ON DECK - The last non-conference weekend series of the season
One final weekend tune up. After this weekend series against Santa Clara, the next time fans will see the Horns at home for a weekend series will be on March 21st as the presumed #1 team in the nation, LSU Tigers, comes rolling into town.
Before looking that far ahead, there is still a weekend road series to Mississippi State, the first SEC series for Texas, in which the Horns will face 15-18K fans and bbq pits wafting smoke across the field.
Back to present though, the Horns have reeled off ten straight wins after an opening day loss against Louisville and are just a few pitches away from being undefeated. Regardless, the Horns must stay present and focus on the task at hand, a Santa Clara team that will be looking to snatch a road series against an SEC team. Offensively, Santa Clara is a team that does not appear to be strong, and they certainly do not hit for power, having only hit two home runs so far this season. They do have twenty-two doubles on the season but are averaging just 7.6 hits per game while averaging 7.6 strikeouts per game. On the pitching side, their starters have had mixed results, but they do have two solid options out of the bullpen. They do rack up strikeouts at a decent rate but have also issued a fair number of walks and given up 14 home runs on the season.
Coach Schlossnagle has talked about Texas being good but not good enough. They are good enough to play and potentially beat any team, but they are not good enough to beat any team when they aren't playing at their best. They do not have the ability to just sleep walk and out talent anyone.
Santa Clara is a good non-conference weekend opponent to help get the Horns tuned up for SEC play. The Broncos as mentioned have a pair of really good bullpen guys and the rest of their rotation are veteran guys with lots of experience, including their Friday night starter, who was an All-Conference pick last season.
#12 Texas Longhorns v. Santa Clara Broncos
Date: March 7-9
Where: Disch-Falk Field
Times: 630pm; 2pm; 1pm
TV: SEC Network+
For the first time since the College World Series in 1962 the Horns and Broncos will square off on the diamond. The Broncos have had a decent start to the season winning series against Cal State Northridge and Cal Berkley, but losing a series to UC Davis.
Series Matchup:
Records:
Texas: 10-1 (0-0 SEC)
Santa Clara: 7-4 (0-0 West Coast)
RPI:
Texas: 30
Santa Clara: 79
Prediction:
PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS:
Fri - LHP Jared Spencer (1-0) v. LHP Brandon Gomez (1-1)
Sat - LHP Luke Harrison (2-0) v. RHP Victor Martinez (1-1)
Sun - LHP Dylan Volantis (1-0) v. RHP Sebastian Schreiber (0-0)
Bullpen:
RHP Max Bayles (1-0, 1 save, 3 apps, 1.29 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 14 IP)
RHP Caden Wooster (0-0, 2 saves, 5 apps, 1.42 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 6.1 IP)
LHP Henry Stewart (2-0, 3 apps, 0.00 ERA, 0.84 WHIP, 8.1 IP)
Offense:
Mateo Garcia (.351 BA, .969 OPS, 10 RBI, .459 SLG%, .510 OB%)
Johnny Luetzow (.290 BA, .712 OPS, 4 RBI, .323 SLG%, .389 OB%, 1-1 SB)
Malcolm Williams (.286 BA, .780 OPS, 11 RBI, .405 SLG%, .375 OB%, 3-6 SB)
College Baseball Series/Games to Watch:
Call to Action - Pack the Disch!!
One final weekend tune up. After this weekend series against Santa Clara, the next time fans will see the Horns at home for a weekend series will be on March 21st as the presumed #1 team in the nation, LSU Tigers, comes rolling into town.
Before looking that far ahead, there is still a weekend road series to Mississippi State, the first SEC series for Texas, in which the Horns will face 15-18K fans and bbq pits wafting smoke across the field.
Back to present though, the Horns have reeled off ten straight wins after an opening day loss against Louisville and are just a few pitches away from being undefeated. Regardless, the Horns must stay present and focus on the task at hand, a Santa Clara team that will be looking to snatch a road series against an SEC team. Offensively, Santa Clara is a team that does not appear to be strong, and they certainly do not hit for power, having only hit two home runs so far this season. They do have twenty-two doubles on the season but are averaging just 7.6 hits per game while averaging 7.6 strikeouts per game. On the pitching side, their starters have had mixed results, but they do have two solid options out of the bullpen. They do rack up strikeouts at a decent rate but have also issued a fair number of walks and given up 14 home runs on the season.
Coach Schlossnagle has talked about Texas being good but not good enough. They are good enough to play and potentially beat any team, but they are not good enough to beat any team when they aren't playing at their best. They do not have the ability to just sleep walk and out talent anyone.
Santa Clara is a good non-conference weekend opponent to help get the Horns tuned up for SEC play. The Broncos as mentioned have a pair of really good bullpen guys and the rest of their rotation are veteran guys with lots of experience, including their Friday night starter, who was an All-Conference pick last season.
#12 Texas Longhorns v. Santa Clara Broncos
Date: March 7-9
Where: Disch-Falk Field
Times: 630pm; 2pm; 1pm
TV: SEC Network+
For the first time since the College World Series in 1962 the Horns and Broncos will square off on the diamond. The Broncos have had a decent start to the season winning series against Cal State Northridge and Cal Berkley, but losing a series to UC Davis.
Series Matchup:
- Horns and Broncos have only met one time previously. That meeting occurred in Omaha during the 1962 College World Series
- Texas lost that game 3-4 in 10 innings
- Santa Clara was picked to finish 6th of 9 teams in the West Coast Conference
- Santa Clara have not played in front of more than 550 fans this season
- Santa Clara is 3-2 at Home and 4-2 in Away games
Records:
Texas: 10-1 (0-0 SEC)
Santa Clara: 7-4 (0-0 West Coast)
RPI:
Texas: 30
Santa Clara: 79
Prediction:
- Horns will go 3-0 this weekend to extend their winning streak to 13 games
- On the season I am 10-1
PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS:
Fri - LHP Jared Spencer (1-0) v. LHP Brandon Gomez (1-1)
Sat - LHP Luke Harrison (2-0) v. RHP Victor Martinez (1-1)
Sun - LHP Dylan Volantis (1-0) v. RHP Sebastian Schreiber (0-0)
Bullpen:
RHP Max Bayles (1-0, 1 save, 3 apps, 1.29 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 14 IP)
RHP Caden Wooster (0-0, 2 saves, 5 apps, 1.42 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 6.1 IP)
LHP Henry Stewart (2-0, 3 apps, 0.00 ERA, 0.84 WHIP, 8.1 IP)
Offense:
Mateo Garcia (.351 BA, .969 OPS, 10 RBI, .459 SLG%, .510 OB%)
Johnny Luetzow (.290 BA, .712 OPS, 4 RBI, .323 SLG%, .389 OB%, 1-1 SB)
Malcolm Williams (.286 BA, .780 OPS, 11 RBI, .405 SLG%, .375 OB%, 3-6 SB)
College Baseball Series/Games to Watch:
- #4 UNC v. Stanford
- #24 Coastal Carolina v. East Carolina
- #21 Dallas Baptist v. Louisiana
- #10 Oregon v. Southern California
- #15 Wake Forest v. Notre Dame
Call to Action - Pack the Disch!!
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