Spring Break
Texas A&M drops game and series to Texas
By: Brad Cox
Issue date: 5/11/09 Section: Sports
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In a play that would have ended the inning, Longhorns' junior designated hitter Russell Moldenhauer was called safe by first base umpire Dave Yeast as Anders tried to keep his foot on the bag for the out.
"I touched the bag twice," Anders said. "He saw that I didn't so he called him safe. I can't argue with him so I just went on and finished the rest of the inning. I thought I had it the first time. I touched it back to make sure. I dragged my foot right across the top of it."
The missed out opened the door for five unearned Texas runs in the inning which led to a 5-4 Longhorn win and eliminated A&M from the Big 12 regular season title race.
"Russell Moldenhauer is one of the slowest guys on their team without question," A&M Head Coach Rob Childress said. "Luke caught the ball; put his foot back down on the bag. It was pretty routine. He felt like he needed to go back and touch it again. He definitely had time to do that."
A&M fell to 33-18 overall and 14-10 in Big 12 conference play. With one conference series remaining against Oklahoma, the Aggies are tied for fourth place in the conference and have clinched a spot in the Big 12 tournament which starts May 20 in Oklahoma City.
Texas improved to 36-12-1 overall and 17-9-1 in conference play. With Oklahoma's 5-1 loss to Oklahoma State Sunday in the Bedlam Series, the Longhorns earned their fifth Big 12 regular season title.
Sophomore pitcher Barret Loux started the game on the mound for A&M. Loux has dealt with a minor elbow injury during the season but has started regularly since earning the win against Rice on April 14.
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