TSU vs. Texas Game 2 Of DH

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Peters gets the start instead of Thornhill, but Thornhill will get some innings later.

WVU beats TCU 2-0 in the first game of their scheduled DH as Friday's game was rained out. This could be of interest of Texas if WVU would sweep TCU or take 2 of the three games.

Lead off hitter grounds to third and Weis throws him out as he is eligible to play again.

A soft liner to left is the first hit of the day for TSU and puts a man on.

A K swinging is out two.

The runner at first is picked off to end the inning.

No score as Texas comes to bat.

 

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B. Marlow faces the TSU pitcher Cruz and lines one down the right field line that goes to the corner and bounces around and it's a triple for Marlow.

Payton batting second grounds to second for out one as the run scores to give Texas a 1-0 lead.

Weis lines a single to right in his first at bat of the day.

Hinojosa grounds to short for the second out as Weis running on the pitch moves to second.

Montalbano catching this game lines out to third to end the inning.

Texas leads 1-0 after the first inning.

 

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Peters out for his second inning of work gets a ground ball to short for out one.

A K swinging is out two.

Another K looking retires the side.

Texas leads 1-0 to the bottom of two.

 

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Felts at DH in this game leads off the second with a walk on a full count pitch.

Shaw bunts and again like the first game nobody covers first and Shaw reaches to put two on with nobody out.

Ty Marlow attempts another sac bunt and this time no play is made at all as the ball rolls to a stop down the third base line. and it loads the bases with nobody out.

Stell lines one down the line in left as two runs score to make it 3-0 and put runners at second and third with still no outs.

B. Marlow and the top of the order back up and he lines one down the right field line that goes to the wall for a double that scores two more to make it 5-0.

Here comes the TSU coach to make a pitching change.

A righty name Lara comes in to pitch now for TSU.

Payton faces him and works a walk to put two on with still no outs.

Weis up and a wild pitch moves the runners along to third and second.

Weis grounds out to second as another runs scores to make it 6-0.

Hinojosa lines a hit to right and the right field slides down and the ball gets by him for another triple as the run scores to make it 7-0.

Montalbano lines one to center for a SF that makes it 8-0 now with two away.

Felts up again as Texas bats around for one of the very fiew times this year.

He pops up to shallow right and that ends the inning finally.

A rare big inning swells the Texas lead to 8-0 after two innings.

 

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Peters back out in the third gets a fly ball to center that Stell makes the running catch on for the first out.

A walk puts a runner on at first.

A bunt back to the mound and Peters makes the play to first as the runner moves to second with two down.

A ground ball to first and Ty Marlow makes the play and goes to the bag to end the inning.

Bottom of three with Texas leading 8-0.

 

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A lefty pitcher takes over for TSU named Pimkin in the third.

Shaw leads off against him and K's swinging for out one.

Ty Marlow K's swinging for out two.

Stell lines one to the gap in right center and though it's cut off he stil gets a two out double.

B. Marlow grounds out to second to end the inning.

After three complete Texas leads 3-0.

 

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Thornhill as expected comes into the game to pitch the fourth.

The first hitter he faces flies out to shallow right for the first out.

A pop to second records out two.

A grounder to third gives Thornhill a perfect inning and retires the side.

Texas leads 8-0 to the bottom of the fourth.

 

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Payton leads off the fourth with a ground ball to first that goes 3U for out one.

Weis K's looking for out two.

Hinojosa flies out to center as Texas goes in order for the first time.

Texas leads 8-0 after four.

 

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Thornhill comes out in the fifth and a ground ball up the middle and Hinojosa ranges over and fields and a high throw is pulled down by Ty Marlow and he maintains contact with the bag for a out one.

A pop up to second is out two.

A ground ball to Weis a third keeps Thornhill perfect for the day and retires the side.

Halfway through the last home game of the season Texas leads 8-0.

 

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Montalbano leads off the fifth and a grounder in the hole on the left side is stopped, but there is no play and it's an infield single.

Felts singles up the middle and it puts runners on the corners with no outs.

Shaw trying to bunt with two outs can't get it down and it's a K swinging for out one.

Ty Marlow grounds into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

After five now Texas leads 8-0.

 

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Thornhill still hurling as the sixth starts and the lead off man a K swinging is out one.

Another K swinging is out two.

A fly to shallow right retires the side as Thornhill throws three perfect innings and may well be through now for the day.

Texas leads 8-0 to the bottom of six.

 

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Another new pitcher for TSU is named LaSoya and Stell lines a single off him to start the inning.

B. Marlow flies out to left for one away.

Payton lines a drive to right that goes to the wall in right and he beats a throw to third for another triple. He almost overslid the bag but hung on barely.

Stell scores to make it 9-0.

Now a passed ball scores Payton to make it 10-0.

Weis flies out to left for the second out.

Hinojosa lines one to right center and he digs for second and beats the throw for a double.

Montalbano K's looking to retire the side.

After six now and Texas leads 10-0.

 

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Thornhill is out for probably his last inning of the day you would think. He hasn't thrown many pitches so that is why is still in the game.

A pop up to Hinojosa at short is out one.

Another pop up drifts foul but is caught by Ty Marlow for the second out.

A liner to left is caught by Shaw to retire the side again in order for Thornhill which makes 12 in a row retired by him.

Urban is up in the pen again and I expect him in to finish off the game.

To the stretch Texas leads 10-0.

 

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Another TSU pitcher comes in for the seventh a righty named Blue.

Patrick Marsh one of two seniors on the team pinch hits now on Senior Day and he grounds one on a 0-2 pitch deep in the hole and it's a hit for the Marsh that sends the dugout into a nice frenzy for him.

Now the other senior Steinhagen pinch hits and flies out to right for out one as he gets a hand from the crowd.

Ty Marlow K's swinging for out two.

Stell also K's to retire the side.

So Patrick Marsh can now say he batted 1000 while at Texas a perfect 1-1.

Going to the eighth Texas leads 10-0.

 

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Urban does come in to pitch the eighth and Hall comes into the game at center as Stell moves over to left.

Urban's first hitter K's looking for out one.

A pop to short is out two.

A walk ends the long consecutive out streak for Texas pitching to put a runner on with two down.

A liner to left caught by Stell end the inning.

To the bottom of eight Texas leads 10-0.

 

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Another TSU pitcher is a righty named Martinez.

B. Marlow leads off the frame by swinging and misses at strike three for a K as the ball gets away and he reaches
first on the play.

Payton lines a hard one hopper that is knocked down by the first baseman who recovers and goes to the bag for the out as Marlow moves to second.

The ball came up and hit the first baseman in the face and the trainer comes out. He stays in the game.

Weis flairs a single to left and it puts runners on the corners with one away.

Hinojosa up and another passed ball scores Marlow to make it 11-0 as C.J. walks.

Montalbano up and a wild pitch advances the runners to second and third.

Montalbano grounds to short and the play goes to third to get Hinojosa as Weis scores to make it 12-0.

Silver K's swinging to end the inning.

Texas leads now 12-0 as we go to the ninth and the last home frame of the year.

 

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Urban out to close the home season for Texas gets a bloop to center that Hall dives and makes the sliding catch for out one.

A ground ball to short is out two.

A ground ball to first ends the game by the only TSU hitter to get a hit all day for them.

Texas wins 12-0 and the pitching staff gives up one hit in the double header. Two walks and an error were the only other TSU base runners all day.

That's it for the home season this year and it's on to Fort Worth in a Thursday, Friday, Saturday series against TCU to close the season.

Two slim options remain for Texas to reach the Conference Tourney and thats for TCU to lose one more of the two game at WVU and Texas to then sweep TCU.

The other is to win two more than Tech in their respective last conference series. Tech has a now struggling Baylor team in Lubbock next week.

They are both long shots to say the least, but that is the situation and at least it's some kind of shot.

To put this conference in perspective OU which had led the conference all season lost again to OSU today 4-3 and now has fallen into a tie for fourth place.

It's in the seventh at WVU and TCU leads 7-4.

TCU wins the second game 7-4 which means that WVU must win tomorrow to keep the TCU Conference Tourney option open

 

[UT Horn Fan]

Let me preface this by saying I have absolutely nothing to base this on - quite the contrary actually. However, I have a gut feeling that if Texas gets into the Big XII tourney, the hitting will come around and they will make it to a super regional.

At the same time, I don't think they will be in the tourney. Go figure.

 

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TCU pounds WVU today 16-6 to earn a trip to Bricktown.

That leaves the final spot to Tech or Texas with Texas needing some combination of two more wins against TCU than Tech against Baylor in the last conference series for each team.