Texas vs WVU Game 1 Thread ***Friday 6 PM CST***

[joeywa]

Hello again sports fans.  Let's get ready to roll with the conference opener here in about an hour.

Here are the lineups:

Texas Linuep:

7 Johnson

9 Shaw 

6 Hinojosa

2 Barrera

4 Marlow 

5 Boswell 

3 Cantu

DH Stell

8 Gurwitz

French RHP

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[joeywa]

Tonight's game will be broadcast on LHN, as well as an audio stream on TexasSports.com

 

[Matt Cotcher]

WVU just finished BP. The Horns are about to take infield practice.

Very pleasant evening at DFF. 75 degrees and almost no breeze at all.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

From the preview:

FRIDAY
Texas - Senior RHP Parker French (2-1, 1.61)
West Virginia - Freshman RHP Conner Dotson (0-1, 1.86)

• Freshman right-hander Dotson has been promoted out of the pen and is making his first collegiate start. Dotson has pitched in four games and has 15 K’s in 9.2 innings.

 

[utisdabomb12]

I hope they aren't rocking these uni's again. 

 

[joeywa]

I mentioned it in my Conference Preview, but I dug a bit more into the stats.

Team: SAC Bunt Attempts/Games Played/SBA per Game

Texas: 15/17/0.88
WVU: 22/13/1.69
KSU: 30/16/1.88
OSU: 33/15/2.2
ou: 33/19/1.74
KU: 16/17/0.94
TCU: 32/13/2.46
Tech: 19/15/1.27
Baylor: 35/15/2.33

Texas has the lowest SAC Bunt Attempts per game avg in the Big 12 right now, and by a pretty good margin against most of the other teams. 

Think about that for a minute.

Not saying that Augie is getting away from it, as I think we'll still see him go to the SAC in many instances, but this speaks volumes about how well our team is hitting right now, AND how confident Augie is with this.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

Hello again sports fans.  Let's get ready to roll with the conference opener here in about an hour.

Here are the lineups:

Texas Linuep:

7 Johnson

9 Shaw 

6 Hinojosa

2 Barrera

4 Marlow 

5 Boswell 

3 Cantu

DH Stell

8 Gurwitz

French RHP

Cantu at 1B and Barrera behind the plate.

 

[joeywa]

Cantu at 1B and Barrera behind the plate.

And your point?  :lol:

 

[Johnstark23]

Very pleasant evening at DFF. 75 degrees and almost no breeze at all.

Tonight's weather brought to you by Brick Tamland

 

[joeywa]

Tonight's weather brought to you by Brick Tamland

I love lamp.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

Tonight's weather brought to you by Brick Tamland

 

[joeywa]

NICE! 3-man booth tonight on LHN.  LOVE LOVE LOVE this setup.  No better crew in the country to call a game.

 

[Worster1]

Sunshine and Horn Baseball on Friday.... all is well. 

French needs to bring WVU the HEAT tonight.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Tough play for Shaw, but a play he needs to make. 

 

[Matt Cotcher]

Two 2-out hits that were both ripped to perfectly unplayable spots.

 

[joeywa]

Texas wearing home whites, white caps with the burnt orange bills and burnt orange socks and under shirts.

WVU in gray pants, navy shirts, caps and socks. 

Something to watch tonight; last year Tres was fired up at WVU for trying to steal signs. 

T1

Munden

1-0

6-3; 1 out

Fox

0-1 take

6-3; 2 outs

Cramer

1-0 away

1-1 fouled away left

2-1 low/in

2-2 check swing

2-2 fouled away left

IF single; CJ knocks it down and there's no play.

Johnson

1-0 away

1-1 fouled back on a check swing

Checks runner

Liner into RF, and SHaw can't make the running catch.

RBI

Johnson to 3B with a triple

WVU up 1-0

O'Brien

0-1 take

0-2 take

1-2 up

1-2 fouled down

KS

1 LOB

Going B1, WVU strikes first; 1-0

 

[joeywa]

B2

Johnson

0-1 fouled back

1-1 low/away

F4 in shallow CF; 1 out

Shaw

1-0 down

1-1 fouled away left

1-2 takes one up in the zone

IF single off the P's foot and 2B can't get a handle on it.

CJ

F9; 2 outs

Need to be patient with this frosh pitcher. 

Tres

0-1 swing

Checks runner

Checks again

1-1 low/away

F9

1 LOB

WVU leads 1-0 through 1

 

[joeywa]

T2

Davis

0-1

1-1 dirt

1-2 take

2-2 dirt

Rips a double down 3B line

Huth

1-0

SAC bunt 3-4; 1 out

Runner advances to 3B

Wood

0-1 fouled away RF seats

Skip comes out to the bump

 

[joeywa]

T2 (cont) 1 out; runner on 3B

Wood 0-1 count

1-1 away

Hard comebacker to French, he fumbles around a bit with it but gets the out; 1-3

Runner holds at 3B

Cascadden

0-1

1-1

2-1 in

3-1 down/away

3-2 take

KS

1 LOB; HUGE K for French

Texas down 1-0 headed B2