TEXAS BASEBALL GAME NOTES SIX-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 1949 1950 1975 1983 2002 2005 CONTACT: Kevin Rodriguez ([email protected] | 817-528-7402)
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TEXAS BASEBALL GAME NOTES SIX-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 1949 1950 1975 1983 2002 2005 CONTACT: Kevin Rodriguez ([email protected] | 817-528-7402) 2021 SCHEDULE & RESULTS MAY 18 | vs. RICE | UFCU DISCH-FALK FIELD FEBRUARY 20 vs. #7 Mississippi State^ L, 8-3 21 vs. #8 Arkansas^ L, 4-0 22 vs. #6 Ole Miss^ L, 8-1 24 BYU W, 3-1 25 BYU W, 12-6 26 BYU W, 11-1 27 BYU L, 5-4 MARCH 2 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI W, 12-1 #2 TEXAS LONGHORNS RICE OWLS 3 at Texas State W, 10-3 RECORD ....................................................38-12 (15-6 Big 12) RECORD ............................................23-29-1 (11-20-1 CUSA) 5 at Houston W, 1-0 RANKING D1 BASEBALL .............................................................2 RANKING D1 BASEBALL .......................................................... NR 6 at Houston L, 3-2 (11) HEAD COACH .................................David Pierce (Houston ‘88) HEAD COACH ................................Matt Bragga (Kentucky ‘94) 7 at Houston W, 8-2 CAREER RECORD ................................357-198 (10th season) CAREER RECORD .............................497-468-3 (18th season) 9 SAM HOUSTON W, 15-9 RECORD @ TEXAS ...................................160-89 (5th season) RECORD @ RICE .................................... 51-76-1 (3rd season) 12 #12 SOUTH CAROLINA W, 4-1 13 #12 SOUTH CAROLINA W, 3-0 PROBABLE PITCHERS 14 #12 SOUTH CAROLINA W, 8-5 16 UTRGV W, 15-2 (7) 19 at Baylor* W, 5-3 TUESDAY–Texas RHP Kolby Kubichek (5-3, 3.45) vs. Rice TBA 20 at Baylor* W, 4-3 21 at Baylor* L, 11-2 23 UIW W, 10-1 26 OKLAHOMA* W, 4-3 (11) SERIES BY THE NUMBERS 27 OKLAHOMA* W, 11-6 TEXAS OFFENSE RICE TEXAS PITCHING/DEFENSE RICE 28 OKLAHOMA* L, 3-2 .280..................................Batting Avg.............................. .271 2.92..................................... ERA ......................................6.30 30 at Texas A&M L, 2-0 .392.................................On-Base Pct ............................. .357 444.1.......................... Innings Pitched ...........................431.2 APRIL .448................................ Slugging Pct ............................ .410 1................................ Complete Games .................................5 1 at Kansas* W, 5-2 96....................................... Doubles ....................................67 12.......................................Saves ..........................................6 2 at Kansas* W, 7-0 10........................................ Triples .......................................9 2.52........................ Strikeout/Walk Ratio .........................1.80 3 at Kansas* W, 11-2 53.................................... Home Runs .................................50 .218....................... Opponent Batting Avg ....................... .290 6 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI W, 14-4 270.......................................Walks ....................................197 39.......................................Errors ........................................45 7 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W, 9-1 9 KANSAS STATE* W, 13-6 64-82 .......................... Stolen Bases-Att ....................... 43-52 39................................. Double Plays ..................................37 10 KANSAS STATE* W, 15-1 ALL-TIME SERIES Texas leads, 232-58-2 | LAST SEASON: Texas swept the three game series in Houston 11 KANSAS STATE* W, 9-2 IN AUSTIN Texas leads, 126-19-1 | IN HOUSTON Texas leads, 102-34-1 | NEUTRAL SITE Rice leads, 5-4 | POSTSEASON Tied, 6-6 13 NEVADA W, 4-3 14 NEVADA W, 6-5 LONGHORNS NOTES 16 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W, 18-0 17 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W, 3-1 THE MATCHUP—Texas hosts Rice on Tuesday in the final MOUND PRESENCE—The Texas pitching staff has been midweek game of the regular season. The Longhorns hit the among the most dominant groups in the nation. Three Tex- 18 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W, 11-1 (7) field after an extended layoff, playing for the first time since as starters rank in the top-seven in the Big 12 Conference in 20 at Texas State W, 5-1 their game last Tuesday against Texas Southern was called earned run average, with Pete Hansen leading the conference 24 at #24 Oklahoma State* W, 4-3 in the fourth inning due to inclement weather. Prior to that, with a 1.83 ERA. Ty Madden sits in fourth with a 2.27 ERA, 24 at #24 Oklahoma State* W, 5-2 Texas had defeated then-No. 3 and Big 12 leader TCU in a Tristan Stevens’ 3.11 ERA ranks seventh. As a staff, the Long- 25 at #24 Oklahoma State* L, 7-3 weekend series, winning the rubber match in Fort Worth, 9-3. horns have the fifth-best ERA in the nation at 2.92, a mark that 27 UIW W, 5-3 The Owls will be closing out their regular-season slate after leads the conference by more than half a run. splitting four games at home against No. 20 Charlotte. Texas 30 #11 TEXAS TECH* L, 6-3 has won five straight games against Rice, including a three- MR. CONSISTENT—With a three-hit afternoon, including a MAY game sweep in Houston to open the 2020 season. pair of home runs, in the series finale at TCU, Zach Zubia ex- 1 #11 TEXAS TECH* L, 5-3 tended his streak of reaching base safely to 26 games. He was 2 #11 TEXAS TECH* W, 11-3 A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS—Texas sits one game out of also named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week following 4 TEXAS STATE W, 4-1 first with a Big 12 Conference record of 15-6 and are 38-9 the series win. During the streak, Zubia has hit .348 with five 7 at #3 TCU* W, 5-4 over its last 47 games. The duo of Ivan Melendez and Zach doubles, two triples, six home runs and 25 RBI, while walking 8 at #3 TCU* L, 2-1 Zubia are leading the Longhorns offensively. Melendez leads an incredible 27 times for a .504 on-base percentage. Zubia has Texas with 10 home runs and a .361 batting average and has 10 multi-hit games and seven multi-walk games during the run, 9 at #3 TCU* W, 9-3 41 RBI and a 1.143 OPS, while Zubia has nine home runs, 47 including three three-hit games, one three-walk and one four- 18 RICE 6:30 p.m. RBI and a .445 on-base percentage with a 1.003 OPS. On the walk game. On the season, the redshirt junior’s 40 walks are 20 WEST VIRGINIA* 6:30 p.m. mound, Pete Hansen (1.83), Ty Madden (2.27), and Tristan fourth in the Big 12 Conference and rank 25th in the NCAA, and 21 WEST VIRGINIA* 6:30 p.m. Stevens (3.11) all rank in the top seven in ERA in the Big 12, his .445 on-base percentage is 10th in the conference. 22 WEST VIRGINIA* 2:30 p.m. while Stevens’ seven wins lead the conference. DALY GETTING IT DONE—Mitchell Daly has been on a tear at All times Central MAKING A BIG IMPRESSION—After a relatively quiet start to the plate, hitting safely in 34 of the 42 games he has started Home games in BOLD the season, Ivan Melendez caught fire in the month of April. this season with 13 multi-hit games, including two three-hit *Big 12 Conference Game ^at Globe Life Field Last month, Melendez hit .412 with eight doubles, one triple, games and a four-hit game, while reaching base safely in 39 eight home runs, 27 RBI and 16 runs scored. In that span, of those starts. Daly’s .344 battings average ranks 12th in the he compiled a .529 on-base percentage and .912 slugging Big 12 Conference. The freshman is currently second on the percentage for an OPS of 1.441. He raised his batting aver- Longhorns in batting average and hits (52), while sitting third age from .263 to .344 during the 19 games. From April 3-11, in doubles (12) and on-base percentage (.406), and fifth in ON AIR he established a program-record six-game home run streak OPS (.870) and slugging percentage (.464). TV Longhorn Network that culminated with a pair of bombs against Kansas State Lowell Galindo on April 11. For the season, Melendez ranks sixth in the Big QUICKER THAN QUICK—Mike Antico leads the Big 12 Con- Greg Swindell 12 Conference in batting average (.361), eighth in home runs ference and is 11th nationally with 24 stolen bases. Eric Ken- LIVESTREAM WatchESPN (10) and 11th in RBI (42). The redshirt sophomore’s .680 nedy is right behind him with 17 steals to rank third in the RADIO Longhorn IMG Radio | 104.9 FM/1260 AM slugging percentage and 463 on-base percentage are fourth conference. As a team, the Longhorns have swiped 64 bases, in the conference. During April, Melendez’s distinctions have which is third in the conference and ranks 41st in the nation. Craig Way included Big 12 Player of the Week, National Collegiate Base- Additionally, Kennedy uses his speed regularly to get on base Keith Moreland ball Writers Association (NCBWA) Hitter of the Week, and Big with 22 infield singles, including 12 bunt hits this season. In LIVESTATS sidearmstats.com/texas/baseball 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week. his career he has 46 infield hits (24 bunts). 2021 BIG 12 CONFERENCE STANDINGS MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS BIG 12 PCT. OVERALL PCT. TCU 16-5 .762 35-14 .714 HITTING STREAKS REACHED-BASE STREAKS TEXAS 15-6 .714 38-12 .760 LONGEST CURRENT LONGEST CURRENT Texas Tech 12-9 .571 33-12 .733 Melendez, Ivan 14 6 Zubia, Zach 26 26 Oklahoma State 12-12 .500 30-16-1 .649 Kennedy, Eric 12 1 Daly, Mitchell 20 17 Baylor 10-11 .476 30-16 .652 Daly, Mitchell 9 - Melendez, Ivan 17 7 Oklahoma 9-12 .429 25-25 .500 Williams, Cam 9 4 Antico, Mike 17 13 Kansas State 8-13 .381 29-20 .592 Zubia, Zach 6 1 Kennedy, Eric 17 2 Kansas 7-14 .333 28-24 .538 Antico, Mike 6 3 Hodo III, Douglas 14 8 West Virginia 7-14 .333 22-23 .489 Ardoin, Silas 6 - Williams, Cam 13 4 Petrinsky, DJ 5 5 Ardoin, Silas 12 1 QUICK FACTS Stehly, Murphy 5 3 Faltine, Trey 11 3 UNIVERSITY & ATHLETICS Todd, Austin 4 4 Stehly, Murphy 11 11 SCHOOL ......................................