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Tinney 2nd HR tonight

Here was Larson’s double from the previous inning.

Tinney with a HR to center. Texas leads 9-4 in the 6th with no outs

Bacerra triple

Rodriguez triple

Bottom 5 Texas trailed 4-2. Mendoza walked. Rodriguez tripled to right. Mendoza scored. Robbins fielders choice. Rodriguez scored. Tinney strikeout Borba infield single, Livingston HBP, Bacerra triples to right. Borba and Livingston score Texas leads 6-4 with 2 outs

I’m thankful we get to watch it. The video looks good. Not sure what happened to the audio though.

And he only threw 10 pitches. Fly out to left. Fly out to CF and pop up to 2nd.

Going to the 4th inning. Freshman Sam Cozart in to pitch.

Larson was injured on the diving catch between 3 Texas players. May have caught a cleat from Bacerra. Looks like Larson was bleeding from above his eye.

Love watching the game live while listening to Craig Way and Keith Moreland call the game.

Agree. I was sick when they both got drafted and signed.

That’s what jumped out to me also. They pitched around Tinney the entire series. The loss of the 2 portal signees to the MLB draft last year hurt (Kaleb Freeman, .350 ave, 28 doubles, 16 HR, 46 RBIs, 61 walks last year and Jack Moroknek (OF) .372 ave, 16 doubles, 18 HR, 57 RBIs last year). There is a reason Schloss wanted them. Those 2 would have added both flexibility and firepower. It’s only one weekend though and Borba was close to HR on a few balls he hit foul. Otherwise they will need to do something it would seem. Becerra hit over 300 at Stanford but doesn’t hit with power. Possibly move him up and hit 2nd and mi e Rodriguez behind Tinney. Opposing teams would try to pitch around Rodriguez but he is such a pure hitter it may still work. Still have time for someone to step up and hit behind Tinney.

It’s driving me crazy that UC Davis players caps keep falling off. The pitcher last night was especially annoying. Find a cap that fits or make them wear a chin strap.

At least Texas made the UC Davis pitcher throw 27 pitches in the first inning.

Volantis was so good in the closer role last year. I am really interested to see if he can become a quality starter.

For some reason (probably operator error…lol) the above image didn’t originally show up.

@Jeff Howe @Blake Munroe @CJ Vogel Is there going to be a game thread for the baseball game tonight. Wasn’t sure since the game time kept changing. I see the starting lineups have been announced.

NM

The ball was hit to shallow right…. Pack was running in while Mendoza was hustling out to make the play and it appeared there was confusion because Pack and Mendoza were both in the same area. That was my take while watching. Didn’t see a replay though.

Glad I I don’t bet. I would have bet Flores would have been one of the starters this weekend and Riojas would have been in long relief.

Crossland, Cozart and Michael Winter are all big RHP. Crossland 6’5” 255 lbs Cozart 6’6” 260 lbs Winter 6’5” 240 lbs

Indiana did not play a tough regular season schedule. There is zero denying that Indiana and Cignetti canceled all non conference games against P4 opponents from 2024 until at least 2030….they did it to make winning easier. They have scheduled non conference games against non P4 teams like Old Dominion, Austin Peay, Howard and on and on over the next few years. Old Dominion lost by 5 touchdowns to James Madison (63-27) and ODU had to score 2 late TDs to get within 4 TDs of a 5-7 Marshall team after trailing 48-10 in the 4th quarter. In Indiana’s last 6 games, they played 1 team that won more than 4 games…a 7-6 Penn State team (& Indiana needed a last second miracle to win that game 27-24) Indiana’s last six regular season games were against MSU 4-8, UCLA 3-9, Maryland 4-8, Penn St 7-6, Wisky 4-8, and Purdue 2-9. Their other 3 regular season games were against Illinois 9-4, Iowa 9-4 and Oregon 13-2 with both losses to Indiana. Indiana’s path to the playoffs was about as easy as possible. They had to win when they got to the playoffs and they did. But playing an easy schedule helps you rest players in blowouts and develop depth. Texas needs to learn from Indiana that you don’t get a ribbon for playing tough non conference games. I would rather play OOC marquee games in the playoffs.