In case you missed it, check out the weekend series preview here - Okie State Weekend Preview
MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU...and may it be with the Horns today.
For the first Saturday in nearly two months, the Horns enter Saturday looking to take the series instead of hoping to hang on and survive. The most important thing for the Horns is to have a short memory, regardless of the fact that they won last night. Oklahoma State is a solid baseball club with some very dangerous hitters, as Texas saw first hand last night. In addition, the Pokes will have their staff ace on the mound today in Brian Holiday. While his record is just 4-3 in 11 starts, he has a 0.95 WHIP and hitters are batting just .211 against. In addition, he has struck out 81 and walked just 13 on the season.
Regardless of that, the Horns have another massive opportunity in front of them as a series win against the #14 team in the nation would go a long way towards solidifying the the Horns post season chances and keep them firmly in the race for a Big 12 regular season title. Looking at the Big 12, here are current standings.
As things stand, BYU and Houston almost certainly will not make the Big 12 Tournament.
| Team | Big 12 Record | Games Back | Remaining Series |
| Oklahoma | 16-6 | v. Baylor, at Cincinnati | |
| West Virginia | 15-7 | 1 | v. Kansas State, at TCU |
| Oklahoma State | 14-8 | 2 | v. Texas Tech, at Houston |
| Texas | 14-8 | 2 | at UCF, v. Kansas |
| Kansas | 12-10 | 4 | v. Houston, at Texas |
| Kansas State | 11-11 | 5 | at West Virginia, v. BYU |
| Cincinnati | 11-11 | 5 | at BYU, v. Oklahoma |
| Texas Tech | 12-13 | 5.5 | at Oklahoma State |
| UCF | 10-12 | 6 | v. Texas, at Baylor |
| TCU | 11-14 | 6.5 | v. West Virginia |
| Baylor | 9-13 | 7 | at Oklahoma, v. UCF |
| Houston | 6-16 | 10 | at Kansas, v. Oklahoma State |
| BYU | 6-18 | 11 | v. Cincinnati, at Kansas State |
TEXAS LONGHORNS at #14 OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
Date: May 4
Where: Disch-Falk Field
Time: Saturday at 230pm
TV: LHN
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone/103.1 FM
SERIES MATCHUP:
- Longhorns and Cowboys first met in 1913
- Horns hold a 67-54 all-time series record
- Horns are 33-18 at home
- Under David Pierce (2017), the Horns are 3-3 against OSU
- Horns are just 2-3 against OSU in the Big 12 Tourney
- Horns are 1-1 against OSU at home since 2017
- Horns went 1-2 against OSU in 2023
- Okie State was on a 6 game win streak prior to last nights loss
- Last road series was Kansas State and the Pokes lost the series.
- Okie State is averaging 14.6 runs over the past 5 games, while only giving up an average of 5 runs during that same time period
RECORDS:
Texas: 29-18 (14-8 Big 12)
Oklahoma State: 31-15 (14-8 Big 12)
PITCHING MATCHUPS:
- SATURDAY–Texas LHP Ace Whitehead (4-0, 3.88) vs. OSU RHP Brian Holiday (4-3, 3.79)
- Holiday transferred from Central Florida JC, which he helped win the 2023 NJCAA national championship
- Holiday is averaging 7 IP per start in Big 12 play, giving up just short of 4 runs per game
- He regularly throws north of the 100 pitch mark
- His worst outing was against Oklahoma
TEXAS LINEUP:
| 1 | 1b | 9 Thomas, Jared | L | .371 | |
| 2 | ss | 1 Flores, Jalin | R | .353 | |
| 3 | 3b | 15 Powell, Peyton | L | .344 | |
| 4 | rf | 44 Belyeu, Max | L | .354 | |
| 5 | lf | 4 Brown, Porter | L | .212 | |
| 6 | dh | 10 Schuessler, Kimble | R | .354 | |
| 7 | c | 6 Galvan, Rylan | R | .299 | |
| 8 | cf | 8 Gasparino, Will | R | .259 | |
| 9 | 2b | 30 Kennedy, Dee | R | .217 |
OKLAHOMA STATE LINEUP:
| 1 | rf | 3 Benge, Carson | L | .328 | |
| 2 | cf | 4 Ehrhard, Zach | R | .333 | |
| 3 | lf | 10 Schubart, Nolan | L | .342 | |
| 4 | dh | 2 Meola, Aidan | R | .344 | |
| 5 | 1b | 12 Brueggemann, Colin | L | .267 | |
| 6 | c | 8 Daugherty, Ian | R | .278 | |
| 7 | ss | 6 Forsythe, Lane | R | .273 | |
| 8 | 3b | 17 Wulfert, Tyler | R | .243 | |
| 9 | 2b | 15 Ortiz, Avery | R | .255 |
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