BYU @ Texas - Wed - Saturday Series Thread

[Horny Bull 2,759]

5-4 BYU after 6

[Machinator 32,097]

There are only a few players I would trust to swing, and Ardoin is one of them. Wasted out.

[Horny Bull 2,759]

Witt K's the side T7. Let's get some runs.

Edited February 27, 2021 by Horny Bull

[Machinator 32,097]

No replacement for pitchers who can just overpower them like that.

[LTtxfan 48,927]

Just now, Horny Bull said:

Witt K's the side T7. Let's get some runs.

NICE !!! 🤘

[zlavydra 2,116]

Looks like we have a late-inning bullpen guy

[Horny Bull 2,759]

Horns go in order, 5-4 BYU after 7

[zlavydra 2,116]

You don't expect to just walk up to the plate and put the bat on the ball against the likes of Reid McLaughlin.

[dcar00 14,023]

would be nice not to lose the sweep due to one bad inning.

[Horny Bull 2,759]

Another 1-2-3 inning for Witt T8

[Machinator 32,097]

Witt should starts?

[zlavydra 2,116]

1 minute ago, Machinator said:

Witt should starts?

Maybe. Need someone reliable in the pen though 

[zlavydra 2,116]

Zubia got a meatball, but the wind knocked it down.

[Horny Bull 2,759]

Melendez grounds out and we go to the 9th

[Pato del Muerto 52,320]

I realize that lefties were due, but bases loaded one out is a good time to bring in your best bullpen arm.  The one you brought in anyway a few hitters later. 

[Horny Bull 2,759]

Witt makes quick work of BYU T9, last ups for the Horns

[zlavydra 2,116]

Still trying to figure out what we have in the bullpen. 

[zlavydra 2,116]

Lefty junk baller closer for BYU.

[dcar00 14,023]

lead off double.  get him home please.

[zlavydra 2,116]

Lance Ford sighting

[Machinator 32,097]

Ardoin is one of the few homegrown hitters I can trust on this roster right now.

[dcar00 14,023]

a walk here might be nice.   but mainly get the bunt down.

[zlavydra 2,116]

Bad break? Nope. Just inept 

[dcar00 14,023]

unfucking real.. 

and then we hit the first pitch.  horrible.

[Horny Bull 2,759]

Jesus Christ, Kennedy

[zlavydra 2,116]

Kennedy needs to go straight to the bench.

[dcar00 14,023]

Just now, zlavydra said:

Bad break? Nope. Just inept 

no reason to try to bunt for a hit

[GreenspointTexas 9,556]

Furk

[Horn80 6,074]

Lead off hitter with double and couldn’t score the runner to tie the game.  Fucking lame.

[dcar00 14,023]

well that was a shitty day of sports.

[UnhappilyMarried 815]

So unlucky. That was going to be runners on the corners, no outs

[TwiceHorn 31,184]

Look at the mormy cunts doing the horns down on the qt after losing three straight.

[Horny Bull 2,759]

Texas drops the finale, 5-4

[Dr. Teeth 5,813]

Go 1-3 and then do the horns down. 

[zlavydra 2,116]

Just now, UnhappilyMarried said:

So unlucky. That was going to be runners on the corners, no outs

Nope. Horrible execution by Kennedy.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,750]

Forgettable day for Texas athletics ...

[TornACL 7,673]

2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Look at the mormy cunts doing the horns down on the qt after losing three straight.

Outscored 30-13 and lose 3 of 4, but sure... Horns down. Fucking bitch ass BYU.

[Machinator 32,097]

Baseball goes like that sometimes, but this loss felt eminently preventable, even with our issues on offense.

[Fletch 5,798]

30 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Witt should starts?

Closer 

[Machinator 32,097]

4 minutes ago, Fletch said:

Closer 

That too. Was hoping Quintanilla could win that but he's never shown the consistency after starting off with promise in his RS freshman year.

[Fletch 5,798]

Yeah Quintanilla should be the Tuesday guy IMO 

[ClubWhatever 12,085]

His stuff isn’t that good and he can’t locate it anyway.  

[BillyGoatHill 4,276]

42 minutes ago, zlavydra said:

Nope. Horrible execution by Kennedy.

Yep. No reason to be bunting for a hit.

Job is to MOVE the runner over. Been watching him for 2 1/2 yrs now, and I've seen him do some dumb things at the plate, but mostly in the field, either missing throws or always trying to take out Duke Ellis by running into him. Guy has talent, but I don't think his baseball IQ is very high.

[zlavydra 2,116]

58 minutes ago, Fletch said:

Yeah Quintanilla should be the Tuesday guy IMO 

Kubíček. Quintanilla in the 7th or 8th. 

[Fletch 5,798]

Ehhh too inconsistent 

[torre 1,284]

17 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I realize that lefties were due, but bases loaded one out is a good time to bring in your best bullpen arm.  The one you brought in anyway a few hitters later. 

Good call Pato !   Pierce agrees.

 

After the game, Pierce blamed himself for the bullpen's implosion. Pierce said that instead of playing the matchups, he should have immediately gone to Witt.

"We've got to make a better choice right there," Pierce said. "It's probably my fault for putting them in that situation."

A week ago against Arkansas, Stevens was again solid before running into trouble in the sixth inning. Ahead of this season, none of Stevens' 33 appearances at Texas had lasted more than 2.1 innings. 

"I don't think it's a concern yet, I truly don't," Pierce said of his starter's sixth-inning shortcomings. "Again, we get to know that maybe his tops is 85, 90 pitches and he can still eat up a lot of innings because he's such a good strike thrower. That's information as well."

https://www.hookem.com/story/sports/baseball/2021/02/27/baseball-bullpen-decisions-cost-texas-series-finale-against-byu/6854832002/

 

Witt has nothing else to prove.   Hope he is not overused.    Also, no need to DH, too valuable as a pitcher.   Seems to be the ideal closer.   Besides outstanding "stuff",  has that J Brent Cox/Huston Street attitude.   Wenzel can handle mid relief.