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Horns v Pokes - time to strap in and lock in. Rule #76 - "No excuses. Play like a champion." The Horns can't lose every Friday night game, the law of averages says so. Regardless, the Horns have a massive opportunity in front of them this weekend as they take on the #14 ranked Pokes. Winning the series would help keep the Horns in the Big 12 race and provide a boost to their RPI and post season opportunity. Losing will shift them down into the middle of the pack.
TEXAS LONGHORNS at #14 OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
Date: May 3
Where: Disch-Falk Field
Time: Friday at 6:30 p.m.
TV: LHN
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone/103.1 FM
SERIES MATCHUP:
- Longhorns and Cowboys first met in 1913
- Horns hold a 67-54 all-time series record
- Horns are 33-18 at home
- Under David Pierce (2017), the Horns are 3-3 against OSU
- Horns are just 2-3 against OSU in the Big 12 Tourney
- Horns are 1-1 against OSU at home since 2017
- Horns went 1-2 against OSU in 2023
- Okie State is currently on a 6 game win streak coming into the game.
- Last road series was Kansas State and the Pokes lost the series.
- Okie State is averaging 14.6 runs over the past 5 games, while only giving up an average of 5 runs during that same time period
RECORDS:
Texas: 28-18 (13-8 Big 12)
Oklahoma State: 31-14 (14-7 Big 12)
PITCHING MATCHUPS:
- FRIDAY–Texas RHP Max Grubbs (4-4, 3.44) vs. OSU LHP Sam Garcia (4-3, 3.70)
- Garcia is a senior who spent three seasons at High Point
- Garcia will typically throw to the 100 pitch mark and in Big 12 play is averaging 6 innings, giving up an average of 3 runs per game
- Garcia did have his shortest outing of the season this past weekend against BYU
TEXAS LINEUP:
| 1 | cf | 9 Thomas, Jared | L | .370 | |
| 2 | ss | 1 Flores, Jalin | R | .360 | |
| 3 | 3b | 15 Powell, Peyton | L | .335 | |
| 4 | lf | 44 Belyeu, Max | L | .342 | |
| 5 | 1b | 31 Borba, Casey | R | .262 | |
| 6 | dh | 10 Schuessler, Kimble | R | .352 | |
| 7 | c | 6 Galvan, Rylan | R | .301 | |
| 8 | rf | 8 Gasparino, Will | R | .259 | |
| 9 | 2b | 30 Kennedy, Dee | R | .225 |
OKLAHOMA STATE LINEUP:
| 1 | dh | 13 Ritchie, Kollin | L | .286 | |
| 2 | cf | 4 Ehrhard, Zach | R | .330 | |
| 3 | rf | 3 Benge, Carson | L | .324 | |
| 4 | lf | 10 Schubart, Nolan | L | .348 | |
| 5 | 3b | 2 Meola, Aidan | R | .342 | |
| 6 | 1b | 12 Brueggemann, Colin | L | .265 | |
| 7 | c | 8 Daugherty, Ian | R | .287 | |
| 8 | 2b | 15 Ortiz, Avery | R | .256 | |
| 9 | ss | 6 Forsythe, Lane | R | .279 |
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