Longhorn box score - UT-Arlington, 02-feb-1997 (Game 1)

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UT-Arlington 9, Texas 4
February 2, 1997
Austin, TX

7-inning 1st game of a double header

UTA     3 3 1  0 2 0  0  -  9 14 0
Texas   0 0 4  0 0 0  0  -  4 10 0

UTA           PA AB  R  H BI SO BB   Texas            PA AB  R  H BI SO BB
---           --------------------   -----            --------------------
Fattig cf      4  4  2  2  1  1  0   Walsh lf          3  3  1  1  1  0  0
Erard ss       4  4  1  2  3  1  0   Gutierrez 2b      3  3  1  3  1  0  0
Kopecky rf     4  2  1  2  2  0  2   Harkrider ss      3  2  0  0  1  0  0
Batson c       4  4  0  0  0  0  0   Johnson 1b        3  3  0  1  0  0  0
Martin 3b      4  4  2  2  1  1  0   Edelstein dh      3  3  0  1  0  0  0
McBroom 1b     4  4  0  0  0  0  0   Rumfield 3b       2  2  0  1  0  0  0
Sobczak dh     4  4  1  2  0  0  0    Cridland ph      1  1  0  1  0  0  0
Smith 2b       4  4  1  1  0  2  0   Hart c            1  1  0  1  0  0  0
Melton lf      3  3  1  3  2  0  0    Scarborough pr   0  0  1  0  0  0  0
Lancaster p                           Spiker c         2  2  0  0  0  1  0
Seiberlich p                         Kiemsteadt rf     2  2  0  1  0  0  0
Floyd p                               Chapple ph       0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                                      Simpson ph       1  1  0  0  0  0  0
                                     Loeffler cf       2  2  1  0  0  0  0
                                     Weaver p
                                     Dunn p
                                     Zamarripa p
              -- -- -- -- -- -- --                    -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Totals        35 33  9 14  9  5  2                    27 25  4 10  3  1  0


E:    none
DP:   UTA 4, Texas 2
LOB:  UTA 5 (3 in scoring position), Texas 2 (1 in SP)
2B:   Erard 2, Kopecky 1, Smith 1
3B:   Walsh 1, Gutierrez 1
HR:   Kopecky 1, Martin 1
SB:   none
CS:   none
SAC:  Harkrider 1 (fly)


UTA               IP     BF  H  R ER BB SO
---               ------------------------
Lancaster W 1-0   5      19  7  4  4  0  0
Seiberlich        1-1/3   6  3  0  0  0  1
Floyd               2/3   1  0  0  0  0  0

Texas             IP     BF  H  R ER BB SO
-----             ------------------------
Weaver L 0-1      2      14  8  7  7  1  1
Dunn              2-2/3  13  5  2  2  1  2
Zamarripa         2-1/3   8  1  0  0  0  2

BK:   Lancaster 1
WP:   none
PB:   none
HBP:  none
PO:   by Lancaster (Gutierrez)

Umpires:  Bible, Henderson, Wylie

Comments

UTA's hitting and fielding were the story in this game as the Horns quickly fell to a 7-0 deficit which proved too much to overcome. By the way, Coach Gus was sitting in his new box seats near the 3b dugout.

Game summary:

1st inning
- UTA scored 3:
  - Fattig singled.
  - Erard doubled to score Fattig.
  - Kopecky homered over the rf fence.
  - Batson, Martin, and McBroom went down in order.
- Texas:
  - Walsh popped up to 2b.
  - Gutierrez singled up the middle and was then picked off by Lancaster.
  - Harkrider flew out to lf.
2nd inning
- UTA scored 3 more:
  - Sobczak flew out to cf -- great catch by Loeffler.
  - Smith doubled down the rf line.
  - Melton singled up the middle. Smith moved to 3b.
  - Fattig singled to rf. Smith scored and Melton moved to 2b.
  - Erard doubled off the fence in the cf/rf gap. Melton and Fattig scored.
  - Kopecky walked.
  - Batson hit into a 5-4-3 double play.
- Texas:
  - Johnson singled up the middle.
  - Edlestien hit into a 6-4-3 double play.
  - Rumfield grounded out to 3b.
3rd inning
- UTA:
  - Martin led off with a solo hr.
  - Texas sent Dunn in to pitch.
  - McBroom grounded out to 2b.
  - Sobczak singled on a very high hopper to 1b.
  - Smith went down swinging.
  - Melton singled to rf. Sobczak moved to 2b.
  - Fattig struck out swinging. Hart dropped the ball so had to throw him out at 1b.
- Texas showed a flash of inspiration:
  - Hart singled to lf.
  - Kiemsteadt singled to deep 3b. Hart moved to 2b.
  - Scarborough replaced Hart at 2b as a pinch runner.
  - Loeffler reached on a 5-3 fielder's choice. Scarborough moved to 3b.
  - Scarborough scored and Loeffler moved to 2b on a balk by Lancaster.
  - Walsh tripled to the cf/lf gap (Loeffler scored).
  - Gutierrez tripled down the lf line -- a great effort by Gutierrez to stretch a double into a triple (Walsh scored).
  - Harkrider hit a sacrifice fly to cf. Gutierrez scored.
  - Johnson flew out to deep lf.
4th inning
- UTA:
  - Erard grounded out to ss.
  - Kopecky walked.
  - Batson hit into a double play. He hit a line drive to 2b and Kopecky was caught off 1b.
- Texas:
  - Edelstein grounded out to 2b.
  - Rumfield singled to lf.
  - Spiker hit into a 4-6-3 double play.
5th inning
- UTA scored a couple of insurance runs:
  - Martin singled to shallow rf.
  - McBroom flew out to lf -- a great play by Walsh to run the ball down in foul territory.
  - Sobczak singled to rf. Martin moved to 2b.
  - Smith grounded out to 2b. Martin moved to 3b and Sobczak moved to 2b.
  - Melton singled up the middle scoring Martin and Sobczak.
  - Texas sent Zamarripa in to pitch.
  - Fattig hit into a 5-4 fielder's choice.
- Texas went down in order.
6th inning
- UTA:
  - Erard went down swinging
  - Kopecky hit a ground rule double over the fence in the lf/cf gap.
  - Batson grounded out to 3b.
  - Martin grounded out to the pitcher.
- Texas:
  - Gutierrez singled to lf.
  - Harkrider reached on a 4-6 fielder's choice.
  - Johnson hit into a 5-4-3 double play.
7th inning
- UTA went down on 5 pitches by Zamarripa:
  - McBroom grounded out to 2b (1 pitch).
  - Sobczak flew out to cf (1 pitch).
  - Smith went down on a called strike (3 pitches).
- Texas:
  - Edelstein singled to ss.
  - Cridland (pinch hitting for Rumfield) singled to rf. Edelstein moved to 2b.
  - Spiker went down on a called strike.
  - Texas sent Chapple to the plate to pinch hit.
  - UTA sent Floyd in to pitch.
  - Texas pulled Chapple. Simpson hit into a 6-4-3 double play.

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