SEC Baseball Tournament: No. 2 Texas vs. No. 21 Tennessee game thread

[.45s]

That error sure hurt.  Those big bats can put up runs in a hurry.

[TexasFanatic]

Throw strikes burns. 
 

 

[bourbasted]

New ballgame.  Have to make the plays when they're there.  Double play ball is haunting.

[bourbasted]

Ok, well, it could have been worse.  Nice job of Burns battling there.  Gets the SO.  4-4.

[Jeff Howe]

A two-run sixth for the Vols has tied the game, 4-4.

Saunier allowed two singles, Burns allowed two free passes (a HBP and a walk) and surrendered an RBI sacrifice fly before striking out Clark to get out of the inning.

[Jeff Howe]

The two runs in the fourth were charged to Saunier.

[Jeff Howe]

Arvidson opens the Texas sixth by blowing three pitches by Farmer for his fourth strikeout.

[Jeff Howe]

Make it five Ks for Arvidson after he gets Gasparino swinging.

[TexasFanatic]

Texas needs to upgrade over Farmer and Gas this offseason 
 

 

[Jeff Howe]

Borba reaches with a two-out single. He's 2-for-3 today.

[Jeff Howe]

Nice piece of hitting by Mendoza. He goes the other way. Make it back-to-back singles for the Longhorns.

That'll bring Belyeu up with two on and two down.

[Jeff Howe]

Belyeu makes contact with two outs, but it's a groundout to second.

[Jeff Howe]

End of 6: Texas 4, Tennessee 4

[.45s]

10 Ks after 6 innings is not good.  Galvan needs to get out of his slump.  I don't think Flores will.

[bourbasted]

Nice work from Burns there.  Just needed a good inning from him and he got the outs.  Need something from the bats now.

[MarkInAustin]

Tennessee lefty is really tough - his curve is too much for Texas' lefthanded batters and hard on the righties, too, although I cannot tell why from the TV.  It must look late breaking from behind the plate.

[Jeff Howe]

We're in the top of the eighth, still in a 4-4 game. Tennessee has the go-ahead run on base after Fischer singled to right. That's going to do it for Burns, who's being lifted for Max Grubbs.

[Jeff Howe]

The leadoff single is erased with a 6-4-3 double play. Nice job by Grubbs and the defense to get two quick outs.

[Jeff Howe]

Arvidson's breaking ball has been unhittable today. He rings up Flores for his seventh K of the game.

[Jeff Howe]

It's another 1-2-3 inning for Arvidson as the game goes to the ninth.

[Jeff Howe]

End of 8: Texas 4, Tennessee 4

[.45s]

13 Ks.

[Jeff Howe]

Grubbs retires the Vols in order in the top of the ninth. Texas has a chance to walk it off in the home half.

[Jeff Howe]

M9: Texas 4, Tennessee 4

[Jeff Howe]

Arvidson is coming back out for the ninth. He's up to 66 pitches through 4.1 innings.