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Texas RHP Tanner Witt to miss remainder of 2022 season

Devastating news for Texas baseball.

Devastating news for Texas sophomore right-hander Tanner Witt, as the school announced he will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the 2022 season.

Witt was scratched from his start against UCLA over the weekend for “precautionary reasons.” A bullpen and further testing showed damage to his UCL.

Potential replacements to fill Witt’s Sunday role are Lucas Gordan and Andre Dulplantier.

Gordon is the most experienced, totaling 33 innings with a 2.41 ERA in his two seasons at Texas. Dulpantier is coming off Tommy John surgery himself, he is still trying to get his velocity back to his freshman form.

Luke Harrison is another potential replacement for the rotation. The freshman has been dynamite out of the bullpen so far this season. He has yet to give up a run in seven appearances this season.

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Texas Baseball: USA Today’s Coaches Poll has Longhorns ranked No 22

The USA Today/Coaches poll has been released and the Texas Longhorns are currently ranked 22nd in the nation.

The Texas Longhorns baseball team has started off hot winning 13 of their first 16 games. In the Shriners Hospital for Children College Classic, the Longhorns beat the number six ranked Arkansas Razorbacks 8-7 and dropped a game to the 11th ranked LSU Tigers 4-3. The Longhorns have also played three weekend series going a perfect 9-0.

In the latest USA Today Coaches Poll that was released on March 9th, the Longhorns came in at number 22 in the poll. They are just two points based on votes behind the number 21 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. Texas finished seven points ahead of Texas A&M who comes in at 23rd. The Aggies and Longhorns will have a one-game duel in College Station on March 31st.

Big 12 Teams in the top 25:

  • Texas Tech (3)
  • Oklahoma (13)

Following the five games left on their nine-game homestead, the Longhorns will travel to Frisco, Texas for a matchup with UT-Arlington. The team then starts Big 12 play with a trip to Norman for a three-game set with Oklahoma.

Texas Baseball: Longhorns finish off sweep 8-4

In the final game of the three-game series between the Longhorns and Cal State Fullerton Titans, Texas showed off their power.

The Texas Longhorns and Cal State Fullerton Titans met for the third game of the weekend series. Texas took the first two games, looking for their third sweep of the season. Coy Cobb took the mound looking for his first win on the year.

After the scoreless top of the first inning, the Longhorns got the bats going early. A Trey Faltine double brought home a run on the legs of leadoff hitter Austin Todd to give Texas a 1-0 lead. With runners on second and third, Eric Kennedy came to the plate with an opportunity to give Texas a nice cushion to start off the game.

Cobb would take the mound again in the top of the second inning but he would be pulled and Tristan Stevens would come on in relief as the Titans would tie it up before Stevens could retire the side. with the game now all tied at three, Austin Todd would come to bat to break the tie in the bottom of the second inning.

That gave Todd his first home run on the season and Texas led 5-3 after two. In the third Faltine would score again on a Murphy Stehly RBI ground out to short. It would be a throwing error by Faltine in the top of the next inning that would plate another Titan in Miguel Ortiz that brought them within two runs at 6-4.

The big cat Zach Zubia would drive home Todd in the bottom of the inning to get their three-run cushion back on the sacrifice fly to right field. That would give Zubia 20 RBI’s on the season. On the mound it would be four innings from Dawson Merryman that would allow Texas to take control. He gave up one unearned run and that would do it for the Titans offense.

Peyton Powell would give Texas their eighth run on the day with his first career home run in the sixth inning. To close it out, Andre Duplantier II would come in from third base to pitch the final frame. He faced the minimum with one strikeout to secure the sweep for Texas.

They will face Abilene Christian at DischFalk Field on Wednesday night before hosting another three-game weekend series against the New Mexico Lobos. Merryman improved to 3-0 on the year, picking up his second win of the series and lowering his ERA to 1.74.