The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
02.22.2015 | Baseball
Notes following Texas' four-game series sweep of Minnesota
POST SERIES NOTES (MINNESOTA)
- Texas recorded its first four-game series sweep since March 12-14, 2010, against Iowa.
- The pitching staff tossed its third consecutive shutout on Sunday, which was the first time Texas has done that since March 22-24, 2002, against UT Pan American. Prior to that, Texas hadn't recorded three straight since 1983 vs. Dallas Baptist.
- Texas moved to 7-2 on the year with today's win, its best start since 2010. The Longhorns have won six in a row.
- The 31 runs scored by the Longhorns this series was the highest total in a four-game set since they had 34 against Dallas Baptist in 1989.
- Longhorn base runners swiped six bases in Sunday's game, the most since they had six steals against California on March 30, 2012.
- The Longhorns are outscoring their opponents 31-2 from the seventh inning on this season.
- The offense has scored 44 of its 63 total runs in innings where the leadoff man reaches base safely.
- The Horns have not trailed in the last 48 innings. Their last deficit was in the sixth inning of last Sunday's (2/15) win over Rice.
- UT blasted 20 extra base hits (15 doubles, four triples, one home run) in the series vs. Minnesota. Collin Shaw had six of those (five doubles, one triple), and has a team-high nine extra base hits this season (eight doubles, one triple), after having six (five doubles, one triple) in all of 2014.
- The Longhorn pitching staff did not allow an earned run throughout the duration of the Minnesota series, and they held Minnesota to an .067 batting average (3 for 45) with runners on base. With runners in scoring position, the staff has held the Gophers hitless (0 for 18), and with two outs Minnesota hit .118 (4-for-34) with zero RBIs.
- Comparatively, Texas hit .302 (26-for-86) with runners on base, .364 (20-for-55) with runners in scoring position and .362 (17-for-47) with two outs. Sixteen of UT's 28 RBIs on the weekend came with two down in the inning, including all seven on Sunday.
- Texas' starting pitchers went 4-0 on the weekend, and did not allow an earned run. The entire pitching staff's ERA went from 4.30 entering the weekend, to 2.36 at the end of the four-game set.
- The bullpen ERA dropped to 0.96 (four earned runs in 37 2/3 IP) for the season after shutting out Minnesota for four more innings Sunday. Ty Culbreth (6 IP), Connor Mayes ( 5 1/3 IP), Jake McKenzie (4 IP), Travis Duke (5 1/3 IP), Kyle Johnston (1 2/3 IP) and Andy McGuire (2 IP) all have yet to allow an earned run.
- Six Texas hitters have an OPS (on base % + slugging %) over .800, and three over 1.000: Tres Barrera (1.162), Ben Johnson (1.143), Collin Shaw (1.061), Michael Cantu (.935), Bret Boswell (.896) and Brooks Marlow (.809). Last season, the Longhorns finished with one player over .800 (Mark Payton, .900).
- Five Longhorns are batting above .300 currently: Ben Johnson (.476), Tres Barrera (.371), Collin Shaw (.368), Michael Cantu (.348) and Bret Boswell (.343).
- Ben Johnson has recorded a hit in each of the first nine games, giving him a 10-game hit streak dating back to last season. Johnson is hitting a team-high .476 on the year and leads the Big 12 with 20 hits.
- Brooks Marlow recorded the first four-RBI game of his career in the series finale. It was the 14th multi-RBI game of his career.
- The defense is off to a strong start as well, fielding .986, with only five errors in 359 chances. The Horns have also turned 11 double plays in the first nine games, after turning 71 in 57 games in 2014. In the Minnesota series Texas committed just one error for a .994 fielding percentage.
- Kacy Clemens earned his first collegiate win Sunday by tossing five scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and two walks while striking out four.
- Freshman Patrick Mathis recorded his first career run scored in the second inning of Sunday's game.
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