Texas v UCSB Game Three

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In the immortal words of Crash Davis 'You dont mess with a streak", so I am getting this thread started but someone else will have to take this one home.

Thornhill is on mound for Horns who look to sweep the Gauchos and get their tenth win on the season.

 

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1-0 Texas in the 1st. B. Johnson homer to right.

 

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Top of the 2nd, 2-0 Texas

 

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The homer that wasn't one as Johnson's ball clearly hit the top
of the wall and came back in the yard, but it's in the books.

 

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Thornhill gets out of a bases loaded jam to keep it 2-0 Texas
to the bottom of the the second.

 

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What is up with the baserunning this year?????

 

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McElroy walks and moves up on a very wild pitch.
He moves to third on a sac bunt.
Johnson walks on four pitches, the UCSB pitcher Vasquez is all
over the place.

Stell takes the first pitch very high and Vasquez is removed.
Pitching change.

Right hander Chapman now in for USCB.
Before he throws a pitch he picks Johnson off first.
There is our base running mistake we are getting at least
once a game it seems.

Stell hits a little line drive off his fists to short and another promising inning goes wanting.

Texas leads 2-0 after two complete.

 

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Still 2-0 Texas, UCSB batting, top of the 3rd

 

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Augie called it the Keystone Cops and he wasn't kidding it seems.

 

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Thorny sets them down in order in the third.

Texas 2-0 to the bottom of three.

 

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sweet

 

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Weis walks to lead it off again with a base runner.
Payton is on with another HBP as the wildness continues for USCB.

Hinojosa singles up the middle and Weis scores, but Hinojosa is out at second trying to move on the play for out one.

Payton on third with one away.
Montalbano grounds out and Payton has to hold with the infield in for out #2.

Carter with a nice clutch single up the middle to make it 4-0.
McElroy flys out to right to end the inning.

Texas now leads 4-0 after 3 complete.

 

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Very nice hit for Carter!!!!!!!!!

The number of times this weekend Texas has had a runner at third and less than two outs and failed to get him in using that second out has been frustrating though and over the season could be very disastrous.

 

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Is it just me or has every run this weekend for UCSB somehow been gifted to them. Too many presents for the Gauchos from Texas.

 

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After Weis drops a foul pop up, McElroy boots a grounder that
gets by him and the batter reaches second.

A ground ball out moves over to third, one away.

Another ground ball out scores the unearned run to make it
4-1 with two out bases empty now.

Thornhill gives up a two out walk.
Now a single to put runners on first and second
Here comes Skip, but Thornhill stays in.
Duke up in the pen.
A passed ball moves the runners up to second and third.
Finally a pop up to Payton gets Thornhill out of the jam.

Texas leads 4-1 to the bottom of the 4th.

Ok, I think it's safe for FW or somebody to pick up this game
thread now.

I actually have a family thing I have to attend today.

Bring it home guys.

 

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Bottom Four'

Marlow leads off with walk;
Johnson with RBI double brings him home all way from first and its 5-1 Horns.

 

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Stell with SAC bunt gets Johnson to third and here we go again with another runner at third and less than two outs, lets see if Horns can plate this one.

 

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Weiss with RBI single and its 6-1 Texas

 

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Payton draws a walk and that chases the UCSB pitcher who had just come on at start of the inning.

New pitcher has a 5.79 ERA and Horns have definitely got an opportunity to put this one away early.

 

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Hinojosa grounds to short but is fast enough to avoid double play. Weiss now on third.

Montalbano HOMERS and blows game wide open.

9-1 Texas

 

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Carter grounds out to first to end inning but Horns get 5 big runs and have blown this one open and lead 9-1 through 4 full.

 

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Top Five

Thornhill gives up a four pitch lead off walk and then a single to put runners on first and second with no outs.

That brings on Duke to pitch for him.

 

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Duke walks his first batter to load bases with no outs. Not what wanted to see in half inning after take big lead.

Grounder to second should have turned two but McElroy drops it at first so just one out. No error because cannot assume double play but its another gift to UCSB. Runners on corners with one out.

 

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Catcher fumbles pitch and runner at first takes second.

This is not good baseball. Horns definitely seem to have lost step this half inning.

K for second out by Duke.

 

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Two run base hit makes it 9-4 and even though both are earned they should be unearned as inning would now be over if the double play had been turned.

It seriously seems like almost every run this weekend has been gifted somehow to UCSB.

 

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Now hit batter puts runners at first and second with two down.

Third pitcher of inning for Texas, Cameron Cox now coming on for Duke.

 

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Grounder to second ends inning but UCSB gets closer with 3 runs to make it 9-4 through 4.5 innings.

That half inning saw two walks, an HBP and a dropped double play ball which combined to gift wrap 2 of those runs.

 

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Bottom Five

McElroy K's to start inning;
Marlow grounds out;
Johnson with his third hit of game, two out single;
Stell grounds to third to end inning.

5 full done 9-4 Texas.

 

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LHN with interview with UCSB coach. I wonder sometimes if some of these series arent informal job interviews knowing that Augie has maybe 3 or 4 more years to go. This guy is someone to keep an eye on.

Three quick ground outs including a good play by McElroy that helps make up a little for the dropped double play ball. 5.5 done 9-4 Horns.

 

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Bottom Six

Weiss with lead off triple to start inning.