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After back to back walk off wins, the Horns come into Saturday afternoon looking for a series sweep. If the Horns were to sweep, it would be their first sweep in Big 12 conference play this season. The Horns will also be honoring 9 graduates today. Yes, I realize I posted 12 names, but guys that were honored last season will not take part in the festivities (ex. Andre Duplantier). Today's game will also mark the last time that LHN broadcasts a Texas Baseball game and will mark its end as Texas heads to the SEC, meaning this is the last time that Greg Swindell and Keith Moreland will be doing the Texas broadcast together.
Chase Lummus
Cam Constantine
Charlie Hurley
Jack O'Dowd
Porter Brown
Kimble Schuessler
Lebarron Johnson Jr
Andre Duplantier
Peyton Powell
Heston Tole
Tanner Witt
Andre Duplantier
#25 Texas Longhorns v. Kansas Jayhawks
Date: May 18
Where: Disch-Falk Field
Time: Saturday at 2:30pm
TV: LHN
Series Matchup:
- Texas and Kansas first met in 1906
- Texas has a 60-30 all-time series lead over Kansas
- Texas holds a 33-10 record against Kansas at home
- Since David Pierce took over in 2017, the Horns have a 4-2 record against Kansas
- Home: 2 wins, including 2 sweeps and no losses
- Away: 2 wins, including 1 sweep and 2 losses
- Big 12 Tourney: Horns have a 1-2 record against Kansas
- Horns and Jayhawks last met in 2023
- Horns won the series 2-1
- Horns then lost to Kansas in the Big 12 Tourney
- Kansas did not play league leaders Oklahoma or Oklahoma State this season
- Kansas is 3-6 against the Top 6 teams and 12-6 against the Bottom 6 teams
Records:
Texas: 34-20 (19-10 Big 12)
Kansas: 29-20 (15-14 Big 12)
PITCHING MATCHUPS
- SATURDAY–Texas RHP Lebarron Johnson Jr. (2-4, 5.82) vs. Kansas TBA
- The most likely starter for Sunday is LHP Evan Shaw (3-0, 5.86 ERA)
- Shaw’s longest outing of the season has been 5 IP
- In his most recent outing against Houston, he went 3.1 IP (83 pitches), giving up 4 runs
TEXAS LINEUP
1 | lf | 9 Thomas, Jared | L | .362 | |
2 | ss | 1 Flores, Jalin | R | .346 | |
3 | 3b | 15 Powell, Peyton | L | .327 | |
4 | rf | 44 Belyeu, Max | L | .341 | |
5 | dh | 10 Schuessler, Kimble | R | .331 | |
6 | 1b | 31 Borba, Casey | R | .240 | |
7 | c | 6 Galvan, Rylan | R | .276 | |
8 | cf | 8 Gasparino, Will | R | .251 | |
9 | 2b | 27 O'Dowd, Jack | L | .198 |
KANSAS LINEUP
1 | cf | 29 Nett, John | R | .360 | |
2 | c | 25 Hartl, Ben | R | .311 | |
3 | 3b | 18 Shojinaga, Kodey | R | .335 | |
4 | 1b | 21 English, Jake | R | .324 | |
5 | dh | 52 Ashby, Lenny | L | .267 | |
6 | ss | 7 Cranford, Collier | R | .290 | |
7 | rf | 1 Wisdom, Ty | L | .281 | |
8 | 2b | 8 Diggins, Chase | R | .303 | |
9 | lf | 2 Koszewski, Mike | L | .319 |
Here are the current Big 12 Standings (as of 1130am on Saturday):
- Oklahoma (23-7) >> OU has wrapped up their season with a series win over Cincy
- Texas (19-10) >> Horns are looking to sweep Kansas on the final day of the season
- Oklahoma State (17-9) >> Pokes will look to play a DH against Houston today to grab the #2 seed in Big 12 tourney
- West Virginia (18-11) >> Mountaineers are looking to win the series today against TCU
- Cincinnati (17-13) >> Cincy lost the series to Oklahoma
- Kansas State (15-14) >> Wildcats will look to sweep BYU today
- Kansas (15-14) >> Jayhawks will look to avoid being swept by Texas today
- TCU (14-15) >> Frogs will look to win the series against West Virginia today
- UCF (13-15) >> Knights will look to win the series against Baylor today
- Texas Tech (12-17) >> Red Raiders lost twice to Arizona State and beat UNLV in non-conference games
- Baylor (10-19) >> Bears will look to win the series against UCF today
- Houston (7-19) >> Cougars play a DH today against Oklahoma State
- BYU (6-23) >> Cougars will look to avoid being swept by Kansas State today
PREDICTED BIG 12 TOURNEY SEEDS:
Game 1: 6 seed Kansas State v. 7 seed Kansas
Game 2: 4 seed West Virginia v. 9 seed UCF
Game 3: 5 seed Cincy v. 8 seed TCU
Game 4: 3 seed Texas v. 10 seed Texas Tech
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