Texas BASEBALL - Horns v. Cardinals - Game Thread

ZachattheDisch · 2025-02-14T18:29:09-0600

For the full weekend preview - check out the thread here - WEEKEND PREVIEW

#19 TEXAS LONGHORNS v. Louisville Cardinals
Date: Feb 14
Where: Globe Life Field (Arlington, TX)
Time: Friday at 7 pm CST
TV: Streaming on FloSports
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone

SERIES NOTES:

First Met: 2014
All Time Record (1-0): Texas has met Louisville just once before, back in 2014 at the College World Series
Last Meeting (2014) - (Clubs met in Omaha in a knockout game. The Horns won 4-1 behind the sparkling performance of Parker French (7.1 IP, 4H, 1R).
Cardinals went 32-24 (16-14), missing the NCAA Tourney for the 2nd straight year in 2024
Notes: Louisville picked to finish 8th in the ACC

Louisville has had a lot of holes in their team talent over the past couple of years, not too dissimilar to Texas. If the pitching was good, the hitting was down. If the starting pitching was good, the bullpen was down, or the team couldn’t hit. This season the Cardinals look to have a very athletic team with quality depth. More balance and contact than power offensively, the Cardinals strength is their defense up the middle, where they have several veteran players and guys who can make a difference. There are quite a few new names for Louisville, but they bolstered the team with some solid transfer pickups as they look to get back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2022 season when they made it to the College Station Regional, only to get swept by the Aggies, coached by Jim Schlossnagle.

RECORDS:

Texas: 0-0 (0-0 SEC)
Louisville: 0-0 (0-0 ACC)

PITCHING MATCHUPS:

FRIDAY–Texas LHP Jared Spencer (0-0) v. L’ville RHP Patrick Forbes (0-0)
- Spencer 2024 Stats: 6-0, 18 apps, 9 starts, 4.08 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 53 IP, .216 B/Avg
- Forbes 2024 Stats: 0-1, 12 apps, 4 starts, 3.72 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 29 IP, .243 B/Avg
- After being limited in 2024 due to an injury and splitting time between hitting and pitching, Forbes is expected to be the Friday night guy in 2025. Forbes spent the summer with the USA Collegiate National Team and on the Cape, flashing an upper 90s fastball and outstanding control.

STARTING LINEUP:

Cardinal Starting Lineup:

1	ss	0 Alex Alicea	B
2	lf	32 Zion Rose	R
3	c	25 Matt Klein	L
4	rf	42 Eddie King Jr.	R
5	3b	20 Jake Munroe	R
6	cf	53 Lucas Moore	L
7	dh	16 Michael Lippe	R
8	1b	13 Tague Davis	L
9	2b	5 Kamau Neighbors	B
10	p	1 Patrick Forbes	R

V-TOWNHORN · 2025-02-14T18:31:20-0600