Rice Regional Tournament:Baylor vs. TCU, game 1
Zebras Can’t Catch Frogs
2 Homers Power TCU
By Mark Anderson
The Baylor Bears have taken on the motif of a zebra. This motif came about as a result of a Baylor booster who gave the team a picture of a zebra catching a lion, in spite of being the underdog to do so because of a lack of speed on the zebra’s part. The Baylor booster told the team, “You are the underdogs.”
They may be “zebras” but they just missed catching the TCU Horned Frogs Friday in the first game of the Rice Regional. Back to back home runs in the seventh inning by Andrew Walker and Matt Vern broke open a 1-1 tie.
Baylor, however, came roaring back in the ninth as Beamer Weems shifted momentum to the Bears with a lead-off no doubter home run to pull within a run. A walk to Czmiskey seemed to be meaningless as Dickerson flied out to center. But pinch-hitter Matt Sodolak singled, putting runners on first and second. Hansen flied out, but Miles walked to load the bases and bring up leadoff hitter Ben Booker. But that’s where the Bears played out the true nature of a zebra as Booker struck out swinging to end the rally and the game.
Jake Arrieta was spectacular as the starter, giving up only two hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked four. Sam Demel got the win in relief for the Frogs.
Baylor will play PVAM tomorrow at 2 pm, while TCU plays Rice in the 6pm game. The loser of the Baylor-PVAM game will be eliminated from the tournament.
2 Homers Power TCU
By Mark Anderson
The Baylor Bears have taken on the motif of a zebra. This motif came about as a result of a Baylor booster who gave the team a picture of a zebra catching a lion, in spite of being the underdog to do so because of a lack of speed on the zebra’s part. The Baylor booster told the team, “You are the underdogs.”
They may be “zebras” but they just missed catching the TCU Horned Frogs Friday in the first game of the Rice Regional. Back to back home runs in the seventh inning by Andrew Walker and Matt Vern broke open a 1-1 tie.
Baylor, however, came roaring back in the ninth as Beamer Weems shifted momentum to the Bears with a lead-off no doubter home run to pull within a run. A walk to Czmiskey seemed to be meaningless as Dickerson flied out to center. But pinch-hitter Matt Sodolak singled, putting runners on first and second. Hansen flied out, but Miles walked to load the bases and bring up leadoff hitter Ben Booker. But that’s where the Bears played out the true nature of a zebra as Booker struck out swinging to end the rally and the game.
Jake Arrieta was spectacular as the starter, giving up only two hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked four. Sam Demel got the win in relief for the Frogs.
Baylor will play PVAM tomorrow at 2 pm, while TCU plays Rice in the 6pm game. The loser of the Baylor-PVAM game will be eliminated from the tournament.
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1 Comments:
Baylor as zebras...? hmmm, well, er, ok; I watched some softball (WCWS) and one team was purple cows, because they would stand out in the field...crazy what coaches and fans dream up.
speaking of dreams, I read where Joe Savery was on his way to be a zebra (Baylor Bear) but for some occurrence that changed his mind and pointed him in the direction of the Rice Owls... what's the story here?
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