******Texas vs Okie Light-Sunday/Sr Day Baseball Thread*****

[joeywa]

Happy Sunday everyone. 

Game today is schedule for 2 PM CST. 

Today is Senior Day at the Disch, for the final home conference series of the year.   Seniors will be honored at 1:50

Matchup on the hill:

Texas: Nathan Thornhill (6-1, 0.97)

Ok St: Vince Wheeland (4-0, 1.38)

This has been a pretty tight series between two of the top teams in the Big12.

Today's game is for the series. 

Friday: Texas won 3-0

Saturday: Ok St won 2-1

Waiting on lineup cards, and I'll post them when I get them.

 

[joeywa]

Lineups:
 

Texas:

Marlow 2B

Johnson LF

Payton CF

Barrera C

Hinojosa SS

Shaw RF

Gurwitz 3B

Clemens 1B

Carter DH

Thornhill P

Carter back in the DH spot.

Ok St.

Walton SS

Saxon CF

Krietemeier 1B

Green LF

Fish DH

Arakawa 2B

Costello RF

McConaughy 2B

Case C

Wheeland P

 

[joeywa]

A note on Wheeland; he was on the bump on Friday, and threw 42 pitches in relief.

I'd keep an eye on him, as I would imagine that he will only go for a few innings and the Ok St rotation will look more like a Tuesday game than a Sunday game.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Nice to see Carter back in the lineup. 

 

[utisdabomb12]

A note on Wheeland; he was on the bump on Friday, and threw 42 pitches in relief.

I'd keep an eye on him, as I would imagine that he will only go for a few innings and the Ok St rotation will look more like a Tuesday game than a Sunday game.

Need to get to him early. Make this a bullpen game vs Thornhill, and it's a huge advantage for the Longhorns. It's already an advantage having Thornhill on the mound. 

 

[Matt Cotcher]

This is akin to Regionals/tourney play for the Pokes....gonna be an "any available arm for 1 good inning" kind of day.

 

[utisdabomb12]

This is akin to Regionals/tourney play for the Pokes....gonna be an "any available arm for 1 good inning" kind of day.

Which is why I like our chances once we get into the tournament. Have plenty of arms coming out of the bullpen and Schiraldi is no slouch as a fourth starter. 

 

[utisdabomb12]

The softball team won game 3 and the series against OSU. Their RPI has been rising. It's unlikely but not out of the question, that Texas could hold a regional in softball. Probably need to go undefeated the rest of the way to have a shot. 5 games left. 3 games vs Kansas and two more against Baylor. Baylor is good, Kansas not so much. 

 

[joeywa]

Texas wearing burnt orange jerseys w/white TEXAS across the chest, white pants w/burnt orange pinstripe down side, orange belts and black spikes and orange cap with white block T on the front. 

Ok St wearing black jerseys with orange letters/numbers, gray pants and black cap w/OS on front. 

First pitch coming up.

 

[utisdabomb12]

There ya go Barrera. Perfect throw. Umps strike zone is small, need to be patient today. 

 

[joeywa]

Game temp 91-degrees

T1

Walton

1-0 away

1-1 take

2-1 low/in

U3; 1 down

Saxon

1-0 low/in

1-1 take

Grounder to CJ; throw skips under Kacey. E6; CJ had plenty of time, but just hopped the throw.

Krietemeier

0-1 foul

Checks runner at 1B

0-2 look

0-2 foul into LF seats; nice catch by a dad for his boy.

Check

1-2 up

2-2 away; tried to get Krietemeier to chase

Check

3-2 up/out; Runner goes; Tres guns down Saxon; nice tag by CJ; CS 2 outs

Walk

Green

0-1 take

0-2 swing

K swinging

1 LOB

0-0 headed B1

 

[utisdabomb12]

Good at bat there by Marlow. 

 

[joeywa]

B1

Marlow leading off

0-1 take

0-2 look

1-2

2-2 away

3-2 away

3-2 fouled into 3B stands

3-2 fouled back

3-2 fouls it back

3-2 another foul

F8 in deep CF; 1 out; good AB for Brooks.  Nice to get the pitch count up on your first batter.

Johnson up

F9; 2 out

Payton up

1-0 up/away

6-3

After 1 complete, no score

 

[joeywa]

T2

Fish

Single up the middle, diving CJ gets to the ball behind 2B, but no throw.

Arakawa

0-1 bunt foul

SAC 1-3; 1 out

Costello

1-0 away

1-1 swing

1-2 fouled down 3B line

2-2 up/out

F9 shallow RF; 2 outs

McConaughy

0-1 take

0-2 look

1-2 away

1-2 foul; chased the offspeed and barely got wood on it.

HR to LF; first mistake by Nathan, left that offspeed pitch up.

Ok St up 2-0

Case

1-0 up

1-1 take

F9

Headed B2; Ok St leads 2-0

 

[utisdabomb12]

Ok bats time to get going. 

 

[joeywa]

Not sure why Nate was throwing the change again after getting a foul ball off it on the 1-2 pitch.  I think Tres needs to know not to call that pitch there. 

 

[utisdabomb12]

BOOOOOOOM Barrera. 

 

[joeywa]

B2

Tres leads off the 2nd inning

0-1 take; curve ball

HR Tres to LF!!!!

Texas down 2-1

 

[utisdabomb12]

Not sure why Nate was throwing the change again after getting a foul ball off it on the 1-2 pitch.  I think Tres needs to know not to call that pitch there. 

Yep.