The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
04.21.2016 | Baseball
The Longhorns meet the Big 12-leading Red Raiders for a three-game series in Lubbock.
TEXAS (17-20, 7-5 Big 12) vs. TEXAS TECH (30-10, 11-1 Big 12)
April 22-24, 2016
Where: Lubbock, Texas
TV: FOX Sports Southwest Plus
Radio: 104.9 FM The Horn/1260 AM
Talent: Craig Way (Play-by-Play), Roger Wallace (Analyst)
Complete Game Notes
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
FRIDAY: UT Morgan Cooper (2-2, 4.46) vs. TTU RHP Davis Martin (5-0, 1.67)
SATURDAY: UT LHP Ty Culbreth (7-2, 2.67) vs. TTU LHP Steven Gingery (3-1, 2.87)
SUNDAY: UT RHP Kyle Johnston (2-1, 2.70) vs. TTU TBA
SERIES NOTES
A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS—The Longhorns are coming off a Big 12 series win over Kansas over the weekend and a 7-5 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday night…Texas dropped game one vs. Kansas but took games two and three by a combined 20-8…Kacy Clemens took over the team lead in batting average and Tres Barrera leads the team with 24 RBI…Barrera hit his fourth homer of the year over the weekend…Travis Jones and Zane Gurwitz also went deep…Jones went 5-for-8 with 4 walks and 5 RBI in the three-game set…in Saturday's game three win, Ty Culbreth notched his first complete game of the year with a 7-inning effort…the Longhorns run-ruled the Jayhawks by a 12-2 final.
A LOOK AT THE RED RAIDERS—Texas Tech tops the Big 12 Conference with an 11-1 record…the Red Raiders are coming off a midweek split at New Mexico, falling in Wednesday's game 7-6 in extra innings…Texas Tech had led by one heading into the ninth…the loss snapped the Red Raiders' 10-game winning streak…TTU had previously won 58-consecutive games when leading after eight innings…Texas Tech's only loss in conference came in its Big 12 opening series vs. Baylor.
NEXT UP—Texas hosts Texas State on Tuesday night at UFCU Disch-Falk Field before welcoming Oklahoma State for a three-game Big 12 Conference series.
ANOTHER HALL HONOR—On March 31, the National College Baseball Hall of Fame (located in Lubbock) 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 six apps since and currently sits tied at No. 2 among Texas pitchers all-time with Randy Boone (106) and J. Brent Cox (106) and behind Austin Wood (118).
OBP MACHINE—Travis Jones leads the Longhorns with a .430 on-base percentage…the sophomore left fielder has compiled a .600 on-base percentage when leading off the ballgame…in his last 5 games at leadoff, has reached base safely (4 walks, 1 double)…he went 5-for-8 over the weekend against Kansas with 4 walks, 5 RBI, a double and a home run, slugging at a 1.125 clip.
FRESH UNDER PRESSURE—Freshman Kody Clemens is 13-for-37 (.357) with runners in scoring position, 3-for-6 (.500) with the bases loaded and 18-for-600 (.300) with runners on base…he's also 15-for-44 (.341) with two outs…he is tied for the team-lead with 11 two-out RBI.
OUTHIT 'EM—Texas has outhit its opponent 20 times this season, going 13-7 in those games…Texas is 2-12 when outhit by its opponent.
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.
MR. CONSISTENCY—Senior LHP Ty Culbreth has thrown at least 6 innings in all but one start this season…on Saturday vs. Kansas, pitched his second career complete game, a 7-inning effort…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 54 batters and walked just 10…Texas is 7-2 in his nine 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 (16), third base (13), designated hitter (6) and first base (2) while Gurwitz has started in centerfield (20) and at second base (17)…Kody Clemens has played in all 37, with 36 starts.
NINE TO FIVE—On the season, the Longhorns have been outscored 29-7 in the ninth inning…on the flipside, Texas has outscored its opponents 24-6 in the fifth inning…overall, the Longhorns have outscored their opponents 188-158 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 33 wins away from 2,000 in his collegiate career…Garrido already has the most victories all-time for any NCAA head baseball coach.
