The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
06.16.2014 | Baseball
Texas 4, Louisville 1
GAME NOTES
- The win today was Texas' first win staving off elimination since June 2 against Texas A&M, also a 4-1 win.
- This was their first elimination game win in Omaha since game two of the 2009 Championship Series against LSU. Texas is now 32-28 all-time in CWS elimination games.
- The Longhorns earned their record 83rd win in the College World Series with today's victory.
- Texas is now 44-10 when scoring two or more runs this season.
- The Texas defense played their fourth errorless game of the NCAA Tournament, winning all four games.
- Collin Shaw had his second consecutive multi-hit game, giving him 16 total on the season, good for a tie for fourth on the team. Shaw is hitting .391 (9-for-23) in the NCAA Tournament.
- Mark Payton reached base twice (single in the 3rd, walk in the fifth) to begin a new reached-base streak after his Big 12 record 101 game streak was snapped Saturday.
- The Texas offense recorded its 100th sacrifice bunt of the season today in the eighth inning when Zane Gurwitz advanced runners to second and third, setting up the fourth run of the day for the Longhorns. The 100 bunts are the fifth most in a season in the Augie Garrido era. The four seasons with more sacrifices also ended in Omaha, including the 2005 National Championship year (116 sacrifices).
- The two sacrifice flies today were the first multi-sac fly game since April 5 against Baylor. Texas has five games with two sacrifice flies and have won all five games.
- Eight Longhorns either recorded a hit or an RBI in the game today. Ben Johnson was the only player with both (single in the first inning and a sac fly in the third).
- Parker French earned his seventh win of the year and his second in two weeks with his performance today. French spun seven scoreless innings before surrendering a run in the eighth. He finished the day allowing the lone run on four hits, three walks and a hit batsman while striking out three Cardinals (50-17).
- The run he allowed in the eighth snapped a 14 2/3 scoreless inning streak for French, dating back to May 31 against Rice.
- Travis Duke retired all batters he faced while picking up his first career save and lowering his season ERA to 0.32.
- Texas extended its CWS record for wins to 83 …
- Texas is now 32-28 all-time in CWS elimination games …
- Texas' win was the sixth time in eight NCAA Tournament games that the Longhorns allowed two or fewer runs in a game …
- Starting pitcher Parker French threw first-pitch strikes to 23 of 28 batters faced …
- French's 7 1/3 innings pitched matched his season high (March 7 versus Hawai'i; March 22 versus Columbia) … Outing was his eighth start this season in which he allowed one run or less (ninth this season allowing one or fewer earned run) …
- French has allowed just three runs in 20 innings of work in the NCAA Tournament …French's streak without allowing a run in the NCAA Tournament ended at 13 2/3 innings after an inherited runner scored in the eighth (2/3 vs. Rice, 6.0 Houston, 7.0 vs. Louisville) …
- Texas pitching did not allow a Louisville baserunner past second base until the eighth inning, when a sacrifice bunt put runners at second and third with one out …
- Texas' pitching staff allowed just four hits in the game, the tenth time this season the Longhorns have given up four or fewer hits.
- Texas reliever Travis Duke went 1 2/3 of scoreless relief on Monday, moving to 28 1/3 innings on the year with one earned run allowed (two runs total)
- Texas is 40-7 when scoring at least three runs.
- Texas is 36-4 when leading after seven innings.
- Head coach Augie Garrido has guided Cal State Fullerton (1979, 1984, 1995) and Texas (2002, 2005) to national titles …Garrido is looking for his sixth national title in his fifth different decade … Garrido is now 39-21 in 15 CWS appearances …
- In its six previous national championship runs, Texas lost a game in the 1950 and 1975 championship seasons (lost opener in 1950; lost second game in 1975) … The Longhorns went unbeaten in the 1949, 1983, 2002 and 2005 CWS.
- Texas has won at least 1 game in 31 of 35 CWS appearances …
- Augie Garrido is 19-9 all-time when team faces elimination in College World Series (only Rod Dedeaux has more wins when facing elimination).
