***Texas Baseball Orange/White Game 2 Thread***

[joeywa]

Ok folks, let's settle in for Game 2 of the Orange/White series.

I've got LHN streaming through my TV in the hotel room in San Diego.  (Slim-That's called Priorities!)

First pitch in about 15 minutes.

Clemens vs Sawyer on the bump.

Hook Em!

 

[joeywa]

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[joeywa]

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[joeywa]

T1

Johnson up

Hits a sharp grounder to SS; E6 on CJ.

Shaw

0-1

Checks Ben at 1B

1-1 up

2-1 up;

Johnson steals 2B; Cantu throw online, but not in time

3-1

F8 to shallow CF; 1 out

Tres up

0-1 take

Johnson attempts to steal 3B, 1-5 Clemens picks him off; 2 outs

1-1

1-2 take; nice breaking ball

2-2; down

2-2 fouled away

K swinging; Clemens climbed the ladder

1-2-3 for Orange

No score, headed B1

 

[joeywa]

Clemens looked very comfortable out there on the bump last inning.  Liked his location of pitches, and his control of his pitches.  His pickoff move was just fine and he had Johnson dead to rights at 3rd. 

 

[joeywa]

B1-Sawyer on the bump

Gurwitz/Boswell/CJ due up

Gurwitz

1-0 down/away

2-0

2-1 take

3-1

3-2 take

Gurwitz reaches and slaps a single over 2B into RF.  Good piece of 2-trike hitting

Boswell up

0-1 take

Check of Gurwitz at 1st

Rips a single into RF between 1st & 2nd

Runners on 1&2

CJ

0-1 fouled away left side

1-1 up/out

2-1 up/out

3-1; down; double steal; Tres throw not in time to 3rd

Runners safe

3-2 take on a nasty breaking ball

F5; 1 out; CJ just gets under that pitch.

Cantu up

1-0 away

SAC FLY F8; 2 outs

Orange leads 1-0 after Gurwitz scores.

Jones

1-0

2-0 up

F8

1 LOB; Orange leads 1-0 after 1 complete

 

[joeywa]

T2

Denny/McCann/McKenzie due up

Denny

0-1 fouled down 3b line

1-1 just misses inside

1-2 take; really like the way Cantu frames pitches

K swinging at the wicked slider; 1 out

McCann

1-0 down

1-1 take

1-2 fouled back

K swinging on the curve; 2 outs

McKenzie

1-0 down

2-0 down

2-1 takes on at the knees

Bloops on in no-man's land on the RF line; pitch was up, and nobody could get to it.

Double

Kennedy

1-0 away

Rips one right at RF; F9

1 LOB

Orange up 1-0 headed B2

 

[joeywa]

B2

Mathis/Marlow/Lee due up

Mathis

0-1 take

6-3; 1 down

Marlow

0-1 take; nice breaking ball

1-1 down

2-1 up

2-2 fouled away left

2-2 fouled away left

KS; 2 down

Lee

0-1

1-1 away

Hard liner to CF; Johnson with a sliding catch for out #3

After 2; Orange up 1-0

 

[joeywa]

T3

McGuire/Johnson/Shaw due up

McGuire

0-1 takes a fastball on the outside corner

1-1 breaking ball low

2-1 down

Rainmaker; F7; 1 out

Johnson

0-1 take

1-1 dirt

2-1 away

2-2

3-2 in

KS on a breaking ball; 2 outs

Shaw

1-0 up

Deep fly ball to LF; F7

Still Orange up 1-0 heading B3

 

[joeywa]

Really like what I saw from Clemens.  Looks like his daddy, but bigger.  Good control, nice array of pitches, locates pretty well.  Another plus for our pitching staff. 

 

[joeywa]

B3

Gurwitz/Boswell/CJ due up

Gurwitz

1-0

2-0

3-0 down

3-1 take

Nice hard hit ball into RCF, but Shaw got to it.  F9; 1 out

Boswell

0-1 foul pop up into the 1B dugout

1-1

1-2 fouled down 1B line

2-2 down

KS on a breaking ball; 2 outs

CJ

0-1

0-2 take

Slaps a chopper up the middle; 6-3;

After 3 complete Orange up 1-0

 

[joeywa]

T4

Tres/Denny/McCann due up

New P for Orange is LHP Malmin

Tres

Singles into LF

Denny

1-0

1-1 shows bunt

1-2 bunt foul

1-2 chopped foul down 3b line

Another well hit fly ball to LF; F7; 1 out

McCann

0-1 swing

3-6-1 DP

Orange up 1-0 headed B4

 

[joeywa]

B4

New P for White is Chance Callihan

Cantu/Jones/Mathis due up

Cantu

1-0 down/in

1-1 take

1-2 fouled down

F9; 1 out

Jones

0-1 swing

0-2 take

HBP; hit on the elbow.  Blue says it hit the bat.  Bad call.

KS on a check swing on a breaking pitch; 2 outs

Mathis

1-0 away

1-1 takes an offspeed pitch

Tres takes quick visit to the bump

1-2 take

2-2 away

Singles into RF on a hanging curve out over the plate.

Marlow

0-1 take

1-1 up/out

1-2 fouled away left

2-2 outside; Tres throws out a stealing Mathis; 2-6;

After 4 complete, Orange up 1-0

 

[joeywa]

T5

McKenzie/Kennedy/McGuire due up

McKenzie

1-0 up/out

F4; hit off the handle; 1 out

Kennedy

0-1 take

1-1 dirt

2-1 up

2-2 take

U3; dribbles a soft one off of a breaking ball for out #2

McGuire

0-1 take

1-1 dirt

1-2 fouled down

2-2 away

3-2 up/away

First walk of the game; pitch was inside.

Johnson

1-0 away

1-1 take

Checks McGuire at 1b

1-2 fouled back

Grounder to SS; 6-4

1 LOB

Orange leads 1-0 going B5

 

[joeywa]

B5

Marlow/Lee/Gurwitz due up

Marlow

1-0 away

1-1 take

2-1 up

3-1

Walk; Hecht in to PR for Marlow

Lee

1-0 shows bunt; snap throw to 1B by Tres; Hecht back in time

1-1 bunt foul

1-2 fouled back

F8; 1 out;

Infielders were messing with Hecht's head on the fly ball; and almost gets back picked on the fly out.

Gurwitz

1-0

2-0 down

2-1 take

6-4 FC; 2 outs

Throw to 1B gets by 1B; E3 puts Gurwitz on 2B

Boswell

0-1 takes a hook

1-1 low/away

P steps off

1-2 fouled away left

Nice pickoff move by Callihan; Gurwitz gets back safely

1-2 fouled down 1B line

KS

1 LOB

After 5 complete Orange leads 1-0

 

[joeywa]

T6

New P for Orange is LHP Ty Culbreth

Shaw/Tres/Denny due up

Shaw

0-1 take

0-2 bunt foul

1-2 away

KS; 1 out

Tres

1-0 away

1-1

1-2 BIG swing by Tres

KS on a big breaking ball; 2 outs

Denny

1-0

E6 by CJ who ole's one.  Get in front of the ball and he makes the easy play

Johnson PH for Denny

McCann

0-1 Fouled back

Checks runner

0-2 swing

Checks runner

0-2 fouled back

Checks runner

F9

1 LOB

Orange leads 1-0 going B6

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Parker Joe Robinson is a big kid!  Just a freshman and throws in low 90's but nice to see these young guys getting some work in.

 

[joeywa]

B6

New P for White is RHP Parker Joe Robinson

CJ/Cantu/Jones due up

CJ

1-0

2-0

2-1 take

2-2 foul

3-2

3-2 fouled back

3-2 hard foul away left that CJ turned on

Walk

Cantu

SAC Bunt; 1-3; 1 out

CJ moved up to 2B

Jones

0-1 take

0-2 takes a breaking pitch for a strike

1-2

KS; 2 outs

Mathis

6-3;

1 LOB

Orange leads 1-0 headed T7

 

[joeywa]

T7

McKenzie/Kennedy/McGuire due up

McKenzie

0-1 take

0-2 take

KS; foul tip into Cantu's mitt; 1 out

Kennedy

1-0 breaking ball misses in

1-1 takes a curve ball for a strike

4-3 on a routine grounder to Baker; 2 outs

McGuire

1-0 down

2-0 up

2-1 fouled down

2-2 swings at a low off speed pitch

3-2

KS;

Orange will win 1-0; but Orange will get their last bats.