Texas Tech Series

[Chop]

Grubbs - sinker/slider pitcher; lives low in the zone (mostly); generates lots of grounders; trusts his fielders and lets them make outs. Occasional K also.

Ground out to Powell. Two away.

Ground out to O'Dowd. Three away. To the 7th.

5-2 Tech.

Good job Grubbs!

 

[Chop]

Grubbs - sinker/slider pitcher; lives low in the zone (mostly); generates lots of grounders; trusts his fielders and lets them make outs. Occasional K also.

I'll contrast Grubb's style with Howard. Howard throws stikes--not many walks, but he sure likes to drive that fast ball right down the middle of Broadway, or leaves it hanging up in the zone a lot. Howard lives dangerously. Grubbs likes to put it low. That sinking curve/slider is his bread and butter getting ground outs.

With Howard's good control, Coach ought to really work with him spotting it on the corners. Now that's easier said than done, especially with this ump whose strike zone is smaller than Aunt Mitzi's runt Pomeranian.

 

[Chop]

Enter Ryan Free for Tech.

He has good numbers against grossly inferior competition. We'll see if that lasts.

 

[Chop]

Pop out.

Now Gasparino is up to bat.

 

[Chop]

Gasparino. Rats. Tech's CF runs it down to make a good catch. 2 away.

 

[Chop]

Drat. Thomas grounds out to first.

3 up
3 down

7th inning stretch now.

Tech 5-2

 

[Chop]

Enter Ryan Free for Tech.

He has good numbers against grossly inferior competition. We'll see if that lasts.

He threw well that inning...

 

[Chop]

Bottom of the 7th

Powell catches a low liner. 1 away.

 

[Chop]

Ughhh.

Ball goes off Brown's glove, then off the wall. Double for them. 1 out, man on 2nd.

Pierce to talk with Grubbs.

That would not have been an easy catch for Brown, but it was makeable at the warning track/wall.

Boehm is warming up. Grubbs will stay in there for now.

 

[Chop]

Walk. Men on 1 and 2 with one out.

 

[Chop]

Brown catches this one. Two away.

 

[Chop]

Passed ball .

Runners move to 2 and 3.

 

[Chop]

Grounder to Flores. Off his glove......... 2 runs score.

Tech 7-2.

 

[Chop]

3 away

 

[Chop]

Gotta go off line. Let's rally Horns!!!

7-2 Tech.

 

[Chop]

Back for a few minutes

Top of the 8th

2 outs, 2 men on. Belyeu at bat.

Hard line drive right to the RF. That's it. To the bottom of the 8th. One more chance, and a significant rally will be required.

7-2 Tech.

 

[Chop]

Bottom of the 8th

Grubbs staying out there.

Every run he has given up today has resulted from an error or other misplayed ball.

 

[Chop]

Ground out to O'Dowd

Can of corn to Gasparino in CF.

 

[Chop]

Now a 2 out single to RF by Tech

 

[Chop]

Powell gets the 3rd out.

Grubbs and (most of) the D has kept us in the ball game.

1 last chance in the 9th. Need 5.

 

[Chop]

New pitcher for Tech.
Sanders.

 

[Chop]

Base hit. Infield hit. Shoos on the loose

 

[Chop]

Jack's up.

Wild pitch. Gets by the catcher. Shoos to 2nd. Shoos on the loose some more.

 

[Chop]

C'mon Jack, don't swing at junk way out of the zone.

 

[Chop]

Jack - K

one away...

 

[Chop]

Now up--Gasparino. That's a heck of a lot of power for a man batting 9th.

 

[Chop]

Tech fumbles the ball.

(Tech 3B with an E - ball bounced off his glove and into LF.)

Gaspo reaches 1st. Shoos to 3rd.

Men on the corners. 1 away.



Now at bat: Thomas.

 

[Chop]

Uggggghhhhh

Thomas - struck out looking on a breaker (good pitch)

1 chance left - at least it's Powell.

 

[Phil Elliott]

JT has been a real rally killer this weekend. 3 Ks yesterday and 4 today.

 

[Chop]

Powell flies out to LF -- good hit, good catch at the warning track.

Game.

Loss 7-2