Baseball weekend series Michigan State visits Texas

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 8th.

Robbins leadoff home run. Tinney long fly out. Williams strikeout. Borba walks. Duplantier ground out to 2nd.

After 8 complete Texas leads 3-1

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 9th.
Burns coming in.

Leadoff single.
Strikeout. Strikeout. Strikeout.

Texas wins 3-1. Takes the series. Looking for the Sunday sweep.

 

[Oldmanastro]

Thanks Mr Ficken. I like the two runners thrown out by Tinney.

 

[longhorndon]

I know the competition isn't huge, yet, but I like what Schloss has added. I'm still a bit concerned with the bullpen without Volantis.

 

[tejasrulz]

They didn't mention this during the broadcast but Robbins hit for the cycle yesterday, the first time for Texas since 2015! He also made a great catch in CF to rob Mich St of at least a double!

 

[david ficken]

Game 3. Volantis to start.

Fly out to CF. Come backer to Volantis. Infield single. Fly out to LF

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 1st.

Mendoza with a leadoff single. A Rod single. Runners on the corners no outs. Robbins strikeout. Tinney up.. A Rod takes 2nd on the strikeout. Tinney 4 pitch walk. Bases loaded for Williams. Williams RBI walk. Borba up. MSU mound meeting. Borba now up. Borba grounds to SS only play to 1st. RBI. Williams to 2nd. Larson fly out to CF

After 1 complete Texas leads 2-0

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 2nd.
Strikeout. Another infield single on a high chopper. Strikeout. Single to RF. A swinging bunt that Volantis gets to and throws to 1st. Being reviewed. Called overturned to safe. Bases loaded 2 outs. Strikeout.

End of the top of the 2nd

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 2nd.

Becerra leadoff HBP. Pack Jr line out to 2nd and double off Becerra at 1st.
Mendoza ground out to SS

After 2 complete Texas leads 2-0.

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 3rd.

Leadoff infield single. 3rd one for MSU so far today. A long foul ball. Ground out to 1st. Runner to 2nd. Fly out to CF. Strikeout.

Heading to the bottom of the 3rd

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 3rd.

A Rod fly out to shallow CF. Robbins fly out to LF. Tinney hits a 2 out double. Williams hits a RBI single. Borba up. Wild pitch allows Williams to get to 2nd. Borba high pop out.

After 3 complete Texas leads 3-0.

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 4th.

Ground out to 3rd. Come backer to Volantis for the 2nd out. Strikeout.

Quick 1-2-3 inning.
Heading to bottom of the 4th.

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 4th

Larson. Leadoff single. Becerra up. Ground out to SS only play to 1st. Pack Jr single to LF. Larson held up at 3rd. Runners on the corners and 1 out. Pitching change.

 

[david ficken]

Continue 4th.

Mendoza. Balk. Scores Larson . Pack to 2nd. Mendoza strikeout. A Rod infield single. Robbins up with 2 outs and runners on the corners. Robbins walks to load the bases with Tinney due up. Tinney strikeout.

After 4 complete Texas leads 4-0

 

[david ficken]

Texas wins 4-0. Texas gets the sweep. Now 7-0. Believe now 3 games away for 1000 wins for Schloss.

 

[david ficken]

Volantis went 7+ innings. Will get the final line a little later.

 

[longhorndon]

1 earned run allowed for the entire weekend? That's impressive. I know it's Michigan State, but wow!

 

[david ficken]

Volantis went 7+ innings. Will get the final line a little later.

Dylan Volantis line:
7 innings: 5 hits (4 infield singles), 9 strikeouts, 1 walk on 91 pitches.

Burns got 2 more strikeouts in the 9th.

Believe MSU hits all came in the 1st 4 innings today.

Game was played in just 2 and half hrs. That's how long these games should be with solid pitching and defense.