OTF Premium Baseball Game Thread: No. 4 Texas vs. No. 11 Alabama (Sunday 1 p.m.)

[Jeff Howe]

Larson reaches base, avoiding a 4-6-3 double play. One on, two down for Borba.

[Jeff Howe]

Borba grounds out to short to end the inning.

[Jeff Howe]

Harrison opens the fifth by giving up a leadoff single to Torres, who's now on second after a passed ball.

[Jeff Howe]

Holt draws a walk and we've got bodies stirring in the Texas bullpen.

[Chris Simons]

Bobby Burton sighting in the box with Craig Way...

Edited 1 hour ago by Chris Simons

[camridleyfan]

Bobby Burton cameo 

[Jeff Howe]

A strikeout and a groundout put runners in scoring position with two outs for Neal.

[Jeff Howe]

Neal gives one a ride to right-center, but Robbins catches it in front of the warning track to end the inning.

[Jeff Howe]

M5: Alabama 1, Texas 0

[Jeff Howe]

A three-up, three-down fifth for Upchurch.

Pack's infield single remains the only hit for the Longhorns through five.

[Jeff Howe]

End of 5: Alabama 1, Texas 0

[LonghornFan4Ever]

Justin Lebron is so good at shortstop.  Future MLB draft pick for sure.

Edited 1 hour ago by LonghornFan4Ever

[Jeff Howe]

Plattner with a one-out shot to third. It got up on Becerra in a hurry. Nice recovery, but it's a one-out base hit for the Tide.

[AZ Longhorn]

Second straight day our offense gets blanked by their starter through at least 5. But just like yesterday, the pitch count is high enough that guy won't make it past the 6th. One more inning max, then the light at the end of the tunnel (their weak bullpen).

People like to complain about us taking pitches, but leading the country in pitches/AB does pay off in later innings and against opponents who have top-heavy staffs

Edited 1 hour ago by AZ Longhorn

[Jeff Howe]

One-out double by Vaughn. The wind helped Robbins track it down in the gap.

It's RISP with one out for Steele as Max Weiner makes his way to the mound.

Harrison's next pitch will be his 91st of the day.

[Jeff Howe]

Steele strikes out swinging, making him Harrison's ninth victim of the game.

[Jeff Howe]

The Longhorns intentionally walk Torres, bringing Fowler up for a lefty-lefty matchup with the bases loaded and two outs.

[Jeff Howe]

Fowler goes down swinging to end the inning. Harrison's 10th strikeout of the game is his new career high. The Tide strand runners in scoring position in a scoreless sixth.

[Jeff Howe]

M6: Alabama 1, Texas 0

[AZ Longhorn]

Wow! Harrison had more traffic than I'd expected against this Bama lineup, but he made the RIGHT pitches! Just like timely hitting, he came up big at the most critical times!

[Jeff Howe]

 

[.45s]

Harrison keeps getting out of jams, but really needs some help from our offense.

[82horn]

Texas pitching has struck out 46 this weekend.

Harrison probably done at 96 pitches thru 6 innings of work .

[AZ Longhorn]

13 minutes ago, AZ Longhorn said:

Second straight day our offense gets blanked by their starter through at least 5. But just like yesterday, the pitch count is high enough that guy won't make it past the 6th. One more inning max, then the light at the end of the tunnel (their weak bullpen).

People like to complain about us taking pitches, but leading the country in pitches/AB does pay off in later innings and against opponents who have top-heavy staffs

aaand he's gone. Well done. We get 11 outs against their weakass bullpen, gotta like our odds. 

[Jeff Howe]

Rodriguez ends an eight-pitch at-bat with a flyout to left. That'll do it for Upchurch, who shut the Longhorns down after near-30-pitch first inning.