Texas vs. UTA

Chad Nack is a senior right hander for UTA is in to face the top of the Texas order.

Johnson back up again is the lead off hitter batting righty with one on and one down.
A liner to right is caught by the right fielder for two gone.

Shaw bats lefty with one on and two outs.
A liner to right is a single that puts runners on the corners.

Hinojosa with another chance to plate a run as he did his last at bat.
The righty hitting shortstop drives a single to right to give Texas the leads.

Texas leads 3-2.

Barrera bats with two on and two down.
He drives a liner to the gap in right center and it goes to the wall and two more runs score on the triple.

Texas leads 5-2.

Coach out and another Mav pitcher.
 
Zach Hobbs is the latest UTA pitcher and the left hander comes in trying to stop this Horn rally.

Marlow bats lefty with a man on third and two gone.
A ground ball to short goes 6-3 to retire the side.

Texas with the big inning and leads now 5-2 to the bottom of the ninth.
 
Ty Marlow stays on and the senior right hander tries to get the win for himself and the Horns.

The top of the order is due for UTA

McLean is the Mav lead off man and bats from the left side.
He lines a single to left for a lead runner.

Sibley bats with one on.
With a 1-2 count Skip comes out to the mound and then leaves.
A ground ball through the left side is another single and that puts two on.

Scott suddenly bats right handed as the tying run with two on.
A pop up foul on the right side and it's a big out as Cantu makes the catch.

Skip out and he wants a lefty.

Pitching change.

 
The new Texas pitcher is lefty Kirbey Bellow and he looks to get a save for Marlow.

Morris batting lefty with two on and one down is his first batter to face.
A pinch hitter is now Tanner Houston for Morris.
He lines a single to right to load the bases.

Skip out again and he wants a righty.

Pitching change.
 
Kyle Johnston, the hard throwing freshman righty comes in a big jam now.

Eric Tate, who bats righty, has four hits in four trips to the plate bats with the bases loaded and one down.
He walks him to force in a run.

Texas leads 5-3.

Cox bats righty and the bases still loaded with one gone.
A close pitch is taken to make the count full.
A pop to center and finally Shaw comes from right to make catch the for two away.

Pinch hitter Will Olson, bats lefty with the bases loaded and two down.
A 2-0 count bring out Skip again. He leaves Johnston in there.
Another full count and it's down to cases in Arlington.
A liner to right is a single to tie the game.

Game tied at 5-5.

Runners on the corners with two down.
Williams bats righty with two outs still.
A ground ball to first and Cantu takes it to the bag to retire the side.

UTA ties it up and once again it's extras for the Horns.
Tied at 5-5 after nine.

 
Colin Tomberg is another pitcher for UTA and the right hander starts the Texas tenth.

Boswell leads off for the Horns from the left side.
He K's swinging for one gone.

Cantu bats with one out from the right side.
The count runs full and fly ball to left fairly deep is two away.

Stell, the DH, bats righty with two outs.
He K's swinging to retire the side in order.

Bottom of the tenth and UTA has a chance to win it as it's tied at 5-5.
 
The left hander Ty Culbreth, comes in to pitch the tenth for the Horns.

Hollie at the bottom of the order leads off right handed.
He grounds a ball down the left field line by Boswell and Johnson can't corral it and it's a triple.

McLean, the lead off hitter bats with the winning run at third from the left side.
A squibber back toward Culbreth and it goes off his glove and batter reaches as the runner at third held on the play.

Sibley bats with runners on the corners.
A ground ball to third and he holds the runner at third and goes across the diamond for a 6-3 out one.

Scott bats with two on and one down.
He will be walked to load the bases and set up the double play and the force at home.

Houston, who singled as a pinch hitter last inning bats righty with the bases loaded and one away.
He K's swinging for a big out two.

That brings up Tate, who has four hits in four trips and bats with the bases loaded and two down.
And after all that a wild pitch and the throw to the plate by Barrera is wide and UTA wins it.

UTA wins 6-5 in a wild and not so well played game.

What can you say? Texas had every chance to win and didn't. The relievers and a botched safety squeeze and many runners left on base all combined to lose it.

Have to regroup for the conference series this weekend against KSU. :hookem:
 
Man, was Augie pissed after the game. Said Texas only played one inning all night and then told Craig that if the team wanted to sleep they should do it at home and not on the field. Way was like, "uh, thanks Coach, bye."
 
well.... that sucked. Augie is right to be pissed. We need to find someone to step up as a reliever.
 
Just call it a letdown after the big series with WVU over the weekend. Happens. Glad to to see Tres out of his slump a little. The Horns really need his bat.
 
This is where losing Morgan Cooper to injury has really hurt this team. He would have been either another solid starter or he could be the closer that this team lacks. Been a long time since Texas hasn't had a solid closer. When you play as many close games as the Horns do, it makes a big difference.

I had hoped we had enough arms that it wouldn't matter, but it looks like it does. You need someone with the stuff to get big outs in tough situations, but he needs enough control to not walk people. This was Morgan Cooper, who compared favorably to John Curtis, from last season. Much like Curtis, Cooper will have to come back from Tommy John surgery next year to contribute to the team.

At the present we have a young freshman with great stuff who has yet to gain the command you need as a closer. You just can't come into tight situations and walk people or fall behind till you just have to lay one over to not walk batters.

We have a couple of more veteran pitchers who have the control, but not quite the overpowering stuff to get those key outs. Cooper was the reason that the idea of French as a closer was thought about. Without Morgan to plug one of the starting roles in the rotation, that idea was quickly dispatched.

I thought maybe the hitting would step up and solve a lot of problems, but that hasn't happened on a consistent basis yet. The base running mistakes still just baffle me and have really killed some potentially big innings. It's also hard to see one of your DH's, that's in the lineup a lot now, still looking for his first hit of the year this deep in the season.

We really need a closer with our style of play and since Cooper is not an option, somebody has to step up. Without that key role filled and performing, it will be a hard road to Omaha, unless the starters just carry things without one or the bats really pick up.



 
Went to the game at The Ballpark. Horns did not play very well and I can understand why Augie was not pleased. But give UTA credit - they played well. At least it wasn't a conference game. Hope the team wakes up before the weekend.
 
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Two blown games in 4 days is hard to sweep under the rug. Walking in the winning run Saturday (when our bats had gone lifeless) was tough to swallow. Bombing a 3 run lead in the 9th to UTA is definitely bush league.

Neither West Va. (9-8) or UTA (10-7) are quality teams we should be surrendering games to in crunch time. Both times pitching fell apart late. That's the concerning part going forward. We shouldn't be losing games to mediocre teams after putting up 6 and 5 runs.
 
What these type losses do is keep making the loss column go up and up. I can't see the state of Texas hosting anymore than three regionals at most and two of those are probably a given like last year in TCU and Rice.

So if there is one left to host, you have Aggy out there building up an impressive record that even if they do crash some, they are still in good shape to host one. Going to Rice last year was tough enough. I really wouldn't want to go to College Station for a regional, the ticket situation alone would be nuts. After last year, you know the NCAA committee would love to send us there if they could.
 
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