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Thursday - May 25, 2006

Game 58: Texas at Baylor (Big 12 Tournament)

Amazingly, I forgot all about today's game until sometime around 6:15. I was just working away on a paper and completely lost track of time. Anyway, I turned my radio on to hear that Texas was ahead 8-4. In the top of the 4th. Wow. Texas ended up winning 16-8. I still wasn't able to listen too closely so don't have a whole lot to say about the game other than to note that everyone in the lineup had at least one hit and scored at least one run. Drew Stubbs (voted Big 12 Player of the Year just a couple of days ago) had a great day going 4-for-5 with a home run, 2 runs scored, and 4 runs batted in. Carson Kainer was not far behind as he went 4-for-6 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 3 batted in. Riley Boening started but only went 3 as he gave up 4 runs (on 2 home runs). Kyle Walker pitched 2.1 in relief for the win despite giving up 3 runs (1 more home run in there). Joseph Krebs threw 1.2 scoreless innings. Randy Boone had another 1-2-3 inning (his 3rd in 3 chances so far in the tournament). And, Austin Wood came on with a big lead in the 9th which made me a bit nervous. But, he only gave up one run. Whew. Heh. Anyway, it's great to see the Horns taking care of bidness. With today's win, they've reached the "magic" 40 wins on the season so I think they're pretty much assured a Top 8 National seed. Knock on wood.

By the way, I got home about 7:30 and started flipping through the channels (with the volume down as I listened to the Horns game on KVET) and noticed Brad Halsey pitching for the A's on FSN (they're playing the Rangers). 'Looks like he's doing a good job. And, the offense is supporting him nicely. A's leading 7-0 in the bottom of the 5th as I post this. Go, Brad! (Rangers fans, chill. No offense meant.) UPDATE. Of course, in the 6th, he gave up a grand slam. As soon as the announcers started talking about the prospect of a grand slam, we all knew it would happen. Didn't we? Yep. I love baseball. UPDATE #2. Huston Street came on in the 9th (non-save situation, game tied at 7) and gave up a home run to lose the game. All of the Rangers' runs came on home runs. How often does that sort of thing happen? Wow.

Posted by Joanna at 8:35 PM