Texas vs. OSU (recap & complete post-game added)

[Matt Cotcher]

POST-GAME

Augie Garrido

Opening Statement: “Extremely disappointing, but that’s been our Friday several times this year. It’s disappointing in the result, but the effort was there, and the will to win was there and I thought both teams played hard, played well. The separation was as a result of two strike hitting and two out hitting and the RBIs with runners in scoring position when we needed them. We got one out of the rally that we started early, with a base hit there with the bases loaded would’ve made a huge difference, but we didn’t sustain it, but the fight was there. Proud of the team, I think they did a really great job battling to win the game and perform offensively and defensively and as a team, very proud of them. Disappointing, but not discouraging.

They are very well coached. I say that, because of the two strike adjustments they made, they hit with confidence with two strikes, they hit with confidence with runners in scoring position and they were satisfied to be themselves. They’re not a power baseball team, they’re an efficient baseball team based on quality at bats and pecking away at you until they score runs and that’s there game, but they play it well. They play it very well. The play the first basemen made on CJ (Hinojosa), the defensive play that was outstanding, the play at center field on Ben’s (Johnson) ball was outstanding, so they’re a defensive team that has been very well coached, very efficient in what they do, very confident in the kind of game they’re going to play, and they play it well. They played it against an excellent pitcher today, Parker French.”

On why they didn’t pitch Connor Mayes longer: “The left handed hitters and we felt Travis Duke would be a good choice. In hindsight it cost us a lot and he got behind on the second hitter as well, but he has been very good in those situations against left handed hitters. Kirby Bellow, excuse me.”

On having Kacy Clemens in the lineup instead of Michael Cantu: “There’s nothing more to it than Cantu struggling offensively and isn’t as good as a defensive first basemen as KC is. With Parker pitching we didn’t want to give away any bases. Our infield has to be the best possible defense we can put out there.”

On if he’s seen any catches better than the one Zane Gurwitz made: “Well, Collin Shaw is in the running for all that for sure, but we don’t have a chance to make that play at home because the fence is so much higher, but that’s as good as it gets at the time he made it especially. It picked us up and put us in a good position. “

On his conversation with the umpire during the bottom of the 8th inning: “I couldn’t figure out, the guy that they substituted went to first base and then he came back and then I don’t know what happened to him. Did he bat? Decided to hit? So is he reporting into first base or is he hitting, or what’s he doing here? How can you do both? He (The umpire) said “well I don’t know”. Somebody’s got to know.”

On Saturday’s starting pitcher decision: “No, I have to talk about it with Skip, we had a lot of people in the bullpen. No, you’re in a situation where you’ve got a five game journey ahead, four more games ahead of you. There’s 16 of these tournaments going on, you’ll see two or three teams that lose on the first day win, before it’s over. It’ll get done throughout the country; this might as well be one of them.”

On whether the strike zone bothered players: “I don’t think so, I think it was the quality of the pitcher and I think our hitters were trying to get a sense of how he was going to pitch. From the second time around I think all of the hitters made good adjustments and took quality at bats. They just wanted to see what he was all about and what he’s all about is very good. “

Parker French  

On his performance: “I felt like my stuff was really good today. The best it’s felt in a while. If you would’ve told me that there would’ve been one out in the air and the rest were on the ground or strikeouts I would’ve that we would’ve been successful today. That’s just baseball. We didn’t make any errors behind any plates, solid defense, they just had mores ball find holes than we did.”

On Oregon State matching the Longhorn’s intensity: “I think we came out with a lot of good energy today. We faced a really good pitcher; we did a really good job of just grounding out at bats against him making it tough. For example Brooks got a big hit off him. So I think the energy was there, the attitude was there, the confidence was there. It’s just baseball is a funny game sometimes. It knocks you down when you play well and have the right attitude.”

On the rain fall and if he’s ever seen a helicopter hover a baseball field to dry it: “I think that’s the first time I’ve seen a real helicopter in my entire life, but not to dry off a baseball field, no. That’s just baseball, it’s an outdoor sport. You’ve got to deal with weather. Things can delayed, I’ve had a number of starts get pushed back to Saturday or weird stuff happening so you just got to roll with the punches and go out there and compete when it’s time.”

On Zane Gurwitz’s catch and if it helped momentum: “It definitely turned it around a little bit for us and it saved a run. To answer it is probably one of the best I’ve seen. Just the momentum change for us in the dugout kind of got hyped up a little bit and the homerun the next inning made everything feel like it was going our way and then the game of baseball can turn around and just punch you in the face, but it’s how you react to it. I feel we played well enough to win today.”

Brooks Marlow

On his homerun: “Yeah, just trying to get things started for this team. We’ve been through a lot all year long and to be able to bounce back after hitting the home run and get the momentum back a little bit, and then they found some holes in the eighth inning and you know it’s baseball that’s the way it’s going to go.”

On the playing conditions: “I guess you can see by Collin’s (Shaw) uniform. It was pretty bad out there, but nobody better to have out there in that kind of stuff than Shaw. Nothing bothers him. It’s a big affect outfield. You can’t come in and throw people out because you have to get your feet underneath you. Ball’s wet, but Shaw fought it out. It’s pretty wet out there.”

On the next game and getting one last shot at Omaha: “I say all the games are important. Definitely for us it’s win or go home, but we’re not thinking about going home in our mind. We have the team, we have the pitching, we have the hitters, we have the defense to win this whole thing and proceed later in the season. We’re going to come out, we’re going to fight and give it everything we got and after the night inning and third out we’ll see what happens.”

 

[java]

Didn't mean to duck out yesterday, but had a very important graduation to attend.

GBT, I don't see your posts unless someone quotes you. Guess there is some sort of glitch.

Here's my response: Clemens is a terrific first baseman and Cantu has been in a slump. Tres seems to have come out of the slump he was in.

Clemens baseball intelligence is high, imo. He's not a slugger, but I will settle for a base hit. At this point, I'm siding with Augie. If one of you has a record that will stand against his, put it on the table.

Now, who was it that was criticizing Skip and Augie earlier in the season for throwing Clemens? You were brutal. I wish we had him now, don't you?

I'm out. Hook 'em!

 

[GBT]

Java,

We darn sure need Clemens on the hill now that we are in the losers bracket. I will admit I was wrong about Clemens pitching. I expected him to be like so many other great pitchers and come out "nails" from the get go. It took him a while to settle. I guess being Roger's son made him a little nervous. He has been awesome at first base aside from yesterday..( thats the way baseball go..... )He is patient at the plate ( which I like )....

I will still hold to my belief that Augie needs a hitting coach because you can't win with pitching alone ( scrape one or two runs across ) like you used to be able to do. We need a line up that has several batters who force pitchers to stay on edge instead of just one or two.

The only thing I don't like about Skip is he manages too much like a MLB coach. Those lefty /righty match ups are all good, but when you have a kid who is doing well, you should just leave him on the hill no matter who is coming to the plate. I was too upset we lost to listen to any pressers, so I don't know why he pulled Mayes; but that turned out to be what did us in. Its like the old saying a bird in hand is worth two in the bush, or the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence....You NEVER know what you are going to get from a college pitcher from one game to the next, or one inning to the next, so you should stay with what is working for as long as you can....Bellow usually does well, and has of late so can't fault him for going with him if we NEEDED TO, but Mayes was doing fine...... I know he was probably slated to start, but we only needed 3 pitchers if we had won.....NOW we need 5 since his move didn't work out. Hindsight....I know....

Thats brings us back to hitting.....If we had a good hitting team...not great...just GOOD....we would have a great chance of coming back through the losers bracket. We have enough arms if we had the sticks...... its ok to win 10-7 sometimes.

Someone said," 4 runs and French on the hill..".He would have bet a lot of money.....

Think about it...If we could hit like LSU ..how freaking good we would be ? French could give up four runs...it wouldn't matter. Our pitchers could pitch relaxed without worry of giving up a run or two.

 

[streettopeschel]

So it would be better if we could score 10 runs? Hadn't thought about that.

 

[java]

GBT, Maybe you should wait an hour before posting, rather than spouting off insults against team and players. Think about it. You're right. We could use Clemens right now, and rather than acuse the coaches of playing Roger's son, you should give them credit for knowing something about the game.

If anyone here thinks Augie gives a damn about what any Texas fan thinks about his decisions, you are certifiable. Why would the man with more skins on the wall than any active coach waste one moment on what you or I think? He's on a whole 'nother level, book it. He's playing chess and you are playing checkers.

Now, back to the discussion from months ago about Clemens and Mayes. Though the culprits have yet to fess up, the coaches managed to develop Mayes, despite your protestations. Clemens? He had turned into a very solid starter, and it would be really nice to have him now at pitcher, as well as first base.

Ok. For this next game I expect some solid cheerleading and less bitching. It's time to play ball.

Hook 'em!

 

[Bear19]

Nm

 

[Bear19]

"Ok. For this next game I expect some solid cheerleading and less bitching. It's time to play ball.

Hook 'em!"

From an aggy?

 

[joeywa]

So it would be better if we could score 10 runs? Hadn't thought about that.

Only if the other team doesn't score 11, in which case the right to complain about some other facet of the game, field, equipment, players, team chemistry, coaching, hitting, fielding and/or mental approach are placed back on the table. 

 

[streettopeschel]

Only if the other team doesn't score 11, in which case the right to complain about some other facet of the game, field, equipment, players, team chemistry, coaching, hitting, fielding and/or mental approach are placed back on the table.

been giving this some thought. Why doesn't the basketball team score 100 and the football team 50 every game? Wouldn't we win more? Smh. Thanks Deloss.

 

[java]

"Ok. For this next game I expect some solid cheerleading and less bitching. It's time to play ball.

Hook 'em!"

From an aggy?

So true. So true.

Hook 'em!