third and McGuire shows he is a freshman by going to step on third for a force. Trouble is there was only a man on second.

That puts two on and a little liner goes off Malmin's glove and Hinojosa has no play.

That loads the bases for Stephens. He lines one to right, but right at Ben Johnson who makes the one handed grab to retire the side and end the jam.

To the bottom of the sixth now Texas still in the lead 8-0.

 

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Gurwitz leads with a slow roller up the first base line the new pitcher Keith a big righty fields and hits Gurwitz with the throw and he reaches.

B. Marlow flies out to left for one away.

Payton grounds out to first as Gurwitz moves over to second.

Hinojosa grounds out to short to retire the side.

After six complete Texas cruising 8-0.

 

[georgecostanza]

At least the baseball team can effectively score tonight. This is the first time I've check this score tonight. I needed a pick-me-up after watching the basketball game.

 

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Lee leads off for the Islanders in the seventh and he lines one to Marlow for the first out.

Ware battting from the left side is up now against Malmin walks on a full count pitch.

With one one and one away after two straight balls delivered here comes Skip and he brings the hook and that's all for Malmin.

Hollingsworth the tall righty for Texas comes into the game to pitch.

Chad throws one pitch and gets a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

Stretch time in the home opener at the Disch with Texas in firm control of this one 8-0.

 

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Keith still on the hill faces Clemens to lead off the seventh and he flies out to left for the first out.

McGuire up now chops one back to Keith and he throws him out for two away.

Montalbano ground to third to retire the side in order.

To the eighth Texas leads 8-0.

 

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Hollingsworht K's the lead off man Garza that came in to play short after the second drop pop up for one away.

A ground ball to first goes 3-1 for the second out.

A single to right puts on a two out base runner.

That brings out Skip and he motions for Justin Peters to come into the game to pitch.

Peters a lefty in to face the lefty hitter.

He K's him swinging to retire the side.

Bottom of the eighth coming with Texas ahead 8-0.

 

[NBHorn7]

So a funny thing happened as I clicked to put up the last post of the game which turned out to be the bottom of the eighth.

It seems Hornfans went down like it was shot at just that time.

Let's see if I can summarize what happened.

Basically Marlow singled home the ninth run and Hinojosa followed with a SF that ended the game on the 10 run rule.

Texas won 10-0.

It was a game to get the rest of the staff some work and the freshmen and Hollingsworth did a good job. There were some bad errors from the Islanders that broke the game open.

The bats banged out 11 hits and the fielding has settled down.

The best news of the night was hearing that Ty Marlow and John Curtis should both be available soon to add even more arms to a deep pitching staff. Curtis coming off Tommy John surgery could really make a difference if he can bounce back to his prior form.

So it's on to this weekend's Stanford series which is really big for both teams. Stanford struggled at home against Rice losing two out of three and Texas just needs to win a series of any kind after last season.

Hopefully Texas can win at least two of three from Stanford and gain some early season confidence and get ready for conference play. Just need the bats to be fairly consistent and get a few runs for that pitching staff. They don't need much help, but as last season proved they can't do it all by themselves.

Beat Stanford!

 

[orangeblack&gold]

Outstanding work again, NB!

Had to give my tix to a Friend last night so I was looking forward to your game thread and you did not disappoint. Felt like I was there and I even enjoyed the off-camera ribbing I'm sure our 3-sacker got when he got back in the dugout after stepping on the bag and looking around at his stunned Teammates wondering why they were looking at him like that...

44 straight is some strong stuff for our CF.

Getting back two pitchers to our already unfair Staff should be quite the frustration point to our upcoming opponents. Time to prune the tree and show that we are back and to be feared. As Coach would say, "Strap on your 'stuff' ", Stanford.

Hook 'em.

 

[zork]

Thanks for the updates. Hopefully the hitting, the fielding and the pitching are solid/strong all weekend for Stanford.