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Really smart offensive timeout by Garrido after that 1st swing & miss by Barrera.
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Texas is in the driver seat on this side of the bracket now. Just have to win 1 out 2 against Baylor or Tech to make the Big 12 championships game.
We get the day off tomorrow to rest arms, and we still haven't used the bullpen at all.
We get the day off tomorrow to rest arms, and we still haven't used the bullpen at all.
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I think I go with Sawyer next game and try to save Mayes for the championship game.
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You have to be impressed with Texas there. The way this season has gone they could have given up there.
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Talk about clutch.
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LMAO
Evidently winning takes off a lot of pressure...on what the team would do at Friday’s practice, Garrido: “Maybe we’ll do a 1st and 3rd situation.â€
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Most years I think the conference baseball tourney is a huge waste of time. Of course most years we don't need to win it, so this is fun so far
I believe the difference in a great coach and a hall of fame coach are the intangible - knowing when to call the Street to Peschel pass, knowing when to tell the dirty joke, or knowing when to roll the dice. Augie did it during the CWS run in 2002, if I recall. I do not remember the specifics.
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Texas edges Baylor in TulsaPosted by Matt Cotcher, in Texas Baseball 21 May 2015
FINAL: Texas 4 – Baylor 3
After leading for the entire game, Texas needed a dramatic ninth inning finish to beat Baylor, 4-3, in the Big 12 championship’s second round. With the win the Longhorns advance to the championship game of their bracket’s division.
Mitch Price smacked a game-tying three-run homerun in the top of the ninth inning for the Bears. After not having more than one runner on base since the top of the first inning, suddenly Baylor had tied the game, setting up the finish for Texas in the home half of the frame.
Kacy Clemens hit a routine fly ball to start the bottom of the ninth, then the Horns proceeded to load the bases. Tres Barrera’s two-out single to left field scored Bret Boswell, providing Texas with the margin of victory.
Winning pitcher Ty Culbreth threw a complete game for the Longhorns. Culbreth scattered five hits and three walks while striking out six Baylor batters.
Five hitters had multiple base knocks for Texas. Zane Gurwitz paced the lineup with his 3-4 effort – Gurwitz also scored one of the Horns’ early runs, along with Barrera (2nd inning) and Collin Shaw (6th inning).
The Longhorns await the winner of Friday’s game between Texas Tech and Baylor. The division championship game will be played at 9:00AM on Saturday.
POST-GAME
Augie Garrido
Opening Statement: "We have to start with the pitching. We got a great game last night out of Parker French, which was needed to help our pitching staff get thru this. Then we had another one today by Ty Culbreth. Those two complete games give us a much better chance to be successful in this tournament. It gives us a real good chance to get thru this with quality pitching. I thought the team played very well defensively behind them. We didn't give up free bases or extra outs within the framework of an inning. That makes it a lot more fun for the pitcher. Tres was really focused behind the plate. He called most of the game himself and for Ty, they've worked together a lot over the last couple years. Ty found his rhythm in the third or fourth inning and worked it like the way you wanted it to go.
[The home run] couldn't be any better place if it was shot out of a cannon and it found its way into home run territory and the game was tied. That set the stage for [bret] Boswell to get a double, then they worked around C.J [Hinojosa] and we had the bases loaded. Up comes the hero, Tres Barrera takes the right handed batters box and swings thru the first change up. I went out and talked to him and I told him a dirty joke in Spanish. Apparently, it fired him up. Then he took a change up and lined for a base hit, the game-winner. A very exciting game."
On leaving Culbreth in after the home run: "You hear him getting back to the process itself. That's why he was so successful. Both of our pitchers stayed within the framework of the process itself and didn't worry about the results. It takes maturity to be able to get to that point. Otherwise, your nerves drive you. The Baylor pitcher darn near did the same thing. Both pitchers were very good."
On why he called timeout to talk to Tres Barrera: "Because he swung through a change up and he swung for a home run. He's a very powerful person by personality and by body type. When you have adrenaline rushing like that and you’re excited and the whole team is relying on you. He knows and feels that. It wasn't anything I said. It was what he did. He calmed himself down and made an adjustment. He just stayed with the process."
Tres Barrera
On the game-winning single: "I've been in that situation a lot this year. I've been up with the bases loaded against West Virginia to win the game and wasn't successful. Those things stick in your head when you come up. I came up this time telling myself that I've been here before and I'm going to do it right here. If you stay positive, good things will happen."
Ty Culbreth
On throwing a complete game: "Once we got to the six and seventh I knew I had a chance. I was in a groove. I felt good, but I try to keep it as simple as possible. I just try and stick with Tres pitch-by-pitch and execute every pitch."
On the home run in the ninth: "Tres called a fastball off the plate and it definitely caught some of the plate. Credit to [Mitch Price] for going out there and getting it. I can't do anything about that, it's over with. I got to go on to the next pitch, get ahead and get back in the dugout with us tied and give the team a chance to win. I did and Tres came through for me."
On the getting out of the first inning: "That was huge. I could have easily crumbled and we were down, but Tres calmed me down and we talked about it. Fortunately, we got out of the inning with no runs. That's a game changer to set the tone."
FINAL: Texas 4 – Baylor 3
After leading for the entire game, Texas needed a dramatic ninth inning finish to beat Baylor, 4-3, in the Big 12 championship’s second round. With the win the Longhorns advance to the championship game of their bracket’s division.
Mitch Price smacked a game-tying three-run homerun in the top of the ninth inning for the Bears. After not having more than one runner on base since the top of the first inning, suddenly Baylor had tied the game, setting up the finish for Texas in the home half of the frame.
Kacy Clemens hit a routine fly ball to start the bottom of the ninth, then the Horns proceeded to load the bases. Tres Barrera’s two-out single to left field scored Bret Boswell, providing Texas with the margin of victory.
Winning pitcher Ty Culbreth threw a complete game for the Longhorns. Culbreth scattered five hits and three walks while striking out six Baylor batters.
Five hitters had multiple base knocks for Texas. Zane Gurwitz paced the lineup with his 3-4 effort – Gurwitz also scored one of the Horns’ early runs, along with Barrera (2nd inning) and Collin Shaw (6th inning).
The Longhorns await the winner of Friday’s game between Texas Tech and Baylor. The division championship game will be played at 9:00AM on Saturday.
POST-GAME
Augie Garrido
Opening Statement: "We have to start with the pitching. We got a great game last night out of Parker French, which was needed to help our pitching staff get thru this. Then we had another one today by Ty Culbreth. Those two complete games give us a much better chance to be successful in this tournament. It gives us a real good chance to get thru this with quality pitching. I thought the team played very well defensively behind them. We didn't give up free bases or extra outs within the framework of an inning. That makes it a lot more fun for the pitcher. Tres was really focused behind the plate. He called most of the game himself and for Ty, they've worked together a lot over the last couple years. Ty found his rhythm in the third or fourth inning and worked it like the way you wanted it to go.
[The home run] couldn't be any better place if it was shot out of a cannon and it found its way into home run territory and the game was tied. That set the stage for [bret] Boswell to get a double, then they worked around C.J [Hinojosa] and we had the bases loaded. Up comes the hero, Tres Barrera takes the right handed batters box and swings thru the first change up. I went out and talked to him and I told him a dirty joke in Spanish. Apparently, it fired him up. Then he took a change up and lined for a base hit, the game-winner. A very exciting game."
On leaving Culbreth in after the home run: "You hear him getting back to the process itself. That's why he was so successful. Both of our pitchers stayed within the framework of the process itself and didn't worry about the results. It takes maturity to be able to get to that point. Otherwise, your nerves drive you. The Baylor pitcher darn near did the same thing. Both pitchers were very good."
On why he called timeout to talk to Tres Barrera: "Because he swung through a change up and he swung for a home run. He's a very powerful person by personality and by body type. When you have adrenaline rushing like that and you’re excited and the whole team is relying on you. He knows and feels that. It wasn't anything I said. It was what he did. He calmed himself down and made an adjustment. He just stayed with the process."
Tres Barrera
On the game-winning single: "I've been in that situation a lot this year. I've been up with the bases loaded against West Virginia to win the game and wasn't successful. Those things stick in your head when you come up. I came up this time telling myself that I've been here before and I'm going to do it right here. If you stay positive, good things will happen."
Ty Culbreth
On throwing a complete game: "Once we got to the six and seventh I knew I had a chance. I was in a groove. I felt good, but I try to keep it as simple as possible. I just try and stick with Tres pitch-by-pitch and execute every pitch."
On the home run in the ninth: "Tres called a fastball off the plate and it definitely caught some of the plate. Credit to [Mitch Price] for going out there and getting it. I can't do anything about that, it's over with. I got to go on to the next pitch, get ahead and get back in the dugout with us tied and give the team a chance to win. I did and Tres came through for me."
On the getting out of the first inning: "That was huge. I could have easily crumbled and we were down, but Tres calmed me down and we talked about it. Fortunately, we got out of the inning with no runs. That's a game changer to set the tone."
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Nice job Matt. I was able to catch the last few innings on the radio stream today. Big knock by Tres.
Hey Slim, now the "streak" is 3.
Just hope they stay focused, loose and aggressive. Need to get a couple of more Ws.
Hey Slim, now the "streak" is 3.
Just hope they stay focused, loose and aggressive. Need to get a couple of more Ws.
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