In a tradition as old as the Irish, it's Texas traveling to Houston to take on Rice in Reckling Park. Rice enters the game 10-5 and ranked #7 nationwide. Sadly there's no TV for this one, but there's surely to be a crowd here taking in St Patty's day.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Feb. 17, 2009 – 6:30 p.m.
Texas: RHP Austin Dicharry (0-0, 1.74 ERA)
Rice: RHP Matthew Reckling (0-2, 12.27 ERA)
Preview
Gametracker
Weather:
Some keys:
- Austin Dicharry returns to the mound this time after a week off and will face the best competition he's seen all year. How will the freshman respond?
- On Sunday against Mizzou we saw freshman Morgan Mickam for the first time, scoring the game winner as a pinch runner. We saw Taylor Jungmann throw four near-perfect innings. We saw Brandon Loy pay the hot corner perfectly. We saw Jordan Etier score the tying run. In other words, the freshman are playing important roles.
- The bats were asleep much of the weekend against Mizzou, can they be awoken against elite competition?
Are you going to blog the game? I'll be stuck at work, so I need some distraction.
hornbone - March 17, 2009
I've got St Patty's day stuff going on for a bit, should be back by the end of the game
40AS - March 17, 2009
0-0 Bot 2
Torres doubled but couldn’t score
40AS - March 17, 2009
6 up, 6 down for Dicharry
40AS - March 17, 2009
Leadoff double for Hernandez
40AS - March 17, 2009
Sac bunt for Loy
Hernandez singled, he’s on second now
40AS - March 17, 2009
He advanced to third on a wild pitch
But Tucker struck out and then Torres flied out – no runs
Texas Wahoo - March 17, 2009
Leed off tripple for Rice
Ugh – we needed to get that run (man on third one out)
Texas Wahoo - March 17, 2009
Single
Rice up 1-0
Texas Wahoo - March 17, 2009
What's up?
Still down 1-0? I hate the owls.
Horn Brain - March 17, 2009
according to Gametracker...
it’s now 1-1.
hornbone - March 17, 2009
Belt walked, Moldy sacrificed him to second...
then a wild pitch, then he scored on a sac fly by Rupp.
hornbone - March 17, 2009
Hatred works
Following this on my blackberry. Thanks for the updates.
Horn Brain - March 17, 2009
5-2 Rice for anyone still following
40AS - March 17, 2009
5-3 that is
Bot 6
40AS - March 17, 2009
1 on, 1 out for Texas
Top 7
40AS - March 17, 2009
Tucker picked off first, nice
40AS - March 17, 2009
5-3 Bot 7
40AS - March 17, 2009
Total effing screw job by the umpires
I have never heard such in my life.
Russell Moldenhauer makes a catch on a fly-out to right, but the umpires don’t rule it a catch initially, so the runner on second takes off for home. The umpires confer and agree that Moldenhauer made the catch, but not only do they not allow Texas to double off the runner who was on second, they ALLOW the run to count. Absolutely freaking ridiculous. How does a run score on a fly-out with the lead runner at second, who took off BEFORE the ball was caught?
bassale47 - March 17, 2009
I was there, that was insane. The runner should have been returned to first base.
formerlyanonymous - March 17, 2009
The only reason Augie wasn’t ejected was because he was right.
formerlyanonymous - March 17, 2009
6-3 Top 8
I seriously cannot believe they awarded Rice a run for that. Total bullshit.
bassale47 - March 17, 2009
That sucks
40AS - March 17, 2009
Poop
Rice wins 6-3.
Sweed4Heisman - March 17, 2009
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