Sheppard grounds out. Another blown opportunity.

Whew-- Willy gets us out of it. Matt C. reminds me very much of Big Jon Duplantier his Freshman year-- often lights out with lots of Ks the first 3 - 4 innings, then loses all sense of the strike zone. Hoping Matt develops similarly, as he certainly has the stuff.

Myers leadoff single.
DiCaprio grounded out to 1B, but Myers advances to 2B with one out.
UTSA brings in their stud LHP set-up man. He and their RHP closer are the strength of the Roadrunner's pitching staff...and this is where we suffer with The OG's lineup construction with 3 consecutive left-handed batters due up...
Proctor walked. Runners on 1B and 2B, one out.
Gray walked to load the bases. A couple really nice ABs there. IMO, you've got to PH for Sarchet, who has been awful against LHP all year...
Wunderlich PHing for Sarchet-- I would have preferred Dunlap, who has made contact more often than Dayne, but prove me wrong big guy...
Wunderlich weak pop up to 1B. Ugh, but predictable. Bases loaded, two outs.
Sheppard grounded out.

3 up, 3 down.

3 up, 3 down

End 6
3-6-0
4-5-0

Quick, efficient 1-2-3 inning for Willy (strikeout, 2 groundouts to P). Let's get some insurance runs here.

The UTSA LHP set-up pitcher gets 6 of his first 7 batters faced being left-handed. IMO, senseless lineup construction, as it makes it too easy for opposing coaches to work favorable bullpen matchups.

Gneiting struck out.
Chandler popped up to 2B.
Warren grounded out to C.

I'm out of here. Hoping our pitching can close this one out. Go Owls!

Back-to-back singles. Mound conference.

Bunt moves the runners over.

RBI 4-3. Tie game, 2 outs, runner on 3rd.

Pitching change. Otto.

1st pitch double. UTSA leads 5-4.

Grounder ends it.

Let's not lose another one run game...

Myers walks.

Pitching change. RHP Pickering moves from SS to mound.

Again DiCaprio is bunting. 2 bunt fouls. Yeah, that's working.

Jesus Christ... please stop bunting our best hitter.

Let the cleanup hitter do what he's supposed to do, and you get runners at the corners, no outs.

4 pitch walk loads the bases.

FC plus E3 scores 1 after force out at home. Runners at corners, 1 out. Wunderlich at bat. Infield pop, 2 outs.

Sheppard grounds out.

Bases loaded no outs and all we get is an unearned run.



End 7
5-9-1
5-6-0

Line out to Myers.

(04-28-2017 09:19 PM)Owl1998 Wrote:  Jesus Christ... please stop bunting our best hitter.

Yes

Single. Single.

Double play!

Gneiting 1st pitch 6-3. Chandler F7. Warren F7.

End 8
5-11-1
5-6-0