Baseball Takes On Baylor in Critical Series
by 40AS on May 1, 2009 4:05 PM CDT
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PrintThe preview is late, but so is the Friday night game. It'll be Baylor in Austin tonight at 8 PM, then heading to Waco for Saturday and Sunday. The bats came alive on Tuesday against a Texas State team that is 31-10 including two wins against Baylor, so hopefully that's a sign of big things to come. The Horns have 9 games left. If they can take care of business in the non-conference games and take two of three in each of the next two series, we like the chances of winning the conference and having a pretty good shot at a national seed. Tonight's big. Of note, either Workman or Jungmann is slated to start on Sunday, suggesting Taylor may be rejoining the starting rotation afterall.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday, May 1, 2009 - 8 p.m. Central
Texas: RHP Chance Ruffin (6-2, 2.64 ERA)
Baylor: RHP Kendal Volz (3-4, 3.57 ERA)
Saturday, May 2, 2009 - 6:30 p.m.
Texas: RHP Cole Green (3-1, 2.66 ERA)
Baylor: LHP Aaron Miller (3-2, 3.83 ERA)
Saturday, May 3, 2009 - 1:30 p.m.
Texas: RHP Brandon Workman or RHP Taylor Jungmann
Baylor: TBA
[UPDATE] The Statesman is reporting that Jungmann will in fact join the rotation and take the spot of the recently ineffective Brandon Workman.
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Starting pitching
This would be a great time to start Jungmann, to allow a few starts (Baylor, Texas Southern, A&M, conference tournament) to build stamina in his outings. Most of his appearances have been 3-4 innings, and we need to get him stretched out to 7-8 innings by regionals.
With Workman giving up 3-4 runs by the 4th inning, this would be a killer against a great pitcher in the playoffs. Maybe he’d be better in relief, or as the 1st regional starter against a 4 seed, assuming they don’t have a stud pitcher also, as this year’s team has shown that they can be handled offensively.
First pitch at 8:09 on ESPNU
Liberty and Coastal Carolina on now, in the top of the 8th, I believe.
Two quick outs then Tant drops the third out
Wasn’t an easy catch but one he probably should’ve made…two outs, man on second
2 runs on 3 hits for Baylor
Chance just couldn’t take advantage of being ahead in the count. Great catch by Connor Rowe ends the inning, 5-3 Bot 5
5-4 through 6
Austin Wood in, if we drop this one it’s because of missed opportunities (stop me if you’ve heard this before)
Yeah, I know
He’s got the size and physical tools that has scouts drooling, but it’s great to see him putting stuff together……especially as we try to make a run at things this year
by SneezyBeltran on May 1, 2009 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey 40, why are there so few on baseball live threads?
I’m not even a huge baseball fan, but it’s fun to follow the team and watch these games.
by SneezyBeltran on May 1, 2009 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Friday night
I missed the first half but decided to save my money tonight by night going out…it’ll pick up ’round tourney time
oh ok, well I'm gonna go meet a friend or two, is it on espnu?
by SneezyBeltran on May 1, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Two more Baylor errors
10-4 Horns, 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs
7 errors for Baylor on the night…can some of these transfer to tomorrow?
Whew, that was fun
Interesting night at the Disch. Box scores aren’t out yet, but I’m pretty sure Connor Rowe ended up 3-5 with 5 RBIs, an outfield assist, and a beautiful diving catch in centerfield. He did miss home on Tucker’s squeeze bunt, but he more than made up for that small error.
Speaking of errors, Baylor committed a touchdown worth of them. I’m not sure how many of Texas’ runs were unearned, but a healthy chunk of them came after or as a direct result of Bear defensive miscues.
Chance Ruffin, while not at his best, battled through 6 innings giving up 4 runs(again, not sure how many were unearned; the Horns committed 2 errors of their own), and quite a few hits. Austin Wood was back to his usual dominant self after a sub-standard weekend against K-State. He went 3 innings, no runs, and scattered a few hits.
The weekend is off to a good start: Texas takes the opener, and OU drops a 5-4 decision to Kansas at home, moving the Horns back in front of the Sooners for the moment. Texas travels to Waco for Saturday’s and Sunday’s contests. First pitch tomorrow is 6:30, and 1:30 on Sunday
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