Hogs vs Washington State—-Baseball

[DirkPiggler]

Davalan has a fucked up stance.

He's Canadian.  They can't help it.

[DirkPiggler]

Top 2nd.

Longo (no known relation to our Italian Rocco Peppi, or the other Italian in college baseball Tony Vitello) takes a curve low but down the middle for strike three.    1 out.

Skjonsby (possibly a native of Red, White and Blueland with that name) pops out to 3rd.  2 outs.

Obenour flies out to the LCF gap, caught by Thomas.  3 outs.

Mid 2nd, 0-0.

[DirkPiggler]

Bottom 2nd.

Iredale strikes out.  1 out. 

Souza strikes out.  2 outs.

Peppi flies out to LF.  3 outs.  Fire Nate Thompson.

End 2nd.  0-0.

[DirkPiggler]

Top 3rd.

Cresswell walks.  Runner on 1st, 0 out.

Northrop strikes out looking.    Runner on 1st, 1 out.

Cresswell steals 2nd.  Runner on 2nd, 1 out.

Wild pitch/passed ball advances runner to 3rd.  Runner on 3rd, 1 out.

Watterson (no known relationship to Sam) strikes out looking.  Runner on 3rd, 2 outs.

Hartman grazed by an inside fastball on a 1-2 count.  Runners 1st and 3rd, 2 outs.

Roy grounds to Aloy who flips to 2nd.  Fielders choice, 3 outs.

EDIT:  Under review, as Souza dropped the ball.  He picked it up and tapped the bag just ahead of the loafing runner.  Call stands.

Mid 3rd.  0-0.

[BleedinRed]

Eish.  Falling apart in the 3rd. 

[BleedinRed]

That was a big strike out.   Ump is being very generous, it looks like from the tv angle, for Gaeckle.  

[BleedinRed]

Sloppy third but no damage done.  

[DirkPiggler]

Bottom 3rd.

Diggs just misses a dinger, scorching one just outside the foul pole into Macke's Landing, then lines one to LF for an out.  Nice catch by Hartman.  1 out.

Helfrick bunts for a single.  Runner on 1st, 1 out.

Helfrick thrown out stealing 2nd. 2 outs.

Thomas walks.  Runner on 1st, 2 outs.

Thomas steals 2nd.  Runner on 2nd, 2 outs.

Davalan flies out to LF.  3 outs. 

End 3rd.  0-0. 

[DirkPiggler]

Top 4th.

Johnstone pops out in front of the mound, caught by Iredale.  1 out.

Longo flies out to shallow CF.  2 outs.

Skjonsby with an infield hit to 1B...scorched grounder that Peppi knocked down, but couldn't get to in time.  Probably should've let it go through to Souza. Runner on 1st, 2 outs.

Obenour flies out to RF.  3 outs.

Mid 4th.  Still scoreless, still no hits out of the infield for either team.

[flash23]

I know it's the opening game, but not too long ago I was browsing either reddit or Twitter and I saw Hutch talking about how Dave changed up his approach to the offense this year. Sounds like it did wonders.

[Thin Red Swine]

According to the broadcast, RickB was about 37th in line.  Would have thought Razorback Nation's #1 fan would have been in the top 5 line waiters.

No big deal. We all know Rick is a tremendous slouch.

[DirkPiggler]

Bottom 4th.

Aloy strikes out.  1 out.

Maxwell singles to RF.  Runner on 1st, 1 out.

Iredale singles to LF.  Runners 1st and 2nd, 1 out.

Souza flied out to LF.  Runners 1st and 2nd, 2 outs.

Peppi popped out to SS 3 outs.

0-0.

[DirkPiggler]

Top 5th.

Cresswell flied out to CF. 1 out.

Northrop strikes out.   2 outs.

Watterson strikes out.    3 outs. 

End 5th.  0-0.

[DirkPiggler]

Bottom 5th. 

Diggs strikes out swinging. 1 out.

Helfrick walks.  Runner on 1st, 1 out.

Thomas grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.  3 outs.

Fire Nate Thompson.

End 5th 0-0.

[BASS]

Diggs stares down strike one, right down Broadway.

Then goes down swinging.

Some things never change.

[DirkPiggler]

Top 6th. 

PITCHING CHANGE:  Will McEntire in for Gaeckle.

This pitching change brought to you by McEntire's NIL sponsors AARP, ReadingGlassesToGo.com, and your local Southwestern Bell Phone Mart. 

Hartman strikes out swinging.    1 out.

Roy flies out to medium CF.  2 outs.

Johnstone hits one off the Hunt center.  Would have probably made it to Kessler Mountain had the building not been there.  1-0 WSU.  2 outs.

Longo grounds out to Aloy.  3 outs.

Mid 6th.  WSU 1 Fire Nate 0

[BleedinRed]

To wish they had the radar for non conf games.  

[BASS]

It's too high! Too high!

[BleedinRed]

Ugh.  McEntire gives up an easy blast.  A 35 year old should know better. 

[DirkPiggler]

Bottom 6th.

PITCHING CHANGE:  Troy Shepard (wrong handed) in for Smith.

This pitching change brought to you yet again by the fact that left handed junk ballers own us.

Davalan singles to LF.  Runner on 1st, 0 out. 

Pickoff attempt thrown away. Davalan advances.  Runner on 2nd, 0 out.

Aloy singles to LF.  Davalan had to hold up with ball right in front of him.  Runners 1st and 3rd, 0 out.

Maxwell flies out to deep CF...great play.  Davalan scores on the SAC.  Tied 1-1.  Runner on 1st, 1 out. 

Iredale takes a ball low and away from strike 3.  Runner on 1st, 2 outs.

Aloy steals second.  Runner on 2nd, 2 outs.

Souza strikes out swinging. 3 outs.

End 6th.  Tied 1-1.