Tag: longhorns baseball

Texas Baseball: Horns rank No. 1 in preseason poll

Expectations are high for David Pierce and the Longhorns this year.

The college baseball season is just around the corner and expectations in Austin are as high as ever.

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper ranked Texas as their No. 1 team in the county in a preseason poll they released on Monday.

After a heartbreaking loss in the semifinals of the College World Series a year ago, the Horns will return a major core of that team. Seven position players and four key pitchers will all be back at the Disch in the spring.

The 2022 Longhorns will be stacked with MLB talent. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper has seven Longhorns on their preseason All-American teams:

  • LHP Pete Hansen
  • RHP Tristen Stevens
  • RHP Tanner Witt
  • RHP Aaron Nixon
  • 1B Ivan Melendez
  • SS Trey Faltine
  • 2B Mitchell Daly

David Pierce has done a masterful job with the program since taking over for legend Augie Garrido. Since the start of the 2020 season, Texas is 67-20 with a Big 12 championship and an Omaha appearance.

Click here for a full breakdown of Texas’ 2022 schedule.

Contact/Follow us @LonghornsWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas news, notes and opinions.

Texas Baseball: Detroit Tigers add former Longhorn Kody Clemens to 40-man roster

Tigers add former Texas standout Kody Clemens to the 40-man roster.

The Detriot Tigers added infielder Kody Clemens to their active 40-man roster on Friday. Adding Clemens to the roster keeps him from being available to other teams in the upcoming Rule Five Draft.

Clemens was selected in the third round of the 2018 MLB draft after an All-American junior season at Texas.

His 2018 season was one of the best in Texas baseball history. Clemens won Big 12 player of the year, finished as a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and led the Longhorns to the College World Series.

The former Longhorn batted .247 with 18 home runs and 97 RBIs last season in Triple-A. Clemens primary played second base and has proved to be an adequate defender.

According to mlb.com, Clemens is the No. 18 prospect in the Tigers’ organization. Detriot adding him to the 40-man roster shows they have him in their long-term plans.

Contact/Follow us @LonghornsWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas news, notes and opinions.

Texas is one of three Big 12 Schools listed as a potential NCAA regional host

Texas, TCU and Texas Tech are among the 20 finalists to potentially host the 2021 NCAA regionals.

The NCAA baseball postseason is only a few weeks away and on the path to Omaha, home of the NCAA World Series, are the 16 regional cities to host the first leg.

The NCAA Division 1 Baseball Committee announced their final 20 candidates that have the potential to host the 2021 Regionals and eight of those cities will host the subsequent Super Regionals.

Among the final 20 candidates, three Big 12 programs were included: Texas, Texas Tech and TCU.

The field of teams will consist of 64 programs, similar to the college basketball NCAA Tournament. There will be 30 conference qualifying teams and 34 at-large bids.

As far as fans in attendance, the NCAA’s COVID-19 Medical Advisory Board has allowed stadiums to up to 50% capacity at respective stadiums. The 16 chosen schools to host the regionals will be announced on May 30 at 8:30 p.m. EDT.

Regionals will run from June 4 through June 7 and the Super Regionals will take place from June 11 through the 14.

Texas Baseball: Longhorns win critical series against No. 3 TCU

The Texas Longhorns baseball team wins their three-game series vs. the TCU Horned Frogs.

[mm-video type=video id=01f5cbft81c2c3deqgth playlist_id=01eqbz52bnpekkafqb player_id=none image=https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/video/thumbnail/mmplus/01f5cbft81c2c3deqgth/01f5cbft81c2c3deqgth-c4392ac005421476139f17da74e5e13e.jpg]

The Texas Longhorns baseball team (38-12) needed to bounce back after losing their first Big 12 series of the season to Texas Tech last weekend. That didn’t come in easy fashion with the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs.

Both teams split a one-point win on Friday and Saturday, but a one-sided victory on Sunday for the Longhorns gave Texas the series win 2-1. This was a critical series win for Texas, as TCU currently sits atop the Big 12 standings.

With only five regular season games remaining, this is a catalyst win for Texas that could serve them well going into the postseason.

The Longhorns will host back-to-back one-game series on Monday and Tuesday against the Texas Southern Tigers and Rice Owls.The first game can be shown on ESPN+ and the other on the Longhorn Network.

Here’s a recap of each game against TCU:

Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Five Texas baseball players who rank among the NCAA’s top 50

Five Texas Longhorn baseball players who rank nationally among statistical categories.

The Texas Longhorns baseball team is 30-8 on the season and continues to ride a 13-game winning streak. They’re currently ranked No. 3 nationally and sit atop the Big 12 with slight leads over Texas Tech and TCU.

The Longhorns look more and more like a squad who will be competing in Omaha for the NCAA College World Series. Just as impressive has been the play of many of their players. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few of these Texas stars could be playing in the minor and major leagues in the coming years.

At the beginning of the season, all eyes were on pitcher Ty Madden and his elite strikeout numbers. More recently, the focus has shifted to Ivan Melendez, who had garnered attention after six consecutive games with a home run. Melendez eventually fell just short of tying the NCAA record at eight games.

Texas currently has five players among the top 50 in their respective statistical group, with a few others who are narrowly on the outside looking in. With 17 games left in the regular season, many of these numbers are likely to fluctuate.

Here are the five Texas players who rank among the the top 50 statistically via NCAA.com.

Texas Baseball: Longhorns sweep Abilene Christian

The Texas Longhorns baseball team swept the Abilene Christian Wildcats in a three-game series over the weekend.

The Texas Longhorns baseball team (30-8) did what the men’s basketball team was unable to do: beat Abilene Christian. Not only did the Longhorns sweep the series, but games one and two were a combined 29-1 one-sided thrashing. With the series sweep, Texas keeps their winning streak alive at 13 games in a row.

The only close game in the series was game two in which both teams had a combined 14 strikeouts and Texas didn’t score a run until the bottom of the sixth inning.

Games one and three were offensive outings for Texas with three home runs hit between them, as well as four different innings in which the Longhorns scored three or more runs.

Texas will next play a re-match against the Texas State Bobcats on Tuesday, who the Longhorns beat earlier in the season by a score of 10-3. For now, let’s recap how the series against Abilene Christian played out on the next page.

Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Texas Baseball: Longhorns win two-game series against Nevada

The Texas Longhorns baseball team kept their winning streak alive as they swept the Nevada Wolfpack in a two-game series.

[mm-video type=video id=01f3bxstph6qa6s7cy0z playlist_id=01eqbz52bnpekkafqb player_id=none image=https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/video/thumbnail/mmplus/01f3bxstph6qa6s7cy0z/01f3bxstph6qa6s7cy0z-5851ea1b405b283bdf9b27b200c0bcae.jpg]

The Texas Longhorns baseball team (27-8) came into their two-game series against the Nevada Wolfpack riding an eight game winning streak. All eyes were on Ivan Melendez who was chasing history in an attempt to break the record for the most consecutive games with a home run.

Unfortunately, Melendez’s record attempt was halted at six games, but the Longhorns were able to extend their winning streak to 10 as they defeated Nevada in both games.

Unlike the last couple of series for Texas, Nevada played the Longhorns close in every game. Despite the close calls, Texas’ winning streak stays alive.

Next, the Longhorns will be looking to avenge Texas basketball’s first round knockout as they’ll host a three-game series vs. the Abilene Christian Wildcats starting on Friday. All three games can be seen on the Longhorns Network.

Here’s a recap of the two games against Nevada.

Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3

WATCH: Every Ivan Melendez home run during his six-game streak

Texas Longhorns baseball slugger Ivan Melendez’s historic home run streak ends at six consecutive games. Watch all of them here.

The Texas Longhorns (26-8) have had plenty of attention these last few weeks thanks to the dominating bat of Ivan Melendez. He had been on a historic run of six consecutive games with a home run, chasing the NCAA record which sits at eight games.

Unfortunately for Melendez, his pursuit was cut short on Tuesday night. He went two for three with a double and two RBIs, ending his chase for the record.

Despite that, Texas still got the win and is extended their win streak to nine consecutive games and Melendez did receive some accolades during the stretch.

As it stands today, Melendez is now tied with Cam Williams for the team lead at eight total homeruns on the season to this point, with plenty of baseball to go until the postseason.

Melendez hit a total of seven homeruns in his six-game stretch and you can relive each of them below.

Texas Baseball: Longhorns sweep Kansas State

The Texas Longhorns baseball team swept the Kansas State Wildcats in a three-game series over the weekend.

This past weekend was defined by streaks. The Texas Longhorns baseball team (25-8) won all three of their series games against the Kansas State Wildcats, extending their win streak to eight games. Ivan Melendez has now hit a home run in six consecutive games.

The Longhorns won in dominant fashion each of the three games, winning by seven or more runs for a total of 37 runs for the series.

Texas has been on fire since their 0-3 start to the season and has been scoring runs at will and playing great defense, which was all on display against the Wildcats as they only gave up 25 hits for nine runs during the weekend.

Texas is now 10-2 in Big 12 play on the season and currently have a three game lead atop the conference as the Longhorns hit the midway point of the season, with another 12 conference games left on the schedule.

Texas will host a two-game series against the Nevada Wolfpack on Tuesday. First, let’s recap the Kansas State series on the next page.

Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Texas Baseball: Longhorns dominate Stephen F. Austin

The Texas Longhorns baseball team won for the the second consecutive night, beating the SFA Lumberjacks in a one-game series.

[mm-video type=video id=01f2sg0wskcv3atz6aa1 playlist_id=01eqbz52bnpekkafqb player_id=none image=https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/video/thumbnail/mmplus/01f2sg0wskcv3atz6aa1/01f2sg0wskcv3atz6aa1-1863f85be1c5ec48e01ab27aa3a8d38b.jpg]

The Texas Longhorns (22-8) were riding a four-game win streak heading into Wednesday’s matchup with Stephen F. Austin. Texas would win the game by a score of 9-1.

The Longhorns scored early and often. Eight of the teams points were scored in the first four innings and Texas didn’t allow a run until the top of the eighth.

Ivan Melendez continued his hard-hitting ways hitting two of three at-bats, brining in four RBI’s including a three-run home run in the fourth.

Also in the fourth inning, Zach Zubia hit a one-run home run, his second hit of the game.

Pete Hansen (3-1) got the win for Texas, pitching 6.0 innings, allowing only two hits and no runs with three strikeouts. Sam Walbridge also got three strikeouts pitching in relief for only 1.0 innings.

With the game already out of reach, DJ Petrinsky came in for a one-run home run to put the finishing touch on another blowout victory for Texas.

The Longhorns will host Kansas State in a three-game series starting on Friday.