****Texas @ Texas Tech Friday Baseball Thread****

[joeywa]

Here's your lineups:

 

[joeywa]

Texas tonight is wearing burnt orange jerseys with white TEXAS, burnt orange caps and socks with their gray pants.

Tech is wearing Black jerseys with red lettering, black caps and white pants.

 

[joeywa]

DirecTV Channel 676-3

Uverse Channel 1754

I'll update as I find out more TV coverage.

 

[joeywa]

And here we go; Hook Em! Let's do this.

I"m going to have to get used to these camera angles.

Marlow goes 2-2 in the count, hits a routine FO8 to RCF; 1 down

Johnson FO8 on the 1st pitch; 2 down

Payton not getting anything to hit; count to 3-0;

3-1 take;

Walks. 66 game on-base streak in tact.

CJ after a first pitch ball, he looks at two strikes;

Count to 2-2 and he pops one up; FO9

Headed B1; 0-0

 

[joeywa]

This Tech pitcher has a very odd release point; it's not a typical overhand pitch, but it's not quite a sidearm pitch. In between. It hung up CJ. He has kind of a hitch before he releases the ball.

 

[joeywa]

And my TV feed just went away. Through one half inning I have begun to hate Fox Sports.

 

[joeywa]

B2

Long leads off and grounds out to French; 1-3; 1 out

Barrios takes 3-1 walk.

Guitierrez grounds out to French; 1-3; SAC; 2 outs; Barrios on 2nd

Nelsony goes down 1-2 in the count; 2-2; fouls off a couple and hits an RBI Single to RF.

Tech up 1-0

TV Coverage back...for now.

Kirsch up

French with several checks of Nelsoney at 1B

Walk on 5 pitches.

Runners on 1&2

Skip coming out to visit.

Tech leads 1-0

 

[joeywa]

Still B1; Runners on 1&2; 2 down;

Smith up

Good Lord these Fox camera angles SUCK!!! I'm thinking it may almost be better to not see the game.

0-1; 0-2 and he hits a chopper to CJ; 6-3 FC;

After 1; 1-0 TT

 

[joeywa]

T2

Shaw 4-3 on first pitch; 1 out

Barrera quickly goes down 0-2; can't see whether he's swinging or not, because this is the camera angle:

Barrera Ks swinging; 2 outs

Monte HBP

Clemens draws a full count walk; runners on 1&2

Gurwitz up FO8

2 LOB

Headed to B2; 1-0 TT

 

[joeywa]

B2

Burleson 6-3; 1 out

Redman works a full count 6-3; 2 outs

FOX finally fixes their view-finder on the camera. I can see the AB now.

Proudfoot singles up the middle

Long goes down 0-2; fouls one off; French is piddling around with the runner on 1B; couple of checks.

Long takes one away 1-2; another check.

French misses low; 2-2; prime opportunity here to sit down Long

K looking

After 2 complete; 1-0 TT

 

[joeywa]

T3

Marlow leading off

Goes down quickly 0-2;

Takes low/dirt 1-2

Up and away; 2-2

Misses away; count full

HOME RUN MARLOW

Game tied at 1!

 

[joeywa]

That ball was towering and kept carrying; over the RF wall into the bullpen.

Johnson works count to 2-2 FO4 into shallow RF

Payton FO7; 2 outs

CJ tries to bunt for a single; foul

Hits a DEEP foul ball to RF. 0-2

Count goes to 2-2, now full

Foul

K swinging.

After 2.5; Tied at 1.

 

[joeywa]

B3

Barrios 5-3; 1 out

Guitierrez FO8; 2 outs

Nelsony 1-3;

1-2-3 for the Texas D.

Tied at 1 after 3 complete.

 

[joeywa]

Quick update on the NCAA Tourney;

Michigan up by 10 on Tennessee; 16:50 2nd Half

UConn up 10 on Iowa St in 1st Half

T4

Shaw up

Texas hitters being patient; count at 2-1

Hard hit ball up the middle; 2B for TT makes a diving stab and throws Shaw out at 1B; 4-3; 1 down

Tres up

Goes down 1-2

HBP

Monte up

Goes down 0-2 with a BIG swing

K swinging; 2 down

Clemens up

Gets ahead 2-0

2-1 take

Hard hit ball off of 1B mitt; it will be a single.

Tres moves to 3B

Gurwitz up with runners on corners

Count to 2-2 with a foul

Lines sharply out to P. FO1.

2 LOB

Going B4; Tied at 1

Channel 449 on Dish

 

[joeywa]

B4

Kirsch FO8; 1 pitch, 1 out

Smith hits 2-1 pitch to Gurwitz; 5-3; 2 outs

Burleson FO8 to shallow CF;

1-2-3; 7 pitch inning

Still tied at 1 after 4.

 

[joeywa]

T5

Marlow leading off. Looks to be using the new Marucci Cat 6 bat that they tried out earlier in the week.

3-1 and he looks at a pitch away, but it's called strike. 3-2

Marlow rips a shot down the RF line and it's an easy double.

Johnson up

Check runner; no throw.

First pitch Johnson squares and pitcher gives him chin music.

Another step off to look at Marlow

HBP; Gets Ben's knee. Runners on 1&2

Payton up

Activity in the TT bullpen

Tadlock comes to bump.

Looks like we'll have a pitching change; RHP Brown to the hill

 

[joeywa]

Situation: T5; 0 outs; Marlow on 2, Johnson on 1;

Payton up

Step off to look at Marlow

0-1 looking

RBI Single into RF; Marlow scores easily; Runners at 1&3;

Texas up 2-1

 

[joeywa]

Runners at corners; 0 outs

CJ bunts; 1-2 FC; Johnson comes home; slid under the tag, but is called out; Bad call by blue. 1 out. Runners at 1&2

Shaw up

1-0

Step off; looks at Payton

Looks at a strike, 1-1 and this home blue not only can't see a play at the plate, his zone on the outside of the plate is more liberal than the population in Portland.

1-2 fouled hard away

2-2 low

3-2

Full count hit/run is on, and Shaw fouls it down.

Same again; H&R, fouled down.

RBI single over the 1B head; Payton scores and CJ moves to 3B.

Runners at corners; Texas up 3-1; 1 out

 

[joeywa]

Still T5

Tres up; runners on corners; 1 out

0-1 foul

1-1 up; Shaw steals 2nd. Runners at 2&3

TT pinches the IF

2-1 up

3-1 low

Double to the wall in RCF; gets by a squeezed IF; 2RBIs

Texas leads 5-1