OTF Premium Baseball Game Thread: No. 2 Texas vs. Ole Miss (Sunday)

[Jeff Howe]

Yesterday’s 11-2 romp by the Longhorns sets up today’s series rubber match with the Rebels at 1 p.m. (SEC Network Plus).

[Jeff Howe]

 

[thatdude2]

Jeff ready!

[PaulieD]

49 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Yesterday’s 11-2 romp by the Longhorns sets up today’s series rubber match with the Rebels at 1 p.m. (SEC Network Plus).

Yesterday was a unique game for me to watch, Jeff, b/c it was all base hits (and bloops, weird plays LOL) with no homers.  I took that as a good sign, wanting the club to be 'balanced' in its hitting, so to speak.

That wind was making me a bit nervous, tho.

[texcoyote15]

43 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

 

Nice to roll into Sunday with Volantis going.  Advantage Texas 

[Okcool]

I have two tickets listed cheap on SeatGeek for today's game if anyone is interested. Out of town and can't make it. Section 106 Row 3 Seats 11 & 12, one seat from the aisle behind home plate. LMK if interested.

[Burnt Orange Horn]

1 hour ago, texcoyote15 said:

Nice to roll into Sunday with Volantis going.  Advantage Texas 

For hopefully at least 5 innings!

🤘🏻🤘🏼🤘🤘🏾🤘🏽🤘🏿

[Jeff Howe]

Three pitches into the game and Volantis gets Federico to fly out to right for the first out of the inning.

[Jeff Howe]

Utermark draws a walk.

The count started with three consecutive balls. I don't understand the lack of a green light on 3-0 pitches. Feast on that meatball!

[Jeff Howe]

Volantis battles back with his breaking ball to retire Furniss on strikes.

Runner on first with two outs for Reuter.

[JMarquette]

It’s still crazy that Dylan Volantis is our Sunday starter 

[Jeff Howe]

A 14-pitch first inning for Volantis ends with back-to-back swinging strikeouts.

Texas heads to the plate after a scoreless top of the first.

[Jeff Howe]

 

[Jeff Howe]

3 minutes ago, JMarquette said:

It’s still crazy that Dylan Volantis is our Sunday starter 

I believe Schloss' rationale is you feel good about either salvaging a series (avoiding a sweep), winning it (like to today in a rubber match) or sweeping with Volantis on the mound.

[Jeff Howe]

Fawley dropped a pop fly behind the plate off Mendoza's bat. Let's see if Doza takes advantage.

[Jeff Howe]

One of the Augie-isms I've never forgotten: "Get your outs on time!"

[Jeff Howe]

1 minute ago, Jeff Howe said:

Fawley dropped a pop fly behind the plate off Mendoza's bat. Let's see if Doza takes advantage.

He made Ole Miss pay.

With the wind blowing out to center, Doza doubles off the wall.

[Jeff Howe]

BOOM! TINNEY GOES DEEP!

[Assistant Regional Manager]

Glad we didn’t move Tinney to the 8 hole after a “rough” few weeks

[Jeff Howe]

Could be one of those kinds of days today.

Tinney clears the monster in center field for the second time this season. His fifth home run of the season is a two-run shot that gives Texas the early lead, 2-0.

[JMarquette]

Just now, Assistant Regional Manager said:

Glad we didn’t move Tinney to the 8 hole after a “rough” few weeks

*season

[Jeff Howe]

2 minutes ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

Glad we didn’t move Tinney to the 8 hole after a “rough” few weeks

His walk totals suggest he's seeing the ball well. It's not like he's looked lost.

He's too good a hitter to stay down for too long.

[CJ Vogel]

That ball was smoked 

[82horn]

Tinney hits his 5th home tun of the season ! He is starting to see the ball really well !
 

big knock!

[Jeff Howe]

Becerra lines out to center to end a two-run, two-hit bottom of the first for Texas.