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 APRIL 9-11 | vs. KANSAS STATE | 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 #4 TEXAS LONGHORNS KANSAS STATE WILDCATS 3 at Texas State W, 10-3 RECORD ........................................................22-8 (7-2 Big 12) RECORD ......................................................17-11 (2-4 Big 12) 5 at Houston W, 1-0 6 at Houston L, 3-2 (11) RANKING D1 BASEBALL .............................................................5 RANKING D1 BASEBALL .......................................................... NR 7 at Houston W, 8-2 HEAD COACH .................................David Pierce (Houston ‘88) HEAD COACH ...............................Pete Hughes (Davidson ‘90) 9 SAM HOUSTON W, 15-9 CAREER RECORD ................................341-194 (10th season) CAREER RECORD .............................704-543-3 (24th season) 12 #12 SOUTH CAROLINA W, 4-1 RECORD @ TEXAS ...................................144-85 (5th season) RECORD @ K-STATE ..................................52-51 (3rd season) 13 #12 SOUTH CAROLINA W, 3-0 14 #12 SOUTH CAROLINA W, 8-5 PROBABLE PITCHERS 16 UTRGV W, 15-2 (7) 19 at Baylor* W, 5-3 FRIDAY–Texas RHP Ty Madden (4-1, 1.52) vs. K-State LHP Jordan Wicks (4-2, 4.00) 20 at Baylor* W, 4-3 SATURDAY–Texas RHP Tristan Stevens (4-1, 3.27) vs. K-State RHP Carson Seymour (2-2, 3.58) 21 at Baylor* L, 11-2 SUNDAY–Texas RHP Kolby Kubichek (3-2, 2.91) vs. K-State RHP Connor McCullough (2-2, 4.29) 23 UIW W, 10-1 26 OKLAHOMA* W, 4-3 (11) 27 OKLAHOMA* W, 11-6 SERIES BY THE NUMBERS 28 OKLAHOMA* L, 3-2 TEXAS OFFENSE KANSAS STATE TEXAS PITCHING/DEFENSE KANSAS STATE 30 at Texas A&M L, 2-0 .272..................................Batting Avg.............................. .271 3.02..................................... ERA ......................................3.57 APRIL .381.................................On-Base Pct ............................. .363 266.1.......................... Innings Pitched ...........................244.1 1 at Kansas* W, 5-2 .427................................ Slugging Pct ............................ .471 1................................ Complete Games .................................0 2 at Kansas* W, 7-0 61....................................... Doubles ....................................48 4.........................................Saves ..........................................6 3 at Kansas* W, 11-2 3.......................................... Triples .......................................4 2.27........................ Strikeout/Walk Ratio .........................2.24 6 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI W, 14-4 .218....................... Opponent Batting Avg ....................... .244 7 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W, 9-1 29.................................... Home Runs .................................44 9 KANSAS STATE* 6:30 p.m. 147.......................................Walks ....................................115 26.......................................Errors ........................................33 10 KANSAS STATE* 2:30 p.m. 45-56 .......................... Stolen Bases-Att ....................... 38-56 21................................. Double Plays ..................................18 11 KANSAS STATE* 1 p.m. ALL-TIME SERIES Texas leads, 57-20-1 | LAST MEETING: Kansas State won the series, two games to one, in Austin 13 NEVADA 6:30 p.m. IN AUSTIN Texas leads, 31-11-1 | IN MANHATTAN Texas leads, 23-9 | NEUTRAL SITE Texas leads, 3-0 | POSTSEASON Texas leads, 3-0 14 NEVADA 6:30 p.m. 16 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 6:30 p.m. LONGHORNS NOTES 17 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 2:30 p.m. 18 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 1 p.m. THE MATCHUP—Texas welcomes Big 12 Conference foe Kan- COLE IS ON A ROLL—Dating back to the BYU series, Cole 20 at Texas State 6 p.m. sas State to UFCU Disch-Falk Field for a three-game weekend Quintanilla has thrown 13 consecutive scoreless innings, 23 at Oklahoma State* 7 p.m. series beginning on Friday. The Longhorns lead the all-time striking out 13 batters and allowing threee hits in that span. 24 at Oklahoma State* 6 p.m. series 57-20-1, including 31-11-1 at home. The sides last On the year, the redshirt sophomore has thrown 16 innings, squared off in 2019, with the Wildcats taking the two series, surrendering seven hits and four walks, while striking out 14 25 at Oklahoma State* 1 p.m. 2-1. Texas won Game 2 of that series, 10-2, highlighted by a and allowing one earned run for a 0.56 ERA. 27 UIW 6:30 p.m. Zach Zubia grand slam. Texas has won 10 of 14 series over the 30 TEXAS TECH* 7 p.m. Wildcats in Austin, including sweeps in two of the last three. QUICKER THAN QUICK—Mike Antico leads the Big 12 Con- MAY ference and is 10th nationally with 14 stolen bases. Eric Ken- 1 TEXAS TECH* 2:30 p.m. A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS—Texas won a pair of midweek nedy is right behind him with 13 steals to rank second in the 2 TEXAS TECH* 2:30 p.m. home games against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Stephen conference and 17th in the nation. As a team, the Longhorns 4 TEXAS STATE 6:30 p.m. F. Austin after sweeping a three-game series at Kansas over have swiped 45 bases, which is second in the conference and 7 at TCU* 7:30 p.m. the weekend. Against A&M-Corpus Christi and SFA, the Long- ranks 14th in the nation. Additionally, Kennedy uses his speed 8 at TCU* 2 p.m. horns hit five home runs and drew 23 walks, registering more regularly to get on base with 14 infield singles, including sev- runs than hits in each game, a feat they’ve now accomplished en bunt hits this season. In his career he has 38 infield hits 9 at TCU* 1 p.m. five times this season. The Longhorn bats came alive in Law- (19 bunts). 11 TEXAS SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. rence, smashing 10 extra-base hits, including three home 18 RICE 6:30 p.m. runs on Sunday, to average over seven runs per game. Mean- DALY GETTING IT DONE—Mitchell Daly has been on a tear 20 WEST VIRGINIA* 6:30 p.m. while, the pitching staff allowed only four runs in the series, at the plate, hitting safely in 18 of the last 21 games. He has 21 WEST VIRGINIA* 6:30 p.m. including a combined eight-hit shutout by Tristan Stevens and six multi-hit games in the last 12, raising his batting average 22 WEST VIRGINIA* 2:30 p.m. Cole Quintanilla on Saturday. Texas is 22-5 over its last 27 to .380, a 74-point increase over that span. Daly ranks fifth in games and has won six-straight series. the Big 12 Conference in batting average and 10th in on-base All times Central percentage (.451). Last weekend against Kansas, he went Home games in BOLD MAKING A BIG IMPRESSION—Ivan Melendez came up huge 6-for-14 (428), with a double, two RBIs, a walk and a stolen *Big 12 Conference Game ^at Globe Life Field in Kansas, earning Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week after base. The freshman currently leads the squad in batting aver- hitting .615 (8-of-13) in the series sweep with three doubles, age and on-base percentage, is second in hits (30) and OPS a home run and two RBIs. The redshirt sophomore collected (.945), ranks fourth in slugging percentage (.494), and fifth a hit in each of the three games, including a four-hit game and in total bases (39). three-hit game in the final two contests. This week against Texas A&M - Corpus Christi and Stephen F. Austin, Melendez HAMMER KEEPS HAMMERING—Cam Williams crushed his ON AIR went 6-for-8 with two home runs, two doubles, seven RBI team-leading eighth home run of the season in Texas’ 14-4 TV Longhorn Network and three runs scored. Over the last four games, Melendez win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday. Williams Keith Moreland had four multi-hit games, batting .722 (13-for-18) with three currently leads the team in total bases (59) and is tied for the Greg Swindell home runs, five doubles, nine RBI and seven runs scored. team lead in RBI (26) and doubles (8). He ranks second in LIVESTREAM WatchESPN slugging percentage (.562) and third in OPS (.922). Williams’ RADIO Longhorn IMG Radio | 104.9 FM/1260 AM FLASHING THE LEATHER—Trey Faltine has been a human eight home runs are tied for fifth in the Big 12 Conference and highlight reel this season, making the difficult look routine. rank 34th nationally. His eight doubles are tied for seventh in Craig Way The Longhorns shortstop leads the Big 12 with 101 assists the Big 12 and his 59 total bases are tied for 11th. Roger Wallace and is tied for 9th with 14 double plays while sporting a .980 LIVESTATS sidearmstats.com/texas/baseball fielding percentage in 148 chances. 2021 BIG 12 CONFERENCE STANDINGS MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS BIG 12 PCT. OVERALL PCT. TCU 6-0 1.000 21-7 .750 HITTING STREAKS REACHED-BASE STREAKS TEXAS 7-2 .778 22-8 .733 LONGEST CURRENT LONGEST CURRENT Oklahoma State 6-3 .667 18-7-1 .712 Williams, Cam 9 - Daly, Mitchell 19 19 Texas Tech 3-3 .500 20-6 .769 Daly, Mitchell 9 - Antico, Mike 17 3 West Virginia 3-3 .500 11-12 .478 Ardoin, Silas 6 - Hodo III, Douglas 14 - Kansas State 2-4 .333 17-11 .607 Antico, Mike 6 - Williams, Cam 13 5 Baylor 1-5 .167 19-10 .655 Kennedy, Eric 5 5 Ardoin, Silas 12 1 Kansas 1-5 .167 17-11 .607 Melendez, Ivan 5 5 Kennedy, Eric 10 10 Oklahoma 1-5 .167 14-14 .500 Todd, Austin 4 4 Melendez, Ivan 10 5 Hodo III, Douglas 4 - Zubia, Zach 8 6 QUICK FACTS Zubia, Zach 4 1 Faltine, Trey 7 4 UNIVERSITY & ATHLETICS Faltine, Trey 3 - Todd, Austin 6 6 SCHOOL ......................................