Texas vs. KSU Game 2

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The second game of the series against KSU finds Texas needing to sweep the series to finish in a tie for fourth in the conference with Tech.

The Horns have the tie breaker and would be the fourth seed against fifth seed Tech in the Tourney with a sweep.
Anything less and the scenario is reversed with Tech being the fourth seed and home team against Texas in the first game of the Tourney for both teams.

Tech as predicted swept WVU with a third game 4-0 win this afternoon.


Tonight Texas sends Senior right hander Nathan Thornhill at 6-2 and an era or 1.75.

KSU counters with Senior left hander Jared Moore at 5-3 and 4.52.

The game is being televised on Fox College Sports.


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I don't get that channel of Dish, but this is again the stream for the game with the KSU webcast and it is up and running.
 
Marlow leads off as usual for Texas against the lefty Jared Moore as the game starts.

He steps into the left handed batter's box on Senior Night at KSU in Manhattan.

A ground ball to short goes 6-3 for one away.

Johnson from the right side bats with one down.
He K's swinging on the big breaking curve for two outs.

Payton bats lefty with his on base streak at 89 games and two away and the bases empty.
He grounds to first and with the pitcher covering they nip Mark at first says the ump on a bang banger to retire the side in order.

KSU comes to bat in their half of the first.
 
Ross Kivett, the second baseman leads off for KSU against righty Nathan Thornhill.

A ground ball to Marlow is a 4-3 first out.

Clayton Dalrymple is in left field and bats right handed with one down.
He lines one to right that Shaw catches in his tracks for two down.

Austin Fisher, the shortstop also lines one this time to left that is right at Johnson to retire the side in order.

Both teams down in order in the first and it's on to the second at 0-0.
 
Barrera leads off against Moore in the Texas second.

He bats right handed against the lefty handed pitcher.
He draws a walk for the first base runner of the contest.

Carter bats right handed and looks to bunt the runner along.
He gets the sac down and moves Barrera along to second with one down.

Hinojosa bats righty with a chance to put Texas on the board.
He pops out to second for two away.

Shaw bats from hte left side with two down and lines one to the left fielder to retire the side.

A threat and nothing more and to the bottom of two stil a 0-0 game.
 
Thornhill back to the hill faces Max Brown, the centerfielder to lead off the KSU second.

The right handed hitter runs the count full before walking after fouling off four pitches.

Mitch Meyer, plays left field and bats lefty with a man on.
Brown steals second to get in scoring position.
He K's swinging for one away.

The catcher Blair DeBord, bats righty with one down and a man at second.
He also walks and that puts two on and one down.

Tanner DeVinney, the DH bats from the left side.
The runners lead from first and second with one away.
A wild pitch moves the runners to second and third.

This brings the first visit of the series by Skip for a brief chat and he leaves.

DeVinny swings through the change for a big second out.

R.J. Santigate, the first baseman bats left and what is ruled a passed ball scores KSU's first run of the series.

The other runner moves to third as KSU leads 1-0.
Santigate back in the box flies out to shallow left tor retire the side.

Still no hits in the series for KSU, yet they lead this game 1-0 after two.
 
Clemens leads off the third against Moore in the third.

He grounds to first and the 3U is out one.

Gurwitz bats from the right side and flies out to right for two away.

Marlow is up again at the top of the order with two down.
He grounds out also to first 3U to retire the side in order.

Bottom of three comes with KSU leading 1-0.
 
Thornhill faces Taylor Anderson, the third baseman batting left handed.

He flies to the track in right where Shaw makes the catch for one down.

Kivett brings the top of the KSU order again and he lines the first hit of the series to right center for a single.

Dalrymple bats with a man on and one down.
Kivett steals second.

A ground ball toward the hole and Gurwitz slides and fields and Clemens digs his low throw for two away as the runner goes to third.

Fisher bats from the left side with two down and a man at third and he flies out to left to retire the side.

Three innings played and KSU leads 1-0.
 
Johnson leads off the fourth for Texas and grounds to third and the throw is wild for an error.

Payton bats and draws a walk to put two on.

Barrera up and he bunts and the pitcher fields and goes to third and the third baseman drops it for an error.

Bases loaded for Carter and he grounds a single to left to score two runs and Texas takes a 2-1 lead.

Hinojosa grounds toward short and it hits the runner for an automatic out and a hit for C.J.

Shaw flies out to left for two away.

Clemens lines a single to right and it get by the outfielder.
Another runs scores to make it 3-1.

Gurwitz up and flies out to right to end the inning.

Texas plates three runs with hits and errors by KSU and takes a 3-1 lead to the bottom of four.
 
Thornhill takes the mound in the fourth with a 3-1 lead and faces Brown leading off for KSU.

The righty hitter grounds one behind the third base bag and the long throw is late and wide and it's an infield hit.

Meyer bats lefty with one on and no outs.
The count runs full and he swings through a fast ball for a K as the runner steals second for the third KSU stolen base of the game.

DeBord bats and chops a ball to Gurwitz and as he throws him out the runner goes to third.

DeVinny bats lefty with two down and a runner at third.
A ground ball to second retires the side.

Four innings gone by and Texas leads 3-1.
 
The fifth starts with the top of the Texas order to face Moore.

That means Marlow comes up and he again grounds out to first unassisted for one away.

Johnson bats with one down and lines one down the left field line and to the wall for a double.

Payton bats with a man in scoring position and one down.
He has already extended his on base streak to 90 on a walk.
He drives one to left center and the centerfielder makes an over the shoulder catch as he slides down on the warning track for two away.

Johnson tagged and moved to third.

Barrera flies out to center to end the inning.

Halfway through the game and the final conference series and Texas leads 3-1.
 
Thornhill back to work in the fifth looks to become on record for a win.

He faces Santigate, leading off for KSU from the left side.
He fists one out right for a lead single.

Anderson bats also from the left side with one on and no outs.
Two straight balls brings another visit from Skip as the entired infield gatthers at the hill.

He returns to the first base dugout.
Anderson steps back in and grounds into a ham and egger double play that goes 6-4-3 for two away.

Kivett is the top of the KSU order and he grounds to third and after a bobble he picks it up and guns him out to retire the side.

After five played Texas leads 3-1.
 
Moore still works for KSU and he faces Carter leading off the sixth.

He flies out to center for one away.

HInojosa bats with one down.
He K's swinging for two away.

Shaw steps in from the left side with two away.
He grounds to first and the 3-1 play is made to retire the side.

Bottom of the sixth is here and Texas leads 3-1.
 
Thornhill starts his six inning of work by facing Dalryple leading off for KSU.

He works a full count before lining a single to left.
The throw back to second and then over to first by Hinojosa gets him as tries to get back into first.
The KSU coach comes out and he is arguing the fact that the ball came out of Clemen's glove on the play.

The umps rule it was after the tag and the out stands.

So Fisher bats from the left side with one down.
A two hopper to short is an easy out two.

Brown bats with two down.
A strange pitch by Thornhill that goes to the backstop brings out the trainer and he may be injured.

They are looking at his pitching hand, but he stays in.
Brown walks to reach.

Meyer bats lefty with one on and two down.
Here comes Skip and Thornhill is gone as no need to take chance as he had 96 pitches and maybe a hurt hand.

Travis Duke, the lefty comes in and he is wearing #13 for some reason I am sure Craig Way is telling some of you about right now.

The trainer is still looking at Thornhill's hand in the dugout.

Meyer back in the box and faces Duke.
A comebacker to Duke retires the side.

After six played Texas leads 3-1.
 
Moore toils on for KSU in the seventh.

He faces Clemens leading off for the Horns.
He lines a low bullet that the shortstop dives to his left and makes the grab for one away.

Gurwitz bats with one down.
He draws a walk.

The top of the order is Marlow with one on and one down.
He grounds a single the other way by the third baseman.

That brings the KSU coach out for a meeting, but he leaves Moore in.

Johnson bats with two on and one down.
He takes a fastball for a called third strike for two away.

Payton bats with two on and two down.
A wild pitch moves the runners along to second and third.
He skies one to the track in left center that is caught by the left field to retire the side.

Stretch time in Manhattan on Senior Day and Texas still leads 3-1.
 
The new pitcher for Texas in the seventh is right hander Chad Hollingsworth.

He faces DeBord leading off for KSU.
The count goes full and a flair goes to right for a lead single.

DaVinny bats with one on and no outs.
A nice tight slider is taken for a looking K for one away.

Santigate bats lefty with one on and one down.
He slaps a grounder by Gurwitz for a single that puts the tying runs on with one out.

Anderson bats lefty with two on and one down.
A slow slider is swung through for a K and two away.

Kivett bats at the top of the order with two on and two down.
He drops a fly ball down the line in left for a double that scores a run to make it 3-2.

Runners at second and third with two down for Dalrymple.
He is hit by a pitch to load the bases.

Fisher bats from the left side with the bases loaded and two down.
He lines one right to Payton in center to retire the side.

KSU gets a run back and after seven Texas leads 3-2.
 
Somhow Moore is still pitching for KSU and faces Barrera leading off.

Maybe they wish he wasn't as Tres deposits a fly ball just over the left fielder and the fence for a homer to make it 4-2.

The coach comes out and we do have a pitching change for KSU.

Levi MaVorhis, a right hander is the new pitcher and he faces Carter as his first batter.

A fly ball to center is one away.

Hinojosa bats with one down.
He lines a deep drive that hits the left field wall just barely missing another homer.

Actually the left fielder totally misjudged that and could have made the play.

Anyway it's a double and brings up Shaw with one away.
He swings at a pitch in the dirt for a K and two down.

Clemens bats with a man at second and two away.
He also K's on a low pitch to retire the side.

Texas gets the run back and to the bottom of the eighth leads 4-2.
 
Another new pitcher for the Horns is John Curtis, the closer.

He faces Brown leading off for KSU in their half of the eighth.
He grounds a lead single through the hole on the right side.

One on for Meyer and no outs.
Brown steals his third base of the game to reach second.

He blows three fast balls by Meyer for a K and one down.

DeBord bats with one on and one down.
Brown now steals third without a throw for his fourth of the night.
DeBord from the right side and swings at a pitch a foot outside and low for a K and two down.

DeVinny bats with two down and a man at third.
A high chopper to first is taken to the bag by Clemens to retire the side.

Eight played in the "Little Apple" and Texas leads 4-2.
 
The ninth begins with MaVorhis facing Gurwitz in the nine hole.

The count runs full and he swings at ball four low and in for a K and out one.

Marlow is the top of the order and he blasts a drive to deep center that goes off the glove of the centerfielder at the 400 feet mark for a double.

Johnson bats with one down and he flies out to left for two away.

Payton bats with a runner at second and two down.
He K's looking to retire the side.

The bottom of the ninth has arrived with Texas leading 4-2.
 
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Curtis out for the save faces Santigate from the left side leading off for KSU.

He lines a single over HInojosa for a lead runner.

Anderson bats lefty with one on.
A chopper up the middle goes through and the single puts runners on the corners.

The top of the order is Kivett with no outs and the tying runs on.

Skip makes a quick visit and leaves.

Kivett steps in right handed.
A ground ball is off Clemen's glove and into right for another single.

A run scores and puts runners at first and second with no outs. It's 4-3 now.

Dalrymple bats right handed with the tying run at second and the winning run at first.
He bunts and pops it up and caught by Curtis for one away.

Fisher bats left handed with one down and still two on.
He drives one the opposite way that drops just fair down the left field line and both runs score and KSU wins the game 5-4.

So there goes the four seed and Texas will finish in fifth place in the conference. They will be the visiting team against Tech in their first game of the Conference Tourney.

I think we can most likely dismiss the idea of hosting a Regional now unless the Horns win the Tournament.

That was a bad loss against a very bad team and we made their Senior Night a success.

That sets up a nothing game tomorrow. Why pitch French when he has been sick?

The game is late afternoon on a Sunday when all other teams in the Tournament are resting.

It's on to OKC now and see what happens there.
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There is one more game tomorrow, of course.
I don't see how we get a home regional at this point. We are 12-11 in the Big XII, and will finish in fifth place.
We'll go to a regional, and like every year, if we can get hot at that point, we could win it. But it will require all three starters pitching well on the same weekend, and when has that happened? It seems like one weekend one of them is sensational, and the other two have off nights.
Maybe it will all come together when it counts, but I don't see it being very likely this year. Hope I'm wrong.
 
What's even more embarrassing than blowing that lead in the 9th...we were handed at least 2 (if not all 3) runs we scored in the 4th. For sure 2 were given to us by errors and elementary fielding mishaps. Wasn't even close to being borderline normal errors. No other team in conference makes that awful of plays.

So our offense plated 1 legit run the entire game. They deserved to lose that game. Should've been 2-1 and game over going into bottom 9th. Was another gutless, limp performance at the plate. We don't deserve to host, aside from doing the impossible and winning the tourney. And don't count on that to even come close to happening. Sorry, but this team doesn't have it....period.
 
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