Texas vs West Virginia weekend series

[david ficken]

Top of the 9th, Kobe M. comes in to pitch the 9th. Daly is now at shortstop.

 

[david ficken]

Well, Kobe throws all of 4 ugly pitches and is pulled for Hurley.

Hurley ends up hitting the next guy.  Should've been a double play ball, but only got 1.

Double gets a double play ball. Will be reviewed,  but for now its a win for Texas.

 

[david ficken]

After the review,  Texas wins 7-3. Tied with West Virginia for the conference title. Will need to know if it's a 3 way tied for not.

 

[tejasrulz]

Looks like Texas will be the #1 seed in the Big XII tourney whether it's a 2 way or 3 way tie. 

 

[tejasrulz]

This sweep now begs the question, will Texas host a regional now?

 

[Austin Horn]

Fans want David Pierce fired 

 

[Austin Horn]

Three conference titles. He’s doing good 

 

[RunRickyRun]

Big 12 champs!

 

[Eastexhorn]

Fans want David Pierce fired 

No! But still would like better management of relif pitchers.

 

[82Horn]

Hard to please some, Texas baseball continues to stack up well in its conference and nationally. Texas is playing its best baseball of the year right now. 3 starters maybe emerging to lead us into the Postseason. Lucas Gordon, LBJ, and Tanner Witt with 3 good innings today. Let’s get behind this team. 

 

[Eastexhorn]

Hard to please some. Some are happy with a third of conference ship.A sweep by ou , couple games blown to Okie Lite and others.

 

[82Horn]

Some are also happy with conference  titles and multiple trips to Omaha. Chances to win championships…. Pretty successful program we got goin on, nothing is ever perfect

 

[java]

Where’s the fun in complete and utter domination??

I enjoy every minute of it!  We are great winners. 

 

[BWilk55]

Some are also happy with conference  titles and multiple trips to Omaha. Chances to win championships…. Pretty successful program we got goin on, nothing is ever perfect

Which coaches on campus right now have better success rate than Pierce? Elliot with volleyball, Reese with swimming, anyone else? 3 conference championships in 6 seasons, 3 trips to omaha in 5 chances including being in the semifinal. 

At his current rate, more successful than Augie to start his career. Augie won it all in year 6 though so that'll be the trump card if Pierce can't pull that off this year.

 

[BWilk55]

 We have already chased their starter. We have the bases loaded with only 1 out.

Their starter was their ace, typical Friday night guy. They tried to get cute and not use him this weekend, thinking they could win one of the first 2 and not need to worry about this final game. The Texas team was aware and the players said it definitely put a chip on their shoulder. 

 

[BWilk55]

Tanner Witt with 3 good innings today.

Pierce said they considered sending Witt back out for the 4th. Noted that the first 3 innings were pretty emotionally taxing and didn't want to push it. He noted a pitch count 45-60 and Witt threw 44 today. 

All that to say, we could potentially see Witt throw closer to that 60 pitch number over the next few weeks. He looked pretty sharp today.

 

[BWilk55]

This sweep now begs the question, will Texas host a regional now?

RPI is now 24. Oklahoma State at 20 and WVU at 21. The big 12 is pretty down this year but at least one Big 12 team has to host. Would figure it would be the champion - though does the committee look at the co-champion thing or consider the tournament seeding?

A strong conference tournament showing could seal the deal but will be hard to move up much in RPI as the big 12 opponents all have pretty subpar RPI. 1st round game, Kansas RPI 104.

 

[Eastexhorn]

Some are also happy with conference  titles and multiple trips to Omaha. Chances to win championships…. Pretty successful program we got goin on, nothing is ever perfect

Very good achivments. Still with better pirching managment could have won conference out right. Instead of tri champ..There were 4-5 games lost due to relief pitching guess this makes some happy. Teams get beat it's a fact of life. Difference when a game is blown due to coaching decisions.

 

[Eastexhorn]

Which coaches have a better record than baseball's?

Most all of them except footballincluding past and present.Rowingand softball comes to mind also track.

I never said fire Pierce but did say the relief pitching needed better management. No one defended that statement. If a team does not correct mistakes and improve by it defeats will keep hapening.

Timely or hitting with runners in scoring position realy improve during last third of season. Coachong or players stepped up.

 

[82Horn]

Very good achivments. Still with better pirching managment could have won conference out right. Instead of tri champ..There were 4-5 games lost due to relief pitching guess this makes some happy. Teams get beat it's a fact of life. Difference when a game is blown due to coaching decisions.

You know fans criticize Nick Sabin for his decisions. There may be things goin on at practice that critics of coaching decisions don’t see. And sometimes those things are week to week, sometimes lasting longer. Coaches especially in baseball have to find that combination that works in pitching and lineups. Results don’t lie, and Pierce has produced some high level results..  this year has been very impressive especially with all the losses from last years team.