Baseball ****Texas Baseball vs UCLA Official Sweep Sunday Game Thread 3.12****

[joeywa 4,511]

Good afternoon seamheads.

Horns going for the sweep today at Disch Falk Field.

Game time: 1 PM CST
TV: LHN
Radio: 104.9
Audio stream: www.texassports.com
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Freshman RHP Blair Henley gets the start for the Horns today.

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Hook Em.

[joeywa 4,511]

Side note: conversation and discussion is both appreciated and encouraged as the game goes on. Feel free to chime in here. We don't bite.

[joeywa 4,511]

Pierce is going to give McCann a shot to continue producing today. 

[Johnstark23 931]

I'm glad that McCann is playing today. I've seen the other movie and it's a shit show even defensively

[joeywa 4,511]

Horns in white pinstripe pants, burnt orange jerseys, socks & belts with black spikes

Bruins in all gray unis, blue caps, stirrups and belts; black spikes

[joeywa 4,511]

T1

 

Stephens 5-pitch walk

Ydens SAC Bunt; 1-3; runner on 2B; 1 out

Cuellar KS; 2 outs

Bouchard 1-3 comebacker on full count;

 

Nice inning by Henley.

 

Scoreless headed B1

[joeywa 4,511]

I'm glad that McCann is playing today. I've seen the other movie and it's a shit show even defensively

 

Agreed.  Actually thought he'd see more action this weekend, but I think Pierce is giving Cantu a chance to work through his challenges.

 

[joeywa 4,511]

B1

 

Shaw Works a full count; drives a liner into RCF gap; leadoff double

Hamilton On the 1-0 pitch, Shaw gets caught too far off 2B; 2-6-5-6 and he's out; 1 down; Works a 5-pitch walk

Kacy Single back up the middle; runners on the corners

Todd RBI Single back up the middle past a diving SS.

Boswell RBI Double into LCF

 

Horns up 2-0

 

[streettopeschel 3,928]

UCLA pitcher not fooling anybody.

 

The good guys are swinging confidently.

[Will Baizer 528]

Alright I'm here. Forgot my credentials at home and had to run back and forth. Now that I'm here though there have been two runs scored for Texas!

 

A RBI single up the middle by Austin Todd and a RBI double by Bret Boswell.

 

Texas is up 2-0. 1 out, men on 2nd and 3rd.

[Will Baizer 528]

Reynolds swinging at air there. 2 outs.

[joeywa 4,511]

B1 cont

1 out

Runners on 2&3

 

Reynolds KS; 2 outs

Jones 6-3

 

2 LOB

 

Horns up 2-0 thru 1

[Will Baizer 528]

And Travis hits right into the shift for out 3 of the 1st inning.

 

Not before the Horns get on the board with an RBI single up the middle by Austin Todd and a RBI double by Bret Boswell.

 

ULCA's Olsen threw 31 pitches that inning (19 strikes).

 

Horns have been good at making opposing pitchers pay early so far this year.

[joeywa 4,511]

Thanks Will.  Glad you got it handled!

[joeywa 4,511]

Henley could stand to avoid leadoff walks.  That's playing with fire.

[Will Baizer 528]

UCLA's 4th batter gets an RBI double off another full count.

1 run crosses and men on 2nd and 3rd. 1 out still

 

Lead off walks will kill ya

[MikeV73 2,385]

Saw during a game earlier this season that our pitching coach is a volunteer coach. Is that accurate, and what is his background? How is he paying for his food and rent?😎

[Will Baizer 528]

Saw during a game earlier this season that our pitching coach is a volunteer coach. Is that accurate, and what is his background? How is he paying for his food and rent?😎

 

Volunteer is a bad way to describe it. They still get paid. But yes. He's technically a volunteer coach. Most teams have one.

[Will Baizer 528]

Top 1st:

 

1st batter walks off a full count

Man on 1st. 0 outs.

 

2nd batter grounds to Hamilton. Hamilton throws it to 1st.

Man advances to 2nd. 1 out.

 

3rd batter walks on a full count.

Men on 1st and 2nd. 1 out.

 

4th batter gets an RBI double off another full count.

1 run crosses and men on 2nd and 3rd. 1 out still

 

5th batter shoots a ball into RF. Sacrifice fly nets another run for UCLA.

Tie game at 2. 2 outs. Man on 2nd.

 

6th batter is swinging at air on strike 3.

 

End of the inning and UCLA has tied the game at 2 going into the bottom of the 2nd.

[joeywa 4,511]

Saw during a game earlier this season that our pitching coach is a volunteer coach. Is that accurate, and what is his background? How is he paying for his food and rent?😎

 

Phil Haig, a former collegiate pitcher who served the last five seasons on David Pierce’s staffs at both Tulane and Sam Houston State, enters his first season as volunteer coach at Texas.

Haig spent the last two seasons as volunteer coach at Tulane where he assisted Pierce with the pitching staff. While there, he helped the Green Wave to back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances.

In 2016, Haig played a large part in guiding Tulane to an NCAA-best 13 shutouts, setting a single-season school record, surpassing its nine in 2015, Haig’s first season at Tulane. The 2015 Green Wave pitching staff was one of the best in the nation. The backend of the bullpen registered 17 saves, tying for the fourth-most in a single season at Tulane.

Prior to Tulane, the 28-year-old spent three years as Pierce’s volunteer coach at Sam Houston State. In each season with the Bearkats, Haig helped SHSU to the Southland Conference title and an NCAA Regional appearance.

Before starting his collegiate coaching career with the Bearkats in 2012, Haig spent the 2011 season as a left-handed pitcher at Florida International University after sitting out the 2010 season due to transfer rules. While at FIU, he led the Golden Panthers in wins (nine), innings pitched (99.1) and strikeouts (72). His 9-4 record helped FIU to a 40-20-1 record and an NCAA Regional Appearance. For his efforts, Haig was named an All-Sun Belt second-team selection.

From 2008 to 2009, Haig was a dual-sport athlete at Illinois, where he lettered in both football and baseball. During his sophomore season with the Fighting Illini, Haig went 7-3 in 82.1 innings, leading the team in wins. As a freshman, he finished the season with a 2-3 record in 36.1 innings, earning Big 10 Pitcher of the Week honors during the final week of the regular season.

Haig was also a backup quarterback for the 2008 Fighting Illini football team that competed in the school's first Rose Bowl since 1984.

The Inver Grove Heights, Minn. native was a five-sport athlete at Henry Sibley High School where he earned a total of 10 all-conference honors: three in baseball, three in tennis, two in football and one each in wrestling and basketball. He earned three all-state baseball selections, while also receiving high national rankings from major recruiting services for his work as a quarterback.

 

[Will Baizer 528]

Loving the staffs willingness to steal.

[joeywa 4,511]

Loving the staffs willingness to steal.

 

This is a backup C for UCLA, and he has not shown the accuracy or pop time to get our speedy runners out.  We will continue to challenge him

[Will Baizer 528]

Bottom of 2nd:

 

Michael McCann shoots a ball up the middle.

McCann on 1st. 0 outs.

 

McCann steals 2nd. Wheels. Gets it. First career stolen base.

 

Patrick Mathis knocks the ball into right center.

Runners on the corners. No outs.

 

Patrick Mathis steals 2nd. Gets it off a swinging strike.

Men on 2nd and 3rd.

 

Tate Shaw bunts right at the pitcher. Ball looks like a hot potato for Olsen. Tate gets to 1st on an E1.

Bases loaded.

 

David Hamilton flies a ball to Center RF. Sacrifice fly puts Texas back in the lead 3-2.

Men on 1st and 2nd. 1 out.

That's Hamilton's 3rd sac fly.

 

Kacy Clemens walks on a full count.

Bases loaded. 1 out.

 

Austin Todd gets a full count and he pops it up in the infield.

Bases still loaded. 2 outs.

 

Bret Boswell hits it right to the 2nd baseman.

Thats the end of the T2nd.

 

John Olsen strands bases loaded but he sits at 62 pitches over 2 innings.

 

Texas leads 3-2!

[Will Baizer 528]

Top of 3rd:

 

1st batter hits the ball into left field for a lead off single.

Man on 1st. No outs.

His name is Ydens. So that's fun

 

Wild pitch. Runner advances to 2nd.

 

2nd batter strikes out for the 1st out.

Ydens still on 2nd.

 

3rd batter ground out to 3rd base to end the Top of 3rd.

 

Texas still leads 3-2.

 

Henley sits at 62 pitches (34 strikes)

[Johnstark23 931]

Volunteer is a bad way to describe it. They still get paid. But yes. He's technically a volunteer coach. Most teams have one.

Greg Swindell was the vc for a year 2 seasons ago. You are only allowed 2 full time asst. coaches so it helps. But it's not like some dad on the little league team.