****Texas vs Stanford Sunday Game Thread*****

[joeywa]

Diekroger up

0-1 fouled back

1-1

1-2

1-2 foul

6-3 excellent charging grab and throw by CJ.

Going B2, 4-0 Stanford.

 

[joeywa]

Clemens leads off B2 for the Horns.

1-0 away

2-0 up

2-1 gift by Blue. Pitch was low/away

2-2 foul

Ground rule double on a high bounce into the stands from a fly down LF line.

McGuire up.

1-0

1-1 Blue is really loving the shin-high, corners.

5-3 ground out. Nice play by 3B moving towards 2B. 1 down

Monte up

 

[joeywa]

Monte works a 1-1 count and hits a routine grounder to 3B; 5-3; 2 down.

Barrera up.

Looks at a strike and a ball, then a quick grounder to SS goes 6-3 to end the threat.

1 LOB

After 2 complete 0-4 Stanford

 

[joeywa]

Would have liked to see McGuire bunt Clemens over to 3rd with no outs to give us a chance at a SAC fly by Monte to get him in.

 

[joeywa]

Schiraldi back on the hill for T3.

Slater leads off.

1-0 dirt

2-0 dirt.

Personally, I think Schiraldi may be done.

2-1 low zone that Blue likes.

Single gets to LF by a diving CJ.

 

[joeywa]

Blandino up

Single over the head of CJ, and Slater takes 3rd.

Here comes Skip, and out of the pen comes Slim's favorite reliever, Travis Duke.

 

[joeywa]

Whiting up to face Duke with nobody out, runners on the corners.

1-0 away

1-1 foul

2-1 low/away

2-2

Checks runner at 1st a couple of times

K looking.

1 down

Doran up.

Squares to bunt, pulls it back on the high pitch; 1-0

Checks runner

Squares again, pulls back on away pitch. 2-0

2-1 fouls bunt attempt

Checks runner

Squares again, doesn't pull it back; couldn't see if he went, but called a ball. 3-1

HBP

Bases loaded with Jackson up.

 

[joeywa]

Jackson

0-1 looks

0-2 swinging

Ks looking

Henderson calls the balk, and Augie comes to the field to discuss.

Run scores. Strikeout doesn't count.

Augie is in blue's face and gets ejected.

 

[joeywa]

Henderson saying that Duke didn't come set. I personally thought he did come set.

0-2 count on Jackson.

Crowd is really hammering the umps

Grounder to SS; 6-2 and Barrera makes the tag at the plate. 2 down, runners on 2&3.

Hoffpauir up.

0-1

0-2 foul

K swinging.

Duke gets out of it with only 1 run.

2 LOB

Going B3, 0-5 Stanford.

 

[joeywa]

Johnson leading off B3

Takes strike 1

FO8; 1 down.

Gurwitz up.

Shows bunt, pulls back. 1-0

1-1 takes

2-1 up

3-1 away

3-2 takes

3-2 foul

3-2 foul

FO8 to RCF.

2 down

Marlow up.

0-1 foul

Damn!! Deep FO9. That was at the wall. A hard-hit ball.

After 3; 0-5 Stanford

 

[joeywa]

Edman leads off T4

4-3' 1 down.

Taylor up.

Count goes to 1-2 on a foul

Duke misses low; 2-2

3-2 away

K swinging; 2 down

Diekroger up.

5-3

Stanford goes 1-2-3

0 LOB

0-5 Stanford; going B4.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Need to get a couple runs here, and start chipping away. In other news, Cal won all three games in the tournament they played this weekend. Cal is looking like a tournament type team. Splitting a series on the road, isn't looking bad now.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Mark Payton is unreal.

 

[joeywa]

Payton to lead off the B4

0-1 swinging

0-2 fouls the bunt attempt

1-2

1-2 foul; tries to go oppo

2-2

Single up the middle and Payton stays hot.

CJ up.

 

[joeywa]

CJ

1-0 away

Checks Payton

1-1 takes

2-1 up

FO9. 1 out

Clemens

1-0 up

Catcher to the hill for a quick visit.

1-1 foul

Hit sharply to 2B; 4-6 gets Payton, double clutch by SS, and 1B drops the throw. 2 outs; Clemens safe.

McGuire up.

0-1 looking

0-2 foul

1-2 low

2-2 dirt

3-2 away

Walk

Runners on 1&2 2 down

Monte up

1-0 dirt

Catcher back to hill

Pitching coach out there as well.

Some action in the Stanford pen.

2-0 inside

2-1 caught the outside corner

Just missed it. FO9.

2 LOB

After 4; 0-5 Stanford

 

[joeywa]

Need to get a couple runs here, and start chipping away. In other news, Cal won all three games in the tournament they played this weekend. Cal is looking like a tournament type team. Splitting a series on the road, isn't looking bad now.

I tried to tell folks that Cal wasn't a bad team, certainly not as bad as people were making them out to be.

 

[joeywa]

Slater up T5

UA3; 1 down

Blandino up

Bunts but great play by Duke.

1-3; 2 down

Whiting up.

Quickly goes 0-2

Hard shot down 3B line and gets by McGuire for a single

Doran up

1-0 dirt

HBP

Skip out to visit Duke.

Hollingsworth in to pitch.

 

[joeywa]

Jackson up; 2 on, 2 outs

1-0 up

Hollingsworth gets him to ground out to SS; 6-4.

2 LOB

0-5 Stanford; going B5

 

[joeywa]

B5

Barrera leading off.

Viall back out to pitch.

1-0

1-1 foul

2-1 low

FO9; 1 down

Johnson up

1-0 up/in

Into the gap in RCF, standup triple for Johnson.

 

[joeywa]

Gurwitz up

Singles to RF, Johnson scores.

1-5 Stanford.