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Baseball preview: vs. UTSA [March 22]
03.21.2016 | Baseball
The Longhorns welcome the Roadrunners for a non-conference matchup on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
TEXAS (8-12) vs. UTSA (10-9)
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Where: Austin, Texas
Time: 6 p.m.
Radio: 104.9 FM The Horn/1260 AM
Talent: Craig Way (Play-by-Play), Bill Little (Analyst)
Live Stats: sidearmstats.com/texas/baseball
All-time Series: Texas leads, 22-5
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
TUESDAY: UT LHP Nick Kennedy (0-0, 7.71)*BY COMMITTEE vs. UTSA LHP Karl Craigie (2-0, 6.43)
SERIES NOTES
A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS—Last weekend, Texas dropped two of three to visiting Tulane at UFCU Disch-Falk Field…after play on Friday night was suspended tied 1-1 after two innings, the game resumed on Saturday afternoon and the Longhorns ultimately fell 3-2…in the second game on Saturday, UT's offense erupted for 10 runs in the win…it was Ty Culbreth's fourth straight quality start…Tulane put up 5 runs on Texas on Sunday, leading to a 5-3 Longhorn defeat…last Tuesday, the Longhorns fell 5-4 to then No. 3 Texas A&M after rallying with 4 runs in the ninth to tie the game.
A LOOK AT THE ROADRUNNERS—UTSA is coming off a series loss to Rice in its first Conference USA matchup…UTSA fell 9-4 in game one and 1-0 in game three, but took the middle game 6-1 over the Owls…the Roadrunners have dropped five of seven on their seven-game homestand…UTSA's offense is led by sophomore Skyler Valentine, who is hitting .342 with 2 homers and 17 RBI.
NEXT UP—Texas opens Big 12 action on Thursday with the first of three games against No. 6 TCU…the Horned Frogs are 16-3 on the year and batting .325 collectively…freshman Luken Baker is a dual threat for TCU, pitching to a 2-0 record with a 1.03 ERA on the mound while hitting at a .359 clip with 3 homers and 24 RBI.
UNDER PRESSURE—Freshman Kody Clemens is now batting .351 (13-for-37) with runners on base and is 2 for 5 with the bases loaded…he's 10-for-21 (.476) with runners in scoring position and 8-for-24 (.333) with 8 RBI with two outs in the inning.
KACY ON BASE—After failing to reach base in the season opener, Kacy Clemens reached safely in his next 16 games before failing to reach on Sunday vs. Tulane… Travis Jones is riding a streak of 14 straight games in which he's reached safely while Kody Clemens has reached safely in 9 in a row.
BASES JUICED—The Longhorns are now 12-for-22 (.545) with the bases loaded on the season…both Kacy Clemens and Zane Gurwitz are 2-for-2 with the bags full and Bret Boswell is 2-for-3 on the year.…Tres Barrera, Jake McKenzie and Tyler Rand each have hits in their only bases-loaded at-bats.
OUTHIT 'EM—Texas outhit Tulane in each of the three games this past weekend but came out with just one win…on the year, the Longhorns have outhit their opponent in 14 of 20 games but are just 8-6 in those games.
SCORE MORE—When scoring at least 5 runs in the game, the Longhorns are 7-1…UT is just 1-11 when scoring less than 5.
A FAMILY AFFAIR—Familiar last names pepper the Longhorns roster as Kacy Clemens was joined by his brother, Kody, this season…their father, Roger, is a UT and MLB great…Nick Kennedy joined his brother, Ben, on the team this season…Kaleb Denny's father, David, also played at UT and Tate Shaw's brother, Collin. was on the Longhorns roster last season.
MILESTONE TRACKER—With his win on February 20 vs. UNLV, Garrido reached 800 career victories as head coach of the Longhorns…he is 42 wins away from 2,000 in his collegiate career.
HALL OF FAMER—On January 8, Garrido was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame…his induction gave the Longhorns program four ABCA Hall of Famers, as he joined Billy Disch (inducted in 1966), Bibb Falk (1968) and Cliff Gustafson (1992).
HAPPY AT HOME —The Longhorns have played 15 of their 20 games this season at home…overall this season, Texas plays just 18 of its 52 games away from UFCU Disch-Falk Field…among those 18 games is an April 12 contest against the University of Houston at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas, though the Longhorns will be considered the home team in that matchup.
BIG 12 COACHES SPLIT—In the Big 12 Preseason Coaches' Poll, TCU was selected to win the league title with 57 points, though the top three teams were separated by just four points…the first-place votes were also split among the top three teams with TCU, Oklahoma State and Texas each receiving three first-place votes from the league's coaches.
