Game of Inches Goes to UH
Near Miss Opportunities Cost Owls
By Mark Anderson
May 11, Reckling Park--It’s often said that baseball is a game of inches. If you didn’t believe it before, anyone that was at the game Friday saw plenty of evidence for it.
The marquee matchup between Brad Licoln and Eddie Degerman was a great matchup. The Cougs took an early lead on a booming triple by Josh Stirneman that drove in the first run of the game in the second inning. It stayted that way until the sixth, when Matt Weston homered with a runner aboard to make it 3-0.
But it truly was a game of inches. A pitch that could have been a strike here or there, a slow roller that just nipped the runner several times—these inches kept the Owls from mounting any serious threat.
But the real game of inches came in the ninth. After Friday struck out to begin the ninth, Josh Rodriguez walked on a close pitch. Joe Savery then singled back through the middle to put runners on first and second and set up the most dramatic moment of the ballgame. When Derek Myers came to the plate, some thought he would lay down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners up. Maybe tat’s why Brad Lincoln more or less laid it in there. But a quick swing of the bat caused hearts for the Cougars to stop as the ball sailed towards the left field fence. Unfortunately, the wind was blowing in from right, and pushed Myers’ try to glory foul by inches. He ended up striking out. Jordan Dodson came up and hit a shot that initially looked like it might go over the rightfielder’s head. But remember that wind from right? It held up Dodson’s attempt to rally the Owls, and that ended the ballgame.
The Owls and Cougs tee it up again this afternoon at 1 pm. Hope that you will come out and support the Number one team in the country.
PICTURES FROM FRIDAY'S GAME LATER. . .
By Mark Anderson
May 11, Reckling Park--It’s often said that baseball is a game of inches. If you didn’t believe it before, anyone that was at the game Friday saw plenty of evidence for it.
The marquee matchup between Brad Licoln and Eddie Degerman was a great matchup. The Cougs took an early lead on a booming triple by Josh Stirneman that drove in the first run of the game in the second inning. It stayted that way until the sixth, when Matt Weston homered with a runner aboard to make it 3-0.
But it truly was a game of inches. A pitch that could have been a strike here or there, a slow roller that just nipped the runner several times—these inches kept the Owls from mounting any serious threat.
But the real game of inches came in the ninth. After Friday struck out to begin the ninth, Josh Rodriguez walked on a close pitch. Joe Savery then singled back through the middle to put runners on first and second and set up the most dramatic moment of the ballgame. When Derek Myers came to the plate, some thought he would lay down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners up. Maybe tat’s why Brad Lincoln more or less laid it in there. But a quick swing of the bat caused hearts for the Cougars to stop as the ball sailed towards the left field fence. Unfortunately, the wind was blowing in from right, and pushed Myers’ try to glory foul by inches. He ended up striking out. Jordan Dodson came up and hit a shot that initially looked like it might go over the rightfielder’s head. But remember that wind from right? It held up Dodson’s attempt to rally the Owls, and that ended the ballgame.
The Owls and Cougs tee it up again this afternoon at 1 pm. Hope that you will come out and support the Number one team in the country.
PICTURES FROM FRIDAY'S GAME LATER. . .
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