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No. 18 Baseball Preview: at No. 11 Oklahoma State [April 3-5]
04.02.2015 | Baseball
Sitting atop Big 12 standings, Longhorns face key road series
No. 18 Texas (17-12, 5-1 Big 12) at No. 11 Oklahoma State (19-9, 4-2 Big 12) • Friday, April 3 - Sunday, April 5
Where: Stillwater, Okla. • Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
Times: Friday, 7 p.m. | Saturday, 6:30 p.m. | Sunday, 1 p.m.
TV: Saturday/Sunday: ESPNU
Talent: Jason Benetti (PbP) and Mike Rooney (Analyst)
Radio: AM 1300 The Zone, Texas Sports.com/Audio
Talent: Craig Way (PbP) and Dave Garrett (Analyst)
Live Stats: OKState.com
All-time Series: Texas leads 56-34
Probable Starting Pitchers
FRIDAY
UT - Sr. Parker French (2-2, 2.16)
OSU - Sr. RHP Jon Perrin (2-3, 4.55)
SATURDAY
UT - Jr. RHP Chad Hollingsworth (3-2, 4.36)
OSU - So. RHP Remey Reed (2-0, 0.42)
SUNDAY
UT - So. RHP Kacy Clemens (2-1, 3.66)
OSU - Sr. LHP Michael Freeman (5-0, 1.32)
A LOOK AT THE MATCHUP
• Texas leads the all-time series vs. Oklahoma State 56-34, but dropped two of three games to the Cowboys last season in Austin.
• In Stillwater, the series is tied 15-15 entering this weekend, and OSU holds a 6-4 advantage over UT in the teams' last 10 overall meetings.
• The Horns sit atop the Big 12 standings with a 5-1 record. OSU is t-2nd at 4-2 and has won a program record nine straight conference series.
A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS
• The trip to Oklahoma State ends a difficult road stretch for Texas, as seven of eight games are being played away from UFCU Disch-Falk Field, with six of them coming against Top 15 RPI teams in Nebraska (#15) and OSU (#11).
• In the coming weeks, UT will hold a five game home stand before heading back out on the road for consecutive conference series at Kansas (4/17-19 )and at #6 RPI TCU (4/24-26).
• Texas had won 9 of its last 11 games before being swept by Nebraska this past weekend. The Cornhuskers held UT to three runs in the three-game series.
• For the year, the Texas bullpen holds a 1.81 ERA, and had a 22 2/3 inning streak of not allowing an earned run end on Tuesday (3/31) vs. A&M-Corpus Christi in the sixth inning.
• Junior left fielder Ben Johnson leads the Big 12 in hits (47), multi-hit games (16), triples (6), slugging percentage (.605) and total bases (75), while Sr. right fielder Collin Shaw leads the league in doubles (14) and is tied for second in RBIs (25) (Chart on p. 3).
• Johnson has recorded multiple hits in 16 of the first 29 games this season, and has had five games with three or more hits thus far (more on Johnson on p. 3).
• UT has 86 extra base hits (55 2B, 12 3B, 19 HR) through 29 games. At this point of 2014, Texas had 55 extra base knocks (37 2B, 11 3B, 7 HR). (Chart on p. 3).
• Texas leads the Big 12 in triples (12), ranks second in doubles (55) and t-3rd in homers (19).
UT is outscoring its opponents 51-4 in the seventh and eighth innings, and is 12-0 when leading after seven frames.
• The Texas defense has turned 31 double plays (second in the Big 12) and has a .975 fielding percentage (second in the Big 12).
• Texas has the 18th most difficult schedule in the country according to BoydsWorld.com (Chart on p. 4).
• UT has scored 72 of its 146 runs (49.3%) on the year with two down in the inning. The Longhorns are hitting .269 (87-for-324) with two away, and holding opponents to a .236 (73-for-309) mark.
• Ben Johnson (.367), C.J Hinojosa (.343) and Brooks Marlow (.350) have come up with clutch two out hits all year long (Averages are with two outs).
• Over his last six outings Kacy Clemens has tossed 29 innings while surrendering just 14 hits, 12 walks and five earned runs (1.55 ERA), and recording 13 strikeouts. He is also believed to be the first Longhorn to start a game as the pitcher/designated hitter (3/21 vs. K-State) since Brooks Kieschnick in 1993.
• The Horns are third in the Big 12 in walks, and four Longhorns rank in the top 10 in the conference in walks (Cantu, Barrera, Gurwitz, Boswell). Texas has 124 bases on balls in its first 28 contests.
• Of Texas' 146 runs, 101 (69.2%) on the year have come when the leadoff man gets onboard to begin an inning.
• Brooks Marlow now ranks third in school history with 596 assists, and is fourth in double plays with 127 (chart on p. 6).
• Both Ben Johnson (1.031) and Tres Barrera (.922) boast on an OPS over .900. Mark Payton (.811) was the only Longhorn with an OPS over .800 last season and the 2015 team currently holds a .740 OPS after having a .709 in 2014.
