Baseball: No. 3 Texas vs. Oklahoma game thread (Thursday)

[Jeff Howe]

The first game of a three-game series in Norman will start at 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network+. Texas needs one win to share the SEC regular-season championship.

[Tuco Ramirez]

We could really use a series win here. And OU still sucks.

[Derek Handler]

Max starting?

[Jeff Howe]

14 minutes ago, Derek Handler said:

Max starting?

Lineup hasn’t been posted yet.

[Jeff Howe]

Max is back!

 

[Jeff Howe]

Interesting that Will Gasparino is the odd man out. He was pulled late in Sunday's loss to Florida.

[MarkInAustin]

6 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Interesting that Will Gasparino is the odd man out. He was pulled late in Sunday's loss to Florida.

I asked about him in the other thread.  Is he hurt?  He is an asset in CF even if he is slumping at the plate.

[Blake Munroe]

11 minutes ago, MarkInAustin said:

I asked about him in the other thread.  Is he hurt?  He is an asset in CF even if he is slumping at the plate.

He’s not hurt. At all. 

[Hornito]

Gaspo must’ve really done something to have Farmer starting over him when Farmer dropped two balls last weekend against the wall. 
Gaspo can’t lay off a high 2 strikes fastball, and I believe he was one of the base runners who lost track of the outs. He was carrying us earlier this year. Maybe a benching can help him reset. 

[Huskie1]

I’m more concerned about pitching. Kade Bing doesn’t give me the warm fuzzies. Hope he’s lights out and I eat crow.

[Hornito]

Hope the whole team does what Galvan said and decide to “attack” the game. 

[horns96]

12 minutes ago, Blake Munroe said:

He’s not hurt. At all. 

Wasn't Schloss quoted as saying he was pulled for "an internal team matter"?

Weird time to address an "internal team matter". I'm assuming he ignored a sign or something?

[Jeff Howe]

19 minutes ago, MarkInAustin said:

I asked about him in the other thread.  Is he hurt?  He is an asset in CF even if he is slumping at the plate.

Schloss has called it an "internal" issue that resulted in Gasparino's yanking on Sunday. Read into that what you will.

[Jeff Howe]

Just now, horns96 said:

Wasn't Schloss quoted as saying he was pulled for "an internal team matter"?

Weird time to address an "internal team matter". I'm assuming he ignored a sign or something?

Probably wouldn't be as much of an issue if he hadn't been pulled for a mistake running the bases in Fayetteville that resulted in a double play.

[Jeff Howe]

Mendoza leads off the game by flying out to center. A defensive swing by Mendoza leads to the first out.

[Hornito]

Belyeu swings at the first pitch! Schloss said save us please haha

[Jeff Howe]

Max is in the box, looking like Barry Bonds with all that armor on his right arm.

[Jeff Howe]

Belyeu chases a nasty breaking ball by Witherspoon and Galvan records a first-pitch groundout to end the inning. Witherspoon retires the Longhorns in order in the first.

[Jeff Howe]

M1: Texas 0, OU 0

[Jeff Howe]

15 minutes ago, Huskie1 said:

I’m more concerned about pitching. Kade Bing doesn’t give me the warm fuzzies. Hope he’s lights out and I eat crow.

It's been a minute since we've seen him. Hopefully, he can turn the page and be a reliable arm in the postseason.

[horns96]

I'm liking these new approaches at the plate. 🙄

[Jeff Howe]

Bing's seventh pitch of the game hits Gambill. OU gets the leadoff man on base in the bottom of the first.

[horns96]

26 years of Texas Baseball has taught me one thing - 

"Leadoff walks score sixxy percent of the time" - Keith Moreland

[dentonhorn]

Seems we hit a lot of batters this season, maybe my imagination.

[Jeff Howe]

After Carmichael popped out to second, Christiansen hit a laser to the wall in left. Jonah Williams got to it, though. Two down.