TEXAS (34-17) vs. TEXAS SOUTHERN (24-20)
May 10, 2022
Where: UFCU Disch-Falk Field
Time: Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
TV: Longhorn Network
Radio: 104.9 FM The Horn/1260 AM
Live stats: https://texassports.com/sidearmstats/baseball
All-time collection: Texas leads, 12-0
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
TUESDAY–Texas LHP Luke Harrison (0-0, 3.08) vs. Texas Southern TBA
THE MATCHUPS—Texas begins a five-game homestand to shut out the common season with a Tuesday matchup in opposition to Texas Southern. The Longhorns and TSU Tigers have beforehand met 12 instances, all in Austin. Last season, the Longhorns and Tigers performed into the underside of the fourth inning earlier than climate intervened and the sport was declared a no contest.
A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS—The Longhorns received a collection at West Virginia for the primary time in program historical past. Prior to final weekend, Texas had a 2-7 file in Morgantown, W.Va. Texas leads the Big 12 with a .316 group batting common and a program file 94 homers, whereas the pitching employees is second within the league with a 4.28 ERA. The Longhorns are the league’s prime fielding group with a .985 fielding proportion.
BOMB SQUAD—Texas has damaged this system file for many residence runs in a season, smashing 94 bombs in 51 video games this season. The residence run whole leads the Big 12 and ranks third nationally. Last season Texas hit 68 homers in 67 video games, the fourth-most by a Longhorn group. Texas has 25 multiple-homer video games, together with 10 three-homer video games, 5 four-homer video games and three five-homer video games.
HOME SWEET HOME—Texas has gone 19-7 this season on the pleasant confines of UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Through the primary 48 video games of the season, Texas has performed a complete of 26 video games at residence and 22 video games away from UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Of the ultimate eight common season video games, the Longhorns play 5 of them at residence and simply three on the highway. In residence video games, Texas has a group batting common of .330 and a .988 fielding proportion. The Longhorns have additionally averaged 6,849 followers in attendance at residence this season, the fifth-highest common attendance within the nation.
TITANIC—Ivan Melendez leads the nation with 25 residence runs this season, the second-most ever hit by a Texas participant in a single season. Melendez now has 38 profession residence runs, which is the third-most in a profession at Texas. Melendez additionally ranks within the top-5 nationally in whole bases (1st), slugging proportion (1st), RBI (2nd) and on-base proportion (4th). He additionally ranks fifth nationally with a .423 batting common, whereas his 77 hits rank seventh and his 43 walks rank eleventh.
MURPH DOG—Murphy Stehly has had an impressive season on the plate, batting .372, rating seventh within the nation with 77 whole hits and tenth with 138 whole bases. Stehly additionally has 17 doubles, one triple and 14 homers. He has successful in 43 of his 50 video games performed and has 23 video games with a number of hits, together with simply the sixth three-homer recreation in Texas Baseball historical past. He had a 20-game hitting streak earlier this season, which is tied for the fourth-longest in program historical past. His versatility has additionally been on show, taking part in first base, second base, third base and proper area all through the season.
IMMEDIATE IMPACT—Texas struck gold final season with the addition of graduate switch Mike Antico from St. John’s. The outfielder grew to become the primary participant in Big 12 historical past to hit 10 homers and steal 40 bases in a season. This season the Longhorns added grad switch Skyler Messinger from Kansas and he has produced. The similarities have been hanging, as each gamers had a gradual begin to their Texas careers. Through (*22*) first 26 video games final season, he was batting simply .202 earlier than happening to bat .273 and touchdown on the All-Big 12 second group. For Messinger, he was batting simply .192 after his first 16 video games however over his final 31 video games he has raised his batting common as much as .350. Messinger has hit eight residence runs this season, after having simply six in his 4 years at Kansas. He has additionally been nice defensively at third base with solely two errors in 129 defensive possibilities this season.
OWN THE DISCH—A big a part of the Longhorns success beneath head coach David Pierce has come all the way down to dominating at residence. Since 2017 Texas has produced a 141-40 (.779) file at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, together with an 19-7 mark this season. Since the stadium opened in 1975, Texas has gone 1572-400-3 at residence for a .797 successful proportion. The fan base has additionally executed an excellent job of creating the Disch a troublesome place to play. Through the primary 26 residence video games this season Texas is averaging 6,849 followers in attendance, which might be a program file. With the exception of final season’s restricted capability because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas has led the Big 12 in attendance for 15-consecutive seasons.
FLASHING THE LEATHER—Trey Faltine and Mitchell Daly have fashioned an unbelievable center infield duo, anchoring the highest protection within the Big 12 with a .984 fielding proportion. This season, Daly and Faltine are presently tied for first within the league with 149 assists every. Last season Faltine led the Big 12 with 203 assists, whereas Daly was second with 178.
INFIELD HIT MACHINE—Throughout his profession on the Forty Acres, Eric Kennedy has used his velocity as a method to get on base. With 4 infield singles (three bunt) this season, Kennedy now has 55 profession infield singles (31 bunts). Last season he had 27 infield singles, together with 16 bunt hits.
MARCH MADNESS—Texas Baseball began the month of March with a troublesome stretch of 11 video games within the first 16 days of the month. Making it even more durable, the vast majority of these video games had been away from UFCU Disch-Falk Field, with 10 of 11 on the highway. The highway was grueling and the Longhorns began the month with a 6-5 file. The again finish of the March schedule was powerful as properly, beginning Big 12 Conference play by dropping the collection at Texas Tech earlier than falling to Texas A&M for a midweek recreation. In all, Texas went 11-8 within the month of March with 13 video games away from residence.
HEAR ‘EM—In partnership with Learfield IMG College, Texas video games can be broadcast on the Austin Radio Network, totally on 104.9 The Horn and AM 1260. Craig Way handles main play-by-play duties alongside Roger Wallace. This season followers will even hear evaluation from Longhorn greats Keith Moreland, Ty Harrington and Nathan Thornhill all through the season.
