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TCU Comes To Austin -- Game One Open Thread

The Horns accomplished more when Preston Clark's ball left the infield than they had since 2005. Now the Horns face a TCU squad which sailed through its regional (3-0). TCU is 39-16 on the year and is one of those teams that does everything well but few things exceptionally. They hit (team BA .312), they pitch (team ERA 4.15 -- good for #16 nationally), and they play defense (.968 fielding percentage) -- although be on the lookout for SS Taylor Featherson and his 26 errors. It may sound basic, but the team that does the little things right this weekend will probably be headed to Omaha.

TCU is a squad that has beaten Cal State Fullerton (2 of 3 in Fullerton), San Diego State and Ole Miss and fought OU, Baylor and A&M hard. TCU has already been to Austin this season (a 6-0 Horns win) and TCU got a brief look at Austin Dicharry, Cole Green, Taylor Jungmann and Brandon Workman, all likely to throw this weekend at some point.

TCU's greatest weakness may be the lack of a go-to pitcher. Paul Gerrish, Kyle Winkler, and Tyler Lockwood have been solid all year but don't put the fear in you that AJ Morris or Stephen Strasburg do. But TCU's starting pitching combined to pitch 22 innings during the regional and closer Eric Marshall has been as spectacular with a 1.30 ERA in 22 appearances. TCU will probably also throw reliever Trent Appleby (3.05 ERA and 56 IP in 23 appearances)  a time or two this weekend

The Horned Frogs hitters are more or less the same as their pitchers (very solid if unspectacular). The best of the bunch are 1B Matt Vern (.363, 15 HR, .465 OBP) and 3B Matt Carpenter (.335, 9 HR, .475 OBP). Only C Bryan Holaday has a BA below .300 and he is second on the team in HR.

Baseball America has a great preview, full of quotes about both sides. The keys to a Texas victory (as it has been all year): get leadoff men on, score a few runs against the starters, keep playing good defense, and pitch well.

Saturday, June 6
Game 1 (5 p.m. Central; ESPNU): Probably Chance Ruffin vs. Kyle Winkler

Sunday, June 7
Game 2 (2 p.m. Central; ESPN): Probably Taylor Jungmann vs Paul Gerrish

Monday, June 8 (if necessary)
Game 3 (noon or 6 p.m. Central; ESPN/ESPN2): Probably Cole Green vs. Tyler Lockwood

The Weather:

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Results from yesterday

Ole Miss beat UVA in 10
LSU beat Rice in a slugfest
Arkansas beat FSU
Cal State Fullerton beat Louisville 12-0 (CSF starter through a 3 hitter complete game, threw under 100 pitches…learn to take some pitches)

TCU might have played the Big 12 teams tough,

but they only have a win to show for it — 1-6. Does that mean that Texas is going to easily take the first two games from them? Of course not, particularly since each game came during the middle of the week, so none of the Big 12 teams (I would guess) saw any of the TCU weekend starters. The only win came against Texas Tech, one of the few Big 12 teams not to make a regional appearance and lost to Baylor and Oklahoma twice.

Strangely, they played San Diego State six times and split the series, 3-3, while they only appear to have gotten one of three games in against Ole Miss, which they won.

I hope the TCU game

…. is more exciting than these afternoon session snooze-fests! And I mean exciting in a good way.

They’re all three like 2-1 in the 5th! It’s like watching paint dry…..

"He looks like a guy who would be playing point guard for Texas in the winter."

Hmmm, are you reading this Rick?

UVA comes back in the bottom of the 8th to score two and send that series to a game three

And then FSU comes back in the top of the 9th to take the lead only to lose the game in the bottom of the 9th. Arkansas is the first to make it to Omaha.

Wow

Arkansas failed to hold 2 run lead in the top of the 9th to allow Seminoles to pull ahead 8-7. Then Arky up in bottom of 9th, one strike out, walk, single, then massive clutch hit to left center sends Hogs to Omaha for first time since 2004. Clutch for clutch.

ESPN

Anybody else catch the fact that Ole Miss-Texas (our last super appearance) was the second highest rated college baseball game ever? Makes sense then that ESPN would put our first game on ESPNU.

Thanks for the write-up 40.

My internet is weird and I don’t have espnu, so I’m going to a buddy’s and maybe a bar to watch the game. Hook em and you boys have fun!

The Florida/USM game...

looks like it will go on too long to see the start of our game on ESPNU

They had a rain delay...?

Bot 4, maybe they’ll put us on ESPN Classic…if anybody’s got ideas for viewing online please post ’em

There was a rain delay earlier with USM up 2-0

They’re back playing now (top 5th).

BTW – Louisville is no match for CSF…

They went up there swinging last night

Which is just suicide against a good pitching team like CSF

They did have a rain delay

in the 3rd. I don’t have “The U” so please post online stream if you find one. I’m looking now.

FYI ESPN TV is broadcasting different games on HD than SD.

PSA

The Hangover could not have been funnier

Rendon out for Rice, already down 1-0

Rice might be in trouble.

USM batting around in the top of the 5th

3 runs in already, man on second with no outs (5-4)

Online stream?

This is looking like a possibility. Scroll down to 6PM EDT. Our is the only game with that start time, so it may be there. Doesn’t appear to work with Firefox though.

2 out double for LSU. Top of 2nd, but Rice tagged out next batter at first after bad throw by SS. Still 1-0 Swampcats.

What's the largest run differential in a SuperRegional?

CSF won 12-0 last night.
winning 5-0 tonight in the 2nd

Craig and Bill Little(!?)

online audio here if anyone needs it.

Let’s do this thing!

where can i watch the game online?
Thanks ESPN

You’ve made this one a blast

ANY ONE KNOW WHERE THE GAME CAN BE WATCHED ONLINE?
I dont have espnu this is bulshit instead im stuck with LSU and Rice
Solo shot for Rice

1-1, bot 3

I cant drink beer and cheer to a god damn radio
Find someone that has ESPNU - although I'm guessing our game won't be on until Florida's game is done
you assumed correctly..

I have ESPNU and they keep saying ‘Coming up next’ but the Florida game is at the 7th inning…aarrrgh

So much wrong with this statement
I hate ESPNU

Coming up next!!! ahh!

I live in Ca and all my friends cant stand Texas so I will not be watching this game unfortunately I will be getting audio stream
Everyone here thinks i'm a sell out because I should either like Cal or USC
1 out homer for TCU

Wind carried the ball out to left

wish I could of saw that one
Is that radio link working for everyone else.

I got a commercial and then dead air.

Hell yeah 41-38
its working
Radio working here

Flyout to right, 2 away

Maybe if the LSU game can get out of control or end early will get the Texas feed
2 out walk
USM - Florida tied at 6, top 6
There's a lot of water out there
TCU hit four balls hard

One left the park, the other three were flyouts…to the bottom, 1-0 TCU

nice job Rowe wish I could of saw that shit
Nothing to worry about yet
We havent shown our offense yet
only if its the 26th out and were down
USM up 8-6 now (still top 6th)
LSU game feels like it's 20-1

But Rice has managed to stay close…2-1 Tigers, Bot 4

Southern Miss
LSU is no joke
Leadoff single for Torres
Torres yeah
Dont swing Tucker
Louisville actually scored!

5-2

1 out triple for Rice
Tucker walks

2 on for Belt

Wow Louisville scored
Ball 4

1st and 2nd no outs for Belt!

No bunting please

Am working on a piece for next week if we advance

But this season statistically we have scored much better when we bunt than when we don’t in these situations

Even when Belt is facing a righty?
Not sure about that

It probably reflects how few real bats we have in the lineup, although Belt is certainly the best we’ve got so I don’t know how the stats play out

Then a suicide squeeze ties the score for Rice

Great bunt and he beat it out to first for a single

Really well done
Rice tied 2-2
Belt bunts

2nd and 3rd, 1 out

Rice caught stealing again
Looked safe from here

Seems like there have been a half dozen of those close plays

Agreed - foot got in first
Want Keyes double now
Agreed

He’s back in the 4 hole, now hitting over .300

Out fugging standing!!!!!
We need a hit or sac fly
a walk would be nice
RBR called it!

2-1 Horns

I'll be here all game!
I'll accept a bunt by Belt if it's always followed by a double
Keyes is my hero!
RBR called the shit out of it
It's what I do.
Its a new ball game now
let go Loye
yeah 3 and 1 count fuck it take
Keyes is now 5-8 in the last 4 games (left in the 8th in the BC game)

Loy walks…Clark gets a great applause

Lets go HERO come on Clark I need me a Dinger
Clark flies out

2 away

Helluva Belmont
I like the line up order tonight
40AS - do you live in VA?

I swear, every other commercial these days is for McAuliffe for governor.

I'm in DC

But I was in VA in the fall, remember the obnoxious political commercials quite well

Flyout ends the inning

2-1 Horns through 1

Isnt 40AS a Texan
In the same way you are I suppose

:-)

LSU loads the bases

Nobody out

Excuse me, just 2nd and 3rd

FC scores a run

Come'on Chance - don't get thrown out...
Groundout to Loy

1 away

Thats weak sauce man Chance aint tryin to hit no one why would he try to hit someone
Flyout to center

2 away…wild pitch scores one for LSU, 4-2

Wild pitch scores a run for LSU 4-2 now

Berry has not been sharp today

82 pitches through 4 innings

Yikes

Some of his pitches are just way off

That wild pitch was 5 feet outside

Just a bit outside

Tried the corner and missed

Great play by Tucker for out #3

Needed a quick inning and got it…of course none of us saw it

Sounds like a great play by Tucker!
nice play

Tucker!

I assume USM-UF is still on ESPNU?
yes

bottom 7th there was a rain delay for an hour thats why its late

Yes, still stuck with the Gators and Golden Eagles!
Are you doing some good scouting? ;)
They were nice enough to show highlights of the double tho
Groundout for out #1
Hernandez flies out

2 away

is this on tv?
it will be on ESPNU when the USM-UF game ends
Work the count please
Home Run!!!!
You must be way ahead of my radio!
lol I'll slow down then!
As long as it's a homer

You can post whenever

Indeed

I’ll just assume you can tell the future

Woohoo!

Torres solo shot!

We need to make him work harder than that.
Happy now?
haha - not exactly what I had in mind

but i’ll certainly take it

Torres baby!
Torres shows his dong.
Torro Torro!!!!!!!!
Torres my new hero
u got it rbr
Seriously, ESPNU?
a so cal dong
tell me about it bro ESPN U
*#*#*# ESPNU!
Tucker grounds out

3-1 Horns through 2

Im good with that 3-1 with our ace on the mound
1 pitch, 1 out

Groundout to Loy

Rice gets hit by more pitches than any other team

Every game I see they get hit by 3 or 4 pitches

Flyout to Rowe

2 away

McAuliffe commercial on now :-)

Ruffin gets a strikeout for out #3…3-1 through 2.5

I'm glad to say the people of DC are getting a taste...
Chance is really getting comfortable now
glad to see he calmed down

after that 1st inning

Leadoff homer for LSU

5-2 top 6

Gotta go to my wife's hs reunion. Uggh. Pull em through guys! Hook 'em
Belt grounds out

1 away

Nice K Ruffin
LOL story about Belt
Keyes and Loy go down

3-1 Horns through 3

Just started listening to the game

I am sure it has been asked, but is there any video stream online?

Anyway, Hook ’em! DDT the horny toads!

I dont think so....

The game will be on ESPNU when the Florida game finishes(top of the 9th)

Link

thats not video tho...lol
sorry

Link

link preview > you

meh

Searching > Asking for the 39th time

Solo homer

3-2

Strikeout

1 away

http://www.justin.tv/brbjones

should be the florida game, which should have texas on up next… currently the feed isn’t coming in for me.

Thanks

but other people say it’s loading for them… it’s a good a place as any to wait for the game to come on.

Groundout to Torres

2 away…video link isn’t working for me either

3rd K for Ruffin

3-2 through 3.5

bottom 9th florida at bat

they better strikeout in order…I want to watch the texas game on tv

Clark up...

Singles, TCU pitcher was in a groove

clark

leadoff single

Solo shot for Rice

5-3 bot 6

LSU's pitcher still only thrown 76 pitches

Compared to 119 and out of the game for Rice

Error on LSU

Tying run to the plate

Error on the bunt

1st and 2nd, nobody out

Strange announcing

3rd baseman tried to field a bunt down the first baseline?

Sounds like it

Craig sounded like Texas got screwed, but he may not be the most impartial observer

Florida in scoring position

down 9-6….hopefully they dont score…

Come on Rowe

bring ’em home.

Horns screwed again
Rowe

Sac bunt, 2nd and 3rd, 1 out for Hernandez

Safety squeeze for Hernandez

4-2 Texas

Nice bunt Hernandez
Runner on second didn't move up?
I guess ESPN's ticker was wrong
Sounded like it was hit hard to first
Rice does no more

5-3 Tigers through 6

Florida loses 9-7...

game on tv!

does anyone know if the catcher for rice(seastrunk)

is related to the seastrunk that cannot make up his mind between ut and auburn?

TCU catches a break

Grounder up the middle catches the mound, 4-2 through 4

Nationals beating the Mets 3-0...
I was gonna go

Until we had a 6 PM start…three days till Strasburg Day!

Is he a Boras client?
Yea

It’s going to be a tough sign, but I think he’ll sign because:
a) he can’t move up in the draft
b) by going back he is risking an injury
c) the Nats will likely have the #1 pick next year too

And every year after that!
It's a catch-22

Only way out of it is to get Strasburg…and about 6 or 7 more good pitchers

Boras < Hitler < Satan
I think most of us would agree with that
do you live in the dc area?

just asking i am in va beach and made it up to a game at the new stadium last season. i went to one at rfk during the inagural season, man rfk is probably the worst stadium i have ever set foot in.

Yea, I'm in DC

RFK was the worst…like the new stadium though

I live in Arlington. Never actually been East of Richmond.

RFK was a terrible baseball park. Even the suits were garbage. The new ballpark is really nice.

my wife got me red sox tickets this year at camden

for our anniversary in august

Love Camden

I was up there a couple of months ago for the Rangers series – great park.

Flyout to Keyes

1 away

Belt makes two nice plays

1-2-3 for TCU

good thing we have a giraffe on 1st to snag that one
of the hyperspeed variety.
i hear hes one of a kind
No one can catch him to classify him...
only blurry pictures

and good stories of occurances

I'm feeling a 3 run inning
How is LSU only winning by 2 runs

They’ve had runners in scoring position seemingly the entire game

Seriously

Now bot 7, feels like Rice doesn’t have a prayer, but here we are in a two run game

2 tag outs at third

in that half inning. I think. Not sure the first one was the correct call.

Agreed

Another iffy call on a close play

Tucker Ks

1 away

Hyperspeed Giraffe up
And he singles

Keyes up, what’re you feeling RBR?

He's been spotted at first base!
quick

someone take a picture

Pitchout there

TCU has clearly heard about the giraffe’s hyper speed

maybe he needs an alter ego
Flies to right

2 away

Loy flies out

4-2 Horns through 5

This is a fun kink

Why someone likes this more than UT baseball is beyond me though.

kink?

bad choice of words?

15 seconds

Ive had enough

1 quick out
Groundout to Torres

2 away

2 out single for TCU
Big AB in your ballgame

Vern is TCU’s biggest hitter

Tie game

2 run shot, ugh…3 HRs for Chance

Seriously? 3 bombs?
Strikeout ends the inning

4-4 through 5.5

What's frustrating

TCU comes in and has 3 homers already, we’ll get a guy on and it’s Augie ball time.

TCU has yet to have anyone on to bunt over
Their last homer was a 2 run shot
Next time Augie sacrifices with 2 outs, we'll talk
6 sac bunts this game

6 free outs given away

One of those numbers is wrong

because they had an error on one of the bunts

wow!

Great game!!

Take til yeah get a strike
Clark walks

4 pitches

Good start to the inning
Glad CSF isn't in our bracket

11-2 over Louisville…

Rice gets the leadoff hitter on

Tying runner at the plate

Next guy flys out to the track
Sac bunt

Clark on 2nd, 1 out

dammit

i know its effective, but it just doesnt feel right

Just have to trust in Augie
New TCU pitcher
Anyone know anything about TCU's bullpen?
They've got one "ace" reliever

And this ain’t it…that’s about all I know, I think the bullpen is solid but nothing to write home about

I hear yeh 40AS the Fullerton coach has already beat us when he was at UC Irvine its Augie is like the whole Kevin Bacon 9 degree thing Becasue the coach at fullerton was George Hortons assistant and Horton was Augies Assistant
Wowsa that's quite a subject line
Bro Im drunk Texas Wahoo
Definitely six degrees of grammar abuse. nt
There weak supposedly
Rowe singles!

5-4 Horns

see when you hit in the man on second

those sac bunts work

camera

Not sure if this has been mentioned above, but the camera work is shaky at times

At least you got video :-)
Leadoff runner on three times tonight

Leading to four of our runs

that's funny that you said that because

baseball america’s preview talked about texas not being able to do that

When we've been shut down offensively it's because we don't get the leadoff man on

But isn’t that every team?

Rice can't make anything happen

Top 9, 5-3 Tigers

That sentence applies to the series as a whole.
We got a Texas highlight on ESPN

before they switch to soccer…

US versus Costa Rica was so fail
Hernandez flies out

2 away

Torres singles

2 on, 2 outs

Torres with the hot bat

Drive ’em in TT.

LSU just about Omaha-bound
Tucker doubles!

6-4 Horns!

C'mon Giraffe!

Blow it open!

They're afraid

They’ve heard the stories

I like hearing the word "hustle" when it's used about us
Walking Belt...?

Keyes coming up

New pitcher coming in

TCU may get out of this, but Keyes is just about the hottest Texas hitter right now

that is exactly what i was thinking

but i do not get paid to coach baseball so……..

The whataburger commercial is making me hungry

Wish we had them here

dude do not talk about whatburger

i have not had it since ’02. the closest one to hear is in georgia

I lived five years without a Whataburger

that’s why I moved back.

my wife did bring me some back from georgia last year

it was two days old, but i did not care.

How do you people live without Whataburger?
Biggest Aggy dilema

go without a Whataburger?

or eat at a Burnt Orange Restaurant?

Rice has the tying runner at the plate with 2 outs in the ninth
Appleby in

He’s their best long reliever…a submariner by the sound of it with 9 HBP on the year

LSU wins it on a strikeout
LSU punches their ticket

tying run K’d swinging.

man i hate the sec, and go figure

the first two in are sec

Nearly hits Keyes

2-2 pitch…

Full count
i will be a virginia and so miss fan tomorrow
Opportunity...

Wasted.

Keyes Ks

6-4 through 6

DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
man he shouldnt of swung at that

it was at his head level

Oh boy!

soccer!!!

hey hey...

nothing wrong with soccer…

Nice response though, just couldn't blow it open
One pitch

One out

Groundout to Loy

2 quick outs

Wood and Dicharry warming in the pen
Nick Johnson with a 3 run homer

7-0 Nats, Bot 4…woo!

Watch while listening to Craig:

Astros losing to Pirates or Soccer?

…tough decision.

i think i am going to go with

“adventures in babysitting”

actually i found something on d-day

so i will watch since it is the 65th anniversary

Strikeout for out #3

I think an 8 pitch inning, just what the doctor ordered

i am just glad the ball stayed in the ball park
Fullerton beat Louisville

Tough fought series

i think it might come back and bite them

fsu walked right through their regional and should have saved some of those runs for the pigs

FSU always fades in the Supers

It’s their thing…

that is true....

maybe it will be a ut/fullerton championship series and we can get revenge from ’04

I'd agree with you if they didn't have such dominating pitching

They just dismantled Louisville in every facet of the game

Loy singles
Sac bunt for Clark

Loy on 2nd, 1 away

I just realized I won't get the game tomorrow....

it’s on ESPN the same time as UVA-Miss.

Damnit.

you are f-ing kidding me
We ain't seeing that one
Makes me feel a little better

about being on a plane during the game. But not much.

Squeeze scores another!

7-4 Horns

augie ball

wins again

Don't jinx it!
i dont think it can be jinxed
Haha, we now hold the record for the most sacrifice bunts in a college playoff game?
Awesomness
25 inning games, most sac bunts

all in a days work

Ruffin at 90 pitches

Another inning?

I guess Augie has been reading us and is shutting us up. whoops. nt
Moldy PHing for Hernandez

Yeah, ESPN says TCU/UT; UVA/Miss. Of course, here in loser ACC country, we’ll see that UVA crap. Sucks like OU.

Don't be too hard on UVA

They’re building a good program in baseball – and I love their field. Great place to watch a game.

it's not uva that bothers me

it is stupid va tech that i cannot stand

I'm with you during football season

Lets watch Duke play Wake Forest! WOOO

Dang, ’Horns are reminding me of the 1980s Cardinals (my favorite MLB team).

Moldy walks

1st and 2nd, 2 outs

Fuck Yeah!!!!!
god i hate being in the acc country.

actually virginia is not acc country, it is virginia tech country. uva barely even got a mention about being in it’s first ever super regional and playing for it’s first birth in the cws. but if va tech were playing i guarantee they would not shut up about it here.

Not a lot of "Virginians" at UVA

I went their for grad school – not many natives.

i did not know that

charlottesville is beautiful though. love the valley and river. going to try and make it up there for some more camping this summer

I try to get back down there when I can - beautiful country

Except for the speed traps – damn Madison County…

I think that’s because UVA grad school seems to draw from NOVA, which is very heavily populated by transplants. Heck, I don’t know more than a handful of native Marylanders ‘round these parts, and I think I knew of just one Marylander and one DCer in my entire master’s program in DC.

The undergrad seems like that too though.

Lots of northerners

As far as baseball, sure you’re right that VT is much bigger than UVA. But in basketball, which is by far the sport of choice in VA, UVA rules the state’s interest.

I’d like to point out, though, that VT is in the ACC, so whether we’re talking VT or UVA, VA is ACC country when it comes to baseball.

uva is better than vt overall in athletics period.

if it were not for the football team at va tech nobody would even know about va tech.

UVA gets crazy about their Lacrosse

Big crowds

I’ll be honest: I had never actually met anyone who played lacrosse until I moved to MD.

supposedly it is getting a big following down

in texas now. but i am the same way i did not know lacrosse was played at lower levels than college until i got here in va.

Know what shocked me that it had so many people following it? Crew rowing. I mean, wow. My training facilitator’s son is the coach for a DC catholic school that just won the national high school championship. I don’t think there is such a thing as crew at the HS level anywhere west of the Atlantic states.

I was walking through Foggy Bottom the other day and the river was full of crew boats

I go kayaking a bit here in Columbia, but I don’t think I’ve actually seen any crew activity out here. The only times I think I’ve ever seen it were the Wichita State team when I was in HS and the time my wife had me watch Sliding Doors with her.

Westlake HS

has both Crew and Lacrosse, if I’m not mistaken. It’s even west of the Colorado River. ;-)

Gosh, maybe they have a polo team too.

Field Hockey

ftw

Field hockey

seems like the worst sport ever… unwatchable

Haha

high school polo…

All varsity players are required to wear monocles on game days.

And I don’t think many had even heard of VT until Vick’s freshman season.

that is very true

especially being down here in the hampton roads area, they talk about him as the prodical son. david wright to.

3 run homer for Torres!!!

10-4 Horns!

Torres now 4-4

2 homers, 2 singles

Small ball? Sing along, everyone:

Who’s got big ball? We’ve got big ball…

Holy Shit Torres

hotter than hell. G’night Hornfrogs.

Do we still bring in Wood?

with a 6 run lead?

I'd guess not

My guess is Ruffin will pitch until he gets in trouble, then Dicharry will come in

Dicharry shut down TCU midweek, I wouldn't pitch him too long
Another inning from Ruffin would be ideal

I think it’d make sense to give another kid a shot unless the score tightens up a lot. Definitely use him tomorrow, though. Keep him sharp.

Anyone else seeing this 12EducationMatching.com commercial? Delicious.

This TCU kid is getting nailed
Single for Tucker

The hit parade continues

Dang. Ah well, nice inning. Hook ’em!

Tucker thrown out stealing second

10-4 through 7

I don’t think this one is going 25 innings.

God I hope not
let's not get to cocky

still gotta get 6 more outs!

Easy grounder for out #1
Groundout to Tucker

2 away

2 out single

Only TCUs second non-HR

Flyout to Rowe ends the inning

Brilliant effort from Ruffin, despite the HRs…10-4 Horns through 7.5

Only 3 outs left
USA losing to Honduras in soccer?

Are we terrible?

avid soccer and longhorn I might add..

this is the worst I’ve ever seen this team play in consecutive games..absolutely horrible..GO HORNS!

Also

Mexico has been bad too. Don’t know if they played today. CONCACAF is not looking good.

Is Honduras the Aggy of CONCACAF?

Ah, crap. Guess I’d better shower and head to my pal’s b-day. Started at 8pm, so I’ll be at least an hour late. C’mon, ‘Horns, let’s wrap this up.

LOL

“Keep Austin Wood”

Upstanding statement. nt
They made the t-shirt!
Bring him out for the 9th just for the applause?
There will be one Longhorn HR this inning
Belt and Keyes ground out
I think they should have a special strike zone for belt

hes too dam tall, he has to bend down a foot to get in the current strike zone

Loy grounds out, to the 9th 10-4 good guys
Ruffin back out
I like it

not too many pitches and he’s been great

Wood's ERA is up over last year

But he has been consistently solid every start and occasionally great…huge to have as a Friday starter

Meant Ruffin
108 pitches through 8

Complete game would be nice.

I kinda want him to get a man on and have Wood get the final out or two

Just to see the crowd’s reaction

Flyout to left
Pair of singles

May get my wish

Need to save Wood for the next 25 inning game...
Strike three!

Two away

Battle for the third out...
Struck him out!

Complete game for Ruffin, Horns one away from Omaha

Hook 'em

Way to go horns!

Great game. Keep it up for Wood tomorrow!

Great game all the way around. Hook 'em. nt

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