REMINDER - Texas Baseball and No. 18 Oklahoma will play a doubleheader on Sunday at 1 p.m. Game 3 of the series will start approximately 45 minutes after the conclusion of Sunday's 1 p.m. contest.
In case you missed it, check out the weekend series preview here - OU Weekend Series Preview
DOUBLE THE GAMES, DOUBLE THE FUN, well....hopefully!
Horns face a MASSIVE Sunday in which they will play a double-header against rival Oklahoma. If the Horns want to keep pace towards the top of the Big 12 and boost their RPI for a chance at post-season play, the Horns need to win today. This is especially true as a series against a red-hot Oklahoma State team looms next weekend. If things go poorly for the Horns today and next weekend, Texas will likely see themselves towards the bottom half of the Big 12 and on the outside looking in for post season play.
The double header presents a big challenge to the pitching staff, as the Horns do not have near the bullpen that Oklahoma does, so quality starts from Whitehead and LBJ are a must.
Buckle up and lets have some fun...or at least hope that Texas does not commit 5 errors in 3 innings.
TEXAS LONGHORNS at #18 OKLAHOMA SOONERS
Date: April 28
Where: L. Dale Mitchell Park (Norman, Ok)
Time: Sunday at 1pm & then 45 mins after the conclusion of the first game
TV: ESPN+
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone/103.1 FM
RECORDS:
Texas: 25-18 (11-8 Big 12)
Oklahoma: 26-14 (15-4 Big 12)
SERIES MATCHUP:
- Texas and OU first met in 1910
- Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson is in his 7th season at OU with a 214-146 record
- Skip was the pitching coach at Texas (as everyone knows)
- First time the Horns have been to Norman since 2018
- Horns have a 156-68-2 series lead
- Horns are 33-19 in Norman
- In 2023, Oklahoma swept the Horns in Austin
- Under David Pierce (since 2017), Horns have a 4-2 series lead against OU
- During that same time, Horns are 2-2 against OU in the Big 12 Tourney
- Horns have lost the last 4 games against OU going back to the 2022 Big 12 Tourney
- Oklahoma is 9-1 in its past 10 games and are currently on an 8 game win streak
- Oklahoma recently received a massive boost offensively as they got star player John Spikerman and Jack Nicklaus back from injuries and into the lineup
PITCHING MATCHUP (expected):
Sunday Game One –Texas LHP Ace Whitehead (4-0, 3.32) vs. OU RHP Kyson Witherspoon (4-2, 3.72)
Sunday Game Two –Texas RHP Lebarron Johnson Jr. (2-3, 5.03) vs. OU LHP Grant Stevens (5-0, 4.72)
LINEUP:
Current Big 12 Standings (Big 12 record):
- Oklahoma (15-4)
- Oklahoma State (14-7)
- West Virginia (13-7)
- Texas (11-8)
- Kansas (11-9)
- Texas Tech (12-11)
- Cincinnati (10-10)
- Kansas State (10-11)
- UCF (9-11)
- Baylor (9-11)
- TCU (10-14)
- Houston (6-15)
- BYU (6-18)
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