Game Thread ****Texas Baseball vs TCU Official Weekend Game Thread****

[joeywa]

Happy Friday, Seamheads.

 

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

 

A quick preview of this weekend's match vs TCU, courtesy TexasSports.com.

 

No. 24 TEXAS (31-16, 9-8) at No. 9 TCU (32-11, 12-6)
May 5-7, 2017
Where: Fort Worth, Texas (Lupton Stadium)
Time: Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 12 p.m., Sunday at 1 p.m.
TV: Friday—ESPNU, Saturday—ESPN2, Sunday—ESPNU 
Radio: 104.9 FM The Horn/1260 AM—Craig Way (Play-by-Play), Roger Wallace (Analyst)
Live stats: gofrogs.com
All-time series: Texas leads, 223-68-2

 

Complete Game Notes           

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
FRIDAY—TCU LHP Nick Lodolo (5-1, 4.39) vs. Texas RHP Morgan Cooper (6-2, 1.45)
SATURDAY—TCU RHP Brian Howard (6-3, 5.43) s. Texas RHP Nolan Kingham (7-3, 2.05)
SUNDAY—TCU RHP Mitchell Traver (2-1, 3.95) vs. Texas RHP Kyle Johnston (2-1, 3.29)

 

 

 

 

Texas controls its own destiny as we get into the final couple of weeks of the season.  Win this series in Ft. Worth and the series vs. West Virginia at DFF in a couple of weeks, and Texas is set up nicely for post-season play as they enter the Big12 tournament.  Drop either or both, and the post-season will likely be a very tough assignment in an environment like LSU, Stanford or the like. 

 

 

I'll be doing the PBP on Twitter this weekend.  Here's the link if you're interested in following.  https://twitter.com/joeywa_44

 

I'll try to post some updates in this thread as the weekend progresses.  Please feel free to chime in throughout the weekend with your thoughts.  We encourage the banter! 

 

Now, who wants some frog legs for Cinco de Mayo? 

 

HookEm!

 

 

[joeywa]

Lineups

 

Texas

 

 

9 Todd

DH Kody

7 Jones

3 Kacy

5 Reynolds

8 Gurwitz

2 Cantu

4 Boswell

6 Hamilton

1 Cooper

 

TCU

9 Wade

DH Wanhanen

3 Baker

2 Skoug

4 Warner

8 Brown

7 Watson

5 Barzilli

6 Merrill

1 Lodolo

 

 

[drgilbert]

Couple wild pitches and we have a run.

[drgilbert]

Base hit by Jones

[drgilbert]

Damn. Kacy strikes out. 2 down

[drgilbert]

Jones steals second and bad throw from catcher and he goes to third

[drgilbert]

Reynolds strikes out. 1-0 UT

[joeywa]

GAME ON ESPN NEWS AND WATCH ESPN UNTIL LACROSSE GAME ENDS

 

First Pitch:

 

T1

Todd single up the middle

Kody on the 1-1 pitch, watches a WP up/in, goes to the backstop & Todd takes 2B

Kody F7 advances Todd to 3B; 1 out

Jones up; WP and Todd scores;

Texas up 1-0

Jones works a full count and singles up the middle

Kacy works a 2-2 count; fouls off a couple; KS on a pitch up/in

Reynolds up; 0-2 pitch and Jones SB 2B; advances to 3B on E2 as C throws it to CF

KL for Reynolds ends it

 

Horns up 1-0 headed B1

 

[joeywa]

DRGilbert has PBP here.  Nicely done.

 

I'll pop in from time to time.  Thanks brotha!    HookEm 

[drgilbert]

Wade gets a lead off double.

[drgilbert]

Wanhanen up next. HBP. Runners on first and second no outs. Damn

[joeywa]

Wanhanen made no effort to get out of the way of that pitch.  I am surprised he was awarded 1B

[drgilbert]

Baker up next. He strikes out. Yay! One down

[joeywa]

Cooper has work to do here. 

[drgilbert]

Skoug is up. 4 pitch walk. Come on Coop. Bases loaded. Sh!t

[drgilbert]

Need a DP here

[drgilbert]

Warner up. Base hit. Scores two. 2-1 TCU and one out w/ runners on 1 and 2

[drgilbert]

Brown up. Hit to second base he throws to first. Two down runners on 2 and 3

[joeywa]

Cooper better get his head right in between innings.  He has to settle down. 

[drgilbert]

Watson up. K. Thank goodness. 3 outs

[drgilbert]

Let's hope we can rattle their freshman pitcher

[joeywa]

Coop with 32 pitches in the 1st inning.  That trend can't continue.

[drgilbert]

Gurwitz up. Hit to short and he slips. Basehit.

[drgilbert]

Cantu up. He strikes out.

[drgilbert]

Gurwitz caught stealing. Two down