Jameson McCausland Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 No. 19 Texas (29-15) at West Virginia (20-18) April 27-29, 2018 Where: Morgantown, W. Va. Time: Friday—5:30 p.m. CT, Saturday—3 p.m. CT, Sunday—Noon CT TV: WVUsports.com Radio: 104.9 The Horn, AM 1260 All-time series: Texas leads, 94-32-2 PROBABLE STARTING PITCHES FRIDAY—West Virginia RHP BJ Myers (0-1, 4.89) vs. Texas RHP Nolan Kingham (5-2, 4.29) SATURDAY—West Virginia RHP Kade Strowd (4-3, 4.24) vs. Texas RHP Chase Shugart (4-2, 4.12) FRIDAY—West Virginia TBD vs. Texas RHP Blair Henley (5-5, 3.05) GAME NOTES THE MATCHUP—No. 19 Texas heads to West Virginia for a three-game Big 12 Conference series against the Mountaineers…the last time Texas went to West Virginia, it fell in all three games in 2016. A LOOK AT THE MOUNTAINEERS—West Virginia has won four of its last five including winning two-of-three against K-State last weekend at home…the Mountaineers are coming off a 13-inning win over Marshall on Tuesday night…WVU is led on offense by the trio of Marques Inman (.347, 5-HR), Kyle Gray (.331, 7-HR), and Darius Hill (.311, 4-HR)…the Mountaineers have a pair of double-digit base stealers in Brandon White and Braden Zarbinsky…on the mound, the relief corps is led by Sam Kessler’s 1.89 ERA over 17 appearances while Shane Ennis leads the team with 21 appearances (1 start). A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS—Texas has won five of its last six, including a 9-4 Tuesday night win at home over Houston…the Longhorns have played six straight non-conference games since winning two of three at Oklahoma…on offense, Kody Clemens continues to lead, compiling a .350/.451/.693 line with 13 home runs and 47 RBI…Zach Zubia has amassed nine homers and 35 RBI so far in his freshman season…on the mound, Chase Shugart is coming off a career performance last Saturday vs. New Orleans, going a career-high 7.2 innings and allowing one earned run. NEXT UP—Texas will face off against Texas State on Tuesday night before hitting the road again for a three-game set in Lubbock against Texas Tech. KODY SHOW CONTINUES—Kody Clemens continues to pace the Longhorns offense…over the weekend, he hit his Big 12-leading 13th homer of the season…earlier this month, Perfect Game/Rawlings and D1Baseball.com each announced their Midseason All-America teams and 2B Kody Clemens was named to the first team on both…USA Baseball also announced Clemens as a member of its Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list…Clemens ranks in the top five in the conference in several offensive categories: home runs (1st, 13), SLG (2nd, .693), total bases (2nd, 113), BA (5th, .350), and RBI (3rd, 47). VROOM VROOM—Sophomore SS David Hamilton stole his Big 12-leading 26th base of the year over the weekend…he is Longhorns’ first player with at least 26 stolen bases since Golden Spikes Award finalist Drew Stubbs stole that many in 2005…his 26 bags currently rank T-4th in the country…he also leads the team with 6 bunt singles on the year and 32 BBs. CONFERENCE DEFENSE—The Texas defense has solidified since Big 12 Conference action began…the Longhorns are fielding at a .988 clip over 15 league games, with position players making just five of the team’s seven errors…the Horns’ .978 fielding percentage across all games is good for tops among Big 12 teams…Texas has also turned 48 double plays on the year, which leads the nation. GO DJ, THAT’S MY DJ—After the first five attempted stolen bases against him were successful this season, junior catcher DJ Petrinsky has caught 16-of-24 since, good for 55.2% caught stealing overall on the season. BACK IN THE POLLS—After the series win at then-No. 16 Oklahoma, Texas shot back into the rankings…the Longhorns are currently ranked No. 19 by D1Baseball.com, No. 19 by Baseball America, and No. 21 by PG/Rawlings. ZUUUBOMB—Despite a three-hit game and a game-winning home run over the weekend, Zach Zubia’s reached base safely streak came to an end at 41 games on Sunday…overall, the redshirt-freshman has won a pair of Big 12 Newcomer of the Week awards this season and has hit .340/.453/.660 with four homers so far in 15 games in the month of April to push his average just under the .300 mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 27, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Happy Game Day, Seamheads. Jameson is taking the evening off, so I'll have your updates right here. If you want PBP, I'll be on Twitter @Joeywa_44 We need a good start on the bump tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OrangeLarry Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 The games will feature a free video stream, available on WVUsports.com dillohorn, Bear19 and joeywa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 27, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 T1 Shaw KS Hibbeler 6-3 Clemens KS 1-2-3 inning for WVU Scoreless headed B1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderator joeywa Posted April 27, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 B1 Leadoff single RBI Triple, WVU up 1-0 F6 KS 4-3 ends it 1 LOB WVU up 1-0 thru 1 complete Kingham's early game struggles continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 27, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 T2 Zubia KL Ham 3-1 Reynolds Double into RF DJ F7 ends it 1 LOB Horns trail 1-0 headed B2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 27, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 B2 Leadoff walk Comebacker to the mound, Kingham spins, low throw to 2B; E1 and everybody is safe FC 1-5 bunt; Kingam gets the lead runner; 1 out KS; 2 outs, runners on 1&2 HBP; bases loaded FC 6-4 ends it 3 LOB Horns trail 1-0 thru 2 complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 27, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 T3 Ellis F8 McKenzie F7 Shaw 6-3 1-2-3 again Horns trail 1-0 headed B3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 27, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 B3 IF single that Ham knocks down, but can't make the throw in time F6; 1 out Single thru left side gets past a Ham that's moving to 2B on the steal attempt; runners at the corners Kingham throws a pickoff to 1B wide, plates a runner on the E1 Batter up with a 2-2 count; now we are in a lightning delay for the next 30 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bear19 Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Kingham should be moved out of the rotation. OrangeLarry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 27, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 11 minutes ago, Bear19 said: Kingham should be moved out of the rotation. I think the problem is who do you put in there? Bocchi, O'Donnell, Fields, Sawyer have all had their challenges. Robinson isn't a starter, Elder has been pretty effective in middle relief. Stevens isn't ready. So who do you go to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear19 Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, joeywa said: I think the problem is who do you put in there? Bocchi, O'Donnell, Fields, Sawyer have all had their challenges. Robinson isn't a starter, Elder has been pretty effective in middle relief. Stevens isn't ready. So who do you go to? Kitchen Sink. Edited April 27, 2018 by Bear19 joeywa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderator joeywa Posted April 28, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Tarp off, players making their way back to their respective dugouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 28, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I'd imagine we'll be back to baseball in the next 10-15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderator joeywa Posted April 28, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 B3 cont; 1 out, runner on 2B Doanes up with a 2-2 count; he walks on 2 pitches F9 advances runner on 2B to 3B Runners on the corners, 2 outs Comebacker ends the frame 2 LOB Horns trail 2-0 thru 3 complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 28, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 T4 Hibbeler KS Clemens up, down in the count 0-2; time called Another Lightning Delay See y'all in 30 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 28, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Tarps off the field again. Still waiting for players and umps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 28, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 T4 cont; Clemens up with 1 out, 0-2 count; KS Zubia Walk Ham RBI triple Reynolds RBI single Tie game at 2 DJ F9 ends it 1 LOB Game tied at 2, headed B4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator joeywa Posted April 28, 2018 Moderator Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 B4 Kingham comes back out to pitch the 4th, strikes out the side working around a 2-out single Game tied at 2 thru 4 complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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