Baseball: No. 12 Texas vs. Santa Clara Game Thread (Saturday)

[Jeff Howe]

A strikeout looking gets Riojas out of the inning.

[Jeff Howe]

M5: Texas 7, Santa Clara 2

[Jeff Howe]

The Longhorns go down in order in the fifth.

[Jeff Howe]

End of 5: Texas 7, Santa Clara 2

[Jeff Howe]

Great running catch by Farmer for the first out of the sixth.

[Jeff Howe]

After allowing a walk, Riojas induces a ground ball double play to end the inning.

[Jeff Howe]

End of 6: Texas 7, Santa Clara 2

[Jeff Howe]

Riojas is over 60 pitches.

[Jeff Howe]

RIojas retires the Broncos in order in the seventh. Texas has a five-run lead at the stretch.

[Jeff Howe]

M7: Texas 7, Santa Clara 2

[Jeff Howe]

End of 7: Texas 7, Santa Clara 2

[Jeff Howe]

Riojas is closing in on 80 pitches.

[Jeff Howe]

Dylan Joyce takes Riojas deep to right field for a solo home run. It's a 7-3 game.

[Jeff Howe]

A lot of hard hit balls today have stayed in the park.

[CJ Vogel]

Good outing for the Horns so far. 

[Jeff Howe]

Strikeout No. 3 for Riojas today for the second out of the eighth. He's up to 84 pitches through 4.2 innings.

[Jeff Howe]

Conner Smith rips one by Flores for a single that'll be it for Riojas.

[cmk4pres]

Are they trying to make him a starter? 84 pitches is a TON

[marathon]

2 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Strikeout No. 3 for Riojas today for the second out of the eighth. He's up to 84 pitches through 4.2 innings.

Wonder why they left Riojas in for 87 pitches. Craig Way said Riojas career high was just over 90 pitches (at UTSA).

[Jeff Howe]

1 minute ago, marathon said:

Wonder why they left Riojas in for 87 pitches. Craig Way said Riojas career high was just over 90 pitches (at UTSA).

I look forward to hearing Schloss's thoughts after the game.

[Jeff Howe]

Flores leads off the bottom of the eighth with a double to left. That's his 12th extra-base hit in his last seven games.

[Jeff Howe]

Schuessler, who hasn't caught a break all day, poked one back up the middle to bring Flores home.

[Jeff Howe]

End of 8: Texas 8, Santa Clara 3

[Jeff Howe]

Nasty breaking ball by Dre to open the ninth with a K. One down.

[Hashtag]

18 minutes ago, marathon said:

Wonder why they left Riojas in for 87 pitches. Craig Way said Riojas career high was just over 90 pitches (at UTSA).

No reason to bring in other arms with leads. Good time for learning experience to see how he does in extended pitch situations 

Edited March 8, 2025 by Hashtag