Longhorn box score - Houston, 18-feb-1997

Longhorn boxscore

My own unofficial boxscore.

Texas 14, Houston 13
February 18, 1997
Austin, TX

Houston   5 2 0  2 0 2  0 1 1  -  12 20 2
Texas     0 0 1  2 3 0  3 4 1  -  14 15 1

Houston         PA AB  R  H BI SO BB   Texas           PA AB  R  H BI SO BB
-------         --------------------   -----           --------------------
Tomlinson cf     6  5  1  3  0  0  1   Walsh lf         6  5  0  0  1  1  1
Carr 3b          6  4  2  2  0  0  1   Gutierrez 2b     5  5  3  2  2  1  0
Schreiber dh     6  5  2  3  1  0  1   Harkrider ss     5  4  4  3  0  0  1
 Stephens pr     0  0  1  0  0  0  0   Cridland rf      4  4  3  4  1  0  0
Keithley 1b      4  3  4  2  4  1  1    Kiemsteadt cf   1  1  0  1  2  0  0
 Scott ph/1b     1  1  0  0  0  0  0   Johnson 1b       5  4  0  1  2  1  1
 Ferrell 1b      1  1  0  1  1  0  0   Edelstein dh     4  4  0  2  4  0  0
Rios c           6  4  1  1  1  0  1    Hart ph/dh      1  1  0  0  0  0  0
Medrano lf       3  3  0  2  1  1  0   Simpson c        3  3  0  0  0  2  0
 Caraway ph/lf   3  3  1  1  1  1  0    Spiker c        2  2  1  1  0  0  0
Lee rf           6  6  1  3  2  2  0   Rumfield 3b      2  2  0  0  0  1  0
Ware 2b          5  5  0  1  1  1  0    Carter ph/1b    3  1  1  0  0  1  1
Skrehot ss       5  5  0  1  1  0  0   Loeffler cf/rf   5  3  2  1  1  1  1
McLeod p                               Barker p
Dieudonné p                            Starcich p
Marik p                                Clements p
Manbeck p                              Dunn p
Jackson p                              Adare p
Nance p                                French p
                -- -- -- -- -- -- --                   -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Totals          52 45 13 20 13  6  5                   46 39 14 15 13  8  5


E:    Skrehot 1, Marik 1, Walsh 1
DP:   Houston 1, Texas 1
LOB:  Houston 12 (9 in scoring position), Texas 7 (3 in SP)
2B:   Schreiber 2, Lee 1, Gutierrez 1, Cridland 2, Spiker 1
3B:   Kiemsteadt 1
HR:   Keithley 1, Loeffler 1
SB:   Tomlinson 2, Carr 1, Keithley 1, Medrano 1, Caraway 1, Skrehot 1
CS:   none
SAC:  Carr 1 (bunt), Rios 1 (bunt), Carter 1 (bunt)


Houston          IP     BF  H  R ER BB SO
-------          ------------------------
McLeod           3      14  3  3  3  2  2
Dieudonné        2      11  4  3  3  1  3
Marik            1       6  3  3  3  0  3
Manbeck          1-1/3   7  2  3  3  1  0
Jackson            2/3   4  2  1  1  0  0
Nance (L 0-1)      1/3   4  1  1  1  1  0

Texas            IP     BF  H  R ER BB SO
-----            ------------------------
Barker           0       6  4  5  5  2  0
Starcich         3-1/3  17  6  4  4  0  0
Clements         1       6  3  0  0  0  1
Dunn               2/3   1  0  0  0  0  0
Adare            2-1/3  13  4  3  2  1  2
French (W 1-1)   1-2/3   9  3  1  1  1  3

BK:   Manbeck 1
WP:   none
PB:   Simpson 2
IBB:  by Nance 1 (Loeffler), by Starcich 1 (Keithley), by Adare 1 
      (Schreiber), by French 1 (Tomlinson)
HBP:  by Manbeck 1 (Loeffler)
PO:   none

Umpires:  Jenkins, Ford, Bible
Time:  3:35

Comments

Talk about your fun. I always like to watch games when a team comes from way behind to win...especially when it's the Horns! They were behind 9-1 at one point and pulled out the win in the bottom of the 9th. Whew. Barker got into big trouble early...4 hits and 2 walks to the 6 batters he faced...resulting in 5 earned runs. The whole team rallied around, refused to give up, and came out on top. Offensively, there were plenty of highlights...going down the line: Gutierrez went 2 for 5 and scored 3 runs, Harkrider went 3 for 4 and scored 4, Cridland went 4 for 4 and scored 3, Edelstein failed to score but drove in 4 runs, Kiemsteadt hit a pinch-hit 2-run triple in the 8th to push the Horns ahead for the first time in the game, and Loeffler hit his first homerun of the season.

By the way...
A third unexplained error for Houston showed up on the scoreboard in the 7th or 8th inning. I'm guessing the official scorer must've charged an error on one of the extra-base hits (changing a double to a single + an error since the hit-total stayed the same) but I'm not sure which play it could've been. So, I'm leaving my box the way it is.

Game summary:

1st inning
- Houston:
  - Tomlinson singled to deep 2b and then stole 2b.
  - Carr walked on 4 pitches.
  - Schreiber singled to lf. Tomlinson scored. Carr moved all the way to 3b and Schreiber to 2b on an error by Walsh (E7) who was unable to corral the ball quickly enough.
  - Keithley singled to rf. Carr and Schreiber scored.
  - Keithley stole 2b during Rios' at-bat.
  - Rios walked on 4 pitches.
  - Keithley moved to 3b and Rios to 2b on a passed ball during Medrano's at-bat.
  - Medrano singled to cf. Keithley scored. Rios moved to 3b. Medrano was able to reach 2b on the throw in since nobody covered 2b.
  - Texas sent Starcich in to pitch.
  - Lee grounded out to ss. Rios scored. medrano moved to 3b.
  - Ware flew out to rf.
  - Skrehot grounded out to the pitcher.
- Texas:
  - Walsh flew out to deep cf.
  - Gutierrez was called out on strikes.
  - Harkrider grounded out to 1b.
2nd inning
- Houston:
  - Tomlinson grounded out to 2b.
  - Carr singled to lf.
  - Schreiber flew out to cf.
  - Carr stole 2b during Keithley's at-bat.
  - Keithley hit a towering homerun (2 RBI) over the rf fence.
  - Rios flew out to rf.
- Texas:
  - Cridland singled to cf (1 pitch).
  - Johnson reached on a 4-6 fielder's choice (1 pitch).
  - Edelstein reached on a 4-6 fielder's choice (1 pitch).
  - Simpson went down swinging (4 pitches).
3rd inning
- Houston:
  - Medrano singled up the middle past a diving Harkrider's outstretched glove and then stole 2b.
  - Lee reached on an infield single to ss. The ball was hit so deep Harkrider had no chance to make a play at 1b.
  - Ware flew out to cf.
  - Skrehot flew out to lf.
  - Tomlinson grounded out to the pitcher.
- Texas:
  - Rumfield grounded out to ss -- a very nice play by Skrehot.
  - Loeffler hit his first homerun of the season over the lf fence.
  - Walsh grounded out to 2b.
  - Gutierrez grouned out to 1b -- the pitcher covered the bag.
4th inning
- Houston:
  - Carr flew out to rf.
  - Schreiber hit a double off the top of the wall near the 405 sign in lf/cf. If the ball had gone an inch further, it would've been a homerun...as it was, the ball bounced right back into the field at the waiting Loeffler.
  - Keithley was intentionally walked. [Sigh...I'm never comfortable with handing out free passes.]
  - Rios singled to rf. Schreiber scored. Keithley moved to 3b. Houston executed the hit-and-run perfectly. As soon as Starcich was into his wind-up, the baserunners broke, forcing Gutierrez to move toward 2b to cover the bag. Rios hit a hard liner to the spot just vacated by Gutierrez and the runners were able to advance two bases easily since they were already on the move when Rios hit the ball.
  - Texas sent Clements in to pitch.
  - Medrano was called out on strikes.
  - Lee singled up the middle. Keithley scored. Rios moved to 3b.
  - Ware grounded out to 2b.
- Texas:
  - Harkrider walked.
  - Cridland singled to rf. Harkrider moved to 3b.
  - Johnson walked on 4 pitches.
  - Houston sent Dieudonné in to pitch.
  - Edelstein singled to cf. Harkrider and Cridland scored. Johnson moved to 2b.
  - Simpson flew out to cf.
  - Rumfield went down swinging.
  - Loeffler reached on a 6U fielder's choice.
5th inning
- Houston:
  - Skrehot flew out to rf.
  - Tomlinson singled to lf.
  - Carr singled to rf. Tomlinson moved to 2b.
  - Texas sent Dunn in to pitch.
  - Schreiber grounded into a 4-6-3 double play -- a great effort by Gutierrez.
- Texas:
  - Walsh walked.
  - Gutierrez reached on a 1-6 fielder's choice.
  - Harkrider singled up the middle. Gutierrez moved to 2b.
  - Cridland doubled to the lf corner. Gutierrez scored. Harkrider moved to 3b.
  - Johnson was called out on strikes.
  - Edelstein singled to cf. Harkrider and Cridland scored.
  - Simpson went down swinging.
6th inning
- Houston:
  - Texas sent Adare in to pitch.
  - Keithley reached on a passed ball after swinging at the third strike.
  - Rios hit a sacrifice bunt toward the mound. Keithley moved to 2b.
  - Caraway (pinch-hitting for Medrano) singled to rf. Keithley scored.
  - Lee went down swinging. Simpson dropped the ball and had to throw to 1b for the out.
  - Ware singled to lf and advanced to 2b on the throw in. Caraway scored.
  - Skrehot grounded out to 2b.
- Texas:
  - Houston kept Caraway in the game in lf.
  - Carter (pinch-hitting for Rumfield) was called out on strikes.
  - Loeffler was called out on strikes.
  - Walsh went down swinging.
7th inning
- Houston:
  - Texas kept Carter in the game at 1b, moved Johnson to 3b, and sent Spiker in to catch.
  - Tomlinson reached on an infield single to 1b.
  - Carr hit a sacrifice bunt down the 1b line. Tomlinson moved to 2b.
  - Schreiber was intentionally walked.
  - Scott (pinch-hitting for Keithley) grounded out to ss. Again, a nicely executed hit-and-run to avoid the double play. Tomlinson moved to 3b. Schreiber moved to 2b.
  - Rios grounded out to 2b.
- Texas:
  - Houston kept Scott in the game at 1b.
  - Gutierrez doubled to rf.
  - Harkrider reached on a bunt down the 3b line. Gutierrez moved to 3b and then scored on the bad throw from the pitcher to 1b (E1).
  - Cridland doubled to rf. Harkrider moved to 3b.
  - Houston sent Marik in to pitch and Ferrell in at 1b.
  - Johnson singled to lf. Harkrider and Cridland scored.
  - Edelstein hit into a 4-6-3 double play.
  - Spiker flew out to lf.
8th inning
- Houston:
  - Caraway flew out to lf.
  - Lee doubled down the lf line.
  - Texas sent French in to pitch.
  - Ware was called out on strikes.
  - Skrehot singled to lf and moved to 2b on the throw. Lee scored.
  - Tomlinson was intentionally walked.
  - During Carr's at-bat, Skrehot and Tomlinson advanced one base on a successful double steal.
  - Carr flew out to deep in the lf/cf gap -- a fantastic play by Walsh who caught the ball as he was running full-speed.
- Texas:
  - Carter walked.
  - Loeffler was hit by a pitch -- 'looked like it grazed his jersey near his shoulder. Carter moved to 2b.
  - Carter moved to 3b and Loeffler to 2b on a balk called against Marik during Walsh's at-bat.
  - Walsh popped up to 1b.
  - Gutierrez singled up the middle. Carter and Loeffler scored. Loeffler slipped and fell between 3b and home but recovered in plenty of time to beat the throw in.
  - Houston sent Manbeck in to pitch.
  - Harkrider reached on a perfect bunt toward the mound. The pitcher had no play at any base by the time he fielded the ball. Gutierrez moved to 2b.
  - Kiemsteadt (pinch-hitting for Cridland) tripled to the rf corner. Gutierrez and Harkrider scored.
  - Johnson reached on a 4-2 fielder's choice. It was a perfect throw on a "bang-bang" play from the second baseman. If he'd stopped for a second to reconsider throwing home, Kiemsteadt would've beat the tag.
  - Hart (pinch-hitting for Edelstein) flew out to deep lf.
9th inning
- Houston:
  - Schreiber doubled down the lf line.
  - Ferrell took one or two pitches and Houston sent Stephens in to pinch-run for Schreiber at 2b.
  - Ferrell singled up the middle. Stephens scored. Game tied!
  - Rios flew out to cf.
  - Caraway went down swinging.
  - Lee wnet down swinging.
- Texas:
  - Houston sent Jackson in to pitch.
  - Spiker doubled to the rf corner.
  - Carter hit a sacrifice bunt (3U) down the 1b line. Spiker moved to 3b.
  - Loeffler was intentionally walked to set up the double play.
  - Walsh reached on an error by the shortstop. Spiker scored. Game over. Whew. Note: It would've been a very close play but Walsh's ball could've been a double-play ball. It was a high bouncer over 2b. Skrehot was concentrating so hard on getting the ball out of his glove to try and get Walsh out that he bobbled the ball and didn't even get the out at 2b. Whew...too much excitement for one game!

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