***Texas vs Tech Official Saturday Baseball Thread***

[joeywa]

TEXAS (17-20, 7-5 Big 12) vs. TEXAS TECH (30-10, 11-1 Big  12)
April 23, 2016
Where: Lubbock, Texas
TV: FOX Sports Southwest Plus
Radio: 104.9 FM The Horn/1260 AM​

Stream: www.texassports.com​

First Pitch Sat 2 PM CT​

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Game notes, (Courtesy Texas Sports and Texas Tech sports)

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Notes on TV Channels:

Dish: SD Channel – 447; HD Channel – 9517; Hopper – 412-35
DirecTV: 676-3 (HD only)
AT&T: SD Channel – 757; HD Channel – 1757
Suddenlink: SD Channel – 20; HD Channel – 120 (Lubbock, Plainview, Midland, Andrews, Big Spring)
Suddenlink: SD Channel – 17; HD Channel – 117 (Amarillo, Clovis, N.M.)
Suddenlink: SD Channel – 8; HD Channel – 108 (San Angelo)

All three games will also be available on FOXSportsGo.com as well as the FOX Sports Go app.

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Good afternoon Baseball Fans! 

Welcome to HornSports coverage of the conference series between Texas and Texas Tech. 

Let's try a new day for the Burnt Orange and White. 

There are some lineup changes today.  Note Jones to DH role and out of LF; Rand to LF, Gurwitz to CF, McKenzie to 2B.

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[joeywa]

Quick note: Game on DirecTV 676-2 today.  A slight change from yesterday. 

 

[joeywa]

Texas needs to limit the defensive miscues, (broken record,) and get some deeper production from their starting pitching. 

Tech wearing their red jerseys, white pants, black caps, belts, under sleeves, socks and spikes.

Texas wearing their gray pants and caps, burnt orange jerseys, under sleeves, belts and socks with black spikes

Weather today is sunny, 77 degrees.  Wind blowing from the SSE at 15 MPH, gusting to 28 MPH

 

[joeywa]

T1

Jones leads it off

Single into RF

 

[joeywa]

T1 cont; Jones on 1B

Kody Clemens

0-1 bunt fouled down

Checks runner lazily

SAC Bunt; 1-4; 1 out

 

[joeywa]

T2 cont; 1 out; Jones at 2B

Tres

1-0 down

2-0 down

C jogs out to the mound for a quick chat

3-0 down/in

4-pitch walk

 

[tejasrulz]

Too nice of a day to sit indoors so I'm going to go watch the son of a friend of mine play baseball. When I get back I'll check out the play by play so thanks in advance Joey for the updates.

 

[joeywa]

T1 cont; 1 out; runners on 1&2

Kacy Clemens

0-1 takes an off speed pitch

0-2 looks at a slide down but in the zone

1-2 dirt

2-2 WP moves both runners up to 2&3

2-2 fouled away left

3-2 just misses up

Walk

Bases loaded

 

[joeywa]

T1 cont; 1 out; bases loaded

Baker

1-0 away

1-1 fouled down

F9; not deep enough to score Jones; wind kept it shallow; 2 outs

 

[joeywa]

T1 cont; 2 outs; bases loaded

Mathis

1-0 dirt

2-0

BIG shift on, nobody even near 3B and Jones is halfway down the line

3-0 down

3-1 takes one up in the zone

Walk; RBI

Texas up 1-0

 

[joeywa]

T1 cont; 2 outs; bases loaded

Gurwitz

0-1 take

0-2 fouled down

1-2 up/away

2-2 up/away

3-2 up

C back out to the mound to talk to the P

3-2 fouled back

KS on a nasty bender

3 LOB

Horns up 1-0 headed B1

 

[joeywa]

That pitch would've been Ball 4. 

 

[joeywa]

B1

Smith

1-0 away

1-1 take; TT fans chirping at Blue a lot so far

2-1 just misses up

2-2 swing

F7; 1 out

 

[joeywa]

B1 cont; 1 out

Garcia

0-1 take

0-2 swing

KS; 2 out

 

[joeywa]

B1 cont; 2 outs

Gardner

0-1 take

Standup triple; hits one that's tailing towards RF line; Mathis inexplicably dives for it and it goes into the corner. 

 

[joeywa]

B1 cont; 2 outs; runner on 3B

Raley

1-0 down/in

2-0 down

2-1 fouled down

3-1 up

3-2 swing

Walk

 

[joeywa]

B1 cont; 2 outs; runners at the corners

Gutierrez

0-1 take

Gutierrez calls time and steps out

Checks runner at 1B

0-2 swings at a FB up at eye level

1-2 up/away

1-2 fouled back

Checks runner at 1B

Culbreth steps off and resets

1-2 fouled away right

2-2 up

3-2 JUST misses down with the off speed; runner takes 2B with no throw

3-2 fouled down 3B line

Walk

 

[joeywa]

B1 cont; 2 outs; bases loaded

Neslony

L4 ends it

3 LOB

Texas leads 1-0 after 1

 

[joeywa]

T2

Rand

0-1 swings at the off speed offering

0-2 looks at a curve

F7; 1 out; short LCF