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Texas Tech 17, Texas 6
March 7, 1998
Lubbock, TX

Texas   0 0 1  0 0 0  4 1 0  -   6  7 3
Tech    0 2 2  0 2 8  2 1 x  -  17 21 0

Texas           PA AB  R  H BI SO BB   Tech          PA AB  R  H BI SO BB
-----           --------------------   ----          --------------------
Cox dh           5  5  0  1  2  1  0   Ginter 2b      6  4  1  1  2  3  1
Moore ss         5  4  1  0  0  3  1   Burns dh       6  4  1  2  2  0  1
Cridland rf      5  5  1  2  3  0  0   Bard c         6  6  0  3  1  2  0
Loeffler lf      5  3  0  0  0  2  2   Landreth lf    6  6  3  3  1  1  0
Aspito 3b        3  1  0  0  0  1  0   Jordan 3b      6  6  4  5  5  1  0
 Sepulveda ph    1  1  0  0  0  1  0   Rodriguez ss   6  5  1  2  0  1  1
 Schumacher 1b   0  0  0  0  0  0  0   Austry 1b      6  5  1  2  1  1  1
Ivy 1b/3b        4  4  1  1  0  2  0   Durham rf      6  5  3  3  0  0  1
Nicholson 2b     4  2  2  1  0  0  1   Ruiz cf        6  2  3  0  0  0  3
Johnson c        4  3  0  1  1  1  1   Ward p
Richardson cf    4  3  1  1  0  2  1   Stewart p
Munroe p                               Ralston p
Hale p
Weaver p
Kolbach p
                -- -- -- -- -- -- --                 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Totals          40 31  6  7  6 13  6                 54 43 17 21 12  9  8


E:    Aspito 1, Johnson 1, Munroe 1
DP:   Tech 1
LOB:  Texas 7 (5 in scoring position), Tech 13 (7 in SP)
2B:   Cox 1, Richardson 1, Burns 1, Bard 1, Landreth 1, Austry 1, Durham 1
3B:   Durham 1
HR:   Cridland 1, Jordan 3, Austry 1
SB:   Cridland 1, Loeffler 1, Ginter 1, Jordan 1, Rodriguez 1, Ruiz 2
CS:   Loeffler 1
SAB:  Aspito 1
SAF:  Ginter 1, Burns 1


Texas            IP     BF  H  R ER BB SO
-----            ------------------------
Munroe (L 1-2)   2-1/3  16  5  4  3  3  3
Hale             2-1/3  13  3  2  0  3  2
Weaver             2/3   9  6  7  7  1  2
Kolbach          2-2/3  16  7  4  4  1  1

Tech             IP     BF  H  R ER BB SO
----             ------------------------
Ward (W 3-1)     6-2/3  29  4  3  3  6  8
Stewart            2/3   6  3  2  2  0  1
Ralston          1-2/3   5  0  0  0  0  4

BK:   none
WP:   none
PB:   Johnson 1
IBB:  none
HBP:  by Hale 1 (Ruiz), by Ward 1 (Aspito), by Stewart 1 (Nicholson)
PO:   by Hale 1 (Austry)

Umpires:  Mascaro, Minter, Oros (?)
Time:  3:30
Attendance:  ?

Comments

I kept score as I listened to the game on the radio. It was a chilly afternoon in Lubbock with a stiff wind blowing to lf throughout the game. I guess the bottoms of the 5th and 6th innings tell most of the story. And, frankly, I'm glad I wasn't there to see the 5th inning debacle (particularly the fight in the stands) for myself. Tech had most of the highlights with Jordan having (what I'm guessing was) the game of his life going 5-for-6 with 3 homeruns, 4 runs scored, and 5 runs batted in. Texas' highlight was Cridland's 3-run homer in the 7th. Loeffler's attempted steal of home in the 2nd sounded too risky to me but the announcer said the Tech pitcher had a very slow windup and kick and he thought the play was a good one and that Loeffler looked safe. I guess Garrido was just trying to get something going. At least there weren't as many baserunning mistakes in today's game as in yesterday's.

And, so...

Game summary:

• 1st inning
  • Texas:
    • Cox grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
    • Moore struck out swinging.
    • Cridland flew out to lf.
  • Tech:
    • Ginter struck out looking.
    • Burns grounded out to the pitcher (1-3).
    • Bard singled to cf.
    • Landreth struck out swinging.
• 2nd inning
  • Texas:
    • Loeffler walked.
    • Aspito hit a sac bunt to the pitcher (1-3). Loeffler moved to 2b.
    • Loeffler stole 3b during Ivy's at bat.
    • Ivy struck out swinging.
    • During Nicholson's at bat, Loeffler tried to steal home but was unsuccessful (1-2). The radio announcers thought it was a bad call by the plate ump.
  • Tech (2 runs, 1 unearned):
    • Jordan hit a homerun over the fence in the lf/cf gap.
    • Rodriguez singled into lf and moved to 2b on a passed ball during Austry's at bat.
    • Austry flew out to lf.
    • Durham reached on a fielder's choice to the pitcher. On the play, Munroe had Rodriguez caught in a run-down but then threw the ball past Aspito at 3b. Rodriguez scored as Aspito chased the ball down. On the error and throw home, Durham made it all the way to 3b.
    • Ruiz grounded out to the pitcher (1-3).
    • Ginter walked and stole 2b during Burns' at bat.
    • Burns flew out to rf.
• 3rd inning
  • Texas (1 earned run):
    • Nicholson singled to lf.
    • Johnson popped out to 2b.
    • Richardson struck out swinging.
    • Cox hit a double off the top of the cf fence (rbi). Nicholson scored.
    • Moore flew out to cf.
  • Tech (2 earned runs):
    • Bard struck out swinging.
    • Landreth reached on an infield single...a high-bouncer that didn't come down until Landreth was already safe at 1b.
    • Jordan singled to lf. Landreth moved to 3b. On the throw in, the ball hit the edge of the infield astroturf and took a bad bounce allowing Jordan to advance to 2b.
    • During Rodriguez's at bat, Landreth scored and Jordan moved to 3b on a passed ball.
    • Rodriguez walked.
    • During Austry's at bat, Rodriguez and Jordan successfully executed a double steal. Jordan scored as the throw home was high and Johnson was unable to tag the runner. Rodriguez moved to 2b.
    • Austry walked.
    • Texas sent Hale in to pitch.
    • Durham reached on a 4-6 fielder's choice. Rodriguez moved to 3b.
    • Ruiz walked to load the bases.
    • Ginter struck out swinging.
• 4th inning
  • Texas:
    • Cridland singled up the middle.
    • Loeffler struck out swinging.
    • During Aspito's at bat, Cridland stole 2b.
    • Aspito struck out swinging. The catcher had to throw down to 1b to complete the out as he dropped the 3rd strike).
    • Ivy grounded out to ss (6-3).
  • Tech:
    • Burns singled to rf.
    • Bard doubled off the top of the lf fence. Burns moved to 3b.
    • Landreth reached on a 5-2 fielder's choice. Burns took off on the hard grounder to 3b and was tagged out at the plate. Bard stayed at 2b.
    • Jordan struck out looking.
    • Rodriguez flew out to cf.
• 5th inning
  • Texas:
    • Nicholson grounded out to 1b (3u).
    • Johnson walked.
    • Richardson walked. Johnson moved to 2b.
    • Cox hit into a 6-4-3 double play.
  • Tech (2 unearned runs):
    • Austry doubled off the wall near the lf line.
    • Durham walked on 4 pitches.
    • Austry was picked off (1-6) during Ruiz's at bat.
    • Ruiz was hit on the foot by a pitch. Durham moved to 2b.
    • During Ginter's at bat, Durham broke for 3b. Johnson threw to 3b and the ball was apparently knocked loose by the runner. Durham headed home and the throw from Aspito as he finally found the ball was late. Ruiz moved to 2b on the throw. The error was charged to Aspito (e5).
    • Ginter struck out swinging.
    • Burns came up to the plate and had some words with Johnson after the first pitch. Then, Ruiz tried to steal 3b. The throw from Johnson was way off-target (e2) and Ruiz scored easily. Then, a fight broke out in the stands. The fourth pitch to Burns went behind him (making the count 3-1) and the home plate ump ejected Hale saying he'd tried to hit Burns. Garrido vehemently protested and was also ejected from the game.
    • Texas sent Weaver in to pitch (3-1 count on Burns as he came on).
    • Burns walked. The walk was charged to Hale.
    • Bard struck out swinging.
• 6th inning
  • Texas:
    • Moore struck out looking.
    • Cridland grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
    • Loeffler walked.
    • Aspito was hit by the first pitch. Loeffler moved to 2b.
    • Ivy struck out swinging.
  • Tech (8 earned runs):
    • Landreth singled up the middle.
    • Jordan hit a homerun over the lf fence (2 rbi).
    • Rodriguez struck out swinging.
    • Austry hit a homerun over the rf fence (rbi).
    • Durham singled up the middle.
    • Ruiz walked on 4 pitches. Durham moved to 2b.
    • Ginter singled up the middle (rbi). Durham scored. Ruiz moved to 2b.
    • Burns doubled down the lf line (2 rbi). Ruiz and Ginter scored.
    • Texas sent Kolbach in to pitch.
    • Bard lined out to cf.
    • Landreth doubled to the lf/cf gap (rbi). Burns scored.
    • Jordan singled to lf (rbi). Landreth scored.
    • Rodriguez singled to lf. Jordan moved to 2b.
    • Austry grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• 7th inning
  • Texas (4 earned runs):
    • Nicholson walked.
    • Johnson struck out swinging.
    • Richardson doubled off the wall in lf. Nicholson moved to 3b.
    • Cox grounded out to ss (6-3, rbi). Nicholson scored. Richardson moved to 3b.
    • Moore walked.
    • Tech sent Stewart in to pitch.
    • Cridland hit a homerun over the rf fence (3 rbi).
    • Loeffler popped up to 1b.
  • Tech (2 earned runs):
    • Durham tripled to the lf/cf gap.
    • Ruiz walked.
    • After the 4th ball called against Ruiz, the home plate ump ejected Harmon from the game for complaining about the ball and strike calls.
    • Ginter hit a pop up to shallow rf which turned into a sac fly as Durham tagged up and scored easily. Cridland failed to throw the ball in after making the catch.
    • Burns lined out to cf (sac fly as Ruiz tagged up and moved to 3b).
    • Bard singled up the middle (rbi). Ruiz scored.
    • Landreth popped out to 2b.
• 8th inning
  • Texas (1 earned run):
    • Texas had Jason Moler coaching 3b and Scott Dunn coaching at 1b.
    • Sepulveda (pinch hitting for Aspito) struck out swinging.
    • Ivy singled to lf.
    • Nicholson was hit by a pitch. Ivy moved to 2b.
    • Johnson singled to lf (rbi). Ivy scored. Nicholson moved to 2b.
    • Tech sent Ralston in to pitch.
    • Richardson struck out looking.
    • Cox struck out looking.
  • Tech (1 earned run):
    • Texas sent Schumacher in at 1b and moved Ivy to 3b.
    • Jordan hit his 3rd homerun of the game (over the rf fence). Jordan had not hit a homerun coming into the game.
    • Rodriguez flew out to cf.
    • Austry struck out swinging. Johnson dropped the ball and had to throw down to 1b (2-3) to complete the out.
    • Durham doubled to rf.
    • Ruiz grounded out to 1b (unassisted).
• 9th inning
  • Texas:
    • Moore struck out swinging.
    • Cridland grounded out to 2b (4-3).
    • Loeffler struck out looking. He tried to check his swing but was called out by the 1st base ump.
  • Tech did not have to bat.

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