Texas vs. Rice Game 3

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NBHorn7
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02/14/15 03:45 PM
Texas vs. Rice Game 3

The second game of the DH should start shortly.

The Texas lineup for the night cap:

Johnson-7
Shaw-9
Hinojosa-6
Marlow-4
Barrera-2
Boswell-5
Gurwitz-8
Macalla-DH
Jones-3
Sawyer on the mound.


NBHorn7
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02/14/15 04:09 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Johnson leads off against the righty Solinas for Rice/

He grounds to first and a 3-1 for one away.

Shaw up and a comebacker is 1-3 for two outs.

Hinojosa up and he walks to put a man on.

Marlow up and pops out to short to retire the side.


NBHorn7
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02/14/15 04:15 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Sawyer, the lefty makes his first appearance of the season.

Chandler leads off for Rice and and grounds out 3U for one away.

Stainback bats second and flies out to right for two away.

Byrd bats righty and gaps one left center for a double.

Reeves up righty and a balk is called on Sawyer and that moves Byrd to third.

Now a passed ball scores the run.

Rice leads 1-0.

Reeves singsles to left to put a man on.

Taylor up and he lines out to short to retire the side.

One full inning played and Rice leads 1-0.


NBHorn7
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02/14/15 04:17 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Salinas pitches the Texas second.

Barrera leads off grounds out 6-3 for one out.

Boswell up and he singles into the hole on the right side.

Gurwitz up with one on and one down.
He pops up to first for two down.

Macalla, the freshman grounds out to second to retire the side.

Rice leads 1-0 to the bottom of two.

NBHorn7
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02/14/15 04:21 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Sawyer pitches the Rice second.

Kopycinski, the catcher leads off with ground ball to second for a 4-3 out one.

Teykl, the lefty up with one down grounds out to third for two away.

Lewis up with two away and he grounds to first for a 3-1 out to retire the side.

Two played and Rice leads 1-0.


NBHorn7
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02/14/15 04:24 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Jones leads off in the nine hole for Texas against Salinas in the third.

He K's swinging for one away.

Johnson at the top of the order hits a comebacker and the 1-3 is two down.

Shaw up from the left side with two away and none on grounds to short to retire the side.

Bottom of the third comes and Rice ahead 1-0.

NBHorn7
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02/14/15 04:41 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Sawyer comes out for his third inning of work.

Myers leads off and the nine hole hitter singles by Marlow into right.

Chandler, the Rice lead off man bats lefty with one on and nobody out.
He tries to bunt and can't get it down and the count runs full.
The runner takes off and Chandler singles through the right side to put runners on the corners.

Stainback bats righty with two on and no outs as Skip comes to the mound for a quick visit and leaves.

Stainback steps back in and singles over Hinojosa for an rbi and runners at first and second.

Rice leads 2-0.

Byrd up again from the right side and he can't get the bunt down.
He K's swinging on a big curve or one away.

Reeves up again and the big right handed batter seems to always be up with multiple runners on bats with two on and one away.
He walks to load the bases.

Taylor bats with one down and the bases loaded.
He singles up the middle and one run score, Stainback tries to score but Gurwitz throws him out at home for the second out.

Rice leads 3-0.

Kopycinski bats righty with two on and two away.
Sawyer is called for another balk and the runners move up.
A grounder to second retires the side and prevents another huge Rice advantage.

Rice scores two more and leads 3-0 after three played.

 

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NBHorn7
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02/14/15 04:49 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Hinojosa leads off against Ricardo Salinas who has shut the Horn down on a one hit so far through three.

C.J. lines out softy to second for one away.

Marlow bats with one down and flies out to medium center for two away.

Barrera bats with nobody on and two outs.
He breaks up the out streak with a base on balls.

Boswell up has the only Texas hit in the game.
He bats with two down and one on.
He drives one to the base of the right field wall that is caught there by Myers the right fielder. Close, but no cigar.
That retires the side.

Bottom of four arrives and Rice leads 3-0.


NBHorn7
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02/14/15 04:55 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Sawyer stays in for Texas in the fourth as the bottom of the Rice order is up.

Teykl leads off from the left side and grounds one up the middle over Sawyer, Marlow gloves and the across the body throw is just in time for one away on a nice play.

Lewis bats right handed with one down.
He flies to shallow center for the second out.

Myers, the nine hole hitter bats righty with two down.
A ground ball up the middle is flagged down by Hinojoa and he rights himself and completes the 6-3 third out to retire Rice.

Rice goes in order, but they lead 3-0 after four innings in Houston.

NBHorn7
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02/14/15 05:01 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Salinas will face the bottom of the Horn order in the fifth.

Gurwirtz leads off and he K's swinging on a change up in the zone for one down.

Macalla bats lefty with one down.
He grounds out to second for two away.

Jones is the nine hole hitter and has struggled mightily at the plate.
He is still looking for his first hit as a Horn.
He K's swinging yet again on a curve ball and that retires the side in order.

The first half of the game is history and it's all Rice so far and they lead 3-0.

NBHorn7
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02/14/15 05:09 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Sawyer is still in the Rice fifth to face the top of the order.

Chandler the lead off hitter indeed leads off the inning.
He lines one to left center and dives and makes the catch to prevent a single or more for one away.

Stainback up next grounds a slow roller to third and Boswell makes the play, but Stainback beats the wrap at first for an infield single.

Byrd bats with one on and one down.
Watch Stainback at first and there he goes and steals the bag.
Byrd back in the box on the right side.
He walks on a full count pitch to put two on.

Out comes Skip and he has seen enough and the change is made.


NBHorn7
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02/14/15 05:17 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

The new Texas pitcher is right handed Freshman Jake Makenzie to face the right handed power hitter Reeves.

Reeves steps in with two on and one down.
A wild pitch moves the runners along.
A high shallow fly ball to left is not deep enough to score the run as Johnson makes the catch for two down.

Taylor bats with two on and two down.
He singles over Hinojosa and it plates two more runs.

Rice leads now 5-0.

Kopycinski bats with two down and one on.
He grounds out short and that finally retires Rice.

Five played and Rice is out to a big lead again at 5-0 after five.

NBHorn7
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02/14/15 05:22 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Salinas will stay on in the Texas sixth half of the sixth.

Johnson at the top of the order leads off.
He flies to deep right center and it's tracked down by the right fielder for one away.

Shaw bats with one down and finally a single up the middle is the Horns second hit of the contest.

Hinojosa bats with one on and one down.
He grounds sharply to second and it's a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.

Texas still looks for offense and Rice leads 5-0 to the bottom of the sixth.

 

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NBHorn7
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02/14/15 05:32 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

McKenzie stay on to pitch for Texas.

Teykl leads off for Rice and goes out on a 4-3 grounder for one away.

Lewis bats now from the right side and hits a swinging bunt up the first base line that Barrera gets and makes the 2-3 put out for two down.

Warren comes in to pinch hit for Rice against the righty Horn pitcher as he bats from the left side.
He lines a single to left for a two out runner.

Chandler brings the top of the Rice order yet again.
He bats with two down and one on.
Warren goes and the throw is into center, but Warren has to hold at second.

Chandler K's swinging as Barrera has to complete the play with a 2-3 put out to retire the side.

Six played and if Texas doesn't find an offense soon it's going to be a Rice sweep as they lead 5-0 after six played.

NBHorn7
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02/14/15 05:40 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Salinas still in the game for Rice as the seventh commences.

Marlow leads off for Texas.
A shot into the corner is cut off by the Rice right fielder and it's a lead single for Marlow.

Barrera bats with one on and nobody out.
He hits a monster shot to left field for a no doubt homer and maybe Salinas has stayed in too long.

Rice leads 5-2.

Boswell up now and he takes a called strike three on the inside corner, for one down.

Gurwitz up with one down.
He pops to shallow left field on a bad swing on a low curve ball for two away.

Macalla bats with two down.
A ground ball to second retires the side.

Salinas rights the ship, but Texas breaks up the shut out on the long blast by Barrera. Rice leads 5-2 as they stretch in Houston.

NBHorn7
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02/14/15 05:46 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

McKenzie stay in to pitch he seventh and has done pretty well in his first action as a Horn.

Stainback leads off from the left side now and K's swinging for one away.

Byrd bats with one down.
A chopper to Marlow goes 4-3 for two away.

Reeves bats with two down and finally nobody on base.
He grounds to third and that retires the side on the 5-3 out.

Rice goes down in order.

After seven innings Rice leads 5-2.

NBHorn7
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02/14/15 05:51 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Salinas still amazingly is still in the game.

Jones leads off for Texas in the eighth.
He flies out to center as he can't get anything going on offfense.
One down.

Johnson up with one away and he lines a single to center.

Here comes Graham and finally Salinas is done for the day and gets a well deserved hand from the crowd.

Pitching change.

NBHorn7
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02/14/15 05:56 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

The new Rice pitcher is lefty John Williamson a senior.

He comes in to face lefty hitting Shaw who steps in with one on and one down.
He grounds to third by the bag and goes to second and throws it into right field. The error puts runners on the corners. Now they rule it a fielder's choice.

Hinojosa bats as the tying run with one down, but has struggled at the plate.
He grounds to short and the 6U-3 double play ends the Texas threat.
Side retired.

Big inning there for Rice and to the bottom of eight they lead 5-2.


NBHorn7
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02/14/15 06:02 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Right hander Tyler Schimpf comes in to pitch for Texas.

The Rice eighth is lead off by Taylor.
He greets Schimpf with a line drive single to left.

One on and nobody out.

Kopycinski up and lays down the bunt for a sac that goes 1-3.

Teykl bats with one on and one down and ground ball to short is two away as the runner moves to third.

Gray pinch hits and pops to Hinojosa to retire the side.

Texas comes up needing three to prevent the sweep of the DH.

Rice leads 5-2 after eight innings.

NBHorn7
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02/14/15 06:07 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

Williamson stays in to try to get the save.

Marlow leads off against him in the ninth.
He swings at a pitch in the dirt and a foot outside for one away.

Barrera of the long homer his last at bat for the only Texas runs is up again.
He pops up to short and that's two down.

Boswell is the last chance for Texas.
A fly ball to center ends the game.

Rice gets the win 5-2 and the sweep of the DH.

Rice improves to 2-1 on the season and Texas falls to 1-2.

A long bad day in Houston for the Horns and let's give the fingers a rest and be back to summarize and get ready for tomorrow.

NBHorn7
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02/14/15 06:26 PM
Re: Texas vs. Rice Game 3

It wasn't exactly the "Valentine's Day Massacre" but the results was the same.

Young unexperienced pitching got hit hard as Texas looks for a starting rotation. The offense is still not good for the most part striking out on bad pitches and leaving men on base.

Right now, it looks like last season as Texas seems to mostly win when the pitching is air tight and with great defense.

Rice is good, but the Horns helped them out, especially; in the first game.

The season is young and experiments on the field are still being made. The problem is this is against a big rival in Rice in a series with a ranked team and now you really need to win tomorrow with Hollingsworth on the mound. He is coming back from some surgery, so who knows if he is the same pitcher from last season yet.

Losing three games in this series would be a bad start to the year. It would be even worse after you had won the first game.

A freshman in Salinas just shut us down and was probably left in an inning too long.


So tomorrow at 1pm Texas needs to come out with some ergency even if it's early in the season.

These double dips are hard on the typing fingers and puts a real crimp in your Saturday. I need to rest them and get something to eat and drink and come out with some new vigor myself.