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Baseball preview: vs. Kansas [April 15-16]
04.14.2016 | Baseball
The Longhorns and Jayhawks will play a doubleheader on Friday before Saturday's finale.
TEXAS (14-19) vs. KANSAS (13-18)
April 15-16, 2016
Where: Austin, Texas
Time: Friday (DH) at 4 p.m., Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
TV: Longhorn Network—Keith Moreland (Play-by-Play), Greg Swindell (Analyst)
Radio: 104.9 FM The Horn/1260 AM—Craig Way (Play-by-Play), Roger Wallace (Analyst)
Live stats: sidearmstats.com/texas/baseball
All-time series: Texas leads, 45-21
Complete Game Notes
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
FRIDAY (GAME 1): UT RHP Morgan Cooper (2-1, 3.74) vs. KU LHP Ben Krauth (2-4, 2.29)
FRIDAY (GAME 2): UT RHP Kyle Johnston (1-1, 2.85) vs. KU LHP Blake Weiman (1-3, 3.69)
SATURDAY: UT LHP Ty Culbreth (6-2, 2.68) vs. KU TBD
SERIES NOTES
A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS—The Longhorns are coming off a Tuesday night loss to Houston in Sugar Land, Texas…last weekend, the Horns took their second Big 12 series of the season over the weekend, winning two of three from Kansas State in Manhattan…the Longhorns outscored the Wildcats 20-11 in the series, including a 12-5 victory on Saturday…Texas hit six homers in the three games, two off the bat of Kody Clemens…Kacy and Kody Clemens both went deep on Friday night and Kacy went 4-for-5 in that game…Kody and Travis Jones then went back-to-back on Saturday…Mathis also hit his team-leading fifth long ball in Saturday's game…Zane Gurwitz had a career day on Saturday as well, going 3-for-5 with a double, a triple and four RBI…he also hit his first home run of the season in the ninth inning on Sunday to pull the Longhorns to within one.
A LOOK AT THE JAYHAWKS—Kansas walked off with a 7-6 win on Wednesday night at home vs. Nebraska-Omaha…last weekend, the Jayhawks took the Friday night game 4-3 over TCU before dropping Saturday and Sunday's games by a combined 22-6…KU's offense is led by junior Michael Tinsley's .345 batting average…the Jayhawks have hit just 8 homers on the season…the Kansas staff is head by Ben Krauth who has compiled a 2.29 ERA with 2 complete games.
NEXT UP—Texas hosts UT Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. before heading to Texas Tech for a weekend series.
ANOTHER HALL HONOR—On March 31, 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).
THE DUKE—On April 2 at Oklahoma, left-handed reliever Travis Duke made his 100th career appearance…he has made four apps since and currently sits at No. 5 among Texas pitchers all-time behind Huston Street (105), Randy Boone (106), J. Brent Cox (106) and Austin Wood (118).
GURWITZ WEEKEND—Zane Gurwitz went 7-for-12 (.583)over the weekend against K-State…he ripped a double, triple and his first homer of the year…had a four-RBI game on Saturday that included a two-out, bases-loaded triple…overall on the season, Gurwitz is now 4-for-4 with the bases loaded and 14-for-39 (.359) with runners in scoring position.
FRESH UNDER PRESSURE—Freshman Kody Clemens is 11-for-30 (.367) with runners in scoring position, 3-for-6 (.500) with the bases loaded and 16-for-50 (.320) with runners on base…he's also 12-for-35 (.343) with two outs…he's tied for the team-lead with 9 two-out RBI
OUTHIT 'EM—Texas has outhit its opponent 19 times this season, going 12-7 in those games…Texas is 1-11 when outhit by its opponent, picking up its only win on April 2 at OU.
MR. CONSISTENCY—Senior LHP Ty Culbreth has thrown at least 6 innings in all but one start this season…has just two starts that are not considered "quality starts" (6-IP, 3-ER or fewer)…the first came in his first outing of the season when he went 5 innings and allowed 1 earned run…the second non-quality start came in his win over K-State when he went 7 innings and allowed 4 earned runs…his outing on February 27 vs. Stanford (8-IP, 2-H, 0-R/ER, 0-BB, 12-SO) earned him Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors…on the season, Culbreth has struck out 44 batters and walked just 8…Texas is 6-2 in his seven starts.
CORNERSTONES—Juniors Tres Barrera and Zane Gurwitz are the only two Longhorns to start every game for Texas…Barrera has made starts at catcher (13), third base (12), designated hitter (6) and first base (2) while Gurwitz has started in centerfield (20) and at second base (13)…Kody Clemens has played in all 33, with 32 starts.
NINE TO FIVE—On the season, the Longhorns have been outscored 25-7 in the ninth inning…on the flipside, Texas has outscored its opponents 20-3 in the fifth inning…overall, the Longhorns have outscored their opponents 156-134 in total.
MILESTONE TRACKER—With his win on February 20 vs. UNLV, Garrido reached 800 career victories as head coach of the Longhorns…he is 36 wins away from 2,000 in his collegiate career…Garrido already has the most victories all-time for any NCAA head baseball coach.
WATCH 'EM—All of Texas' remaining home games at UFCU Disch-Falk Field will be shown on Longhorn Network…former Longhorn greats Keith Moreland and Greg Swindell handle the play-by-play and color analyst duties, respectively…both broadcasters have their numbers retired at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
HEAR 'EM—In partnership with IMG-College, Texas games will be broadcast on the Austin Radio Network, primarily on 104.9 The Horn…Augie Garrido also calls in weekly to the Bucky & Erin Show on the station.
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