***Texas vs Stanford Baseball Official Game 3 Thread***

[joeywa]

Texas Longhorns (3-2) vs Stanford Cardinal (4-2)​

First Pitch: Saturday 3:30 PM CT​

UFCU Disch Falk Field​

Live TV: Longhorn Network​

Radio: 104.9 FM/1260 AM​

Pitching matchup:
LHP Ty Culbreth (1-0, 1.80 ERA) vs LHP Chris Catellanos (1-0, 1.50 ERA)


Game Notes:

• Patrick Mathis will miss the remainder of this series due to a hamstring injury. It's not major, but he will likely be out of the lineup for a week or so.
• Tyler Rand will likely be out 4-6 weeks with a broken hand. He sustained the injury when Stanford Freshman pitcher Tristan Beck hit him on his right hand with an inside pitch on a bunt attempt. After the game the injury was not thought to be a break.
• The Stanford relievers have been nails out of the bullpen this season, allowing just 1 run in 25.1 innings of relief. An ERA of 0.35. If Texas wants to win these next two, they'll have to get to the Stanford pitchers.
• Texas has struck out 29 times in 19 innings of play over the first two games of this series. Thursday night had 18Ks, (6 K,) last night was 11Ks, (3 K) The good news is that the team is being aggressive at the plate. With the decline in Ks, the team is improving from game to game and adjusting better to how they choose their pitches.
  
• Another good matchup on the mound today between two solid leftys.

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[joeywa]

Upsets continue

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[joeywa]

Here's a tidbit on Rand:

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[joeywa]

Here we go folks. 

Texas wearing their pinstripes today.  White pants and jerseys with burnt orange pinstripes, burnt orange undersleeves, socks, belts and caps, black spikes.

Stanford wearing gray pants with a cardinal red and white stripe down the side, cardinal red jerseys, caps, belts and stirrups, with black spikes.

 

[joeywa]

Weather in ATX is 68 and sunny, wind carrying out towards CF at 8 MPH, gusting to 24 MPH

Shadows shading the 3B line creeping into the field area.

T1

Edman

1-0 away

F7; 1 out.  Wind will come into play today.

Hoerner

1-0 away

2-0

2-1 take

2-2 fouled down LF line

[SIZE=10.5pt]K[/SIZE]; 2 outs

Diekroeger

1-0

1-1 fouled back

1-2 swings at a sweeping curve ball

KS

1-2-3

No score, going B1

 

[joeywa]

B1

Gurwitz

0-1 take

0-2 check swing

1-2 curve just misses away

F8; 1 out

Boswell

0-1 popped foul into LF seats

1-1 down

1-2 fouled down 1B line

2-2 low/in

F8; 2 outs; hit into the LCF gap but held up in the wind just enough to allow CF to make the grab

Baker

1-0 check swing-didn't go

1-1 bunt foul

F6 in CF

1-2-3

No score through 1

 

[joeywa]

T2

Dunlap

1-0 down

6-3; 1 out; Boswell makes the grab deep in the hole, and just gets the throw over in time; nice play

Brodey

0-1 fouled back

1-1

2-1 down

2-2 fouled down

L4; 2 outs on the hard liner

Barr in to PH for DH Bubic

0-1 swings at a sinking curve ball

0-2 check swing at a ball in the dirt

1-2 up

[SIZE=10.5pt]K[/SIZE]

1-2-3

No score headed B2

 

[joeywa]

B2

Tres

0-1 take

1-1 dirt/away

1-2 fouled down 3B line

Singles up the middle

Cantu

1-0 away; shows bunt, pulls back

SAC Bunt; 1-3; 1 out; Tres advances to 2B

Denny

P spins towards 2B, no throw

0-1 bunt just rolls foul on 3B line. 

0-2 looks at a curve ball

1-2 up

P spins towards 2B; no throw

KS on a slow curve ball; 2 outs

Quick meeting on the bump between P&C.  "Throw it at the mascot."

Jones

P spins towards 2B; no throw

1-0 dirt

1-1 take; generous call by Blue; a bit outside

1-2 swing at a changeup

1-2 fouled down and back

KS on a check swing

1 LOB

Scoreless after 2 complete

 

[joeywa]

T3

Locher

0-1 swing

0-2 swing

1-2 just misses in

1-2 fouled up and into the LF seats

F9; 1 out; McKenzie looking right into the sun out in RF. 

Klein

0-1 take

0-2 swing

1-2 misses away

[SIZE=10.5pt]K[/SIZE]; 2 outs

Decker

1-0

1-1 take

2-1 down

2-2 swing

3-2; check swing

6-3

1-2-3

Headed B3, no score

 

[joeywa]

B3

Kody Clemens

0-1 take

0-2 look

1-2 away

F7; 1 out; hit over the head of LF, but with some nice closing speed the LF gets to it.  Well hit ball

McKenzie

1-0

Stand-up double down the LF line; McKenzie went down and pulled the pitch that was low and away

Gurwitz

1-0 away; C fires the ball to 2B to try to backpick McKenzie, but Jake gets back safely

1-1 fouled down right

2-1 up/away

Blooper falls in shallow RF in fair territory, he hustles out a double.  McKenzie had to hold up to see if it was going to be caught so he stops at 3B

Runners at 2&3

Boswell

1-0

1-1 swing

Safety squeeze scores a run; 1-3 on the putout; 2 outs

Gurwitz to 3B

Texas leads 1-0

 

[joeywa]

B3 cont; Gurwitz on 3B; 2 outs; Texas up 1-0

Baker

1-0

1-1

1-2 look

2-2 away

3-2

K Looking;

1 LOB

Texas strikes first; leads 1-0 after 3

 

[joeywa]

T4

Edman

0-1 take

0-2 fouled down left

0-2 fouled back

KS; 1 out; really good change by Culbreth; 5th K for Ty

Hoerner

0-1 fouled away right

0-2 check swing-he went

1-2 just misses away

1-2 fouled away right

KS; Cantu blocks the ball, and he bobbles it.  Runner is safe at 1B on the E2 for mishandling the ball

Diekroeger

F4; 2 outs

Dunlap

1-0

1-1 take

Checks runnner

1-2 fouled up and away left

Runner goes; 1-3-6 gets him

Texas leads 1-0 going B4

 

[joeywa]

Hey Bear! 

 

[Bear19]

Hey Bear!

I'm here. Switched from Shiner to dos xx today. I think it's going to do the trick.

 

[joeywa]

B4

Tres

0-1 BIG swing

1-1 away

Singles into LF; and Tres is 2/2; nice extension on that swing

Cantu

Checks runner

0-1 takes a strike on the outside corner

Cantu calls time, steps out, gets the sign, back in

Hit-and-run was on, Cantu chases a ball up in the zone and hacks at it; high chop to SS; FC 6-3; 1 out

Tres advances to 2B

Denny

0-1 take

0-2 fouled away right

1-2 up

2-2 dirt/away

2-2 fouled down left

P spins to 2B; no throw

3-2 away; Tres steals 3B safely as 3B dropped the ball

3-2 check swing foul on the curve; THAT is what you do to protect the plate with 2 strikes and a guy on 3B; live to see another pitch

3-2 fouled up and away right past the seats

Check swing, didn't go, gets the walk

Runners on the corners

Jones

1-0 away

SAFETY Squeeze; perfect bunt for a single; RBI.

Bunt falls dead just on 3B line, C tries to catch Tres with the tag but misses.

Everyone is safe

Texas leads 2-0

Clemens

RBI Double over the head of the RF

Runners at 2&3

Texas leads 3-0

 

[utisdabomb12]

Great execution early. 

This ballpark is insane. Clemens gave that a ride and it still didn't get out. 

 

[joeywa]

B4 cont; Runners at 2&3; 1 out; Texas up 3-0

Baker

1-0

2-0

RBI Single that drops into shallow LCF

Texas leads 4-0; runners at the corners

 

[utisdabomb12]

BoMBBBBBBBB

 

[joeywa]

B4 cont; Runners on corners; 1 out; visit on the bump, nobody up in the pen for Stanford yet

Gurwitz

F8 into shallow CF; 2 outs

Too shallow to get the run in.

Boswell

1-0 up/away

3-run HOME RUN over RF fence

7-0 Texas