Texas vs Rice ***Game 2 Thread (Sat DH-Noon)***

[joeywa]

Let's get this rolling.  Fixin' to post lineups for the Noon game.

 

[Shambeaux]

What is up with LHN not showing either game so far?

 

[streettopeschel]

perfect weather for baseball. really curious to see how Clemens does on the mound.

gonna be on the road a good bit today, so looking forward to checking in on the PBP periodically. hope you have a cooler of Shiners iced down and ready to go. gonna be a long day. 

 

[joeywa]

Lineup for Game 1 of the DH

Rice

8 Chandler

4 Stainback

6 Byrd

2 Reeves

3 C. Teykl

5 Gray

9 Warren

DH Taylor

7 Williamson

LHP Blake Fox

1.Chandler cf; 2.Stainback 2b; 3.Byrd ss; 4.Reeves c; 5.CTeykl 1b; 6.Gray 3b; 7.Warren rf; 8.Taylor dh; 9.Williamson lf, P-Fox

 

[utisdabomb12]

Will be a tough one with  Fox on the mound. 

 

[joeywa]

What is up with LHN not showing either game so far?

The home team owns the rights to the games.  UT and LHN have zero control over that.

 

[joeywa]

Texas Lineup

7 Johnson

9 Shaw

6 CJ

4 Marlow

3 Tres

5 Boswell

DH Gurwitz

2 Cantu

8 Stell

RHP Kacy Clemens

 

[Shambeaux]

The home team owns the rights to the games. UT and LHN have zero control over that.

Gotcha. I would think that would be better for Rice than zero tvs watching but what do I know?

 

[joeywa]

It would be Shambeaux.  Rice chose to air these on the College Sports Live network.  Good for them-bad for us. 

 

[Johnstark23]

For those that don't want to line the rice pockets for a crappy feed, texassports.Com has the Craig Way broadcast for free under the multimedia tab.

Joeywa, I hope you got your conditioning in last night. Go get em hoss get another W

 

[joeywa]

If you didn't pick up on it, Tres is moving to 1B in place of Jones today.  Cantu is behind the dish.  Minor tweak in the lineup, but one that I think benefits Texas today.  Also, it allows Tres to not have to catch two games in one day.  He's a tough kid, but the addition of Cantu this year will really pay dividends as the season goes on.

 

[joeywa]

I'm on it John.  This is a 10 AM game for me, so I'm working on coffee for now. 

 

[More Cowbell]

Gotcha. I would think that would be better for Rice than zero tvs watching but what do I know about marketing

It has happened only one time on LHN as far as I know. The LSU - UT volleyball match from LSU was shown live on LHN last year or the year before. Maybe we will see it in the future for some of the minor sports as the LHN footprint expands.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Nice start with a Johnson single. 

 

[joeywa]

And here we go.  National anthem done.  RIce has taken the field.

Rice wearing all whites today, with navy blue caps and navy blue socks

Texas wearing all grays today with burnt orange letters/numbers, burnt orange socks and hats.

Johnson leads off

1-0 down

2-0 down

2-1 fouled into left field seats

Singles up the middle.

Shaw

Checks runner

1-0 showed bunt, pulled off, low/away

Checks runner

1-1 bunt foul

Check again

Fox steps off the rubber

2-1 up/in; Shaw showed bunt, pulls back and ball gets by C.  PB allows Johnson to move up to 2B

3-1 Shaw shows bunt again, pulls back and it's low/away

Beautiful SAC bunt towards 3B; 1-3 moves Johnson to 3B.

1 out

CJ

1-0 down

SAC fly to CF; F8

Johnson scores.

2 outs

Texas up 1-0

 

[utisdabomb12]

Good start for Texas against a very good pitcher. 

 

[joeywa]

T1 cont

Situation: 2 outs; 0 on; Texas up 1-0

Marlow

1-0

2-0 away

3-0 away

3-1 take

Singles through the right side

Tres

Checks runner

0-1 foul

0-2 takes on in the inside part of the plate

1-2 just missed low

F8

1 LOB

Texas jumps out early and leads 1-0 headed B1

 

[joeywa]

Horns really needed to get something that inning for a couple of reasons.  To get on the board early against a guy that was perfect last season and had an ERA under 2.0, AND to give a young pitcher in Clemens something to work with in his first start. 

 

[utisdabomb12]

Clemens struggling early.