Longhorns vs Boilermakers Series Thread

[Cajun 11705]

5 minutes ago, Enfield said:

If game stays this close, I’d imagine we’ll see Tate in LF pretty soon.

No problem with that dude on D.

Ever

[Valmy77 13226]

3 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Hey it's cool Zach, you just keep doing that.

[Machinator 32099]

Fielding not as sharp this inning.

[Enfield 109]

6 minutes ago, Cajun said:

No problem with that dude on D.

Ever

Compared to Kennedy? You have missed too much this weekend.

[NorthLoop 14190]

"Is the foot touching the bag or pounding the bag?" ... Swindell, my friend, it doesn't matter. He's safe. 

[Cajun 11705]

2 minutes ago, Enfield said:

Compared to Kennedy? You have missed too much this weekend.

No, I wasn't comparing him to anyone.

Basically, what I mean is that his defense is not the area of his game that is suspect.

[Enfield 109]

Tough first AB. Not sure I’ve ever seen a knee brace that obvious either. Looked odd.

Edited February 24, 2019 by Enfield

[Enfield 109]

On to the 8th..

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

Maybe don’t take 2 strikes before you decide to swing 

[TwiceHorn 31450]

Fast game. 

[Enfield 109]

Anyone know if they are going to open up the RV parking lot for the LSU series? North of the softball stadium?

[NorthLoop 14190]

McCann just took one to the nutsack

[Valmy77 13226]

I hope the McCann family can continue after that.

[NorthLoop 14190]

Kam still having control issues. He needs to shore that shit up soon. 

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

Hitting all these purdue players is getting annoying 

[NorthLoop 14190]

that was a balk - dunno wth Kam was thinking

[TexArcher 37774]

Huge pitch right there.

Let's add on a couple, just for fun.

[BillyGoatHill 4312]

NICE!

[NorthLoop 14190]

Kam with the K to end the inning. 

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

Uncalled balk doesn’t matter with the K. 

[66BUFF 2562]

1 minute ago, NorthLoop said:

Kam still having control issues. He needs to shore that shit up soon. 

Agree.  He needs to fix it or only come in with big leads and chew innings.

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

Hitting has looked passive in 16 of the last 17 innings. 

[Enfield 109]

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Hitting has looked passive in 16 of the last 17 innings. 

Purdue bull pen has given up 4 hits in last 3 games. 

[Machinator 32099]

CQ in to close.

[Machinator 32099]

Two-out single.

[RamjetFDO 10575]

DDA is back. Ugh. 

Was just about to post that.

#nottheheroweneed #theherowedeserve?

[Enfield 109]

Blouses. 3-1 series win!

[Machinator 32099]

3 Ks for CQ against 4 batters. That'll do.

Edited February 24, 2019 by Machinator

[Valmy77 13226]

What happened to our offense in the last two games? 

[chase25 2048]

We just watched our future Saturday starter get a nice save. Good series win, have to do a better job of adjusting at the plate as the game goes. Guys just took the back door breaking ball for a strike all day

[Levi 2586]

 Good  series of baseball for Texas. Young guys get in and made a couple mistakes but they didn’t flinch and it showed we got a good group of young talented dudes.  Pitching was great and didn’t let off against a subpar opponent,  which is nice to see. Bats can be a little inconsistent but it still it’s the beginning of the season. Can’t wait for LSU.   

[Guest Lobo]

Yeah, only disconcerting thing is 6 hits in the last 20 innings against the rectal end of a mediocre pitching staff gassed after long travel and several games of getting beaten around. 

 

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

3-1 was the expectation, so good for meeting expectations. One bad inning away from a sweep, but one good inning away from a split. 

Now that that’s over with, I guess I’ll g shovel my driveway. 

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2652]

Good series overall. Happy 

[Guest Lobo]

I know the bats got rest in the last 24 hours, hope the arms do as well as SHSU looks like it can put some runs up against good pitching.  

Gonna be a great week for Longhorn baseball fans.  Pretty good weather forecast, salty mid-week competition between SHSU and UTSA.  And a kickass weekend of tailgating/crawfish season and a Top 5 LSU squad coming in to test our grit.  

[TornACL 7698]

22 minutes ago, chase25 said:

We just watched our future Saturday starter get a nice save. Good series win, have to do a better job of adjusting at the plate as the game goes. Guys just took the back door breaking ball for a strike all day

Love that kid's mechanics. Excited to see what he has in store. 

Edited February 24, 2019 by TornACL

[Cajun 11705]

9 minutes ago, Lobo said:

I know the bats got rest in the last 24 hours, hope the arms do as well as SHSU looks like it can put some runs up against good pitching.  

Gonna be a great week for Longhorn baseball fans.  Pretty good weather forecast, salty mid-week competition between SHSU and UTSA.  And a kickass weekend of tailgating/crawfish season and a #1 Ranked LSU squad coming in to test our grit.  #2 in another poll.

fify

[TexArcher 37774]

Three out of four against Purdue is basically par.  LSU will be the real litmus test.  If we win that series, it's time to get excited.

[Cajun 11705]

True Arch, but do remember that they beat us like a drum last year and yet only one of the two teams made the CWS and it wasn't them.

Baseball's a crazy game.

[Braff Zacklin 13558]

So we're 5-2 with two series wins versus teams from Lafayette? I'll take it.

[jdhorn92 1545]

 Purdue’s  record right now is not very good but  By the end of the year I iimaginr they’ll wind up being a pretty good ballclub.

Edited February 24, 2019 by jdhorn92

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

15 minutes ago, Cajun said:

True Arch, but do remember that they beat us like a drum last year and yet only one of the two teams made the CWS and it wasn't them.

Baseball's a crazy game.

I don’t recall the drum beating but for one game. We won one and the other we had a nice 5 inning lead before shutting the bed fielding and leaving shugart in too long. 

[ButtFumble 5172]

[ClubWhatever 12129]

12 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

 Purdue’s  record right now is not very good but  By the end of the year I iimaginr they’ll wind up being a pretty good ballclub.

They seemed pretty solid defensively and most of their pitchers threw strikes.  But they didn’t show much pop. I think will lose more than their fair share of low scoring games.  

[Guest Lobo]

1 minute ago, ButtFumble said:

It would have been too trite to have Buttermaker drinking Boilermakers.  

Thankfully that movie holds up wonderfully after several decades, even the reboot (though the sequels were just fucking awful).

But the Matthau and the original are so good that to this day, when I hear, "Bad News Bears", my mind should go to Baylor gang rape...but it doesn't.  

[ButtFumble 5172]

2 minutes ago, Lobo said:

It would have been too trite to have Buttermaker drinking Boilermakers.  

Thankfully that movie holds up wonderfully after several decades, even the reboot (though the sequels were just fucking awful).

But the Matthau and the original are so good that to this day, when I hear, "Bad News Bears", my mind should go to Baylor gang rape...but it doesn't.  

I am pretty sure he did make some boilermakers in the movie at least a couple of times

need to watch again it has been years

[EuroHorn 3261]

Missed today’s game.  Glad to see we bounced back from  yesterday and took the series 

Edited February 24, 2019 by EuroHorn

[Enfield 109]

ULL, Purdue, and Rice are a combined 4-18. This leaves us at #240 in RPI at 6-2. 

 

I know now it doesn’t mean much, but need these teams to start fucking  winning. 

[TexArcher 37774]

4 minutes ago, Cajun said:

True Arch, but do remember that they beat us like a drum last year and yet only one of the two teams made the CWS and it wasn't them.

Baseball's a crazy game.

Yes, especially in a short season. 

And I didn't mean par in a bad way.  2-2 would have been a letdown, but 3-1 is respectable.  I think we're gonna be pretty good.

[texasstrong12 4668]

51/72 innings pitched so far from Texas have been by underclassmen arms. So about 71%. Really young pitching staff but loaded with talent.