The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
06.07.2014 | Baseball
Texas 4, Houston 0
TEAM NOTES
- With the win today, Texas clinched its record 35th trip to Omaha, Nebraska for the College World Series.
- Texas is now 8-1 all-time in super regional series, posting a 17-6 record in super regional games (.739). They are 6-1 in super regional series held at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
- Head coach Augie Garrido will be making his 15th trip to Omaha, and his eighth with Texas. The all-time winningest coach in college baseball history (1,917-890-9) has led his teams to 16 regional titles, eight super regional titles and five national titles.
- The Longhorns last appeared in the College World Series in 2011, and last won a championship in 2005.
- Texas holds the College World Series record for wins (82), games played (139), appearances (35) and they are eighth all-time in winning percentage in Omaha at .590 (82-57).
- In the two game series against Houston, the Texas pitching staff allowed two runs in 18 innings (1.00 ERA).
- The Texas pitchers have posted a 1.15 ERA in 55 innings during NCAA play, while holding opponents to a batting average of .210. The staff has a WHIP of 1.20 over the six-game span.
- For the season, the pitching staff has an ERA of 2.32 and has posted 11 shutouts, eighth best in the country in both categories.
- Longhorn pitchers have only allowed two extra base hits in six NCAA Tournament games, the last of which came in the sixth inning of the Rice game on May 31. That is a stretch of 40 straight innings without allowing an extra base hit.
- In the NCAA Tournament, the offense is hitting .284 and has a team OPS (on base + slugging) of .722 (.351 obp + .371 slg%). They have clubbed 13 extra base hits in tournament play (11 doubles and two home runs), compared to two by their opponents.
- Texas has stolen 74 bases on 88 attempts this season, with Ben Johnson (21-21), Mark Payton (19-20) and Collin Shaw (13-19) leading the way.
- The Longhorns are 26-2 when scoring five runs or more this season.
- Texas is tied for 10th nationally with 67 double plays. The Longhorns are 34th in the country in fielding percentage (.975).
- Texas leads the nation with 96 sacrifice bunts. C.J Hinojosa ranks 15th nationally with 16, while Madison Carter is 40th with 13.
PLAYER NOTES
- Texas had six players selected in the MLB first-year player draft this weekend. On Friday, RHP John Curtiss was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the sixth round with the 170th pick overall, the New York Yankees selected OF Mark Payton in the seventh round (212 overall), and LHP Dillon Peters was selected by the Miami Marlins in the 10th round (287 overall).
- On Saturday, three more Texas players were taken in the draft, RHP Nathan Thornhill was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 13th round (382 overall), RHP Lukas Schiraldi was taken by the Seattle Mariners in the 15th round (441 overall) and RHP Parker French was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 19th round (589 overall).
- Mark Payton is on a Big 12 record 101-game reached base streak dating back to last season.
- Payton is one of three players on the current roster to see action in Texas' last NCAA Tournament in 2011 (also Jacob Felts and Nathan Thornhill). In 16 games in his NCAA Tournament career, Payton has hit .347 (17-49) with eight RBIs, 10 runs, four doubles, seven walks and a home run.
- Leading the way for the Longhorns offensively in NCAA play are: C.J Hinojosa .476 (10-for-21), Mark Payton .400 (8-for-20), Collin Shaw .313 (5-for-16), Tres Barrera .292 (7-for-24) and Brooks Marlow .280 (7-for-25).
- Hinojosa and Barrera each have two doubles, and Hinojosa has driven in six runs while scoring four.
- Payton has two doubles, a home run, six runs scored, three RBI, four stolen bases and an OPS of 1.206 (.556 obp + .650 slg%) over the six game span.
- Payton leads the team with 22 multiple-hit games this year. C.J Hinojosa is second with 21 and Brooks Marlow is third with 17. Payton also leads the team with 11 multi-RBI games, Hinojosa has nine, while Johnson and Barrera have seven each.
- Johnson is a perfect 21-21 on stolen bases this year. Payton is second on the team (19-20) and Collin Shaw is third (13-19).
- Payton ranks second in school history in games started (229), triples (19), t-2nd in sacrifice bunts (38), third in at-bats (850) and 7th in walks (146) and total bases (377). Brooks Marlow is sixth in school history with 109 double plays turned in his career.
