The last conference series of the season finds the Longhorns in Manhattan to face a very bad KSU team. They lost their first five games of the season and have played consistently bad all year. This team won the conference last season and was favored to win again this year. Instead they are 24-28 on the season and 4-17 in conference play. To put it in perspective in the last two Sunday conference games against TCU and OSU they have given up 38 runs in two run ruled defeats. In the TCU game they were leading 7-4 in the fifth and then gave up a seven run fifth and a ten run sixth to lose 21-7. Then next week came the 17-5 loss at home to OSU. As bad as it's been they still managed to squeeze out one conference series win against Baylor. That tells you just how bad last year's feat of losing every conference series was for Texas. Texas starts junior lefty Dillon Peters at 5-3 with an era of 2.50 against sophomore righty Jake Matthys at 2-4 and 7.88. Peters gets the start because French has had the flu and has been pushed back to Sunday. The game is televised in Kansas, but nowhere else. The Link This is the link I have for tonight's game, which is the KSU pay stream. Hopefully it will be up and running by game time. Texas should sweep this series and if they don't at least win it, well I would just pack up the bats and balls and let KSU go to the tourney in our place and call it a season.
Marlow leads off batting lefty against the right hander Jake Matthys. Marlow takes a called strike three for one away. Johnson steps in right handed and drops a bunt and the pitcher fields and goes 1-3 for two down. Payton bats lefty and grounds to first and it goes 3-1 to retire the side in order. Kansas State comes to bat looking to break the scoring ice.
Peters faces Ross Kivett, the second baseman in the Wildcat first. He flies out to Payton in center for one away. Clayton Dalrymple, in left field tonight draws a walk on a full count for a base runner. Max Brown, plays centerfield and bats right handed with one away. Dalrymple is picked off first and the 1-3-6 play is out two. So Brown bats now with two down and the bases empty. A ground ball to third retires the side. One played and nobody on the board yet.
Barerra bats righty against Matthys as the second begins. He grounds one through the left side for a single and the first hit of the game. Carter, the DH bats right handed and probably looks to bunt. He gets it down and moves Barrera to second with one down. Shaw bats lefty with one away and Barrera at second. The count runs full and Shaw chops one back to the mound and is thrown out as Barrera goes to third. Hinojosa bats righty with two down and lines out to center to retire the side. Bottom of the second and still 0-0.
Blair Deboard, the catcher bats right handed against Peters in the second. He K's looking for one away. The shortstop is Austin Fisher batting right handed and he is hit by a curve ball on the first pitch. Lefty hitter Mitch Meyer, plays right field and bats with one down and a runner at first. He K's swinging on three pitches for two down. The DH is righty hitter Tanner DeVinney, with two away and a runner still at first. He K's swinging on a high heater to retire the side on K's. Two gone now and still 0-0.
Matthys faces lefty hitting Clemens as the Texas third starts. He flies to shallow center for one away. Gurwitz bats right handed with one down. A ground ball goes to short for a 6-3 out two. Marlow bats again at the top of the order. He steps in lefty and drives one over the right fielder's head and off the wall and it gets away from him and Marlow has a triple. Johns drops one down the line in left and it goes to the wall. Marlow scores and Johnson keeps going to third and is gunned down there to retire the side. The double makes it 1-0 Texas as we go to the bottom of the third.
Peters out for the third and by the way that was not a good play by Johnson making the third out at third. He was already in scoring position. R.J. Santigate, the first baseman bats lefty and he K's looking for one away. The third baseman Milels, grounds to short for two away. The top of the order is up again in Kivett with two outs. The righty walks for a two base runner. Dalrymple bats righty with two away and one on. Kivett steals second as Barrera's throw is knocked down by Peters. It would not have been in time anyway. Dalrymple back in with a runner now in scoring position. He flies to Payton in straight away center to retire the side. Going to the top of the fourth and Texas leads 1-0.
Matthys faces Payton as the Texas fourth commences. Mark bats lefty looking to extend his long on base streak. He takes a called third strike for one away. Barrera bats righty with one down. He drives one to the gap in left center to the wall for a double. Carter bats from the right side with a runner in scoring position and one away. He works a full count and then dumps a flair into right center that scores Barrera as the throw home was late. Texas leads 2-0. Carter goes to second on the throw. Shaw bats with a runner at second and one away. He lines one to the right fielder for two down. Hinojosa is up again with two down and tries to plate another Texas run. Another full count is reached before he lines a single by the second baseman. The throw from right is wild as the ground and the ball is wet from showers earlier. Another run scores to make it 3-0. This brings out the pitching coach. Hinojosa also as happened before goes to second on the throw. Clemens bats with two down and yet another runner at second. Another full count pitch comes and he walks to put two on. Gurwitz bats with two on and two down. Again a full count and the runners are off and a ground ball in the hole on the right side is knocked down by the first baseman on a dive. There is no play and with the runners off Hinojosa scores to make it 4-0 on the infield hit. That is all for Matthys and we have a pitching change.
The new pitcher for K-State is lefty Landon Bush. He faces Marlow at the top of the order with runners at first and second with two down. Marlow steps in left handed to face the lefty pitcher Bush. He grounds to second and the 4-6 force retires the side. Texas adds three more and leads 4-0 as we go to the bottom half of the fourth.
Peters out for the fourth faces Brown leading off for KSU. He sends one out to right center that Payton brings in for one away. Debord bats righty with one down. The count runs full and a big hook looked outside, but it's called a strike for a K looking for two down. Fisher bats with two away and slices a fly ball to left to retire the side in order. Four played in Manhattan and Texas leads 4-0.
Busch back out for his first full inning of work faces Johnson leading off the fifth. As with every batter is seems the count runs full. He takes a fast ball on the inside corner for a K looking and one out. Payton bats again still looking to extend his on base streak. He flies out to right to go 0-3 and two down. Barrera bats with two down and the bases clear. He walks on four pitches to reach. Carter bats with two away and Barrera at first. Back to the full count routine and Barrera is off as a low pitch puts two on the walk. Shaw bats with two on and two down. He steps into the left handed batting box and strokes a double to right center. Barrera scores and also Carter that makes it 6-0 Texas. Hinojosa bats with Shaw at second and grounds a single into left and Shaw scores to make it 7-0. Clemens bats with one on and two away. He lines another single to right to put two on. Busch is getting roped and now he is going to be removed. Another pitching change for KSU. Carter goes around to third and it's runners on the corners. Busch started and then stopped his motion to earn the balk call. The new pitcher for KSU is J. Witcig and he retires Gurwitz on a ground ball to end the inning. Halway through the game and Texas now leads 7-0.
Peters faces Meyer as the fifth starts and pops out to Peters for one away. Devinney K's swinging for two away. Santigate also K's swinging to retire the side in order. Five down and Texas leads 7-0.
Jordan Witcig faces Marlow as the sixth begins. He walks to reach as a lead runner. Johnson bats with Marlow at first and no outs. A curve ball catches the inside corner says the ump to Ben's amazement for a K looking for one away. Payton bats with one on and one down still looking to extend his on base streak. A wild pitch sends Marlow to second and the count is full. A ground ball goes to first and the 3U sends Marlow to third with two down. Barrera bats with two down and Marlow at third. He lines another hit to center and Marlow scores to make it 8-0. Carter bats with two down and one on. He sends a gapper to the wall in left center and another bad base running error costs Texas a run. Carter goes for third and is gunned down and the home plate ump says the third out occured before Barrera crossed home plate. So that run doesn't score and it's 8-0 as we go to the bottom of the sixth. Barrera also slowed down on the play by the way.
Peters faces Miles leading off the sixth. He grounds one back to Peters for a 1-3 first out. Kivett at the top of the order bats with one down. He pops up foul on the first base side and it's caught by Clemens for two away. Dalrymple bats with two down and he lines hard to Gurwitz to retire the side in order. Six innings gone now and Texas leads 8-0.
Witcig faces Shaw as the seventh inning starts. The lefty hitter flies out to left for one away. Hinojosa bats with one down. He lines a drive right to the centerfielder for two away. Clemens bats with two down. A comebacker is the third out and the Horns go down in order. Stretch time in Kansas and Texas leads 8-0.
Peters faces Brown as the KSU seventh begins. The righty hitter works the count full and then walks for the third base runner of the night for KSU. They are ALL on walks by the way. Debord bats with one on and no outs. He K's swinging as the runner steals second for one away. Fisher up grounds out to second as the runner goes to third. Two down and a pinch hitter is Taylor Anderson. He bats right handed and gets hit on the foot by a pitch to put two on. Runners n the corners with two down for DeVinney. He pops out to Marlow in shallow right. That retires the side and you might want to alert some friends as something special in a bad game is still going on. After seven Texas leads 8-0.
The eighth stars as Gurwitz faces Witcig. A ground ball to short is a 6-3 out one. Marlow at the top of the order again bats with one down. He dumps a flair in left down the line for a single. Johnson bats with one on and one down. A ground ball goes off the pitcher and Johnson beats it out for an infield single. Two on for Payton and it could be the last chance to extend his on base streak. On the first pitch he lines a single on one hop in front of the right fielder to load the bases and extend his streak to 89 straight games on base. Good for you Mark! Barrera bats with the bases loaded and one down. He grounds into the 6-4-3 double play to retire the side. To the bottom of the eighth and Texas leads 8-0.
So Peters night is done after seven sterling innings. The new Texas pitcher is Morgan Cooper, the big right hander. He faces Tyler Stover, who came into the game in the last inning. The new first baseman has reinjures his shoulder on a swing and now he is pinch hit for by Kyle Speer batting lefty. This game has had a lot of weird things in it. He draws a walk for a lead runner. Lance Miles bats with one on and no outs. He K's swinging for one out. The top of the KSU order in Kivett bats and he grounds into a 6-4-3 double play to retire the side. Eight innings in the books and Texas leads 8-0.
Kind of a shame we had to pull Dillon Peters with a no-hitter going on, but he had thrown 94 pitches, and with the conference tournament starting Wednesday, it had to be done. Great job tonight on the mound!
Carter leads off the ninth with a home run to left to make it 9-0. The video feed has gone haywire and I don't know what AmaRecTV Live is as it flashes over and over. Shaw also gets a hit and I think it was a single. Hinojosa doubles into the left field corner to put runners at second and third. That's all for Witcig and a pitching change is made.
Braxton Wilks is the latest hurler for KSU. He faces Clemens with runners at second and third and no outs. He sends another drive out of the park to make it now 12-0. It cleared the fence in right field. Gurwitz bats with the bases empty and still no outs. It seems even the K-State camera's couldn't stand this much offense from Texas. Gurwitz flies out to center for one away. Marlow bats again at the top of the order. A ground ball to first is two away. Yes AmaRecTV Live you are freezing in red flashing letters it says. Johnson bats with two outs. He walks for another runner. Payton bats again after extending his on base streak on what was thought to be his last at bat last inning. He pops up to third to retire the side. Texas tacks on four more on two homers to make it 12-0 to the bottom of the ninth. One more thing to try to get tonight and it's too bad we lost the video feed to see the attempt.
First out in ninth is long flyball to the fence, but caught by Ben Johnson. Second out is slow roller, batter out on throw to first. Pinch hitter is last hope for KSU. He flies out to left! Combined no-hitter! UT wins 12-0, outhits the Wildcats19-0. KSU has been wiped out by injuries this year, and they may be very dispirited at this point. Nevertheless, they were picked as preseason Big XII favorites based on their superregional appearance last year. They must have something, and tomorrow is senior night. Can't assume a victory, although it was pretty easy tonight.
