Series preview: Nebraska

[Matt Cotcher]

 
submitted Today, 01:36 PM in Texas Longhorns Baseball By Matt Cotcher   

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No. 10 Texas (17-8) at No. 30 Nebraska (18-7)

Where: Lincoln, Nebraska – Hawks Field at Haymarket Park

FRIDAY: 6:35PM

TV: BTN Plus (Subscription required)

Texas – Senior, RHP Parker French (2-1, 1.69)
Nebraska – Senior, RHP Chance Sinclair (3-3, 3.93)

• Chance Sinclair is trying to win his third straight start. Sinclair was voted a third-team preseason All-American, and has gone at least 6.0 innings in each of his last three starts (10 strikeouts to 2 walks).

SATURDAY: 2:05PM

TV: Ben Ten Network

Texas – Sophomore, RHP Kacy Clemens (2-1, 4.68)
Nebraska – Senior, LHP Kyle Kubat (4-0, 1.60)

• Last weekend in a win, Kubat struck out a career-high nine batters.

SUNDAY: 12:05PM

TV: BTN Plus (Subscription required)

Texas – Junior, RHP Chad Hollingsworth (3-1, 2.97)
Nebraska – Sophomore, RHP Derek Burkamper (3-1, 3.07)

• Burkamper pitched at least 5.0 innings in each of his 5 starts this season.

TEXAS VS NEBRASKA SERIES INFO

• Texas leads the all-time series 31-28.

• The Longhorns are 12-11 in Lincoln.

• Last time out was 2013 in Austin, and the Longhorns swept the three-game series.

TEXAS NOTES

• The Texas offense leads the Big 12 in triples (11), is second in doubles (51), and is third in homeruns (18).

• Offensive Trends: 71 of the Longhorns’ 139 runs (51.1%) have been scored with two down in the inning. 97 of those 139 runs (69.8%) were scored when the leadoff man gets on base.

• The Texas defense has turned 27 double plays (t-11th nationally) and has a .977 fielding percentage (21st nationally).

NEBRASKA NOTES

• The Huskers are 9-1 over their past 10 games. Also noteworthy, NU is finishing a 16-game homestand and is 11-1 in the first 12 games.

• The Husker bullpen is doing a solid job. Of 36 inherited runners, only six have scored. Nebraska has not lost a game when leading from the sixth inning or later.

• Offensively, NU is outscoring opponents 40-16 in the first inning. That advantage widens when looking at the first three innings – the Huskers hold a commanding 55-18 advantage over those frames.

• In his last 15 games,Tanner Lubach is hitting .370 (20-for-54) including 3 doubles, 2 homers and 7 multi-hit games.