Shocks and Houston Play Eight

[DUShock]

Kocis continues to deliver from the plate with his 30th RBI of the season.

[NCAABound]

Just what the Doctor ordered. It's a lot easier when you get ahead in the count.

[WuDrWu]

Much better inning for Preston. 2 ground outs then actually threw 5 strikes (one foul) before freezing the hitter on a sweet off speed pitch.

Much much better young man. Dotted a couple of fastballs there too.

2-1 Cougars top 4.

[DUShock]

A nice 3 up, 3 down inning by Snavely

[WuDrWu]

Stewart flies out to deep 2nd base, Sigrist grounds out to 2nd and Stroh grounds out to 1st. 2-1 Houston going to the bottom of the 3rd.


Preston needs an easy inning here.

[WuDrWu]

2nd starts off bad again. Snavely can't throw a strike. Single (on a ball) followed by a 3-1 count (gift strike) and then a ground out where the Shocks couldn't turn the 3-6 double play. One out, runner on 2nd. Preston really struggling to throw a fastball for a strike. He does get a flyout for out 2, but keep throwing only curves up and they are going to eat him alive.

Lovelace hits a screamer that barely makes it past Snavely for an excuse me infield single. 1st and 3rd, wild pitch, runner scores, and moves to 2nd.

Preston misses high and outside on a 3-2 pitch. Ump has an odd zone so far. I think that was a ball, but still, has been called a strike.

1st and 2nd and Preston gets Almendarez to swing at 3 pitches in the dirt and gets out of the inning. 2-1 Houston after 2.

[DUShock]

Errors abound, costly errors.

[Kung Wu]

Oof that was an ugly sequence right there.

[Kung Wu]

What's the rule when a batter hits the ball almost straight down? Sometimes they let the play occur, other times it's a foul ball? What's the deciding factor?

[WuDrWu]

Shocks go quietly in the 2nd. Flyout, groundout, strikeout. Ingram even got 4 strikes before the K.

1-1 bottom 2.

[WuDrWu]

Preston struggling. Home run, HBP, double play (thank goodness), walk and then Rivas drives one that's out 99 days out of 100 but the wind knocks it down and Stroh hauls it in at the wall to keep it tied at 1.

Games shouldn't be this difficult.

[NCAABound]

So much for the early lead. Leadoff homer in the 1st for UH.

[WuDrWu]

And Snavely promptly gives up the tying run on a 2-1 dinger to the lead off man. SMH

[WuDrWu]

Give McMillian credit there on that rocket, he has a family to think of!

Possibilities here in the 1st. Sigrist with an infield single, stole 2nd, and moves to 3rd on a productive out from Stroh and Wallace gets the sac fly to make it 1-0 and give the Shocks an early lead they needed.

Kocis singles and Bartlett grounds out to end the inning.

[WuDrWu]

Yes. Cooper Harris will catch the first game, I'm guessing because Jace needs Cadena more in the nightcap.

This team, I think, would benefit greatly from breaking out on top. JMO.