**Big12 Baseball Tournament Thread**

[joeywa]

B4

Leadoff walk & WP puts a runner on 2B

KL

Gordon has the runner on 2B, dead to rights picked off, but throw to Messinger and throw to Daly, Daly misses the tag.

Next play is 4-3 putting the runner on 3B with 2 outs

E5 plates a run; F8 ends it

Horns up 3-1 thru 4 complete

 

[joeywa]

T5

Horns retired in order again; lead 3-1 headed B5

 

[joeywa]

B5

Gordon works a 1-2-3, 9-pitch frame

Horns up 3-1 thru 5 complete

 

[joeywa]

T6

Horns get a 2-out baserunner with Stehly HBP, but that's all

Horns up 3-1 headed B6

 

[joeywa]

B6

TCU gets a leadoff double; SAC Bunt moves him to 3B, SAC Fly scores him

Thru 6 complete, Horns up 3-2

 

[joeywa]

T7

Horns go in order and desperately needs some offense.

Headed B7, Texas leads 3-2

 

[joeywa]

B7

Gordon hits the leadoff man

Retires the next 3 in order.

Horns up 3-2 thru 7 complete

 

[Baron]

That was not a balk.

 

[joeywa]

T8

Fireworks here in the 8th

TCU goes to the pen

With 1 out, Hodo gets a double into the LF corner

Kennedy IF single off P's foot puts runners on the corners

Melendez up, BALK called and Horns get a run; runner now on 2B

Sarloos is ejected for arguing the balk call; I didn't think it was a balk, but Moser has made worse calls over the years.

Melendez INT Walk puts runners on 1&2

Stehly KS; 2 outs

Todd RBI Single back up the middle

F1 ends it

Horns up 5-2 headed B8

 

[joeywa]

That was not a balk.

I didn't think so either.

 

[Wayne]

I didn't think so either.

The ump was a tad bit touchy there. Blew two things on one call. Saarlos shouldn’t have been tossed 

 

[joeywa]

B8

Gordon back out with 99 pitches; he has trainers out there during warmups; cramps

He gets two quick outs and works a 2-2 count on Sacco.  Leaves the game with cramps.

Harrison comes on to pitch.  He walks Sacco and gives up a single to Taylor, putting runners on the corners with 2 down

Stevens on to pitch.

He walks the first batter he faces to load the bases, but gets a KS to close it out with no damage

Horns up 5-2 thru 8 complete

 

[Baron]

B8

Gordon back out with 99 pitches; he has trainers out there during warmups; cramps

He gets two quick outs and works a 2-2 count on Sacco.  Leaves the game with cramps.

Harrison comes on to pitch.  He walks Sacco and gives up a single to Taylor, putting runners on the corners with 2 down

Stevens on to pitch.

He walks the first batter he faces to load the bases, but gets a KS to close it out with no damage

Horns up 5-2 thru 8 complete

This bullpen is not ready for primetime.

 

[joeywa]

T9

TCU back to the pen for Hill

He works a 1-2-3 frame

Horns up 5-2 headed B9

 

[joeywa]

This bullpen is not ready for primetime.

Hasn't been pretty much all year since Witt went down.

 

[joeywa]

B9

Stevens back out

Gets a 6-3 and a KL for two outs

Gives up a solo HR

KS ends the game

Horns win 5-3

 

[joeywa]

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[Wayne]

This bullpen is not ready for primetime.

We’ve won the first two games of the conference tournament by a combined score of 9-3. We have used a total of four pitchers. Only one pitched poorly and he came in with a 2-2 count because of an injury. We should have plenty of arms for the Saturday game and we’ll probably need them but they’re rested. TCU or Okie light will be playing their 4th game in four days. Don’t do much of that during regular season. 

 

[Baron]

We’ve won the first two games of the conference tournament by a combined score of 9-3. We have used a total of four pitchers. Only one pitched poorly and he came in with a 2-2 count because of an injury. We should have plenty of arms for the Saturday game and we’ll probably need them but they’re rested. TCU or Okie light will be playing their 4th game in four days. Don’t do much of that during regular season. 

I don't care how you want to slice or dice this, the bullpen made things much more interesting tonight than they should have. 

Stevens was well on his way to making this a closer game than it should have been. TCU effed up by trotting out a pinch hitter who was cold and swung at an obvious ball for the last strike.

 

[Wayne]

I don't care how you want to slice or dice this, the bullpen made things much more interesting tonight than they should have. 

Stevens was well on his way to making this a closer game than it should have been. TCU effed up by trotting out a pinch hitter who was cold and swung at an obvious ball for the last strike.

That happens to every pitcher. Our starter made it interesting a couple of times. He threw at least 5 pitches that were not even near the plate. It’s baseball.