Mid week game Texas State visits Texas

[david ficken]

Texas State comes to Austin tonight. The visiting team has won the last 9 games between the 2 teams.

A Rod is out. Sounds Borba to 3rd, Livingston at 1st, and Becerra at SS.

Max Grubbs with the start tonight.

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 1st

1 out single. Tinney throws out the runner at 2nd. Fly ball that Robbins missed played. Now runner on 2nd. A pop up that neither Pack or Becerra get to. 2 run scored. Now a hit that beats the shift. That is 3 runs in. A flare to RF. Runners on the corners.

Team meeting on the mound for Texas.

Strikeout to end the top of the 1st.

Texas State leads 3-0 heading to the bottom of the 1st

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 1st

Mendoza ground out. Tinney walk. Robbins Boom Boom Boom
Robbins with a 2 run home run. Pack Jr up. Pack Jr ground out. Borba up. Borba walk. Becerra up. Becerra single. Larson up. Larson fly out.

After 1 complete Texas State leads 3-2

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 2nd

Kade Bing now in to pitch for Texas

Fly out. Ground out to the pitcher. Ground out.

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 2nd

Duplantier strikeout. Livingston out. Mendoza double. Mendoza steals 3rd. Wild pitch allows Mendoza to score. Tinney strikeout.

After 2 complete game tied at 3

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 3rd

Strikeout. Fly out. Ground out to 1st

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 3rd

Robbins strikeout. Pack Jr up. Pack Jr pop out. Borba ground out.

After 3 complete game tied at 3

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 4th

Leadoff home run. Texas State now up.

Fly out. Ground out. Strikeout

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 4th

Becerra ground out. Larson fly out. Duplantier single. Livingston out.

After 4 complete Texas State leads 4-3

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 5th

Burns now in to pitch for Texas

Ground out to the pitcher. Strikeout. Home run . That was a wind aided home run. Ground out.

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 5th

Mendoza with a leadoff walk. Tinney fly out. Robbins pop out. Pack Jr up. Ground out.

After 5 complete Texas State leads 5-3

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 6th

Brody Walls now in to pitch for Texas

Livingston with a really nice dive to get the ball and throw to the pitcher for the out. HBP. Called strikeout. Strikeout

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 6th

Borba Boom Boom Boom leadoff home run. Becerra walk. Larson strikeout. Duplantier up. Becerra steals 2nd. Duplantier walk. Monsour, pitch hitter for Livingston.

Pitching change for Texas State.

Monsour fly out. Mendoza RBI single. Mendoza up to 2nd on the throw to home plate.

Texas leads 6-5.

Tinney RBI single. Robbins single. Tinney goes from 1st to 3rd. Pack Jr up. Pack Jr RBI single. State over throws the cut off person allowing Robbins to score and Pack Jr to 2nd.
Borba up. Borba ground out.

After 6 complete Texas leads 9-5

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 7th

Ethan Walker now in to pitch for Texas

Fly out. Double. Monsour ran into the wall. RBI double. RBI single. Runner to 2nd on the ball bouncing off the fence.

Pitching change for Texas.

Crossland now in to pitch for Texas.
It's now 9-7 Texas. 1 on 1 out.

Pass ball allows runner to 3rd. Ground out. Runner scores. Ground out

Texas State scores 3 in the inning. Texas still leads 9-8 heading to the bottom of the 7th

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 7th.

Becerra ground out. Larson strikeout. Duplantier double. Monsour up. Duplantier steals 3rd. Monsour strikeout

After 7 complete Texas leads 9-8

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 8th

Crossland gives up 1 hit. 2 strikeouts. No runs.

 

[david ficken]

Bottom of the 8th

Mendoza with a home run.

After 8 complete Texas leads 10-8

 

[david ficken]

Top of the 9th

Cozart gets the save with a strikeout.

Texas wins 10-8

Texas is now 24-4

Texas ends the road team winning at 9 between these 2 teams.

 

[david ficken]

A few thoughts on the game and going forward. Stop using Ethan Walker. I would bet we have better freshmen pitcher that are lefty than him. Or make him shave that crappy '70 pornstache off until he shows he can be better.

Don't like the moving of players around like we did last night.

Wind helped some normal fly outs become home runs last night.

We really needed this win going into this weekend series. It's a reminder that the last time we went to South Carolina we got embarrassed as a #1 team at that time and were swept by them. Ivan M. made a giant ass of himself there BTW.

I doubt coach Schloss allows for the team to be cocky going into the series.

 

[Dillohorn1]

Winning on Tuesdays is HARD.