Friday, May 29, 2009

Recapping Texas State vs. Boston College

  • Here's the situation: Bottom of the ninth inning, down by one run, no outs, runner at first and you have a hitter with a .406 average at the plate. If you're the head coach, what do you do? Well, if you're Texas State head coach Ty Harrington, you give the bunt sign to the .406 hitter.
  • Harrington chose to bunt Spenser Dennis, who was 1-for-3 up to that point with a single and a run scored. The Bobcats' head coach said the decision wasn't easy: "I went back and forth on that in the short time that you got to make that decision. You're home. I looked at it, to be honest with you, as wanting to give a junior (Ben Theriot) and a senior (Lance Loftin) a chance to win the game. Was it the safe thing to do to bunt him over? Yeah, it was probably the most conservative thing to do, but again, I thought Ben and Lance were big-time guys for us and I don't mind putting it in their hands."
  • Theriot and Loftin were 3-for-8 combined to that point with an RBI (Loftin) and a strikeout (Loftin). The former laced a ball deep to the warning track which was caught at the wall and Loftin struck out.
  • Texas State will play Army tomorrow at noon for a chance to stay in the tournament.
  • The Bobcats will start Brian Borski.
  • Here are the Daily Record's stories from today's game: Late-inning rally bonks Bobcats and My Two Cents: Bobcats display heart in loss to BC.

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