No. 16 Texas (11-6, 0-0 Big 12) vs. West Virginia (7-6, 0-0 Big 12)
Friday, March 13 – 6:00PM broadcast on Longhorn Network
Saturday, March 14 – 5:00PM broadcast on Longhorn Network
Sunday, March 15 – 12:30PM broadcast on Fox Sports 1
Probable Starting Pitchers
FRIDAY
Texas – Senior RHP Parker French (2-1, 1.61)
West Virginia – Freshman RHP Conner Dotson (0-1, 1.86)'”
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[*]Freshman right-hander Dotson has been promoted out of the pen and is making his first collegiate start. Dotson has pitched in four games and has 15 K’s in 9.2 innings.
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SATURDAY
Texas – Sophomore LHP Josh Sawyer (2-1, 2.95)
West Virginia – Junior LHP Ross Vance (2-1, 2.16)'”
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[*]Vance has four starts and 26 strikeouts in 25 IP. In last weekend’s win (ETSU), Vance tossed five shutout innings.
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SUNDAY
Texas – Junior RHP Chad Hollingsworth (1-1, 4.50)
West Virginia – Sophomore RHP Chad Donato (2-2, 1.44)'”
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[*]Donato only allowed 1 run on 7 hits with 5 K’s in 7 IP last Sunday – his 1.44 ERA is best on the Mountaineers.
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Notes‘”
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[*]Prior to WVU joining the Big 12, the Horns had never played them. WVU won two out of three in each of the series the past two seasons.
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[*]The Horns are hitting .302 with 2 outs this season. In contrast, Texas opponents are only hitting .192 with two down.
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[*]Tres Barrera has reached base safely in all 17 games this season, and has an OBP of .487 for the year.
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[*]Ben Johnson leads the Big 12 in hits (33), batting average (.440) and total bases (50).
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