Texas Baseball Carries 17 Game Win Streak to Waco - Friday Thread
by InDKR'sShadow on Apr 30, 2010 9:01 AM CDT
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Print[Update: It took extra innings for the Longhorns to earn their 18th consecutive win. The Horns were able to end a 2-2 stalemate with two runs in the 10th. Chance Ruffin struck out the final two batters to give Texas the win. We return to Austin for the second game tomorrow night.]
Texas Baseball travels up I-35 to Waco on Friday night before returning to Disch-Falk Field on Saturday and Sunday. Depending on whom you ask, the Horns are either the best team in the country or a close second. Tubili’s (insert ridiculous adjective of the week) Poll has a full rundown of where we stand. The important thing to take from this is that we are on fire and we’re getting recognition for it. When you look at the big scheme of things, rankings are a means to an end. That end is hosting a regional in Austin, which is beginning to look like a certainty if things continue to go our way.
Despite this fact, there are pressures that go along with sitting on top the polls. Augie Garrido shared these sentiments after Tuesday’s performance, "We try to teach [the players] not to have expectations and to not make assumptions. We know that the rankings are not really what is important. Anytime you have expectations you are setting yourself up for failure. We did that the first time, and we will see what happens this time." As Yogi Berra wisely said, "Ninety percent of this game is half-mental." With Augie at the helm, this team should have that ninety percent and/or fifty percent - depending on your interpretation - in the right state of mind.
A look at Baylor after the jump...
Baylor’s season has been touch and go. They successfully took three out of four games from Oral Roberts, the last team to claim a victory over Texas. On the flip side, they also lost some close games they could have won. Don’t take the Bears for granted, as they sit in the middle of the Big-12 with at 7-9. After Texas, they take a stab at Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. Depending on their performance in those series they could finish as high as third in the Big-12.
The weekend preview on Texas Sports provided a great statistic: our pitching staff has kept right-handed batters to a .201 BA. Here’s the catch: out of the Bears starting nine, six batters can go southpaw at the plate. This includes freshman leadoff man Tyler Collins who is batting .412 and has only been struck out six times. If things go sour at any point, we have solid lefties of our own in McKirahan, Milner, and Stafford. A quick glance at their roster also shows that the Bears have substantial depth: fifteen players have started at least five games.
On the mound, Baylor has an average pitching staff in Verrett, Tolleson, and Fritsch. Logan Verrett, who is lucky enough to match up against Jungman, has only given up one homerun all season. Whether or not he can retain that number with our lineup’s emerging power should provide an interesting storyline. Baylor Ballpark, one of the premier college stadiums, has dimensions almost identical to our own. The Bears have two good relievers in Kevin Winter and Brooks Pinckard, who is also an outfield starter. After that, there is a sharp drop-off in pitching quality. Striking hard, early in the game would do the Horns well. The Horns would also do well to hit the ball to the left side of the field where shortstop Landis Ware and third-baseman Campbell Raynor have combined for 24 errors.
You’re probably going to have to listen to tonight’s game on the radio or follow through gametracker. Saturday’s game will be on ESPNU and Sunday’s will be on Fox College Sports. Feel free to use this as your Friday thread.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 6:30 p.m. Central
Texas: RHP Taylor Jungmann (4-1, 2.36 ERA)
Baylor: RHP Logan Verrett (4-3, 3.15 ERA)
Saturday, May 1, 2010 - 8 p.m. Central
Texas: RHP Cole Green (9-0, 1.82 ERA)
Baylor: RHP Shawn Tolleson (2-5, 4.53 ERA)
Sunday, May 2, 2010 - 2:30 p.m. Central
Texas: RHP Brandon Workman (8-1, 3.00 ERA)
Baylor: RHP Craig Fritsch (0-2, 2.89 ERA)
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Logan Verrett is very good when he's on
… and very beatable when he isn’t. It’ll be interesting to see which version shows up tonight. It’s good to know that even when Jungmann isn’t at his best, he’s still better than anyone on Baylor’s staff.
This just in, Cole Green’s numbers are ridiculous. I knew he had yet to take a loss, but I didn’t realize he had gotten the win in every single start he’s made. And 3 of the 9 have been complete games. That’s pretty incredible.
ok I have a question im thinkin about signing up for a account with either orangebloods or texas insider which is the better choice
by Hawk81584 on Apr 30, 2010 2:23 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Has any of our players been selected to the USA 2010 team yet?
I just saw on Oregon’s website that 2 of there pitchers have been selected to the team. Our pitchers are clearly better than the 2 that got selected hopefully TJ, Chance, Cole and Workman get tabbed aswell.
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You’ll have to copy and paste. I promise it is a real link. Opens WMP. It’s the same feed as the channelsurfing link, just without the porn at the bottom.
Not a good night to be a top 10 team so far
Duke tied with UVA at 2 in the 6th
NC State leading Ga Tech 3-1 in the 4th
LeMoyne leading Florida State 3-0 in the 5th
Grounder to Jungmann
2 away
Another loooong AB ends in a flyout. 1-0 through 2…Jungmann has thrown a lot of pitches
Blond bat girl...mmmmmm
College Station made The Guinness Book of Records: World's largest tool shed
Ground to Etier
Grounder to Loy
Bad play by Walla (single then 2 base error)
Grounder to Tant
Little quicker for TJ
Grounder to Etier
Makes the play at second, no chance for the 4-6-3
Flyout to Rowe to deep right center
Not just the ball girls
He seems to be spending a lot of time looking around the stands, too.
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by Longhorn in Canada on Apr 30, 2010 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Baylor camera work is atrocious
College Station made The Guinness Book of Records: World's largest tool shed
Hey 40 who does the scheduling for Baseball Augie or is it someone over him?
It would be kind of nice if we could schedule someone like Wichita St and also either CSF or UC Irvine
Good question, not sure
I doubt we’d see CSF or UC Irvine just because we’ve got a long running home and home series with Stanford going. Wichita St could be a fun matchup though.
Don't get to say this very often, but...
…I wish I was in Waco. This is a terrific game.
You ain't hurt...
Lusson flies out to right
This kid for Baylor really works the inside of the plate well
You ain't hurt...
Keyes singles to left
Lusson flies to right
1-0 Bot 6…I wonder if this’ll be TJ’s last inning, he’s gotta be close to 100 pitches
There are some cuties sitting out in the outfield in Waco
Enjoying the random camera shots.
You ain't hurt...
Another leadoff single for Baylor
TJ just can’t finish the hitters off when he gets ahead of ’em tonight
Oof...
Soft single to right scores one, error on the throw from Shephard to third allows a second run to score. Batter advances to third.
Total disaster. 2-1 Baylor.
You ain't hurt...
Its gotta be tough be Taylor
knowing that your team scores an average of 2-3 runs for you yet they give Cole and Brandon multiple runs to secure the game
Weird call
Think the call was that he took his hand off the bag as the tag was on his body.
You ain't hurt...
McKirahan in
HBP, fly to Rowe
Kinda expected to see Ruffin here, wouldn’t be surprised to see him in the 8th
is kobe still guarding him?
It's fun to do bad things. -Latarian Milton
by TexasGarcia37 on Apr 30, 2010 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions
PB is right
It ain’t often you wish you were in Waco
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by Longhorn in Canada on Apr 30, 2010 9:20 PM CDT reply actions
I've got a good feeling about this one
Partially, because I’d hate for the streak to end the day I did the preview. I’d feel like I cursed it.
It's worth noting at this point
That Texas is now 17-2 in the conference and within striking distance of the conference record of 23 wins (which was accomplished in 30 games)
Good stuff
First game I’ve been able to watch for awhile, as I’m in a marina in Guaymas, Sonora, where I’ve got good internet. Great game, and great outcome.
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by Longhorn in Canada on Apr 30, 2010 10:04 PM CDT reply actions
I should have 6 months ago
but I’ll be flying back to Victoria, BC next Tuesday. The boat will be on the hard for 6 months. Maybe next year I’ll come up with a new user name.
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by Longhorn in Canada on Apr 30, 2010 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks 40AS
for the link. Lots of times the links don’t work out of the country, but this was great. (Other than the homer Baylor announcers – 5 strikes my ass!)
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by Longhorn in Canada on Apr 30, 2010 10:27 PM CDT reply actions
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