Texas @ UTRGV Game Thread

[orangeut 212]

well, another baserunning error, one of our big weaknesses

[Spaceman_Spiff 121]

Morehouse deserves a shout for a great performance tonight. Shame Harrison was shaky and let in the runner. RGV aren’t amazing, but they’re not slouches by a long shot and 5.1 hitless is exactly the kind of step up this bullpen needs right now.

[totallynotabuttpirate 5,395]

Daly just can't catch a break this year. 

[Pato del Muerto 52,485]

3 minutes ago, totallynotabuttpirate said:

Daly just can't catch a break this year. 

Me: why the fuck is daly still at first?

shows replay 

me: oh. Bless his heart

[Valmy77 13,225]

Nice bunt Hodo

[GreenspointTexas 9,598]

Damn, i feel bad for that rgv player

[hobbes2702 13,028]

Yikes 

[zlavydra 2,119]

Surprised Todd didn't get thrown out at 2nd by 70 feet.

[BillyGoatHill 4,312]

Wow....😮

[Valmy77 13,225]

Time for Murph to break out of his slump

[HenryJames 66,035]

Umpire never ceases to be fooled by the catcher moving his glove.

[totallynotabuttpirate 5,395]

wtf

[Valmy77 13,225]

Well that is some weaksauce shit by Ace. With Murph up as well.

[zlavydra 2,119]

"Ace, just hang out here and coach third..."

[HenryJames 66,035]

Just a tad early.

[hobbes2702 13,028]

Pinch runner getting picked is about as bad as it gets 

[Ewreck10 288]

What the actual fuck? How are we so bad a base running? I would say it’s comical, but not any more. It’s infuriating how inept we are on the bases. 

Edited April 27, 2022 by Ewreck10

[Bottlecap 1,523]

Someone needs to do a supercut of all pierces fuckups manning 3rd

[Valmy77 13,225]

How the hell do you get picked off 2nd base?!

[Tommy Nobis 905]

What’s the score?

[orangeut 212]

We have some glaring deficiencies on the bases for sure

[Valmy77 13,225]

Just now, Tommy Nobis said:

What’s the score?

7-1 Texas 

Edited April 27, 2022 by Valmy77

[jimmyjazz 45,880]

It's obviously Pierce's worst blind spot.  Do Tulo or anyone else not have the pull to actually step up and say "hey, we have a problem here"?

[Tommy Nobis 905]

7-1 Texas 

Oh. Read the last 20 posts and it seemed like we are getting blown out lol.

[Valmy77 13,225]

Just now, Tommy Nobis said:

Oh. Read the last 20 posts and it seemed like we are getting blown out lol.

We have had some rough spots running the bases tonight.

Great night for the pitchers though.

[totallynotabuttpirate 5,395]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

It's obviously Pierce's worst blind spot.  Do Tulo or anyone else not have the pull to actually step up and say "hey, we have a problem here"?

It was the same shit last year. Then, we apparently stoped fucking around in the postseason. 

[Valmy77 13,225]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

It's obviously Pierce's worst blind spot.  Do Tulo or anyone else not have the pull to actually step up and say "hey, we have a problem here"?

I have to believe it has been discussed. It seems like such a fixable issue.

[Biff Tannen 45,661]

1 hour ago, Ewreck10 said:

What the actual fuck? How are we so bad a base running? I would say it’s comical, but not any more. It’s infuriating how inept we are on the bases. 

This is going to fuck us in the post season.

[Valmy77 13,225]

1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

This is going to fuck us in the post season.

Didn't last year. We'll see

The bullpen seems much more likely to do the fucking than a few base running gaffs.

Edited April 27, 2022 by Valmy77

[HenryJames 66,035]

This umpire sucks.

[hobbes2702 13,028]

We’ve been a terrible baserunning team every year Pierce has been here. I can’t think of a time that it’s bitten us in the post season but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen.

[Valmy77 13,225]

Fortunately Daly didn't fall down this time.

[Valmy77 13,225]

Just now, hobbes2702 said:

We’ve been a terrible baserunning team every year Pierce has been here. I can’t think of a time that it’s bitten us in the post season but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen.

Were we bad at that in 2019? I can't remember between all the wild pitches.

[Valmy77 13,225]

Too bad. I hoped to see Melendez one more time.

Finish it up Sthele

[hobbes2702 13,028]

3 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Were we bad at that in 2019? I can't remember between all the wild pitches.

He has always gotten runners thrown out at home. So I guess maybe we haven’t always been that bad since his plan seems to be to get runners thrown out at home.  This year though has been every possible bad piece of baserunning 

[Valmy77 13,225]

1 down

[Valmy77 13,225]

2 down

Nixon coming in for his hometown crowd.

Edited April 27, 2022 by Valmy77

[HenryJames 66,035]

Cool bringing in Nixon.

[Nueces River Rat 5,537]

57 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Nothing beats Harlingen field. WhiteWings 4 life.

Yes that is great little stadium with some history to be told.   Goes way back to when MLB clubs used to have spring training in the RGV and other part of Texas.    And the Whitewing games were fun especially the first couple of years when I’d still make frequent trips down there to see family and take care of business.  

[Nueces River Rat 5,537]

Good for Nixon.   Look at how the valley really support their own!

Edited April 27, 2022 by Nueces River Rat

[petscii 1,189]

Just now, Nueces River Rat said:

Good for Nixon.   

We'll see....  

[Valmy77 13,225]

5th straight win.

Hope the offense stays hot this weekend. Win Hansen's start and see where it goes.

[Horn80 6,114]

Road win.  

[Cairn Horn88 8,259]

21 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

Road win.  

Yep…now, a little 300 mile bus ride….

[UTPhil2006 3,801]

50 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

This is going to fuck us in the post season.

Nah 

[Cairn Horn88 8,259]

59 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

How the hell do you get picked off 2nd base?!

[Rholl 217]

At this point Im going to chalk it up to Pierce f’nk up baserunning on purpose.....there is no other reason it can be comically so bad...... Im on to you coach..... I see you trying to drag the team down, but not be obvious....lose a handful due to bad base coaching but still be in the hunt..... props to Pierce for being comically bad on purpose..... but very few catching on..... thats my only explanation.....

[40acredropout 2,902]

12 hours ago, Spaceman_Spiff said:

Morehouse deserves a shout for a great performance tonight. Shame Harrison was shaky and let in the runner. RGV aren’t amazing, but they’re not slouches by a long shot and 5.1 hitless is exactly the kind of step up this bullpen needs right now.

Didn't realize how solid he has been recently.

Since getting touched up a bit against USCe, in 8 appearances in last 6 weeks or so:

[MuellerHorn 4,228]

22 minutes ago, 40acredropout said:

Didn't realize how solid he has been recently.

Since getting touched up a bit against USCe, in 8 appearances in last 6 weeks or so:

He has been a stud. Since USCe, Morehouse has given up just eight hits across 17.1 innings of work with a 7:3 (14:6) SO/BB ratio.

Date	Opponent	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2/22/2022	AM Corpus Christi	1.0	1	0	0	1	2
3/1/2022	Sam Houston	1.0	2	1	1	0	1
3/9/2022	Texas State	1.2	2	1	1	0	1
3/13/2022	South Carolina	0.1	3	3	3	1	1
3/16/2022	The Citadel	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
3/26/2022	Texas Tech	4.0	0	0	0	1	3
3/29/2022	Texas A&M	1.0	3	1	1	0	0
4/2/2022	Oklahoma	0.2	1	0	0	0	1
4/12/2022	Stephen F Austin	1.0	0	1	0	3	0
4/19/2022	Air Force	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4/22/2022	Baylor	3.0	2	0	0	0	3
4/26/2022	UT Rio Grande Valley	5.2	2	1	1	1	6

[LTtxfan 49,142]

12 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Yep…now, a little 300 mile bus ride….