texas baseball ***Texas MidWeek vs Charleston & The Citadel***

[joeywa]

 

 

 

 

[joeywa]

Horns get 2 RISP with 2 outs, but can't push one across

Scoreless headed B1

[joeywa]

Charleston gets a no-out grand slam and a 1-out solo dinger to take a 5-0 lead in B1

[joeywa]

Horns retired in order in T2

Trail 0-5

[joeywa]

CoC adds one in B2 off of new P Eckhardt

Horns trail 0-6 thru 2 complete

[Sirhornsalot]

This is getting ugly. We need to rally soon or it's over at this rate.

[joeywa]

Horns finally get something going with 2 outs in T3

RBI single from Melendez, Ardoin double, Stehly 2 RBI single

Horns trail 3-6 headed B3

[joeywa]

7 minutes ago, Sirhornsalot said:

This is getting ugly. We need to rally soon or it's over at this rate.

You've been around long enough to know that these are long games.

[joeywa]

B3 Eckhardt faces the minimum, no damage

T4 Faltine takes the first pitch over the LF wall, but that's all they can get;

Horns trail 4-6 headed B4

 

 

[joeywa]

B4 Eckhardt works a 1-2-3 frame

T5 Horns get a 1-out double from Stehly, but can't get him home

Horns trail 4-6 headed B5

[joeywa]

B5

CoC adds one on an RBI single with 2 outs; they lead Texas 7-4 thru 5 complete

[joeywa]

T6

Daly gets a 1 out single

Hodo sends a deep fly ball that is caught at the LF wall; Daly was already around 2B and had to try and get back, but gets doubled off at 1B.

Horns trail 4-7 B6

[joeywa]

B6

1-out double followed by an RBI triple give CoC an 8-4 lead, headed to the 7th

[joeywa]

CoC brings in their FR night starter in the 7th; he Ks the side

Horns trail 4-8 headed B7

Everybody Stretch!

[joeywa]

B7

Harrison works a 1-2-3 frame

Horns trail 4-8 headed to the 8th

[joeywa]

Texas loaded the bases with 1 out.  Strand all of them after 2 straight Ks.

Headed B8, Horns trail 4-8

[joeywa]

Olivarez comes in and works around some minor trouble in B8

On to T9, Horns need 4

[joeywa]

Welp....

 

 

 

[joeywa]

Lace 'em up tomorrow and get back after it.

[joeywa]

This won't make y'all feel any better, but hey, it happens.

 

 

 

[RunRickyRun]

Anything can happen with the mid week games. Hopefully they get out of this slump soon.

[joeywa]

I think they will.  A few passing thoughts.

 

• The timing of the loss of Witt has created a bit of a mess with regards to the management of relief pitchers.  Effectively your normal mid-week guy, Gordon, has been pushed into the Sunday starting role.  This means you have to have a replacement from the pen come in as a starter.  While prior to Witt's injury, the numerous arms in the pen were able to be spread out and used in spot duty, now Coach Allen needs to move some pieces around. 
• Adding to the above, the last two weeks have had not one, but two mid-week games, creating yet another challenge for filling voids. 
• Dre is still coming off of a year in recovery.  He's not quite back to his old self yet.
• Messinger, Daly and Campbell are all hitting under .200.  This cannot continue.  While it's likely they will turn things around, they need to do this sooner rather than later.  You cannot have a 3rd of your lineup under the Mendoza line.
• LOB/RISP.  This also needs to be corrected.  Just today they left bases loaded with less than 2 outs.  Twice. 
• Strikeouts: The team currently has almost as many Ks (160) as Hits (168).  This is not the direction things should be going.  In their 5 Ls, the K total is 14, 12, 6, 15, 12.  Woof. 
• There are now 10 days and 5 games before the start of conference play in Lubbock.  Texas has games at 10-5 The Citadel (tomorrow,) then a 4-game home stand against 8-5 Incarnate Word (FR-SU 3 games) and 5-10 Central Arkansas (1 Tuesday).  These 'should' provide a nice opportunity to clean up some things. 

 

While it's not time to panic, it is time to pay attention and look for some improvements over the next week or so.  None of these losses are currently going to be costly.  How the coaching staff, and by extension the team, responds and improves, will tell us a lot about this team. 

 

 

[joeywa]

 

 

 

 

[dillohorn]

All of a sudden UT baseball not looking like one of the better UT teams of the past.

[joeywa]

T1: Texas gets a 2-out single from Melendez, walk from Ardoin, but they can't push anything across

 

B1: 1-out double given up by Stewart, followed by an IF single puts runners on the corners.  2 outs, 3-run homer given up by Stewart.