The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Baseball preview: Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (vs. Missouri)
05.27.2011 | Baseball
May 27, 2011
No. 2 Texas (42-14, 19-8 Big 12) vs. Missouri (26-30, 11-15 Big 12)
When: May 27, 2011; 9 a.m. Central
Where: Oklahoma City, Okla. (RedHawks Field)
Radio: KVET AM 1300 The Zone
Internet Video: Game and postgame press conference will be streamed live on Big12sports.com
Internet Audio: Wednesday's game will be streamed live for FREE on Big12Sports.com
Satellite Radio: Wednesday's game will be carried on XM Radio, Ch. 202; Sirius Radio, Ch. 214
Live stats: Big12Sports.com
SERIES BREAKDOWN
All-Time Series: Texas leads 32-24
At Big 12 Championship: Missouri leads 4-1
PROBABLE PITCHERS
Texas: LHP Sam Stafford (5-2, 1.64 ERA)
Missouri: RHP Matt Stites (3-5, 3.69 ERA)
TEXAS TERRITORY
- With the their share of the 2011 Big 12 Championship, the Longhorns won their 77th regular-season conference crown. Texas now owns seven Big 12 titles to go with 64 from the Southwest Conference, two from the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association and four from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
- With a save in the Friday night win over Nebraska, Corey Knebel set the UT freshman single-season save record, besting Huston Street (14 - 2002). His 16 saves rank third on the single-season saves list. The Longhorns' single-season school record of 19 was set by Charlie Thames in 2000 and equaled by J. Brent Cox in 2005.
- Freshman Erich Weiss currently owns a .512 on-base percentage which leads the Big 12 Conference. His current on-base percentage would rank eighth on Texas single-season list and it would rank second all-time among UT freshman behind only Coby Kerlin who posted a .519 on-base percentage in 1985.
