***Texas @ Kansas Baseball-Weekend Thread***

[joeywa]

Series starts tonight due to Easter Sunday. 

Game 1 on ESPN+

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FRIDAY–Texas RHP Ty Madden (3-1, 1.83) vs. Kansas RHP Ryan Cyr (3-2, 4.78)

SATURDAY–Texas RHP Tristan Stevens (3-1, 3.93) vs. Kansas RHP Cole Larsen (4-1, 0.86)

SUNDAY–Texas RHP Kolby Kubichek (2-2, 3.21) vs. Kansas LHP Eli Davis (3-2, 4.4)

THE MATCHUP—Texas travels to Kansas to face the Jayhawks in a three-game Big 12 Conference tilt. Texas leads the all-time series 52-29, but has lost the last four games, including a sweep in Kansas in 2019. Prior to the four-game skid, the Longhorns had won the four-straight and seven of nine game.

 

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Horns get on the board first with a 1-out single from Daly, single from Zubia moves him to 3B.  Ardoin with a comebacker to P plates Daly.

Horns up 1-0 headed B1

 

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Madden faces the minimum in B1, touching 97 with his fastball.

Horns up 1-0 thru 1

 

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T2 Texas gets B2B singles to open the frame, but cannot push any across.

Horns up 1-0 headed B2

 

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B2

KU gets one back on a single with an E8 puts runner on 2B, and a double down the LF line brings him in.

Tied at 1, Thru 2

 

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Thru 3, tied at 1

 

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Still tied at 1, thru 4 complete

 

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Horns get 2-out knocks from Kennedy and Daly to plate 1 in T5

Headed B5, Horns up 2-1

 

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Thru 5 complete, Horns up 2-1

 

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Thru 6 complete, Horns up 2-1

 

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Things got a bit chippy in T7, coaches and blue settle things down.

Thru 7 complete, Horns up 2-1

 

[Huskie1]

Need to sweep the bottom teams in the conference. I thought we should have swept ou and Baylor.

 

[joeywa]

T8

Zubia with an RBI triple, Wiliams with an RBI single

Horns up 4-1, Headed B8

 

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B8

KU gets a baserunner, but that's it.  Horns up 4-1 thru 8 complete

 

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Horns add one more in T9 and Daly gets his 4th knock of the night.

Headed B9, Horns up 5-1, and Nixon comes in to close it.

 

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[TB14]

Ty Madden doing Ty Madden things. 

 

[Huskie1]

Good win. On to Friday 

 

[joeywa]