Watched the game today, I stayed 13 of the 14 innings and here is who i saw and where folks played, hope this is somewhat readable........
SP Zane Morehouse
P
Kobe Minchey
Charlie Hurley
Labaron Johnson
Andre Duplantier
Travis Stehle
Starting Lineup
1 Jared Thomas 1b
2 Porter Brown LF
3 Dylan Campbell RF
4 Eric Kennedy CF
5 Jalin Flores 3rd
6 Peyton Powell C
7 Jack O'Dowd 2nd
8 Mitchell Daly SS
9 Kimble Schuessler DH
Also got to see Garret Guillemette, Cam Constantine, Cade O'hara, Jayden Duplantier, Ace Whitehead, Rylan Galvan and Max Belyeu
My thoughts:
Defensively we look as solid as any Texas team we've had, we turned at least two double plays that I remember, could have been more, i didn't write anything down other than jersey numbers trying to get a name before the inning changed. In my projection for starting roles long before this semester started, I wasn't sure where Mitchell Daly and O'Dowd would go, I was more worried about offensive production but it makes sense that he put them both up the middle and that's where they were playing today. Looked solid, will need more time to see how Jalin fills in the 3rd base role but he looks the part, there was one hard hit ball that got past him but wouldn't be ruled an error, it was sharply hit. Jared Thomas looks great, did well at first base and then moved to RF later when others started coming in. Behind the plate, Peyton Powel started, I guess the assumption is Kimble Schuessler will be the starter so that leaves a spot open for the DH where he was at today. Not much to report on the catchers, Garrett and Rylan filled in nicely, not too much action to tell anything apart and Kimble was unable to go in that position. Not a lot of base runners. Outfield, well, you can lock that one down, actually I don't know too much about Porter Brown's defense but Eric Kennedy and Dylan Campbell are back, porter did fine today, guess we will see how he does but I expect the outfield is about as solid as there is in all of college baseball and probably the best hitting outfielders as a group.
Offensively: I think we can win any game with this offense, it looks like we have 9 hard outs. Notable at bats - Dylan Campbell, Porter Brown and someone else went yard, jaylin Flores?? Max and Jared for freshman crushed the ball, Jared several times, he did strike out once but he had a great day and so did Dylan and Porter. other notable hits - Ace Whitehead, Jayden Duplantier. Cade O'Hara went 0-2 when i left. We laid down two bunts and now my memory escapes me, one was great and they got on and the other was pushed a little hard and up the middle too much and they were thrown out, Eric Kennedy bunted one of them but now i don't remember who's was who's. Jayden Duplantier will put a lot of pressure on a team with his speed. Im curious to see who we use in the DH role when Schuessler is at catcher but we may have several options.
Pitching: All of them had flashes, Charley Hurley looked like he got through his innings the easiest. LBJ and Andre Duplantier labored to get through their innings but got through them, LBJ threw a beach ball at 88mph and the hitter sent it over the fence, I don't know what he threw but it was 88 and he was throwing 95-96 leading up to it, something off speed obviously and it didn't fool the hitter. LBJ seemed to have command of his fast ball but struggled with locating his off speed today. Stehle probably struggled the most though, he's the only one i saw throw the ball into the dirt 10 feet in front of the plate, thats a pretty big miss, woody has his work cut out for him, i was glad to see Woody come out so quickly for a couple of them. Like I said, LBJ touched 96, didn't see any one else hit 96. I don't remember who it was touched 95 but we had at least two pitchers reach that level.
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