Texas BASEBALL - Rivalry Renewed! - Fri Game Thread

ZachattheDisch · Friday at 2:11 PM

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Texas A&M Aggies v. #1 Texas Longhorns
Date: April 25
Time: Fri at 7pm
Where: Disch-Falk Field
TV: Friday – SEC Network

Series History:

First Met: 1903
Last Met: 2024
Last Texas Victory: 2023 in College Station
All-Time Series Record: 244-132-5
- Home Record: 133-48-5
- Horns lost twice to the Aggies in 2024, once during midweek in Austin and then again in June in the College Station Regional in 11 innings
Texas A&M is picked to finish 1st out of 16 teams
2024 Season: 53-15 (19-11 SEC) – Aggies fell to Tennessee in the national championship series, dropping the last two games after winning the first.

Records:
Texas A&M Aggie: 24-16 (8-10 SEC)
Texas Longhorns: 34-5 (16-2 SEC)

RPI / SOS:
Texas A&M: 39 / 11
Texas: 2 / 24

Prediction:

Texas wins the series 2-1
- On the season, I am 28-11

Pitching Matchups:

Fri – RHP Ruger Riojas (7-1, 3.33 ERA) v. LHP Ryan Prager (2-2, 4.29 ERA)

2024 D1Baseball Second Team All-American
2024 All-SEC Team
2024 Dick Howser Semifinalist
2024 3rd pick (81st overall) MLB Draft
2025 First Team All-American
2025 Preseason SEC Pitcher of the Year
Averages nearly 100 pitches per outing
Average 5.33 runs per game in SEC play
Strike thrower
Has given up as many HRs and Runs, and nearly walked as many as he did all of last season

Texas A&M Bullpen:

Weston Moss (5-2, 1 save, 1.70 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 15 apps, 2 starts, 37 IP)
Brad Rudis (0-1, 4.03 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 17 apps, 1 start, 22.1 IP)
Kaiden Wilson (0-1, 5.14 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 15 apps, 14 IP)
Clayton Freshcorn (2-2, 1 save, 5.19 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 16 apps, 17.1 IP)
Luke Jackson (1-0, 1 save, 5.29 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 14 apps, 17 IP)
Caden McCoy (3-1, 1 save, 5.93 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 9 apps, 13.2 IP)

Texas A&M Offensive Leaders:

Jace LaViolette (.315 BA, 1.166 OPS, 15 HR, 52 RBI, .692 SLG%, .474 OB%, 7-8 SB)
Wyatt Henseler (.315 BA, 1.006 OPS, 9 HR, 27 RBI, .577 SLG%, .429 OB%, 4-4 SB)
Kaeden Kent (.297 BA, .973 OPS, 9 HR, 41 RBI, .561 SLG%, .412 OB%, 3-3 SB)
Caden Sorrell (.358 BA, 1.304 OPS, 6 HR, 19 RBI, .811 SLG%, .493 OB%) – only 15 gms due to injury
Terrence Kiel II (.338 BA, .857 OPS, 1 HR, 24 RBI, .428 SLG%, .429 OB%, 11-12 SB)

STARTING LINEUPS:

TEXAS

DH - Ethan Mendoza
C - Rylan Galvan
SS - Jalin Flores
CF - Will Gasparino
1B - Kimble Schuessler
3B - Casey Borba
RF - Tommy Farmer IV
LF - Adrian Rodriguez
2B - Jayden Duplantier

Texas A&M

LF - Terrence Kiel II
CF - Jace LaViolette
3B - Wyatt Henseler
RF - Caden Sorrell
C - Bear Harrison
SS - Kaeden Kent
DH - Blake Binderup
1B - Gavin Kash
2B - Ben Royo

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