****Texas v. Hawaii Sunday Baseball Thread*****

[joeywa]

OK, a quick note;

Our game is fixin to get going again. Let's hope a good night's sleep has re-energized our boys!

Situation:

 

Top8, Tied at 2. Hawaii up.

Cooper on the Hill for Texas.

Brewster is up for Hawaii.

I will keep up with the updates, but know that I'm about to throw two pork butts on the pit, so there may be a few moments of lag, depending on how the smoke is going.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Cooper has some nice stuff. Gets Hawaii out 123 in the top of the 8th.

 

[joeywa]

T8

Ventimila PH for Brewster

Works a 3-2 count against Cooper.

Fouls off 4 straight pitches

K swinging; 1 down

Aliviado up

1-0

1-1

1-2 foul

2-2

2-2 foul

4-3; 2 down

Richartz up

Goes down swinging on 4 pitches.

B8 coming up; Tied at 2

 

[utisdabomb12]

Big hit by Clemens. Texas takes the 3-2 lead in the bottom of the 8th.

 

[joeywa]

B8; Gleese on the hill for Hawaii

Felts up

1-0

1-1 take

2-1

FO9; 1 out

Johnson up

1-0

1-1 fouled down 3B line

2-1

3-1

Draws the Walk

McGuire up

0-1 take

Checks Johnson

Checks again and almost throws it away

Another check

1-1 away

1-2 look

2-2 Johnson steals 2B

2-2 foul into 1B stands

2-2 foul

3-2

3-2 foul

FC UA3; Johnson advances to 3B; 2 outs

Clemens up

1-0

1-1 foul

2-1

3-1

Single back up the middle by a diving SS off the SS mitt.

Johnson scores; Texas up 3-2

 

[joeywa]

Monte up

0-1

1-1

FO9

After 8; Texas up 3-2

 

[bbdude]

Clemens with the Ribby. 3-2 Horns lead headed to the 9th!

 

[utisdabomb12]

We have the hardest time with walking batters in the 9th.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Wow, what a double play. Texas wins 3-2.

 

[joeywa]

T9; Cooper looking solid so far; 20 pitches in the 8th with 2 Ks.

Flores up

1-0

2-0

3-0

3-1 take

Grounder to 1B 3-1; 1 out

Jones up

1-0

2-0; check swing

2-1 foul

3-1

3-2 foul

Walk

Podratz up

1-0

1-1 foul

Check runner

6-4-3 DP ends it

Texas wins 3-2; another comeback win.

 

[joeywa]

Cooper gets the W.

 

Final game of the series starts in 30 mins. I'll post the lineup when I get it.

 

Nice to see the boys fight back and win one late. Hook Em!

 

Off to the pit to get the pork butts smoking!

 

[Juan]

4 of our last 6 games, we have won 3-2.

And 7 games total have been 1-run margins.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

That didn't suck.

 

[streettopeschel]

Second game 9 innings or will they shorten it to 7?

 

[joeywa]

Lineups for final game:

 

[utisdabomb12]

Schiraldi might have the best stuff on the team, just needs to locate his control. Let's see what he has today.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Not a bad first inning for Schiraldi. Gonna have to cut down on those walks though. I'll take a base hit over a walk. Force them to hit the ball.

 

[joeywa]

Texas comes out wearing all white with burnt orange pinstripes, burnt orange undershirts and burnt orange caps.

Hawaii wearing same green jerseys and gray pants.

T1

Aliviado up

Works a 2-1 count; 4-3 1 down

Richartz up

0-1

0-2

1-2

2-2; Shiraldi hitting 94 on that pitch

2-2 foul

2-2 foul

2-2 foul

3-2

Walk

Flores up

0-1 take

Check runner

FO9; 2 down

Jones up

1-0

Single to RCF and Richartz advances to 3B

Hurley up

FO8

Going B1; 0-0

 

[utisdabomb12]

Our youngins need to watch Payton and Felts at bats. Patience is critical. You don't have to swing at everything.