TEXAS BASEBALL GAME NOTES SIX-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 1949 1950 1975 1983 2002 2005 CONTACT: Kevin Rodriguez ([email protected])
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TEXAS BASEBALL GAME NOTES SIX-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 1949 1950 1975 1983 2002 2005 CONTACT: Kevin Rodriguez ([email protected]) 2019 SCHEDULE & RESULTS FEBRUARY 22-24, 2019 | GAME NOTES vs. PURDUE | UFCU DISCH-FALK FIELD FEBRUARY 15 at Louisiana W, 3-1 (10) 16 at Louisiana W, 6-5 17 at Louisiana L, 8-6 19 at Rice W, 3-1 22 PURDUE 6:30 p.m. 23 PURDUE (DH) 1 p.m. 24 PURDUE 12:30 p.m. 26 SAM HOUSTON STATE 6:30 p.m. 27 UTSA 7 p.m. MARCH #23 TEXAS LONGHORNS PURDUE BOILERMAKERS 1 LSU 6:30 p.m. 2 LSU 3:30 p.m. RECORD ..........................................................3-1 (0-0 Big 12) RECORD ...................................................... (0-3, 0-0 Big Ten) 3 LSU 1 p.m. RANKING D1 BASEBALL ...........................................................23 RANKING D1 BASEBALL .......................................................... NR 5 UTRGV 6:30 p.m. HEAD COACH .................................David Pierce (Houston ‘88) HEAD COACH .................... Mark Wasikowski (Pepperdine ‘94) 7 at Stanford 8:05 p.m. CAREER RECORD ..................................281-157 (8th season) CAREER RECORD ..................................... 67-51 (3rd season) 8 at Stanford 8:05 p.m. RECORD @ TEXAS .....................................84-48 (3rd season) RECORD @ PURDUE ................................ 67-51 (3rd season) 9 at Stanford 4:05 p.m. 10 at Stanford 3:05 p.m. 12 TEXAS SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. PROBABLE PITCHERS 15 TEXAS TECH* 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY—Texas So. RHP Bryce Elder vs. Purdue Jr. RHP Dalton Parker 16 TEXAS TECH* 2:30 p.m. SATURDAY—Texas Jr. RHP Blair Henley vs. Purdue Sr. LHP Ryan Beard 17 TEXAS TECH* 1 p.m. SATURDAY—Texas Fr. RHP Coy Cobb vs. Purdue R-So. RHP Andrew Bohm 19 ARKANSAS 6:30 p.m. 20 ARKANSAS 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY—Texas TBA vs. Purdue TBA 22 at TCU* 6:30 p.m. SERIES BY THE NUMBERS 23 at TCU* 7:30 p.m. 24 at TCU* 1 p.m. TEXAS OFFENSE PURDUE TEXAS PITCHING/DEFENSE PURDUE 26 at Incarnate Word^ 7 p.m. .286..................................Batting Avg.............................. .245 3.75..................................... ERA ......................................8.06 29 XAVIER 7 p.m. .401.................................On-Base Pct ............................. .310 36.0............................ Innings Pitched .............................25.2 30 XAVIER 5:30 p.m. .442................................ Slugging Pct ............................ .294 0................................ Complete Games .................................0 31 XAVIER 12 p.m. 10....................................... Doubles ......................................5 2.........................................Saves ..........................................0 APRIL 2.......................................... Triples .......................................0 2.13........................ Strikeout/Walk Ratio .........................1.16 2 TEXAS A&M 6:30 p.m. 5 at Baylor* 8 p.m. 3...................................... Home Runs ...................................0 .223....................... Opponent Batting Avg ....................... .343 6 at Baylor* 3:05 p.m. 25.........................................Walks ........................................8 3.........................................Errors ..........................................5 7 at Baylor* 1:05 p.m. 5-6 .............................. Stolen Bases-Att ........................... 1-2 3................................... Double Plays ....................................1 9 RICE 6:30 p.m. ALL-TIME SERIES Texas leads, 3-0 | LAST MEETING: Texas swept a three-game series, in Austin in 2005 12 KANSAS STATE* 6:30 p.m. IN AUSTIN Texas leads, 3-0 | IN WEST LAFAYETTE n/a | NEUTRAL SITE n/a | POSTSEASON n/a 13 KANSAS STATE* 1 p.m. 14 KANSAS STATE* 1 p.m. 16 LAMAR 6:30 p.m. LONGHORNS NOTES 18 at Oklahoma State* 7 p.m. THE MATCHUP—Texas and Purdue meet for just the second PITCHER OF THE WEEK—Following an opening-day gem, Tex- 19 at Oklahoma State* 6:35 p.m. time ever on the baseball diamond. The Longhorns swept the as sophomore right-hander Bryce Elder was named the Big 12 20 at Oklahoma State* 3 p.m. Boilermakers in a three-game series in 2005 at UFCU Disch- Conference Pitcher of the Week. Elder pitched eight innings and 23 at Texas State 6 p.m. 26 WEST VIRGINIA* 6:30 p.m. Falk Field. The Longhorns begin their home slate with a 10- allowed just one run on four hits with no walks. He struck out 27 WEST VIRGINIA* 2:30 p.m. game home-stand starting with the four-game series against nine batters in eight innings of work. After allowing a one-out 28 WEST VIRGINIA* 12 p.m. Purdue. The Boilermakers are looking for their first win after infield single in the fifth, Elder retired the next 11-consecutive 30 at TEXAS A&M-CC& 6:35 p.m. starting the season at Southern Mississippi. batters. MAY 3 at Kansas* 6 p.m. A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS—Texas is off to a 3-1 start af- THE FRESHMEN PRESIDENTS—Several freshmen made their 4 at Kansas* 2 p.m. ter starting the season with a six-day road trip. The Longhorns Texas debuts during the first week of the season, but a trio of 5 at Kansas* 1 p.m. started the season on the road for just the third time in the last hitters, that all sport Presidential names made an immediate 7 TEXAS STATE 6:30 p.m. 10 seasons. Texas won the 2018 Big 12 Conference Champion- impression. Lance Ford had three hits, including a double, two 14 INCARNATE WORD 6:30 p.m. 16 OKLAHOMA* 6:30 p.m. ship and returned to the College World Series for the first time runs scored and one RBI in his first two games. Eric Kennedy 17 OKLAHOMA* 6:30 p.m. since 2014. The Longhorns posted a 42-23 record and 17-7 has played in all four games and hit a pinch-hit three-run homer 18 OKLAHOMA* 2:30 p.m. mark in league play. Leading hitter Kody Clemens was selected in the series finale at Louisiana. He had his first multiple-hit with the 79th overall pick in the Major League Baseball Draft game, going 2-for-6 with three runs at Rice. Bryce Reagan All times Central. Home games in BOLD. *Big 12 Conference Game. after batting .351 with 24 home runs and 72 RBI. Three pitch- started all four games and is batting .250 with four runs scored &at Whataburger Field | ^at Nelson Wolff Stadium ers – Nolan Kingham, Chase Shugart and Josh Sawyer – were and one RBI. also drafted along with two-way player Andy McGuire. The Longhorns second-leading hitter and starting shortstop, David YOUNG GUNS—Head Coach David Pierce’s 2019 pitching ON AIR Hamilton, will miss the 2019 season due to injury. staff is likely the youngest he has ever head, featuring 13 true freshmen and one redshirt freshman. Six first-year pitchers and TV Longhorn Network THE JUNIORS—Through the first four games, the Texas of- three position players have already made an impact. Despite Keith Moreland Greg Swindell fense is led by a trio of juniors – Duke Ellis, Ryan Reynolds the number of pitchers without Division I baseball experience, and Austin Todd. Todd is batting .444 with two doubles and a the Texas pitching staff has seven returners who have made an LIVESTREAM WatchESPN team-high five RBI. Reynolds has a .429 batting average with impact on the mound. Jr. RHP Blair Henley and Sr. RHP Beau RADIO Longhorn IMG Radio | 104.9 FM/1260 AM two doubles and a home run. Ellis is batting .333 with a team- Ridgeway have each logged over 100 career innings, while Sr. Craig Way (Play-by-Play), Tom Barfield (Play-by-Play) high five runs scored and nine walks. Reynolds and Todd have RHP Matteo Bocchi, So. RHP Bryce Elder and So. RHP Nico Roger Wallace, Quan Cosby (Analysts) also had a hit in every game so far. O’Donnell each pitched more than 30 innings last season. LIVESTATS sidearmstats.com/texas/baseball 2018 BIG 12 CONFERENCE STANDINGS LONGHORNS NOTES BIG 12 PCT. OVERALL PCT. PRESEASON ALL BIG 12—The Longhorns’ top returning DRAFTED—Texas saw five players selected in the 2018 Ma- Baylor 0-0 .000 4-0 1.000 hitters, OF Duke Ellis and DH Zach Zubia, were named to jor League Baseball Draft: INF Kody Clemens (Tigers, 3rd Oklahoma 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000 the Preseason All-Big 12 team. Following the 2018 season round, No. 79), RHP Nolan Kingham (Braves, 12th round, Texas 0-0 .000 3-1 .750 – each of their first on the Forty Acres – both Ellis and Zubia No. 354), RHP Chase Shugart (Red Sox, 12th round, No. were selected as All-Big 12 First Team members. In confer- 370), LHP Josh Sawyer (Cubs, 16th round, No. 488) and INF Oklahoma State 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 ence games last season, Ellis led the league in on-base per- Andy McGuire (Blue Jays, 28th round, No. 836). TCU 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 centage (.484) and finished second in batting average (.390). Texas Tech 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 Overall, Ellis finished the season with a .289/.389/.353 line, PIERCE TO THE POSTSEASON—Head Coach David Pierce Kansas 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 one home run and 27 RBI and was successful in 16-of-18 has reached the NCAA postseason in each of his seven Kansas State 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 stolen base attempts. Zubia, then a redshirt-freshman, was seasons as a head coach at Texas, Tulane, and Sam Hous- West Virginia 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 also named to the Big 12 All-Rookie team after finishing with ton State. Last season marked the skipper’s first trip to the a .275/.407/.495 line overall along with 14 doubles, one tri- College World Series as a head coach. Pierce advanced to QUICK FACTS ple, and 11 home runs, good for second-most on the team. the College World Series four times as an assistant coach Zubia collected 45 RBI in 65 games (59 starts) while walking at Rice, including winning the 2003 National Championship.