After dropping game one, it's imperitive that Texas wins game two. Tech leads TCU 5-1 in game two of their series. If that ends in another Tech win, it most likely means Tech is on their way to winning the conference. So what Texas really needs now, in my opinion is a sweep by Tech and of course Texas to win the next two games, of this series. That would mean Texas would be in second place, at 11-7, while OSU and TCU would be tied for third, at 10-8. Texas would be at 22-22, on the season, with a chance to improve on that and finish second in the conference. Long way to go for that though, just a scenario of mine. Line-ups for game two coming up.
Well neither team tweeted out their line-up yet, so here is what I have. OSU 0 TEXAS 0 Inning 1 - SIDEARM Stats
Ty Culbreth, the veteran lefty, will start game two for the Horns. When Texas has needed a win, he has always delivered. He has a league leading 8-2 record in the Big 12, undefeated in the conference. J.R. Davis, the second baseman, leads off, batting righty, for the Cowboys. He sends a ball to the gap, a lead off double. Right fielder is Corey Hassel, batting righty, with a man on. He bunts and Culbreth fields and throws it toward the wrong man covering second, it gets away and the run scores, on the E-1. OSU leads 1-0. Shortstop is Donnie Walton, batting lefty, with a man on. He bunts and the 1-3 sac is one away. Benge bats lefty with a man on and one away. He K's swinging on the curve, two down. Ryan Sluder, the centerfielder bats righty, a man on and two outs. He singles through the left side, the run scores, but Sluder out at second on the 7-6-4 out three. OSU gets two runs, one earned, to lead 2-0, Texas to bat.
OSU will start a big righty, Jenson Elliot. Texas leads off with Travis Jones, the DH, batting righty. A grounder to short goes 6-3, for the first out. Kody Clemens will bat lefty, with an out. He pops up to short, for two gone. The first baseman is Tres Barrera, batting righty, with two gone. A liner down the left field line, is a two out double. Patrick Mathis, the right fielder, bats lefty, with a man on second and two down. He can cut the lead in half with a hit to the outfield. By the way TCU has now taken the lead over Tech 8-5, in the sixth. Full count to Mathis and a single up the middle will plate the run. OSU leads 2-1. Pitching coach out for a visit, now returns to the dugout. Shortstop is Joe Baker, batting righty, with a man on and two gone. A comebacker goes 1-3, to end the inning. Texas gets on the board, for the first time today, OSU leads 2-1, after one.
Culbreth back out, for the second. First baseman is Andrew Rosa, batting righty, to lead off for OSU. A fly ball toward the game in left center, but Gurwitz has it, for one down. The catcher is Colin Simpson, the catcher, batting lefty, with an out. He K's swinging on the curve, two away. Jon Littell is the left fielder, batting righty, with two outs. A grounder up the middle is a single, for a runner. Hatch, the pitcher in the first game was listed as the DH, but not so. A pinch hitter for him and the DH is righty hitter, David Petrino. He lines out to right, to end the frame. Bottom of the second and OSU leads 2-1.
Elliot will return and pitch the Horn second. Zane Gurwitz will lead off, for Texas, playing centerfield and batting right handed. A comebacker and the 1-3 play is one away. Left fielder is Ty Rand, batting righty, with an out. He grounds a single through the box, into center, for a runner. The Horn catcher is righty hitting Michael Cantu, with one on and one out. Rand goes and steals the base with ease, the one hop throw is way late. He takes a fast ball, on the outside corner, the K is two outs. Cantu continues to struggle with the bat. Jake McKenzie, the second baseman, with a runner on second and two down. He needs a hit to tie the contest. A flair to right center and it drops, the single ties the game. Game tied 2-2. Jones bats again, at the top of the order, man on and two outs. He takes a fast ball that catches the outside corner, the K will end the frame. Texas ties the game at 2-2, after two.
Culbreth back for the third inning, for OSU. TCU has upped it's lead to 11-6, in the sixth. Davis, at the top of the order, leads off. He doubled and scored his first trip. A ground ball to short and the 6-3 is one away. Righty hitter is Hassel, with an out. A fly ball to center is a quick second out. This brings the slugger Walton up, batting righty, as a switch hitter, with two away. He pops up to second and the side down in order. Bottom of three and the game tied 2-2.
Elliot will be back out and pitch the Horn third. Leading off is Kody Clemens, batting lefty, for Texas. He takes a fast ball, on the inside corner, another K, for one away. Barrera bats righty, with an out. He doubled and later scored his first at bat. A high pop on the right side of the infield is two gone. This brings up Mathis, batting lefty, two outs. He K's swinging, on a change, but off the catcher glove, the passed ball will put him on. Baker bats righty, with a man on and two down. Mathis goes and another easy stolen base, the throw wide and late. This is what a doubleheader can do, as both teams have different catchers in this game. Mathis is picked off second 1-4, to end the inning, wasn't even close. After three, game is tied 2-2.
Culbreth out for his fourth inning of work. OSU leads off with Benge, batting lefty. He grounds to second and the 4-3 is one out. Sluder bats righty, with an out. He K's looking, on the curve, two gone. Rosa bats righty, with two outs. A bleeder to short and the 6-3 is the third out, to set the side down in order. Bottom of four and tied 2-2.
Elliot will pitch the fourth for the Cowboys. The Longhorns send up Baker, batting righty, leading off. He was up when Mathis was picked off second. A fly ball to second and it's one gone. Gurwitz bats righty, with one out. Grounder to second and the 4-3 means two down. Rand bats righty, with two away. Grounder to short and bobbled, but the 6-3 is still recorded, side down in order again. Both pitchers have found a groove and still tied 2-2, after four completed.
Culbreth comes back out for the OSU fifth, for the Horns. Leading off is the catcher Simpson, batting lefty, for the Cowboys. A little liner to right is one away. Littell bats righty, with an out. Two hopper to second and another 4-3 is two gone. The righty DH is Petrino, with two outs. A full count and a ball lined over Gurwitz in center, for a two out double, that ends a long out streak by Culbreth. Top of the order is Davis, batting righty, with a man on and two gone. A fly ball to Mathis in right and he lost it and then found it and made a diving catch, that saves a run, as he turned a circle out there, side down. Halfway through game two and tied at 2-2.
Elliot still on the hill for OSU, in the fifth. Texas leads off with Cantu, batting righty. A grounder to short and the 6-3 is one down. McKenzie bats righty, with an out, at the bottom of the order. He tied the game with a blooping single, his last at bat. A squibber to third and it goes 5-3, two gone. Top of the order is Jones, batting righty, with two outs. A fly ball to fairly deep right field is out three, the side down in order again, as Elliot is really mowing down the batters now. After five it's tied 2-2.
Culbreth carries on in the sixth, for the Horns. OSU leads off with Hassel, batting righty. A long drive to left center, goes off the wall, a lead double. Walton bats righty, with a man on second. Runner goes and steals third, the throw late. The pitch looked good, but called a ball. Infield comes in. A ground ball goes by Baker, who was in and the single plates the run. OSU leads 3-2. Benge bats lefty, with a man on. A drive to right and Mathis is there and drops the ball, off his glove, an E-9, puts runners on second and third. Sluder bats righty, with two on. He flies out to center, but deep enough, for the SF. OSU leads 4-2. Rosa bats righty, with a runner on third, one away. A grounder off Culbreth and it goes toward second, no play, infield hit scores another run. OSU leads 5-2. Culbreth took it off the ankle and takes some warm up pitches, that's going to swell up later, he stays in. Lefty hitter is Simpson, with a man on and one out. TCU wins 13-6 to even their series, with Tech. He K's swinging on the curve ball, two down. Skip out and he is making the pitching change.
Nolan Kingham, the freshman right hander will come in for Texas. He pitched very well at Tech last week. He faces Litell, batting righty, with a man on, two away. A full count and the runner will go and after fouling off at least five pitches, he walks, to put two on. Petrino bats righty, with two on and two outs, the bottom of the order. A grounder to short goes 6-4, to end the inning. OSU gets three across, two unearned, Texas gives up a ton of unearned runs. Cowboys take the lead 5-2, bottom of six.
OSU will send in their first reliever of the day, in Michael Mertz, a right hander. Texas leads off with Kody Clemens, batting lefty. A full count and he swings through a fast ball, one away. Barrera bats righty, with an out. He K's swinging on a low fast ball, two down. Mathis bats lefty, with two outs. He K's also, on low and outside fast ball, the side down in order on strike outs. Six played and OSU leads 5-2.
Kingham will come back and pitch the seventh, for the Horns. Top of the order is Davis, leading off, for the Cowboys. Grounded to Clemens and the throw to first is a 5-3 first out. Hassel bats righty, with an out. A fly ball to right is two down. Walton bats lefty, with Kingham now in, with two away. A grounder to second and the 4-3 will end the inning, the side down in order. Stretch time at the Disch, OSU trying for a sweep of the Horns, leading 5-2, Texas needs to answer.
Mertz will be back again to pitch the Horn seventh, after striking out the side in the sixth. Theroux is back in at catcher, Simpson had some problems, as a catcher. Texas leads off with Baker, batting righty. He walks on four pitches, for a lead runner. Gurwitz bats righty, with one on. A grounder up the middle sneaks through, to put two on. I wouldn't think that OSU would let this guygo much longer. They have some good relievers out there. Pitching coach out, stalling for the pen, he leaves him in. Righty hitter is Rand, batting righty, with two on. He squares and lays it down, the sac goes 3-4, runners move up. Kacy Clemens will pinch hit for the struggling Cantu, with two on and one away, batting lefty. He will come into the game and play first and Barrera will catch. He walks to load the bases. Another pinch hitter is Bret Boswell, batting lefty, with the bases loaded and one down. He pinch hit in the first game and struck out. Need something here. Surprised Merts is still in the game. A full count and a big pitch coming. He K's swinging on a high fast ball, two outs. Here comes the coach and the change is made.
PH for a guy who is 1 for 2 and an RBI, with a guy who didn't get it done PHing the last game ??? WTH Augie ????? In the past his hunches worked...now they are just indigestion.
The new pitcher for OSU is their closer, Tyler Buffett, a very good right hander, with an era of 1.90. He faces Jones, batting righty, the top of the order, bases full and two outs. This could be the game, Texas really needs something in this inning. A squibber gets by the pitcher, the second baseman fields it and the throw is late and in the dirt, an infield hit, a run scores. OSU leads 5-3. Kody Clemens bats lefty, with the bases loaded, two down. A hit to the outfield would tie the game. A full count and now the biggest pitch of the game, the runners go and he fouls off five pitches. Then he K's swinging on a fast ball, side down. Texas does get one, sure wanted more there, OSU leads 5-3, after seven.
Kingham pitches the eighth, trying to keep things close. Boswell goes to third, Kacy Clemens to first and Barrera to catcher. Kody Clemens to second. The Cowboys lead off with Benge, batting lefty. Grounder up the middle and Clemens had it and slipped, drops the ball, throw late, another error goes E-4. Errors are killing the Horns. Sluder bats righty, with a man on. He bunts and the sac goes 1-3, one away. Runner on second and one down, for Rosa, batting righty. He bloops one to right and it falls, two on, runner to third. Runners on the corners for, Collin Theroux, batting righty, he came in to catch last inning, one out. He bunts by Kingham and there is no play, the infield hit scores the run. OSU leads 6-3. Littell bats righty, with a two on, one away. He grounds to first and the 3U is made, but the runner goes to second, as he was moving on the pitch. Bottom of the order is Petrino, batting righty, with two on and two gone. He flies to right to end the inning. Another unearned run for OSU and they lead now 6-3, bottom of the eighth.
Buffett back to pitch the Texas eighth. The Horns lead off with Barrera, now the catcher, batting righty. A drive to the gap in left center, it's a lead double. Mathis bats lefty, with a man on. He K's looking on the big hook, one down. Ten K's for OSU pitching now. Baker bats righty, with one away and one on. He is hit by a pitch, to put two aboard. Righty hitter is Gurwitz, with two on and one out. Grounder to second and it's 4-6-3 rally killing double play, side down. Eight played and OSU leads 6-3.
This team is a freaking train wreck. The can't handle success or failure. Great final 2 games on the road against the conference leader only to come home and absolutely go brain dead at the plate and in the field. They have no confidence intheir ability to take back momentum in a game. Once they get behind they just crawl into a hole never to return. When I was was at school in the 80s I never for one minute thought any Texas team I saw was out of a game. They didn't win every game in which they weere behind, but they did it often enough that it was shocking when they actually lost, not the other way around.
Kingham will pitch the ninth. OSU leads off with the top of the order again, in Davis, batting righty. Fly ball to right is one down. Hassel bats righty, with an out. He grounds to third, the 5-3 makes it two away. Walton bats lefty, with two gone. He lines a single to right, for his second hit of the game and a runner. Lefty hitter is Benge, with a man on and two gone. A liner to short and that ends the frame. Bottom of the ninth and Texas needs at least three or I think they will once again have to win the Big 12 Tourney, to reach a regional. OSU leads 6-3.
Buffett will pitch the ninth and try to get a save, for OSU. McCain comes in to play left field. The Horns leads off with Rand, batting righty. A foul fly by the stands in right and the right fielder has it, for one out. Kacy Clemens bats lefty, with an out. He walks, for a runner. Buffett has not been really sharp. One on and one out for lefty hitting Boswell, the bottom of the order. He K's again swinging, on the slow change, two gone. Top of the order is Jones, batting righty, with a man on and two outs. He tries to extend the game. A fly ball to right and that ends the game. OSU wins the game 6-3, the series, and sweeps the doubleheader, back in a minute.
I thought Texas was done after they didn't sweep Kansas, as far as an at large bid for a regional goes, but they bounced back against Tech. Now though with losing this series to OSU, Texas falls to 20-23, with only nine regular season games to play. They also fall to fourth place in the conference now, too much to overcome I would think. Would have to win almost every game left, I would believe. Texas and OSU both scored three earned runs in the doubleheader, but OSU also scored six unearned runs. So many errors this year and it has taken it's toll. The Cowboys played errorless baseball for the entire two games. Hatch just shut them down, in the first game, after the double play ball, in the first inning. The Horns will try and salvage a game tomorrow, be back then.
Went to both games today. Lackluster play has returned. At this point its win big 12 tournament or bust. Hopefully the team that was in Lubbock shows up for he big 12 tournament.
I went to game 1.now I am 0-3 when personally attending games so I thought I would do the team a favor and not stay for the second game. And they played even worse the second game so I guess it's not me after all I don't want this Texas team anywhere near a regional. It would just be embarrassing. Well, maybe if Tech gets a regional. We seem to play pretty well in Lubbock...
Was able to watch both off and on LHN on Sat. The hill just got higher dropping both games... agree with FWHorn
