OTF Premium Baseball Game Thread: No. 2 Texas vs. No. 8 Oklahoma (Saturday, 4 p.m.)

[Jeff Howe]

OU has 11 hits today, all of them singles.

[Jeff Howe]

Crossland works around two OU singles to strike out the side in the seventh.

Stretch time with Texas looking to eat into a two-run deficit.

[Jeff Howe]

M7: OU 4, Texas 2

[Jeff Howe]

Pack's leadoff single to left is the first hit for anyone hitting in the 5-9 part of the order today.

[Jeff Howe]

 

[Jeff Howe]

Texas has a runner in scoring position after Pack steals second.

[Jeff Howe]

Gumbo strikes out. Two down with Ashton Larson coming up to hit for Monsour.

[Burnt Orange Horn]

20 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Not a terrible decision to let Volantis deal to a lefty.

It was not a good decision because Volantis was leaving pitched up high.  He was fatigued, obviously.

[LonghornLegends]

God that strike felt like it was a foot out of the zone this ump has been pissin me off.

[Jeff Howe]

Larson doing a helluva job staying alive with two strikes.

[Jeff Howe]

Larson walks at the end of a 10-pitch at-bat. Tremendous job of competing to keep the inning going.

[Jeff Howe]

Doza slaps one up the middle, allowing Pack to score from second.

But Larson is thrown out trying to advance to third, ending the inning.

[LonghornLegends]

Larson your claim to fame is over lol, that was dumb af.

[JMarquette]

If Nolan Cain told Larson to go, he should be reprimanded. That was a terrible decision.

[Jeff Howe]

It felt like that could've been a big two-out rally. Instead, the Longhorns score one run on two hits and leave a runner on base in the bottom of the seventh.

[Califashorn75]

WTH? Did the 3rd base coach ever raise his arms to stop?

[Jeff Howe]

End of 7: Oklahoma 4, Texas 3

[Jeff Howe]

That's not the first time Larson has had issues running the bases.

If he went on his own, he's got to know that it's better to keep yourself in scoring position with Tinney coming up.

[dentonhorn]

Not sure what someone was thinking with that. Dumb.

[Jeff Howe]

This is a complete guess on my part, but Larson never looked at Nolan Cain at third base. So, I'll assume he made the read and thought he could make it.

[Jeff Howe]

Johnson's two-out single keeps the inning alive for OU. None of the Sooners' 12 hits today have been for extra bases.

[Jeff Howe]

Johnson steals second base.

And now he's on third after Crossland's attempted pickoff throw goes over Mendoza's head and into center field.

[Jeff Howe]

Thankfully, Crossland gets Brock to fly out to right to end the threat.

[Jeff Howe]

M8: OU 4, Texas 3

[Jeff Howe]

Kadyn Leon is the new pitcher for OU. Tinney greets him by smoking a single to left to lead off the eighth.