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Box 7399 · Austin, Texas 78713 Assistant Media Relations Director/Baseball Contact: Justin Moore · Office: (512) 232-9438 SSix-Timeix-Time NNationalational CChampionshampions Email: [email protected] 11949949 · 11950950 · 11975975 · 11983983 · 22002002 · 22005005 TEXAS BIG 12 Texas (26-25, 11-13) 22015015 SSCHEDULECHEDULE at the Date Opponent (TV) Time/Score LONGHORNS CHAMPIONSHIP Big 12 Championship Feb. 13 at Rice W, 3-1 Feb. 14 at Rice (DH) L, 9-10 May 20-24 Feb. 14 at Rice (DH) L, 2-5 Feb. 15 at Rice W, 4-3 (10) ONEOK Field Feb. 17 UT SAN ANTONIO (LHN) W, 14-2 (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Feb. 20 MINNESOTA (LHN) W, 13-2 Feb. 21 MINNESOTA (LHN) (DH) W, 5-0 A LOOK AT THE TOURNAMENT Feb. 21 MINNESOTA (LHN) (DH) W, 5-0 26-25, 11-13 Big 12 Feb. 22 MINNESOTA (LHN) W, 8-0 Texas enters the Big 12 Tournament as the No. Feb. 25 UT-PAN AMERICAN W, 5-4. 5 seed and will take on No. 4 seeded Texas Tech March 1 SAN DIEGO (LHN) (DH) L, 1-3 THE BASICS Wednesday at 9 a.m. in its opening game. Tech March 1 SAN DIEGO (LHN) (DH) L, 1-6 March 5 at Stanford L, 4-5 Record 26-25 (11-13 B12) Appearances .................. 15 took two of three from UT in Austin earlier this March 6 at Stanford L, 3-5 Ranking ........................... NR Record.........................31-25 season (May 1-3). March 7 at Stanford W, 3-1 Last Season ..............46-21 Championships ................. The Longhorns also opened the tournament March 8 at Stanford W, 12-4 March 10 INCARNATE WORD (LHN) W, 7-1 Coach ......... Augie Garrido ...........................4 (last 2009) with the Red Raiders in 2014, winning 8-3. Career Record (47 yrs.) .. SWC & B12 Tourn. Titles March 13 WEST VIRGINIA * (LHN) W, 4-3 (10) March 14 WEST VIRGINIA * (LHN) L, 6-7 (10) ............... 1,946-917-9 (.679) .............................................. 15 Texas has an all-time 31-25 record in 15 ap- pearances in the Big 12 Tournament, winning March 15 WEST VIRGINIA * (FS1) W, 5-1 Record at UT (19 yrs.) ... In 2014 ............... 2-2 (t-3rd) March 17 vs. UT Arlington$ L, 5-6 (10) ...................795-393-2 (.669) four tournament titles, the last coming in 2009. March 20 KANSAS STATE * (LHN) W, 5-3 UT has won 15 tournament championships March 21 KANSAS STATE * (LHN) W, 3-1 TEXAS STATS March 22 KANSAS STATE * (LHN) W, 6-1 overall including Southwest Conference play. March 24 at Texas State W, 6-4 Overall Conference A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS March 27 at Nebraska (BTN Plus) L, 1-3 OFFENSE Texas is coming off a series victory at Baylor in March 28 at Nebraska (BTN) L, 0-1 (15) .260 ..........................Batting Average ......................... .268 March 29 at Nebraska (BTN Plus) L, 2-6 .393 .............................. Slugging % .............................. .400 which it hit .317 as a team while blasting seven March 31 TAMU-Corpus Christi (LHN) L, 4-6 (10) .353 ...............................On Base % ............................... .356 home runs and recording a .994 team OPS. April 3 at Oklahoma State * L, 3-6 (18) 81 ......................................Doubles ......................................36 C.J Hinojosa earned Big 12 Player of the Week April 4 at Oklahoma State * (ESPNU) L, 1-3 18 ....................................... Triples .......................................... 8 April 5 at Oklahoma State * (ESPNU) L, 3-8 39 .................................. Home Runs ...................................20 after homering four times in three games at April 7 WICHITA STATE (LHN) W, 6-4 244 ......................................Runs ...................................... 102 Baylor, and totaling both five RBIs and runs April 10 OKLAHOMA * (LHN) L, 2-3 (12) 214 ........................................ BB ............................................98 while hitting .462. April 11 OKLAHOMA * (LHN) W, 4-1 40-60 ................................SB-Att. ................................ 15-25 April 12 OKLAHOMA * (LHN) L, 2-3 The Longhorns finished the regular season PITCHING/DEFENSE April 14 SAM HOUSTON STATE (LHN) L, 0-5 3.26 .....................................ERA ...................................... 3.50 leading the Big 12 in slugging percentage April 17 at Kansas * (ESPN3) W, 3-2 (14) 469.1 ........................ Innings Pitched .........................226.1 (.400) during conference play thanks to a April 18 at Kansas * (ESPN3) L, 4-5 0 ...............................Complete Games ............................... 0 April 19 at Kansas * (ESPN3) W, 16-7 14 ........................................ Saves ........................................... 7 league-leading 20 home runs. April 21 TEXAS STATE (LHN) W, 7-3 169 .....................................Walks ........................................75 Hinojosa provided six of the 20 long balls, and April 25 at TCU * L, 5-6 325 .................................Strikeouts ................................. 168 Ben Johnson (55) and Hinojosa (53) finished April 25 at TCU * (FSSW) (DH) L, 6-11 .250 ........................Opponents B/Avg ...................... .263 April 26 at TCU * (FSSW+) (DH) L, 1-7 .976 ............................... Fielding % ............................... .973 first and second in the league in total bases April 28 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (LHN) W, 12-4 50 ........................................Errors ........................................26 during conference games (more on page 3). May 1 TEXAS TECH * (LHN) W, 3-0 49 ......................... Double Plays Turned ..........................23 May 2 TEXAS TECH * (LHN) L, 1-9 Senior right-hander Parker French earned the May 3 TEXAS TECH * (LHN) L, 1-5 20th win of his career against Texas Tech on May 5 TEXAS STATE (LHN) Canceled ON THE AIR May 1 in his last career home start by tossing May 16 at Baylor * (FSSW) W, 6-5 TV 7 2/3 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. May 17 at Baylor * (FSSW+) (DH) L, 1-7 FOX College Sports/ FS1 May 17 at Baylor * (FSSW+) (DH) W, 11-1 (7) The start also moved him into fifth all-time in May 20-24 Big 12 Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) Chad McKee (Play-by-Play) school history in pitching starts (he now has Mickey Tettleton (Analyst) 52). For the year, French is eighth in the Big 12 All times Central / DH - Doubleheader / Bill Doleman (Play-by-Play) * Big 12 Conference game / $ played at Globe Life Park in ERA (2.40). George Frazier (Analyst) Though he did not reach in the finale of the WHAT’S INSIDE Potential Lineup & Game Notes ...................................2 RADIO doubleheader at Baylor on Sunday (5/17), Tres Barrera has reached base in 47 of 51 games Game Notes .....................................................................3-9 AM 1300 The Zone & 2014 Notes ........................................................................10 TexasSports.com/Audio this season, including the first 17 games of the Head Coach Augie Garrido ......................................... 11 year. The sophomore is also one of just two Last Time it Happened ..................................................12 Craig Way (Play-by-Play) Pitcher Profi les ...........................................................13-19 Bill Little (Analyst) Longhorns to start all 51 games this season Hitter Profi les .............................................................20-23 (Collin Shaw the other). Statistics .......................................................................24-27 Junior left fielder Ben Johnson leads the Big 12 Roster .................................................................................. 28 LIVE STATS in triples (7), ranks second in multi-hit games FOLLOW TEXAS BASEBALL Big12sports.com (25), third in total bases (116), fourth in slug- ging (.540) and tied for fourth in hits (76). @Texas_Baseball Nine of UT’s 25 losses have come by one run (most in Big 12), five by two runs and six in ex- UTEXASBASEBALL tra innings. In the last 25 games, the Horns have dropped four in extras and five by one run. TexasSports.com 2015 Texas Baseball Page 2 PROBABLE STARTERS Quick Facts No. Pos. Name, Yr. GP/GS Avg. AB R H 2B/3B HR RBI SB OPS 7 C Michael Cantu, Fr. 49/49 .259 174 24 45 8/0 1 20 0-1 .699 UNIVERSITY AND ATHLETICS 1 1B Tres Barrera, So. 51/51 .295 190 34 56 7/3 8 28 0-0 .893 School _____________________ University of Texas 12 2B Joe Baker, Fr. 31/26 .287 101 13 29 6/0 1 13 5-6 .751 City/Zip _________________ Austin, TX 78713-7399 9 SS C.J Hinojosa, Jr. 48/47 .247 190 24 47 7/2 7 29 4-7 .740 Founded ______________________________ 1883 51 3B Jake McKenzie, Fr. 4/3 .375 8 2 3 0/0 0 4 0-0 .920 Enrollment _______ 52,076 (39,995 undergraduate) 14 LF Ben Johnson, Jr. 50/50 .353 215 36 76 11/7 5 31 16-19 .957 Nickname _________________________ Longhorns 50 CF Zane Gurwitz, So. 48/48 .236 157 28 37 5/3 4 21 5-9 .728 School Colors _ Burnt Orange & White (Pantone 159) 4 RF Collin Shaw, Sr. 51/51 .240 204 22 49 18/1 5 31 8-16 .725 Home Field/Capacity _ UFCU Disch-Falk Field /7,237 42 DH Kacy Clemens, So. 17/13 .225 40 4 9 0/0 0 0 0-0 .579 Date Opened _________________February 17, 1975 Surface ____________________________ FieldTurf UT matched Baylor for the lead league with 12 selections to the 2015 Academic All-Big 12 Dimensions __________ LF - 340, CF - 400, RF - 325, Baseball team, while the Longhorns’ nine members on the first team were a league best. _________________________________ Alleys - 375 Despite being just one game over .500 thus far, UT has posted a plus-45 run differential Affiliation _____________________ NCAA Division I over the course of the season (244 to 199). 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