Texas v. Incarnate Word March 18-20, 2022

[FWHORN]

Texassports review of Friday game:

No. 2 Baseball cruises to 19-2 win over UIW - University of Texas Athletics

 

[mchammer]

New game plan: run up the score so grand slams served up by the young pitchers don’t matter. I like it.

 

[Chop]

Nice throw out by Silas!
Our catcher is the best catcher.

 

[Chop]

Ivan’s got to loudly call everyone off when they pop it up in the middle.

 

[Chop]

Side is out after only 3 batters. Stevens is throwing up to 93mph. Hitting the corners with great control. Everything as usual.

 

[Chop]

Aaron Celestino
RHP
6'0" 200 lbs
3.81 ERA last year
35 Strikeouts last year
13 Walks last year
Senior

From Houston Northshore High School. Fastball in the lower 90s. Likes to mix it with a change up. Competent curveball. Another strikeout pitcher. Played in the West Coast Summer league for Victoria HarbourCats in BC, Canada, against the likes of the Wenatchee Applesox, where he was reportedly one of the best pitchers and really racked up the strikeouts and showed good control. While Garza is the staff ace this year, Celestino's performance over his career is nothing to sneeze at.

Aaron Celestino Class of 2017 - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA
Aaron Celestino - Baseball - University of the Incarnate Word Athletics
Aaron Celestino Class of 2017 - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA
Aaron Celestino - West Coast League
Aaron Celestino

HarbourCat takes the mound. The announcers mentioned his control being good.

 

[Chop]

Ivan!!!! Standup double. Hit the wall in CF.

 

[Chop]

Well that accidental bunt by UIW was not defendable. 1-0 Cardinals.

 

[Chop]

Woo hoo. Staley dings the wall. Stand up lead off double. He had 6 RBI yesterday.

 

[Chop]

Yeah! Returned the favor of a perfectly placed indefensible infield hit. Men on the corners. No outs.

 

[Chop]

Fielders choice. RBI for Skye Messinger!



1-1

 

[Chop]

Faltine keeps it going. Single. Men on first and second. One away.

 

[Chop]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Poor glove flip toss by second baseman. Bases loaded. One away. Harbourcat’s infield hasn’t been doing him any favors today…

 

[Chop]

Leaving too many stranded…

 

[Chop]

Skye Messinger with a one out single. Is great to have his bat active.

 

[Chop]

Now Faltine! Single into right. Advances Messinger to 3rd. Corners. One out. 1-1. 4 th inning. And Faltine steals!

 

[Chop]

Ugggh. Daly K

it’s up to Hodo to drive two in

or walk—which is precisely what he did.

Celestino has been living dangerously and narrowly escaping a big inning.

Bases loaded two away.

 

[Chop]

2 run single up the gut for Kennedy!!!! Skye and Trey score!!
3-1 Horns!!!

 

[Chop]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Hard grounder by Ivan. 3rd baseman can’t get a grip on it. Hodo scores!

4-1 UT

 

[FWHORN]

9-1 Horns headed to sixth.

 

[George Bailey]

Their RF is getting eaten up by pop flies out there.

 

[FWHORN]

Tristan gives up a solo shot in the top of the seventh but gets through the inning with no more damage and that should be it for him, 10-2 Horns at the stretch,

 

[Chop]

Exit Stevens
Enter Dayton

7 innings. 2 runs. Not too shabby. That’s a 2.57 ERA for the day.

 

[old65horn]

Exit Stevens
Enter Dayton

7 innings. 2 runs. Not too shabby. That’s a 2.57 ERA for the day.

Not to rain on the parade, it was against a team that is not exactly murder’s roe.

 

[Chop]

Not to rain on the parade, it was against a team that is not exactly murder’s roe.

Oh, Stevens pitched for an even lower ERA against nationally ranked LSU. 7 innings. No runs.

 

[mchammer]

Not to rain on the parade, it was against a team that is not exactly murder’s roe.

Frankly I was getting tired of the walks and HBP last week. Don’t mind the occasional solo HR.

 

[FWHORN]

Game two reviews from BON and Texassports:

No. 2 Texas delivers another offensive delight with 10-2 victory over UIW - Burnt Orange Nation

No. 2 Baseball clinches series over UIW - University of Texas Athletics

 

[FWHORN]

Saturday game extended highlights:

 

[Chop]

I haven’t broken out the calculator, but I bet Tristan is well below a 2.00 ERA for the season. Probably in the low 1’s.

 

[Chop]

UIW needs to take a lot more fielding practice. Both their infielding and their outfielding really stink. Reminds me of this year’s Rice team. We’re rather spoiled watching the Horns play D.