OTF Premium Baseball Game Thread: No. 3 Texas vs. Michigan State (Friday)

[LonghornFan4Ever]

Riojas is that dude!

[Jeff Howe]

Becerra gives another one a ride, but it dies short of the warning track in center field. One away in the bottom of the sixth.

[Jeff Howe]

BOOM! PACMAN GOES YARD!

[Jeff Howe]

Anthony Pack Jr. turns on one, driving his third home run of the season over the right-field wall.

It's a 7-1 lead for the Longhorns.

[Jeff Howe]

That's the second home run allowed by Grundman and the third of the game by the Longhorns.

[pinkman_90]

I’m not sure I get Gumbo being the first righty off the bench and replacing Larson.  It’s not like he mashes lefties and he’s also not particularly good defensively.  

[Jeff Howe]

1 minute ago, pinkman_90 said:

I’m not sure I get Gumbo being the first righty off the bench and replacing Larson.  It’s not like he mashes lefties and he’s also not particularly good defensively.  

Right now, Monsour is the only other right-handed option who can play the outfield.

[Jeff Howe]

Rodriguez rifles one down the right-field line for his second double of the night. It's a RISP situation for Robbins, but the Spartans will go to the bullpen first.

[TCope111]

I know it’s early and easy to praise a team that’s playing well tonight, but this team is better than last year’s team and I think it’s by a lot. May or may not win the league again but this team is deep and dangerous. 

[pinkman_90]

Just now, Jeff Howe said:

Right now, Monsour is the only other right-handed option who can play the outfield.

I guess my point was more why are they even replacing Larson there.  Might be losing something defensively and don’t really gain anything offensively.  

[Jeff Howe]

Righty Kyle Rudolph gets Robbins to ground out to short. It's an RBI groundout with Mendoza scoring to make it an 8-1 game.

[Jeff Howe]

Tinney draws a walk, putting runners on first and third with two outs for Jonah Williams.

[Jeff Howe]

Texas is in the middle of its third consecutive multi-run inning.

[Jeff Howe]

The bottom of the sixth ends with Jonah Williams striking out swinging.

[Jeff Howe]

Two runs on three hits with two left on in the Texas sixth.

[Jeff Howe]

End of 6: Texas 8, Michigan State 1

[Jeff Howe]

Freshman Michael Winter is out of the bullpen to work the seventh, replacing Ruger Riojas.

[Jeff Howe]

Final line on Ruger Riojas:

[Jeff Howe]

Winter allows a leadoff single. A strikeout and a 6-4 fielder's choice make it one on with two outs and the Spartans getting ready to bring the top of the order back to the plate.

[Jeff Howe]

Defensively, Texas has played a much cleaner game today than at any point through the first four.

[Jeff Howe]

Thomas singles, but Winter gets Williams to ground out to second to end the seventh unscathed.

Two hits, but no runs with two left on for the Spartans in the seventh.

[Califashorn75]

This baseball team is fun to watch. 

[Jeff Howe]

M7: Texas 8, Michigan State 1

[Jeff Howe]

Borba's second strikeout of the night, this one on a check swing where he went around, leads off the seventh.

[Jeff Howe]

Two down after Gumbo flies out to center.