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No. 23 Texas ([SIZE=9pt]5-3) vs. Northwestern (2-4)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]March 2-4, 2018[/SIZE]
Where: Austin, Texas (UFCU Disch-Falk Field)
Time: [SIZE=9pt]Friday[/SIZE]—7 p.m.; Saturday (DH)—1:30 p.m.; Sunday—1 p.m.
TV: Longhorn Network
Radio: 104.9 The Horn
Live stats: sidearmstats.com/texas/baseball
All-time series: Texas leads, [SIZE=9pt]6-0[/SIZE]
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
[SIZE=9pt]FRIDAY[/SIZE]—[SIZE=9pt]Northwestern LHP Quinn Lavelle (1-1, 3.72) vs. Texas RHP Chase Shugart (0-0, 3.97)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]SATURDAY[/SIZE](G1)—[SIZE=9pt]Northwestern RHP Hank Christie (0-1, 12.27) vs. Texas RHP Nolan Kingham (1-1, 3.00)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]SATURDAY[/SIZE](G2)—[SIZE=9pt]Northwestern LHP Ryan Bader (1-1, 7.71) vs. Texas RHP Blair Henley (1-0. 0.82)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]SUNDAY[/SIZE]—[SIZE=9pt]Northwestern RHP Danny Katz (0-1, 6.75) vs. Texas TBD[/SIZE]
GAME NOTES
[SIZE=9pt]THE MATCHUP—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]No. 23 Texas faces off in a four-game series against Northwestern this weekend…the Wildcats and Longhorns have not played each other since 1931.[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]A LOOK AT THE WILDCATS—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Northwestern dropped two-of-three on the road at Kansas last weekend and did not play a midweek game…the Wildcats are led by Willie Bourbon’s .375/.385/1.000 line…Bourbon has hit three homers and recorded 10 RBI on the season…as a team, Northwestern has compiled a 7.96 ERA and a team batting average of .238.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Texas is coming off a series loss on the road to then-No. 23 LSU and a [/SIZE]Tuesday night 2-0 win over UTSA…the Longhorns were defeated, 13-4, on Friday night at LSU and on Saturday, Texas went up, 5-0, but eventually fell, 10-5…on Sunday, however, the Longhorns pounded out 13 hits and 11 runs en route to an 11-1 win over the Tigers…on the weekend, Texas hit .309 as a team with 10 extra-base hits…Zach Zubia launched two homers on Saturday and Kody Clemens hit his first of the year in the same game…on Tuesday night, four Longhorns pitchers combined for a one-hit shutout of visiting UTSA…freshman Nico O’Donnell threw 4.2 no-hit innings before allowing the first knock of the ballgame…Nolan Kingham entered in the ninth and locked down his third career save.[SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]NEXT UP—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Texas will host No. 8 Stanford in a four-game series beginning on Thursday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field…as a team, Stanford has compiled a 2.13 ERA and is currently undefeated in eight games this season.[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]IN THE RANKINGS—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Texas currently sits at: D1Baseball (#23), Baseball America (#17), NCBWA (#21), USA Today Coaches Poll (#20), and Collegiate Baseball (#26).[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]HENLEY HONORS—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]RHP Blair Henley was named Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week following his six-inning effort at LSU…the sophomore went six frames, scattering six hits and three walks while striking out three and keeping the Tigers off the board…the honor is the first such award for Henley in his Longhorns career and the first conference honor for a Longhorn this season.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]ZUUUBIA—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Redshirt-freshman Zach Zubia, who over the summer set a Northwoods League record with 22 home runs, showed off his power this past week…the Richmond, Texas, native, hit his first career triple on Feb 21 vs. Lamar before crushing two homers [/SIZE]on Saturday…he became the first Longhorn to hit two homers in a game since Bret Boswell hit two on June 3, 2017, at Long Beach State…Zubia also added a bases-clearing double in Sunday’s game to add to the UT lead.[SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]ONE-HIT WONDER—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Tuesday[/SIZE] night, four Texas pitchers combined to throw a one-hit shutout…it was the Longhorns’ first one-hitter since April 28, 2015 vs. Prairie View A&M…current Texas reliever LHP Josh Sawyer got the start in that ballgame.[SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]TOP OF THE ORDER—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]The Longhorns’ one-through-three hitters—David Hamilton, Masen Hibbeler, and Kody Clemens, respectively—have hit a combined .352 (32-for-91) so far this season with 17 runs scored and 10 RBI…they’ve also combined for 12 stolen bases on the year.[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]LONG TIME, NO SEE—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]It’s been a while since Andy McGuire and Josh Sawyer stepped on the field for Texas…on Feb 18,[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]McGuire made his first appearance on the hill since May 17, 2015 and on Feb 23 at LSU, got his first at-bat since April 22, 2014, a span of 1,403 days…Sawyer’s Feb 18 appearance was his first for Texas since April 30, 2016, a span of 659 days.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]March 2-4, 2018[/SIZE]
Where: Austin, Texas (UFCU Disch-Falk Field)
Time: [SIZE=9pt]Friday[/SIZE]—7 p.m.; Saturday (DH)—1:30 p.m.; Sunday—1 p.m.
TV: Longhorn Network
Radio: 104.9 The Horn
Live stats: sidearmstats.com/texas/baseball
All-time series: Texas leads, [SIZE=9pt]6-0[/SIZE]
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
[SIZE=9pt]FRIDAY[/SIZE]—[SIZE=9pt]Northwestern LHP Quinn Lavelle (1-1, 3.72) vs. Texas RHP Chase Shugart (0-0, 3.97)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]SATURDAY[/SIZE](G1)—[SIZE=9pt]Northwestern RHP Hank Christie (0-1, 12.27) vs. Texas RHP Nolan Kingham (1-1, 3.00)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]SATURDAY[/SIZE](G2)—[SIZE=9pt]Northwestern LHP Ryan Bader (1-1, 7.71) vs. Texas RHP Blair Henley (1-0. 0.82)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]SUNDAY[/SIZE]—[SIZE=9pt]Northwestern RHP Danny Katz (0-1, 6.75) vs. Texas TBD[/SIZE]
GAME NOTES
[SIZE=9pt]THE MATCHUP—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]No. 23 Texas faces off in a four-game series against Northwestern this weekend…the Wildcats and Longhorns have not played each other since 1931.[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]A LOOK AT THE WILDCATS—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Northwestern dropped two-of-three on the road at Kansas last weekend and did not play a midweek game…the Wildcats are led by Willie Bourbon’s .375/.385/1.000 line…Bourbon has hit three homers and recorded 10 RBI on the season…as a team, Northwestern has compiled a 7.96 ERA and a team batting average of .238.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Texas is coming off a series loss on the road to then-No. 23 LSU and a [/SIZE]Tuesday night 2-0 win over UTSA…the Longhorns were defeated, 13-4, on Friday night at LSU and on Saturday, Texas went up, 5-0, but eventually fell, 10-5…on Sunday, however, the Longhorns pounded out 13 hits and 11 runs en route to an 11-1 win over the Tigers…on the weekend, Texas hit .309 as a team with 10 extra-base hits…Zach Zubia launched two homers on Saturday and Kody Clemens hit his first of the year in the same game…on Tuesday night, four Longhorns pitchers combined for a one-hit shutout of visiting UTSA…freshman Nico O’Donnell threw 4.2 no-hit innings before allowing the first knock of the ballgame…Nolan Kingham entered in the ninth and locked down his third career save.[SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]NEXT UP—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Texas will host No. 8 Stanford in a four-game series beginning on Thursday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field…as a team, Stanford has compiled a 2.13 ERA and is currently undefeated in eight games this season.[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]IN THE RANKINGS—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Texas currently sits at: D1Baseball (#23), Baseball America (#17), NCBWA (#21), USA Today Coaches Poll (#20), and Collegiate Baseball (#26).[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]HENLEY HONORS—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]RHP Blair Henley was named Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week following his six-inning effort at LSU…the sophomore went six frames, scattering six hits and three walks while striking out three and keeping the Tigers off the board…the honor is the first such award for Henley in his Longhorns career and the first conference honor for a Longhorn this season.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]ZUUUBIA—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Redshirt-freshman Zach Zubia, who over the summer set a Northwoods League record with 22 home runs, showed off his power this past week…the Richmond, Texas, native, hit his first career triple on Feb 21 vs. Lamar before crushing two homers [/SIZE]on Saturday…he became the first Longhorn to hit two homers in a game since Bret Boswell hit two on June 3, 2017, at Long Beach State…Zubia also added a bases-clearing double in Sunday’s game to add to the UT lead.[SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]ONE-HIT WONDER—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Tuesday[/SIZE] night, four Texas pitchers combined to throw a one-hit shutout…it was the Longhorns’ first one-hitter since April 28, 2015 vs. Prairie View A&M…current Texas reliever LHP Josh Sawyer got the start in that ballgame.[SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]TOP OF THE ORDER—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]The Longhorns’ one-through-three hitters—David Hamilton, Masen Hibbeler, and Kody Clemens, respectively—have hit a combined .352 (32-for-91) so far this season with 17 runs scored and 10 RBI…they’ve also combined for 12 stolen bases on the year.[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]LONG TIME, NO SEE—[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]It’s been a while since Andy McGuire and Josh Sawyer stepped on the field for Texas…on Feb 18,[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]McGuire made his first appearance on the hill since May 17, 2015 and on Feb 23 at LSU, got his first at-bat since April 22, 2014, a span of 1,403 days…Sawyer’s Feb 18 appearance was his first for Texas since April 30, 2016, a span of 659 days.[/SIZE]
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