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Baseball preview: at Oklahoma [April 1-3]
03.31.2016 | Baseball
The Longhorns head to Norman for a three-game Big 12 Conference series.
TEXAS (11-14) at OKLAHOMA (12-13-1)
April 1-3, 2016
Where: Norman, Okla.
Time: Friday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 3 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m.
Radio: 104.9 FM The Horn/1260 AM
Talent: Craig Way (Play-by-Play), Roger Wallace (Analyst)
TV: Friday on FOX Sports 1; Saturday on FSOK+; Sunday on FSOK
Live Stats: statb.us/b/119857
All-time Series: Texas leads, 144-55-2
Complete Game Notes
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
FRIDAY: UT RHP Morgan Cooper (1-0, 3.18) vs. OU RHP Chris Andritsos (3-2, 3.08)
SATURDAY: UT LHP Ty Culbreth (4-2, 2.21) vs. OU RHP Ryan Madden (1-0, 0.73)
SUNDAY: UT RHP Kyle Johnston (1-1, 3.34) vs. OU RHP Jake Elliott (0-0, 5.13)
SERIES NOTES
A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS—The Longhorns are coming off a 4-2 loss to Lamar on Tuesday night…after going down 2-0, Texas came back to tie it, but the Cardinals scored two in the ninth and the Longhorns were unable to rally again…prior to Tuesday night's loss, Texas managed a 3-1 week that featured a blowout win over UTSA on March 22 and a series win over then-No. 6 TCU over the weekend…the Longhorns took game one over TCU 4-3 and shut out the Horned Frogs 2-0 on Friday…it was the first time TCU has been shut out in the regular season since March 11, 2013 at Rice…the Longhorns did not make an error in either of the first two games of the series, both wins, but made three errors in the loss…Patrick Mathis and Tres Barrera lead the Longhorns offense while Ty Culbreth stabilizes the Texas rotation as the Saturday starter.
A LOOK AT THE SOONERS—Oklahoma is coming off a a five-city, 10-game road swing that concluded with a 5-2 Tuesday night win at Arkansas-Little Rock, snapping a four-game losing streak that included a series sweep at the hands of Texas Tech to open Big 12 play…the Sooners offense is led by infielder Sheldon Neuse who has compiled a .389 (35-for-90) average to go along with 8 doubles, 3 triples, 4 homers and 20 RBI on the year.
NEXT UP—Texas hosts Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at home on Tuesday night before heading back on the road for a Big 12 Conference series against Kansas State over the weekend.
ANOTHER HALL HONOR—On Thursday morning, the National College Baseball Hall of Fame announced that Augie Garrido will be a part of the 2016 induction class as the winningest coach in collegiate baseball history…on January 8, he was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame, giving the Longhorns program four ABCA Hall of Famers, as he joined Billy Disch (inducted in 1966), Bibb Falk (1968) and Cliff Gustafson (1992).
TRES JONRÓNES—After going homerless in his first 19 games this season, Tres Barrera hit 3 homers in a four-game span beginning on March 22…his first HR of the season came vs. UTSA…he added his second on Friday to push the Texas lead over TCU to 2-0 and his final homer tied Saturday's ballgame…finished the week with 7 RBI…his .400/.438/1.000 week earned him Big 12 Player of the Week honors.
JONESING TO REACH—Travis Jones has reached base safely in all 19 games he has played so far this season, the longest streak of any Longhorn…he has led off and played left field in the last 14 games for Texas…Jones also leads the team with four bunt singles and two outfield assists.
THE DUKE—Right-handed reliever Travis Duke enters the weekend one appearance away from 100 for his career…the senior's 99 appearances on the mound rank second among active NCAA career leaders.
FRESH INFIELD—On Tuesday night vs. UTSA, the Longhorns went with a new-look infield that featured Tres Barrera at third, Kody Clemens at shortstop, Zane Gurwitz at second base and Kacy Clemens at first…this infield remained the same through the weekend series and has not yet made an error…Barrera had played primarily catcher so far this season while Kody Clemens was a mainstay at third and Gurwitz was the starting center fielder…the Longhorns have played just four errorless games so far this season, two of which came last weekend in wins vs. TCU.
UNDER PRESSURE—Freshman Kody Clemens is batting .341 (15-for-44) with runners on and is 3-for-6 with the bases loaded…he's 11-for-26 (.423) with runners in scoring position and 9-for-29 (.310) with a team-high 9 RBI with two outs.
BASES JUICED—The Longhorns are now 15-for-28 (.536) with the bases loaded…Zane Gurwitz is 3-for-3 on the season with them loaded while Kacy Clemens is 2-for-2 with the bags full and Bret Boswell and Tres Barrera are each 2-for-3.
OUTHIT 'EM—Texas has outhit its opponent 17 times this season, going 11-6 in those games…in both wins over the weekend, the Longhorns collected more hits than TCU but were edged 14-11 in Saturday's series finale…Texas is now 0-7 when outhit by its opponent, including Tuesday night's loss against Lamar in which the Cardinals outhit the Longhorns 13-7.
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 39 wins away from 2,000 in his collegiate career.
HAPPY AT HOME—The Longhorns have played 20 of their 25 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.
