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Texas players react to cancellations amid Coronavirus outbreak

Several players expressed their feelings on social media regarding the Coronavirus and its impact on Texas athletics.

It feels as if the entire world is amid an unknown, fluid situation that creates a variety of emotions. Continue reading “Texas players react to cancellations amid Coronavirus outbreak”

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Texas baseball’s weekend series against New Mexico canceled

Texas’ weekend series against New Mexico will be canceled. The Lobos were scheduled to play games in Austin on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Like many sports across the country, Texas’ weekend series against New Mexico will be canceled. The Lobos were scheduled to come to Austin and play games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The news broke when the Mountain West Conference announced they had suspended baseball season until further notice. While the Big 12 has not done the same, an announcement of similar nature is expected soon.

Up until this point of the season, the Longhorns were 14-3 and riding a four-game winning streak. Conference play was slated to begin on March 20 with Texas traveling to Oklahoma.

With many sporting events throughout the country being suspended or canceled, Texas fans can only wait until the Big 12 has made an official announcement on the status of spring sports.

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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.

Texas Baseball: Longhorns take series with two-straight wins

The Texas Longhorns have won their third straight weekend series at home after beating Cal State Fullerton 4-3.

The Texas Longhorns and Cal State Fullerton Titans met again at the Disch following the six-run explosion in the seventh inning on Friday night for the 6-1 victory. On Saturday afternoon, Ty Madden took the mound in hopes of getting the Longhorns another win in less dramatic fashion.

Madden was only able to pitch four innings with one earned run given up. After a JJ Cruz in the second inning gave the Titans an early 1-0 lead, Texas fired back with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Murphy Stehly sent a ball down the left field line that brought Eric Kennedy and Silas Ardoin around to score.

In the fourth inning, the Titans would fire back to tie the game up at three. Leadoff hitter Zach Lew drove in two unearned runs as Cruz and Austin Schell scored on the single. That would be the last run to get across for the Titans and Texas would go to the bullpen in the fifth, ending Madden’s day.

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The freshman pitching of duo of Pete Hansen and Andre Duplantier II along with Tristan Stevens would shut down the Titans. The trio of relievers allowed just two hits over the final five innings. Hansen went 3.2 innings with two strikeouts. Hansen has been a pleasant surprise this season with a WHIP (walks + hits per inning pitched) of 0.65 which is the best on the team.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Longhorns got a much needed run for the offense. After Douglas Hodo III worked a pinch hit walk, he came around to score on a single from Austin Todd. Todd was out on a run down as he got caught in no man’s land.

Duplantier came into the game in the ninth inning to close the door on the Titans offense. He faced the minimum with two strikeouts to give Texas the 4-3 win. Hansen earned his second win of the year. The Longhorns will go for their third sweep of the season and second-straight at the Disch.

Texas Baseball: Cal State Fullerton Preview

Texas welcomes Cal State Fullerton to Austin this weekend. Meeting for the first time since the 2004 CWS, UT will be looking for revenge.

Texas welcomes Cal State Fullerton to Austin this weekend for the first weekend series in March. While the Longhorns have lost two straight games, they are sitting at 10-3 overall, having the third-most wins in the Big 12.

The Titans are struggling this season, only picking up four wins in 13 games. They have only won one series to this point, taking two out of three from Stanford to begin the season.

These two teams have a history as they met in the 2004 College World Series Finals. The Titans swept Texas, winning the two games 6-4 and 3-2. Meeting for the first time since then, the Longhorns will be looking for revenge 16 years later.

Here is a weekend preview for Texas baseball:

Game information

Dates: March 6-8, 2020

Times: Friday – 6:30 p.m. CST; Saturday – Noon CST; Sunday – 1:30 p.m. CST

Location: UFCU Disch-Falk Field Austin Texas

Watch: Longhorn Network

Listen: 104.9 FM The Horn/1260 AM

Stream: ESPN App

Projected Pitching Matchups

Friday

Texas RHP Bryce Elder (2-1, 2.33) vs. CSF  RHP Tanner Bibee (1-2, 1.93)

Saturday

Texas RHP Ty Madden (3-0, 1.71) vs. CSF RHP Tanner Luckham (2-0, 1.80)

Sunday Texas RHP Coy Cobb (0-0, 2.51) vs. CSF RHP Joe Magrisi (0-2, 3.63)

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Locked on Longhorns Podcast: Twitter Tuesday

Episode two of the Locked on Longhorns Podcast covers burning questions surrounding the football, baseball and softball programs.

Host Patrick Conn and his Co-Host Cami Griffin answer burning questions from social media surrounding Texas’ football, baseball and softball programs.

Which five offensive lineman are in the mix for the starting job? After losing wide receivers Collin Johnson and Devin Duvernay, who will take their place and/or have a breakout season in 2020? The running back competition will be the most exciting position battle this offseason, but who will emerge as the starter by the seasons end?

Where are the Texas baseball and softball teams expected to be ranked by the time the Big 12 tournament approaches?

Episode two also previews the Men’s basketball showdown with conference rival Oklahoma.

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Texas Baseball: Longhorns fall to Mizzou in controversial fashion

The Texas Longhorns finished up the final game of the Shriner’s Hospital for Children College Classic in controversial fashion, losing 9-8.

In the final game of the College Baseball Classic at Minute Maid Park, the Texas Longhorns and former conference foe the Missouri Tigers met for some Sunday afternoon baseball. Coy Cobb was on the mound for the Longhorns looking for the team’s 11th win through 12 games.

Early on the Longhorns found themselves playing from behind before they even got their opportunity to bat. Cobb gave up a run on a wild pitch and throwing error before retiring the side. The Longhorns bats wouldn’t come to life until the bottom of the fourth inning with the Tigers leading 2-0. With Cam Williams standing at third base, Eric Kennedy drove him in for the Longhorns first run of the game. In the top of the next inning, the Tigers extended the lead back to two with a Pete Zimmerman solo shot. His second RBI of the game, he ended with three.

In the bottom of the inning Texas would respond. With the bases full of Longhorns, first baseman Zach Zubia would be hit by a pitch to drive in Lance Ford. Williams would walk on four straight pitches to tie the game up at three. Eric Kennedy hit into a fielder’s choice that drove in Duke Ellis. Texas led 4-3 after five. Cobb’s day would be done on the mound, giving way to Kolby Kubichek.

Kubichek threw just 12 pitches to record one out and gave up three earned runs. Zimmerman singled in a run to make the score 8-4 Tigers after five and half innings. Tristan Stevens would relieve Kubichek with less success. Couldn’t record a single out on 11 pitches and gave up the run on the Zimmerman hit.

The Longhorns fought and clawed their way back into the game, closing the gap to 8-7 in the bottom of the eighth. Zubia drove in a run on an RBI single. The seventh run came on a wild pitch that allowed Ellis to score. In the top of the ninth the Longhorns gave up another unearned run on their fifth error of the game. It would be the eventual winning run. The controversy came in the bottom of the ninth with winning run on first base.

In the final pitch of the game with runners on the corners and two outs, Duke Ellis was at the plate with an opportunity to be the hero in Houston. Austin Todd was on first following a RBI single to bring the Longhorns within one, with a 1-2 count, Ellis took the pitch for the called third strike. The Missouri catch did his job with framing the pitch to get the ball.

This loss was a punch to the gut after a weekend of questionable calls. Texas will now face Arizona on Tuesday before a weekend series with Cal State Fullerton.

Longhorns Baseball: Texas-sized upset over No 6 Arkansas

The Texas Longhorns pulled off the upset of number six ranked Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday evening.

After falling to the number 11 ranked Louisiana State Tigers on Friday night, Texas was back at Minute Maid Park to take on an old Southwest Conference foe in the number six ranked Arkansas Razorbacks. Ty Madden took the mound looking to get back on the winning side in the second game of the Shriner’s Hospital for Children College Baseball Classic.

Madden was able to keep the Razorbacks at bay through the first four innings of scoreless baseball. The Longhorns offense went to work after being grounded in the final three innings of their loss to LSU. Zach Zubia started the scoring parade over the early innings with a single that drove in leadoff hitter Austin Todd. Cam Williams drove in the second run on a double play ball that brought Eric Kennedy home.

The offense would explode in the second inning against starter Patrick Wicklander who gave up six runs, four earned in one plus innings pitched. He would be pulled before recording an out in the inning. Kennedy hit a sacrifice fly to bring the score to 5-0 Texas, when Zubia came back to the plate.

The Longhorns finished a six-run second when Cam Williams scored on a throwing error by Arkansas. Madden would go to work with a 8-0 lead, Texas would need ever bit of those eight runs as the number six team in the nation would make a late inning push. Madden pitched six innings throwing 100 pitches. He finished with seven strikeouts, giving up three earned runs. Quality start from the Longhorns number two starter.

Cole Quintanilla lasted just 0.1 innings after giving up two runs allowing Arkansas to get within three runs of Texas after holding a commanding 8-0 lead. Pete Hansen came into the game and shut it down over the next 1.2 to get the game to the ninth. Hansen struck out two batters and allowed just one hit.

It was up to freshman pitcher Andre Duplantier II to close it out in the final inning for Texas to pull off the upset. Duplantier gave up two runs on a Matt Goodheart double that brought the Razorbacks within one, and the tying runner standing at second. The freshman rose to the challenge and got the final outs when Duplantier struck out Casey Opitz and Casey Martin to close the door.

Texas improved to 10-1 on the season. Zubia led all hitters with three RBIs while batting 3-4. The Longhorns look to close out the weekend against another former conference rival in the Missouri Tigers.

 

WATCH: Zach Zubia launches home run against Arkansas

During the game between old SWC conference rivals, Texas first baseman Zach Zubia launched a 2-2 pitch over the left center wall.

The Texas Longhorns returned to Houston, Texas where they swept the Rice Owls to begin the season. In the Shriner’s Hospital for Children College Baseball Classic, Texas faced off with the Arkansas Razorbacks in the second game of the classic. First baseman Zach Zubia came to the plate and worked a 2-2 count before launching a ball into the Houston atmosphere.