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Baseball Preview: vs. Texas State [May 5]
05.04.2015 | Baseball
Longhorns close home schedule vs. Bobcats at 6 p.m. Tuesday
Texas (24-24) vs. Texas State (20-26-1) • Tuesday, May 5, 6 p.m.
Where: Austin, Texas • UFCU Disch-Falk Field (7,373)
TV: Longhorn Network
Talent: Kevin Dunn (PbP), Keith Moreland (Analyst), Greg Swindell (Analyst)
Radio: AM 1300 The Zone, Texas Sports.com/Audio
Talent: Craig Way (PbP), Bill Little (Analyst)
Live Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/texas/baseball/
All-time Series: Texas leads, 43-9
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
UT - So. LHP Josh Sawyer (3-2, 4.54)
TXST - r-Jr. RHP Pasquale Mazzoccoli (0-1, 4.12)
A LOOK AT THE MATCHUP
• Texas leads the all-time series with Texas State 43-9, including a 6-4 win in San Marcos earlier this season that featured a three-run, go-ahead home run by C.J Hinojosa in the eighth inning, and a 7-3 win in Austin on April 21.
• The Longhorns have won 22 straight in the series though 12 of those games have been decided by two runs or less.
A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS
• The contest with Texas State wraps up the home slate for the Longhorns for the 2015 year. On the season the Horns are 17-9 at UFCU Disch-Falk Field with a 2.34 ERA and a .274 batting average.
• Opponents are hitting just .214 at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in 26 games and have a 4.53 ERA.
• Senior right-hander Parker French earned the 20th win of his career against Texas Tech this past Friday night (5/1) in likely his last career home start by tossing 7 2/3 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. The start also moved him into fifth all-time in school history in pitching starts with 51, passing Greg Swindell.
• On the season, French is eighth in the Big 12 in ERA (2.34) and ninth in innings pitched (73.0), and for his career the senior right-hander ranks first among Big 12 active career leaders in innings pitched (321.2) and is third in wins (20).
• C/1B Tres Barrera is on an 11-game reached base streak. The sophomore has reached base in 45 of 48 games this season, including the first 17 games of the year.
• Junior left fielder Ben Johnson leads the Big 12 in triples (7), is tied for first in total bases (113) and multi-hit games (24), is tied for second in hits (73) and is third in slugging percentage (.551). Johnson will miss Tuesday's game after being ejected from Sunday's finale vs. Tech.
• Nine of UT's 24 losses have come by one run (most in Big 12), five by two runs and six in extra innings. The last 22 games, the Horns have dropped four in extras and five by one run.
• Despite a .500 record thus far, UT has posted a plus-40 run differential over the course of the season (226 to 186).
• Freshman Connor Mayes is tied for the Big 12 lead in appearances with 25 and leads conference freshmen with a .230 opp. b/avg. against.
