It's Arizona State versus UNC tonight at 6 PM on ESPN2. We'll probably see a rematch of the ASU Aussie versus UNC's White with the winner needing to win three games in three days in order to advance and the loser going home. Should be fun.
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May the better team win ...
in several extra innings, after depleting its pitching staff.
NYCHorn - June 18, 2009
Agreed
Id like to see at 24 inning game, lasting until 4am, with about 1000 pitches thrown
future_longhorn_dad - June 18, 2009
Dittoed. I hope this game takes it out of either of them.
burntorangehorn - June 18, 2009
I was not paying attention
who is pitching tonight?
HornsRiverine - June 18, 2009
Josh Spence for ASU, Matt Harvey for UNC
Spence pitched for ASU when they played UNC on Sunday. Didn’t get the decision, but matched Alex White pitch for pitch. Harvey is UNC’s #3 guy, not stellar numbers. So we’ll see what happens.
bassale47 - June 18, 2009
Who thinks if ASU
wins tonight that Leake is pitching tomorrow? That would be awesome to watch the Horns knock him out in back to back outings. Of course I was not even close to being that kind of optimist on Tuesday night.
HornsRiverine - June 18, 2009
I don't know
They’d have to beat Texas twice anyway, they might just save him for Saturday and give him an extra day of rest. Not sure what the typical strategy is in that situation.
junglerules - June 18, 2009
i am going to have to agree with you
HornsRiverine - June 18, 2009
I don't think I'd mind facing Leake on 2 days rest
His arm was worn out coming into this tournament, and his confidence is shaken. Don’t know if any of you heard him in the postgame press conference Tuesday night, but he was rattled to say the least. Baseball America’s John Manuel called him out for not wanting to answer questions about his performance. All he would say was “I have a lot on my mind right now, so I can’t really think about this.”
bassale47 - June 18, 2009
Prediction
7-5 North Carolina
2Bearnest - June 18, 2009
Justin.tv thread?
2Bearnest - June 18, 2009
http://www.justin.tv/insgadgettv
2Bearnest - June 18, 2009
who should we be pulling for?
im thinking NC cuz our pitching can handle Ackley. not sure though
acho81 - June 18, 2009
I like to see NC
I would like to see Ackley more. Maybe test our pitchers little before we play LSU.
Glad Ackley is coming to Seattle. Hopefully start for Mariners next season.
seattlehorn - June 18, 2009
I'm pulling for Ariz. State
ASU co-eds > UNC co-eds.
No need for further explanation.
kriess - June 18, 2009
i like the way you think
HornsRiverine - June 18, 2009
I think it tough either way
But Im not as worried about playing either team as I was at the beginning of the week
future_longhorn_dad - June 18, 2009
ASU commits error
runners on 2nd and 3rd. 1 out
kriess - June 18, 2009
I'm cheering for ASU
I don’t think ASU throws Leake considering everything bassale pointed out…UNC scares me more because White can go again and they’re the more potent offensive club
40AS - June 18, 2009
Who is ASU's 3rd starter?
Any stats on him?
kriess - June 18, 2009
Not sure
But I think their entire staff is downhill from Spence/Leake (although that’s not saying much)
40AS - June 18, 2009
Suicide squeeze works
2 down, play at first alot closer than what I thought. UNC up 1-0
kriess - June 18, 2009
40AS
Nats up 3-0 on Yankees. Parade in DC if they win? :)
kriess - June 18, 2009
Hell, led the Yankees in all three games
I think that’s cause for a parade
40AS - June 18, 2009
either that or a riot
future_longhorn_dad - June 18, 2009
they were 5 1/2 hours late starting the game
and they said people were mad because they left and would not let them back in the stadium to watch the game.
HornsRiverine - June 18, 2009
ASU threatening
Corners, 2 outs, bot 3
40AS - June 18, 2009
liner to 2nd ends inning and threat
Damn!
kriess - June 18, 2009
Visit with Augie coming up FYI
40AS - June 18, 2009
The real team inside those uniforms
NeTexHorn - June 18, 2009
"It's like walking the plank"
“You just hope the plank is long enough and you don’t fall in the water”
— Augie on the 25 inning game…awesome
40AS - June 18, 2009
would love to see both teams
“walk the plank tonite”
kriess - June 18, 2009
2-0
Top 4, the 4th has been brutal to ASU :-)
40AS - June 18, 2009
3-0 no
UNC playing small ball with 2 squeezes
kriess - June 18, 2009
UNC hit this well all the time or is ASU's pitcher tiring?
NeTexHorn - June 18, 2009
UNC can hit
but I will take our defense over ASU (not counting the first 3 innings of the last game).
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
nor the last 3 of the 1st game
kriess - June 18, 2009
i forgive espn...
no doubt they’ve assigned some terrible play calling commentators for our game on tues… but i’m glad to see they’ve put some air time for our coach and our fans in the stadium… anyone knows who that fans is? Lucky him that he got the close up shot with his sunglasses on….
Horns98 - June 18, 2009
ESPN?
No forgiving them. sorry. They just jabber and jabber and say very little. I am looking for the perfect CD to play n the background while I watch their excellent camera work. (as long as they keep the camera out of the booth).
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
4-0
ASU imploding, they’ve given up 14 unanswered :-)
40AS - June 18, 2009
Im hoping they give up 2 more
and then score 10 unanswered. But only the elite teams can do that
kriess - June 18, 2009
Nats still up 3-0
Yankees loaded the bases, some guy named Jeter PHing
40AS - June 18, 2009
You gloating? :)
Saw where they won the game yesterday
NeTexHorn - June 18, 2009
didn't the sox sweep the yank last weekend?
or 2-1?
Horns98 - June 18, 2009
Sox are 8-0 versus the Yankees this season
40AS - June 18, 2009
i will never forget
that 16-11 game from game winning hr by mike lowell, man…..
Horns98 - June 18, 2009
Jeter grounds out!
3-0 to the 8th!
40AS - June 18, 2009
Making a sacrifice to the Beltway Gods, 40AS?
I always prefer a small mammal. The fur soaks up some of the blood.
kriess - June 18, 2009
dany.... my fault
sorry, i was kind of out of line from your thread…..let’s back to the asu game now….hehe….
Horns98 - June 18, 2009
ASU
Mentally, I feel like we own ASU at the moment. So I rather see ASU win. But either way, I believe Texas will beat ’em. I definitely have a new found confidence in our team, haha. Yea, last game, I stopped watching pissed after 3rd inning.
seattlehorn - June 18, 2009
The only problem if ASU wins
Is that they will have completed an incredible comeback and have some serious momentum to ride (although not much pitching left I’d imagine). The best case for us remains extra innings
40AS - June 18, 2009
pardon me if
i’m too bold… but i’ve already reserved our team will play against the tigers in the final….
Horns98 - June 18, 2009
Leadoff walk for the yankees
Followed by flyout, pop out, flyout…3-0 Nats through 8!
40AS - June 18, 2009
What is this ESPN?
The CWS is on. Leave MLB for another time.
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
The Nats are winning!
They’re on pace for 44 wins in 162 tries, have to savor each chance
40AS - June 18, 2009
I'd love for ASU to at least force UNC's bullpen to work
40AS - June 18, 2009
Agreed.
Win or not, we need ASU to have enough hits that they start putting in new pitchers
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
change in pitchers
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
Ask and ye shall receive :)
40AS - June 18, 2009
No way
40AS - June 18, 2009
OK then how about a grand slam?
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
bases loaded Home run.
WOWOWOWOW
seattlehorn - June 18, 2009
Wow
kid is good
2Bearnest - June 18, 2009
Maybe I shouldn't have done tomorrow's open thread yet
40AS - June 18, 2009
I turned off the live feed
What happened?
kriess - June 18, 2009
end of inning
2Bearnest - June 18, 2009
ASU grand slam
4-4
40AS - June 18, 2009
bases loaded grand slam. tied the game 4-4. Calhoun!
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
4-4 top of 6th.
Amazing baseball. UNC pitcher looked good until that 3-2 pitch. Dang..
seattlehorn - June 18, 2009
Ideal outcome:
11-10 ASU victory in 14 innings
40AS - June 18, 2009
lol....you really want to wear them down....
Horns98 - June 18, 2009
I will take that.
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
6-4-3 DP! 2 away, Bot 9 :-)
40AS - June 18, 2009
NATS WIN 2 OF 3!
Woo!
40AS - June 18, 2009
how many that red hair dude..
calhoun hr has when he played against us couple days ago? i know he got quite a lot of base hit that night….
Horns98 - June 18, 2009
Another new pitcher for UNC
Now we need ASU to start putting in new pitchers. Pace yourself guys. The game is going until the 14th inning
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
when did they
start that tradition to boo the ballgirl every time they won’t give the ball to the fans?
Horns98 - June 18, 2009
Both teams getting hosed
UNC pitcher balked but picked the guy off…I guess calling him safe is a way of taking the middle ground?
40AS - June 18, 2009
I wonder what that looked like from behind first base. I saw what you saw
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
Hmm
Hit and run with a base runner on 3rd base?
seattlehorn - June 18, 2009
Straight steal of home
Just happened to be strike 3, he had it if it’s not strike 3
40AS - June 18, 2009
Spence at 116 pitches through 6
After throwing 122 on Sunday (3 days rest)…if they drag him out for another inning that’s far worse IMO than Wood throwing 169 once
40AS - June 18, 2009
127 through 7
40AS - June 18, 2009
ASU two on with 0 out.
They should score 1 or 2 here.
seattlehorn - June 18, 2009
Alex White warming up
I’d love for him to pitch and this to go extra innings
40AS - June 18, 2009
Bring in White!
40AS - June 18, 2009
Calhoun looks really good
I like his sweet swing.. Geez. 6-4 ASU
seattlehorn - June 18, 2009
Will they send in white? bases loaded with walks
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
guess not....yet
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
big mistake not sending him in
I don’t understand..
seattlehorn - June 18, 2009
must be saving white for... for a... hmmm. the trip home?
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
7-4 on a wild pitch
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
3-0 the count
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
If UNC has to bring in White
then I don’t care who we have to face tomorrow because neither team will have the pitching to beat us twice. UNC has another quality starter (Adam Warren) who threw on Tuesday, but they don’t have anyone else. So he would be operating on 2 days rest, and then what?
ASU has a third starter (Seth Blair) who has pretty good numbers (7-2, 3.39 ERA, 70 runs, 30 walks, 78 Ks in 77 IP). He threw 12 pitches against us on Tuesday and gave up 2 hits and 2 earned runs. They also have Leake, but as I said before, Leake really just does not scare me right now. I know despite his performance against us, he’s still a very good pitcher and anything can happen, but he was really overworked before this tournament started, and now we are in his head.
Gonna be interesting either way.
bassale47 - June 18, 2009
Yup. I am sitting here trying to figure out if either team could beat us. Especially twice.
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
4-9 and still two runners on with only one out
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
Game over
ASU only used 1 pitcher so far. Not bad at all..
seattlehorn - June 18, 2009
4-11 say goodnight and goodbye to UNC
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
UNC bringing in another pitcher-munson
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
Man, talk about falling apart. I only hope ASU doesn’t turn this into momentum for Friday.
burntorangehorn - June 18, 2009
I can't imagine ASU throwing Leake tomorrow
So tomorrow is probably our best chance to close things out (duh, right?)
40AS - June 18, 2009
Betting they tell him to be ready for some relief innings if they really need a boost. But I’ve usually seen such attempts at heroism go very south.
burntorangehorn - June 18, 2009
who is pitching for ASU?
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
I would guess Murphy plays it safe at first
and throws Seth Blair to start. He said at the press conference Tuesday night that Leake would be ready to go if they made it to Friday, but then yesterday he commented that Leake’s arm may be wearing down because of how much he pitched in the regular season. I think he probably wants to ride Blair as far as he can and try to give Leake another day of rest.
Either way, Texas needs to put this away tomorrow to save our pitching because I don’t hold out much hope for Arky against LSU, and I don’t think we want to have to use Green and Ruffin just to get to the final series.
bassale47 - June 18, 2009
Ark gets one more day of rest than ASU does, which can probably only help. I hope they take at least one. It’d be nice to have at least a day extra the opponent for the championship series.
burntorangehorn - June 18, 2009
He throws like . . .he is going to walk a few
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
Tomorrow night TEXAS vs Arizona State
Hook’em Horns
Ohio Horn - June 18, 2009
Texas vs ASU
I’ve waving my Longhorn flag on my house (in Phoenix), got my car flag mounted and sporting a Longhorn shirt at work! Let’s beat the Sun Devils tonight!!
Hook ’Em Horns!!!!
lauraj - June 19, 2009
oops
I meant “I’m waiving”
I need more coffee
lauraj - June 19, 2009
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