TEXAS LONGHORNS vs. BYU COUGARS
Date: April 4-6, 2024
Where: UFCU Disch-Falk Field
Time: Thursday at 6:30 p.m.; Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
TV: Longhorn Network
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone
RECORDS:
Texas Records Breakouts
BYU Records Breakouts
RPI / SOS
Texas Quadrant Records:
Q1: (4-5), Q2: (3-1), Q3: (0-1), Q4 (11-4)
BYU Quadrants Records:
Q1: (1-3), Q2: (2-5), Q3: (4-5), Q4 (4-1)
SERIES MATCHUP:
PITCHING MATCHUP
BYU Top Relievers:
BYU Offensive Leaders:
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS:
PREDICTION
Texas sweeps the Cougars 3-0
On the season, I am 21-8 overall
WEEKEND AHEAD IN THE BIG 12
COLLEGE BASEBALL SERIES TO WATCH
Date: April 4-6, 2024
Where: UFCU Disch-Falk Field
Time: Thursday at 6:30 p.m.; Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
TV: Longhorn Network
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone
RECORDS:
- Texas 18-11 (6-3 Big 12)
- BYU 11-14 (4-8 Big 12)
Texas Records Breakouts
- Home: 14-6
- Away: 4-2
- Neutral: 0-3
BYU Records Breakouts
- Home: 5-5
- Away: 5-7
- Neutral: 1-2
RPI / SOS
- Texas: 46 / 26
- BYU: 134 / 100
Texas Quadrant Records:
Q1: (4-5), Q2: (3-1), Q3: (0-1), Q4 (11-4)
BYU Quadrants Records:
Q1: (1-3), Q2: (2-5), Q3: (4-5), Q4 (4-1)
SERIES MATCHUP:
- The Longhorns welcome BYU to UFCU Disch-Falk Field for the first match-up as conference opponents. Texas leads the all-time series 6-1 and holds a 5-1 advantage in Austin. The teams last met for a four-game series in the 2021 season, with the Longhorns winning three-of-four
PITCHING MATCHUP
- THURSDAY–Texas RHP Lebarron Johnson Jr. (1-2. 4.72) vs. BYU RHP Ben Hansen (3-3, 6.31)
- FRIDAY–Texas LHP Ace Whitehead (2-0, 3.29) vs. BYU RHP Bryce Robison (2-2, 3.97)
- SATURDAY–Texas RHP Max Grubbs (4-0, 1.87) vs. BYU TBA
BYU Top Relievers:
- Hayden Coon (1-1, 0.00 ERA, 9 apps, 15.2 IP)
- Jake Porter (1-0, 2.57 ERA, 9 apps, 14 IP)
- Mason Olson (2-1, 3.46 ERA, 13 apps, 26 IP)
- Candon Dahle (2-2, 4.42 ERA, 10 apps, 18.1 IP)
BYU Offensive Leaders:
- Luke Anderson (.320 avg, .912 OPS, 3 HR, .495 SLG%, .417 OB%, 3-5 SB)
- Easton Jones (.315 avg, .979 OPS, 7 HR, .587 SLG%, .393 OB %, 2-2 SB)
- Collin Reuter (.301 avg, .831 OPS, 1 HR, .411 SLG%, .420 OB%, 1-3
SB) - Kuhio Aloy (.290 avg, .889 OPS, 6 HR, .559 SLG%, .330 OB%, 0-0 SB)
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS:
| STAT | TEXAS | BYU |
| Batting Average | .303 | .252 |
| OPS | .942 | .780 |
| Doubles | 76 | 39 |
| Triples | 4 | 9 |
| Home Runs | 58 | 29 |
| RBI | 217 | 125 |
| SLG % | .554 | .424 |
| Walks | 122 | 104 |
| Strikeouts | 253 | 274 |
| On-Base % | .388 | .356 |
| Stolen Bases | 23-28 | 14-21 |
| ERA | 4.48 | 5.52 |
| WHIP | 1.44 | 1.58 |
| Bases on Balls | 109 | 119 |
| Strikeouts | 236 | 215 |
| Wild Pitches | 24 | 22 |
| B/Avg Against | .269 | .267 |
| Home Runs Against | 31 | 19 |
| Errors | 28 | 27 |
| Fielding % | .975 | .971 |
| BIG 12 RANKS | TEXAS | BYU |
| Hitting Avg | 4th | 13th |
| Hits | 3rd | 13th |
| Home Runs | 1st | 8th |
| RBI | 3rd | 13th |
| SLG % | 1st | 10th |
| Base on Balls | 9th | 13th |
| Strikeouts | 11th | 13th |
| Stolen Bases | 10th | 12th |
| Fielding % | 5th | 6th |
| ERA | 5th | 10th |
| Walks Allowed | 6th | 7th |
| Strikeouts | 9th | 13th |
PREDICTION
Texas sweeps the Cougars 3-0
On the season, I am 21-8 overall
WEEKEND AHEAD IN THE BIG 12
- Baylor v. Incarnate Word
- BYU at Texas
- Cincy v. TCU
- Houston at Texas Tech
- Kansas v. West Virginia
- Kansas State at UCF
- Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
COLLEGE BASEBALL SERIES TO WATCH
- #10 North Carolina at #15 Virginia
- #13 Alabama at #17 Kentucky
- Georgia at #23 Mississippi State
- #21 Wake Forest at #11 Virginia Tech
- Kansas State at #25 UCF
- #3 Texas A&M at #22 South Carolina
- #7 Vanderbilt at #18 LSU
