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Baseball Takes on Missouri in Big XII Championship Game

[Update:] Horns win the Big XII, again. Texas used an 11 run 4th inning to pull ahead and held on despite some Austin Wood wildness in the 9th for a 12-7 win. 

Missouri and A&M won yesterday so Texas will see Missouri in the championship game today at 1 PM on FSN. This game could be important for which seed Texas gets but is unlikely to affect whether the Horns host either a regional or super. That announcement will be made at 2:30 PM today, with the full seedings to be announced tomorrow at 11:30 AM. Thanks to 16.2 innings of beautiful starting over the last two days the Horns have a fresh bullpen, hopefully they can become the first team since Nebraska in 2005 to win the regular season and postseason Big XII titles.


PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Texas:
RHP Brandon Workman (3-3, 3.39 ERA)
Missouri: LHP Scooter Hicks (5-2, 3.70 ERA)

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Our win yesterday (with ASU's loss) moved us to #2 in the RPI

ahead of ASU and UNC.

So if we win, do we get the national #1 seed?
I think we'd have earned it

but if they go with Irvine, then that’s A-OK by me too.

Going to be a tad late for this one

Hopefully it’ll be good luck again

Anyone know where I can find a stream of the game on the net?

I have exhausted most of my normally reliables

it's on FSN

Yea, but I haven’t been able to find a place to watch it on the internet. (I’m at work)

Can't find it - don't have FSN subscription.

Suckage! Anyone have a non-Yahoo audio stream?

Only thing I could find was

gamecast

Ugh, ugly throw to 2nd. Two stolen bases for Mizzou

This is the Mizzou live stream. Couldnt find one that worked outta Austin. Radio=

Finally got it working

with my third browser choice. Thanks.

haha no problem

1-0 top 2nd
2 away Mizzou at bat

Strikeout ends the half inning. 1-0 Mizzou

Strikeout to start the bottom of the 2nd. 1 away

Loy flies out to the track. 2 away

Keyes strikes out end of 2 1-0 Mizzou

Workman walks lead off man. 1 on no outs

Pop up to Loy. 1 away

Holt steals second still just 1 out
Workman gets K. 2 away
Fly out to center ends the top 3. 1-0 Mizzou
Solo HR from Preston Clark
That's what I'm talking about.
I wasn't expecting much from him today, so that's a nice addition.
His first HR this year.
maybe i should stay gone longer
Workman out Dicharry in
Grounder to Torres throw hits runner at first. 1 on
Error goes to Torres
Ok, I'm back

For those that were wondering, the building museum in DC is only so-so

Double play on grounder to Belt

Grounder to Loy ends the inning
Groundout to Loy ends top 4

1-1

You able to get the game on FSN in DC?
Yup

No problems here

I always had problems getting games in Little Rock

think they did that on purpose

Belt gets hit. 1 on no outs

Torres base hit to right moves Belt to third. 2 on no outs

Belt got lucky

He hesitated and probably should’ve been thrown out

Yea thats what the radio guys said.

They also mentioned that if the throw wasn’t cut off, it probably would have gone to right

umm make that left. Hit into right
The RF came up throwing

But he caught the SS in a weird position and he couldn’t get much on the relay. Just a strange play

Mizzou changing pitchers.
Glad to see Rupp at least filling the DH spot
Just beat me to it
Good to see Rupp in the lineup

Injury probably not too serious

yea his sternum/finger injury
Rupp walks bases full
LOY!

2 RBI single

grounder to left. 3-1 Horns

Woo hoo

the train is rolling.

haha still no outs with 2 on
we need good double to right center Keyes
Or a homer
I wasn't trying to be greedy, but since you brought it up
Kinda surprising

Keyes is #1 on the team in strikeouts (not surprising)

  1. on the team in walks
That should read #2 in walks
That is weird

You would think #1 in strikeouts he is not patient at the plate, but #2 in walks contradicts it

Yup

His OBP is almost .400 even though he’s batting below .300

I guess Augie can live with the lower BA

as long as his OBP stays high. But you would think it would catch with him eventually

walk bases loaded
Mizzou changing pitchers. Bases loaded 0 outs 3-1 horns
Wow

That ball was hammered, thought it left the park

Did if fall?
Clark hit brings home runner. 4-1 horns
4-1!!

I smell blood.

Remember Baylor :)
Seems like a lifetime ago
Sac fly plates runner 5-1 1 out
Preston smoked a ball to deep left center

Wind killed it and the LF fell just before it landed. Ended up a warning track single because the runners had to hold up

Even the the announcers on the radio were like wait what happened

Balk advances the runners

more importantly takes the double play away
Rowe gets hit. Bases loaded
Thanks for the updates, just got in and watchin' the Rangers beat Astros 5-0 on FSN

No Horns game….

I'll be at the Rangers/Yanks game tomorrow.
You're one lucky dude! Do you think we'll have more Texas fans this time?

I went last time and was so annoyed with all the damn yankee “fans”….

Man the last time we were there it was the same way.

My cousin is a Yanks fan and Im rangers so we’ve been like the last 4 years in a row. Always more yanks fans

It's funny when the rangers are actually doin' well how many fans are attending the games..

Where you live?

Texarkana.

About a 2 hour drive for us

not bad, dad lives in FW or still has a place there.....

grew up in Abilene, so drove 2 1/2 hours for games

No not bad at all. All interstate.
True, I-20 all the way
Actually its 30. 20 goes through Marshall and Tyler
If the red sox come to town, there's all the dbag kids from the burbs that have a sox hat

to match their abercrombie outfit…

Haha. so true
This inning kinda defines our offense

HBP, single through the right side, BB, single, sac fly, balk, HBP

And a third HBP plates a run

6-1

Belt grounder to first ball comes home to get lead runner. 2 away bases full
And water is wet

NCAA just announced an Austin regional

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=4202816

Any of those surprise you?
East Carolina

Only because CUSA’s been weak. Not sure other than that

So do we get paired with TCU regional?
Seedings and pairings announced tomorrow at 11:30
Come on Torres

2 out Grand Slam, por favor.

Walk scores a run 7-1 Horns bottom 4
GRAND SLAM RUPP!
Hell yeah!

Is that two on the day?

Clark hit the first one
11-1!

Ten run inning!

That was to dead straight away center
Thats a big park too right? 415?
To left center it is

I think 400 to straight away center

I need video
It was absolutely hammered
Loy triple. Hits keep coming
Another pitching change

Jeez

10 runs

1 out that failed to plate a runner

11 runs . . .

. . . on 6 hits.

Seriously
Awesome

even on streaming Mizzou radio.

Yup. These guys are a lot better than the ones from the Big 12 site
No complaints today

but I’d love to be hearing Craig’s voice crack instead. ;-)

Me too. I tried to find it but no luck
Keyes doubles

12-1

Hit for the cycle this inning :-)
haha the team
Thats the good Keyes
Inning summary:

15 batters, 4 pitchers, 5 hits, 12 runs

11 runs
Getting ahead of myself there
12 was actually likely.
If Keyes keeps developing, he's gonna make a major league team very happy one day...
Yea

Last year — 24 Ks in 59 ABs, 4 BBs
This year — 42 Ks in 167 ABs, 23 BBs

Damn 40! You're good.

He’ll probably be drafted a little higher than the 25th round that he was drafted in couple years ago…

Clark popped out

12-1 through 4

What is Clark thinking? Ending this inning
Hey sneezy, is Hamilton back yet?
U know it! Dropped a bomb in the first inning.
Just got a single into right field this at bat
Good deal. Can't stand to be witness to another Ranger loss to the Yankees in person.

Also, I believe Colt is throwing out the first pitch. That should be good for the OU fans in attendance.

Strike 3 called. 1 away
Triple scores 1 12-2 Horns
Single scores another one 12-3 Horns
Single scores 1 12-3 Horns
Pitching change?
Yes please
Now's the time, Skip
Fly out limits the damage

… but that was a shaky inning for Dicharry, and it’s too soon for Wood. Who else we got?

Another bad throw by Clark

Rusty much?

Mizzou announcer

just called us t.u. Closet aggy.

Wow, so terrible....
He's just mad about another beat down
Glad they don't have Aaron Crowe this year....
Rowe strikes out 2 away
Tucker ground out ends bottom 5 12-4 horns
Nats up 8-5 heading to the 9th

My guess is the Os will win it 9-8

Not much confidence in your team?
Bullpen is 2-16 this year with 13 blown saves

So…no

eww. no more needs to be said.
I used to have to go to Aberdeen for training

made it to Camden Yards, but never caught a Nats game

Cole Green in for the Horns
Thanks Skip
I'm kinda glad they left Dicharry in

Let him work through some difficulty

Backward K 1 away

Grounder to Loy 2 away

What a great inning by Loy

And the Nats win!
WOO!

U like the Natinals?
When in Rome...
Ha, yes Mr. Burgundy. You see earlier in the year when they forgot to sew on the O?

Their uniforms said NATINALS, haha

I did see that

It was…fitting

Haha, at least you can laugh about it
It's hard to take them seriously

Once they get Strasburg one would think they’d start to draw a little better

They were talking about what they might offer him

it is really going to set the bar high

I think it's just posturing by Boras

We’ll see though. It’s not really in Strasburg’s interest to go back to school for another year. He risks injury and can’t really improve his draft position, plus he’ll be a year older and still not in the majors

The way it sounds,

the Nationals would pay him just to get the arm and the fan draw. I think they mentioned like 25million signing bonus. Crazy numbers

He's a lot better option than Crowe, but

if he messes up his elbow, that may be it for his pitching days.

It was funny. I think it made the 10 worst on ESPN
Green did well also
Haha

Meant Green :-)

Ha I knew what you meant.
Belt singles to right
Need another 11 runs here...
Double play 2 away
Strikeout ends the inning. Going to the top of 7. 12-4 Horns
Wow

Torres backhanded it over the bag and fired a strike to first, great play for the first out

Then another great play

This time from Loy, 2 away

Radio guy called him Low
2 out walk 1 on
Fly out to left ends the half inning
So will Green stay in to finish off the last 6 outs?
I think if he stays out of trouble he will. If not we will see Wood
error gets Loy to first. 0 outs 1 on
Loy

9-14 for the tourney…who’s your MVP?

Giraffe is 8-15
Loy had 3 errors yesterday tho
Ya

That’s why I’d hesitate. I think Chance Ruffin’s CG was the most important performance, rested the bullpen and gave them room to recover. Also Jungmann yesterday

Yea I think Ruffin's game was the most important,

but I would think the MOP voters go to more offense than pitching

I would take Belt

or Jungmann

Double play ball by bad Keyes. 2 outs Mizzou changing pitchers
Announcer I'm listening to has Belt and Rowe on all tournament team

(His ballot)

12-4 to the top of 8. Green still in
Or Loy if your 40
Loy does it all IMO
HaHa. I think we need a giraffe on the mound.
He pitched last year :)
Must have been an ugly game one way or the other
I think he pitched quite a bit

In relief, dedicated full time to 1B this season

Thats right I remember that now.
He was 1-0 in 17 innings with a 4.08 ERA
LSU & Virginia win respective tournaments
Green fans first batter of inning. 1 away
The aforementioned giraffe

Walk 2 on
Wood? Or let Green work his way out?
Still 12-4 to the bottom of 8
Green stays in. Fly out to center ends the half inning
Probably Wood

May be Carillo or somebody (McKirahan?) to get the final 3 outs

How are the teams divided up for regionals?

They draw names out the hat?

I think it's the same as basketball

Selection committee and whatnot

Ahh ok.

Is it like higher rank team plays lower ranked team

8 national seeds will be matched up with the other 8 teams

Not sure if the other 8 are ranked or are matched via geography

Something like

this

But that is yesterday’s guess.

7 Big 12 teams projected in. Not bad
Texas and OU are hosting regionals..

LINK,.

Hernandez base hit. 1 on 0 outs
Rowe flys out to center. 1 out 1 on
Tucker flys out to shallow center. 2 out 1 on
Mizzou changing pitchers for the 8th time
Belt flys out. going to top 9
Green still in to end it
Green still in for the 9th
Announcer says Tigers

only need two grand slams to tie it up.

He's not wrong :)
Two grand slams and a homer for the lead.

I had to chuckle

Wood coming in to close it out
Another walk. Man on first and second 0 outs

Belt, Loy, Ruffin make all tournament team
Holy shit Loy MOP

40 you were right
Didn't Loy

throw over the giraffe’s head yesterday?

Had 3 errors yesterday
Also made some nice defensive plays all week

And nobody was hotter at the plate

Yup they said he was hitting .700
Plus 2-4 today
Loy, Belt, Ruffin,

make all Big XII tourney team.

Loy = MVP.

Wood walks the bases loaded still no outs
Jesus

DP ball is booted by Tucker, still loaded, 12-5

error on Tucker on double play ball. bases full 0 outs 12-5
Just switched to my anti-rally cap.
Walk in a run 12-6
Shinaberry in?
c'mon wood....
Carillo up in pen
Wife predicted this an hour ago.

I hate it when she’s right about this shit.

I hate watching things like this with the wife
Fly out to Keyes 1 away runner on 1st & 3rd
That should've ended it

Let’s see a DP ball here!

BIG XII CHAMPS!
My radio behind your
"There'll be no dog-piling"

Because this one wasn’t a clean ending? Like hell, we don’t dogpile until Omaha

Thats what the TV announcer said?
congrats to Augie & Co.: another stellar season
A nice 41 win season
Hook 'em!

Would like to get to Austin for the Regional, but will likely just walk over to Rice instead. Maybe make it to the Super!

We were in Austin 2 weeks ago.

Wife would kick my ass if I said drive 400 miles again this weekend

From dropping game one to Baylor on Wednesday

To winning the tourney on Sunday

Quite a turnaround

FSN in Kansas just now showing the game because of the Royals. No need in watching it now. Big 12 Champs!!!

Maybe I should follow this team, a winner

rather than the Astros… FML.

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