Texas @ Kansas State Series Thread

[Horny Bull 2759]

TEXAS (15-10, 4-2) vs. #23 KANSAS STATE (17-6, 5-1)
Where: Tointon Family Stadium
Time: Thursday at 6 p.m.; Friday at 6 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone 
 

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
THURSDAY–Texas RHP Lebarron Johnson Jr. (1-1. 3.24) vs. K-State RHP Josh Wintroub (1-1, 7.15)
FRIDAY–Texas LHP Ace Whitehead (2-0, 2.05) vs. K-State LHP Jacob Frost (2-0, 5.67)
SATURDAY–Texas RHP Max Grubbs (3-0, 2.28) vs. K-State LHP Owen Boerma (2-1, 6.12)

[UTPhil2006 3801]

2-1 or we riot since that is our new standard 

[Hookem2147 21188]

Wind blowing out of the south up to 25 MPH in Manhattan this evening 

[Had Enough 2076]

Those KSU ERAs are not up to the Surly standard.

[NorthLoop 14180]

2 minutes ago, Had Enough said:

Those KSU ERAs are not up to the Surly standard.

I'm sure we'll do our best to help out. 

[hobbes2702 13028]

We really need LBJ to be big time in this series. 

[zlavydra 2119]

53 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Wind blowing out of the south up to 25 MPH in Manhattan this evening 

Not having a clue which way the field faces, is that good or bad for hitters?  Need more Tointon Family Field expertise.

[Hookem2147 21188]

1 minute ago, zlavydra said:

Not having a clue which way the field faces, is that good or bad for hitters?  Need more Tointon Family Field expertise.

Very good for hitters. Field faces north. Ball will be flying out. 

[Hookem2147 21188]

Big chance for a RPI move if we win this series. RPI formula loves wins away from home (which we have only done twice this year). Looking at Warren Nolan a win tonight is worth 101 RPI points, which would bump us up almost 10-12 spots with a single victory (pending movement from other teams). So a series win would have us moving upwards 20-25 spots which is a huge jump.

I typically ignore RPI until around mid-April when a lot of the outliers have fallen back to the pack and teams have 4-5 conference series under their belt, but road series always create the possibility for a lot of movement. 

Edited March 28 by Hookem2147

[chase25 2048]

 

[zlavydra 2119]

O'Dowd is going yard tonight. 

[BachelorTrek 2965]

Both these TV-broadcasters for this game are mouth-breathers.

I wonder how quickly I go to the radio call.

[Horny Bull 2759]

Solo shot for Flores.

[Horn80 6114]

Boom!

[zlavydra 2119]

Semi-boom.  1-0 Texas

[BachelorTrek 2965]

Flores was the only person who even hit a ball so far -- for a homer-- 1st 2 outs were swinging strikeouts who never even fouled the ball.

[Hookem2147 21188]

2 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:

Flores was the only person who even hit a ball so far -- for a homer-- 1st 2 outs were swinging strikeouts who never even fouled the ball.

The second pitch of the game was a foul ball down the LF line.

[BillyGoatHill 4312]

14 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:

Both these TV-broadcasters for this game are mouth-breathers.

I wonder how quickly I go to the radio call.

You'll need to pause your TV to sync up as radio call thru texassports is a batter behind.

[BachelorTrek 2965]

5 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

The second pitch of the game was a foul ball down the LF line.

Didn't see it. Maybe distracted by the little girl reporter in the double-breasted pleather jacket. Lulz.

Edited March 28 by BachelorTrek

[zlavydra 2119]

Belyeu probably hit his single harder than Flores hit his HR

LBJ gets a pick off and tosses a scoreless first.

[Horny Bull 2759]

1-0 Texas after 1.

[zlavydra 2119]

Leadoff double for Porter. Really nice job of going the other way.

[zlavydra 2119]

Kennedy crushes an abominable pitch. 3-0 Texas

[Horny Bull 2759]

Two run homer for Kennedy.

[BachelorTrek 2965]

Dee hit a 2-run homer 408 feet. Lulz.

[Horn80 6114]

Boom!

[BillyGoatHill 4312]

Dee!!! 3-0 Horns

[UnhappilyMarried 815]

Dee is free

[zlavydra 2119]

Shit pitcher doesn't look as confident as he did after Powell struck out in the 1st.

[Horn80 6114]

Just now, zlavydra said:

Shit pitcher doesn't look as confident as he did after Powell struck out in the 1st.

Was coming to post same.

[Hookem2147 21188]

I’m gonna assume anything hit out to LF is going 20 feet over the wall 

[Cousin Strawberry 1261]

1 hour ago, zlavydra said:

O'Dowd is going yard tonight. 

Jack "0-3" 0'Dowd? 

[BillyGoatHill 4312]

3-0 lead and behind in the count to first two batters.....both now on 2nd/3rd with no outs😡

[chase25 2048]

Throwing sliders off the plate early in counts to the most disciplined team in the Big 12 is certainly an interesting game plan 

[UnhappilyMarried 815]

Pierce’s buyout should be net of what he cost LBJ in draft $

[zlavydra 2119]

Now that was some quality baseball.

[Horny Bull 2759]

Jesus

[BillyGoatHill 4312]

Furk....keystone cops playing right now. 

Soon to be tied.

[A’Dam Psycho 1470]

This team is just a fart. Just a big huge fart

[Hookem2147 21188]

So I see we didn’t learn from the San Diego game the second game of the season 

[zlavydra 2119]

You don't want to throw strikes to a guy who starred at directional New Hampshire.

[chase25 2048]

1 minute ago, UnhappilyMarried said:

Pierce’s buyout should be net of what he cost LBJ in draft $

You know Lebarron is the one with the ball in his hands right. Young man is costing himself money, zero confidence in his pitches

[A’Dam Psycho 1470]

Well shit

[zlavydra 2119]

"All four Wildcats who have reached have come to the plate and driven in a run." Ok...

[Hookem2147 21188]

3 minutes ago, UnhappilyMarried said:

Pierce’s buyout should be net of what he cost LBJ in draft $

He’s a reliever at the next level. Probably why he came back in the first place. Teams aren’t paying premium bonuses for reliever profiles.

Teams don’t chase his slider like they did last year so he struggles to put guys away.

[Js1 85259]

Lmao

[BillyGoatHill 4312]

Tie ball game and still nobody out...

[zlavydra 2119]

41 pitches

3 outs

We're about to get Cody Howard-ed.

[A’Dam Psycho 1470]

lol fire Pierce immediately 

[Horny Bull 2759]

Kansas State has loaded the bases.