Texas vs Minnesota ***Game 2 Thread (SAT-3 PM CST)***

[joeywa]

B3 (cont) Bases loaded; 1 out

Shaw

0-1 swing

0-2 swing

1-2 away; good looking pitch

Little dribbler, swinging bunt towards 1B

Nice flip from the mitt from the P; 1-3;

2 outs

RBI as Gurwitz scores

Runners at 2&3

Texas leads 1-0

CJ

0-1 fouled away into RF seats

1-1 up/away

1-2 fouled back

Sawyer steps off, back on

2-2 up, WP

Baker scores and Johnson to 3B

Texas up 2-0

 

[joeywa]

B3 (cont) Runner on 3B; 2 outs

CJ up 2-2 count

Grounder

6-3; wide throw, but 1B gets the tag

1 LOB

With 3 in the books, Texas up 2-0

 

[joeywa]

T4

Handel

0-1 swings at a curve

0-2 swing

1-2 dirt

2-2 down

2-2 fouled down

3-2 up

5-3; routine

1 out

Skjefte

0-1 take

1-1 down

F8; 2 outs

Athmann

1-0 down/in

1-1 fouled down 3B line

2-1 dirt

Tres to visit with Sawyer on the bump

3-1 down

3-2 fouled down

F8; sliding catch by Gurwtiz.  Nice wheels by Zane

1-2-3

Texas leads 2-0 going B4

 

[utisdabomb12]

Tres finally finds a hole. 

 

[joeywa]

B4

Tres

RIPS a double down the LF line into the corner on the first pitch.

Nice piece of hitting.

 

[Johnstark23]

Someone check on slim. We just bunted or first lead off double

 

[joeywa]

B4 (cont) 0 Outs; Tres on 2B

Marlow

1-0 shows bunt

2-0 shows bunt; up

Perfect bunt down left side; nice play by the P; 1-3

SAC moves Tres over to 3B

Slim texts me one word: "Disgusting." Hahaha.

Cantu

0-1 take

Steps out of the box, then back in.

0-2 bunt foul down 1B line on the attempt at the safety squeeze

1-2 away

2-2

K swinging on the check swing; C tags him out since it was in the dirt

2 outs

Boswell

1-0 up

Meeting on the bump right now.

2-0 up/in

3-0 dirt

4-pitch walk

Runners at 1&3

 

[joeywa]

B4 (cont) Runners on corners; 2 down

Gurwitz

1-0 down

Checks runner at 1B

F9

2 LOB

Texas leads 2-0 through 4 complete

 

[joeywa]

T5

Sawyer comes out to start the 5th

66 pitches so far

Traxler

0-1 take

4-3; routine

1 out

Hanson

1-0 up/away

2-0 down

2-1 swings at an 89 MPH heater

3-1 down

Dying quail falls in shallow CF for a single

Smith

FC 4-6; throw from CJ not in time as the ball was hit pretty weakly to Marlow.

2 outs

Motl

1-0 away; Tres tries to back pick the runner at 1B; not in time

1-1 swing

2-1 away, another snap throw from Tres down to 1B. 

3-1; Smith steals, and Tres nails him at 2B; 2-4

Texas leads 2-0 going B5

 

[Johnstark23]

Nice throw Tres he got him by 7 feet

 

[utisdabomb12]

That might be it for Sawyer. Not a bad outing at all. 

 

[utisdabomb12]

Nice cut from Baker. 

 

[joeywa]

B5

I'd like to go back between games and see the pop time on that pickoff.

Baker

1-0 away

1-1 fouled down left side

2-1 down/in

3-1 down

Single into LF; squared up well, and really drove through that swing

Johnson

1-0 WP and Baker advances to 2B

Sawyer steps off and looks Baker back

2-0 up/out

3-0 down; nice dig by the C

3-1 take

F7; 1 out  Johnson really turned on that one but he didn't square it up well.

Shaw

1-0 down and Baker steals 3B and beats the throw with the headfirst slide

2-0 down/away

2-1 swing

2-2 fouled away left side

3-2 misses in

RBI hit up the middle and Shaw makes a heads-up decision and takes 2!

Texas up 3-0

 

[utisdabomb12]

Great hustle by Shaw, I love that. 

 

[Johnstark23]

That is tremendous baserunning. I love the approach of I'm going to run until somebody stops me.

 

[joeywa]

B5 (cont) Runner on 2B; 1 out

Meeting on the bump with C & P, Coach comes out

New P for Minnesota will be SO RHP Glowicki

 

[joeywa]

That is tremendous baserunning. I love the approach of I'm going to run until somebody stops me.

Really heads-up by making the hard turn at 1B.

 

[joeywa]

B5 (cont) New P for Minn; 1 out; runner on 2B

CJ

F8 with an At-'em ball.

2 outs

Tres

0-1 takes one that was at the upper end of the zone

L4

1 LOB

Texas adds 1; leads 3-0 through 5 complete

 

[joeywa]

T6

Connor Mayes in to P for Texas

 

[Matt Cotcher]

Afternoon, ladies!

I finally made my way over from another loss at FEC. You can thank me for that 3rd run - it scored as I walked in.

2 sentence summary? Has the pitching been as good as his line indicates?