Preview: Kansas State

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[*]UFCU Disch-Falk Field (7,373)

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[*]All games will be televised on Longhorn Network. (Note â€“ rescheduled game is TBD)

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Friday, March 20 â€“ 6:00PM **Game postponed**

Texas â€“ Senior, RHP, Parker French (2-1, 1.72)

Kansas State â€“ Redshirt Sophomore, RHP, Nate Griep (3-1, 2.08)

– Nate Griep has 4 consecutive quality starts and is 3-1 with a 1.84 ERA in those games â€“ also noteworthy, he has 6 or more Kâ€™s in each of his 5 starts.

Saturday, March 21 â€“ 2:00PM

Texas â€“ Junior, RHP, Chad Hollingsworth (2-1, 3.52)

Kansas State â€“ Redshirt Sophomore, RHP, Colton Kalmus (0-1, 4.15)

Sunday, March 22 â€“ 1:00PM

Texas â€“ Sophomore, RHP, Kacy Clemens (1-1, 5.40)

Kansas State â€“ Junior, RHP, Corey Fischer (1-1, 4.63)

Adjusted schedule due to Friday’s cancellation:

The following time changes have been made to the Texas-Kansas State Baseball Series:

The teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader Saturday starting at 4 p.m., with the following contingencies in place:

(1) If the first game is delayed and does not start at 4 p.m., the second game of the series will move to Sunday.

(2) If game one is completed but game two is scheduled to start after 8 p.m., game two will be moved to Sunday.

Should the teams not get a doubleheader in on Saturday, a doubleheader would start at 10 a.m. on Sunday. If a doubleheader is played on Saturday, Sundayâ€™s game time will remain at 1 p.m.

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[*]Texas leads the all-time series 47-15-1. At Disch-Falk Field the Horns have a 24-9-1 advantage in the series.

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[*]In 2014, Texas won the series in Manhattan, 2-1. The finale determined that series winner, and the Longhorns prevailed by a score of 9-8 in 10 innings.

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[*]K-State won the last series in Austin (2013: 2-1 series win). KSU has won 2 of the last 3 series played in Austin (2009 & 2013).

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K-State Notes

Team batting: .277

Team SLG: .362

Team OBP: .367

Starting pitching ERA: 3.97

Bullpen ERA: 3.55′”

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[*]This will be KSUâ€™s first Big 12 series

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[*]After a dismal start in February, K-State has won 7 of their last 9.

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[*]Shane Conlon has reached base safely in all 20 games this season (.457 OBP).

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Texas Trends‘”

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[*]Texas plays best at home â€“ with a 9-3 record at Disch-Falk Field, the Horns are hitting .298 and have a 1.67 ERA in those 12 games.

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[*]The Longhorns have scored 63 runs with two outs (out of 119 total). Inside the stat â€“ Texas is hitting .297 (70-236) with two outs.

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[*]85 of its 119 runs (71.4%) scored by Texas were in innings where the leadoff man reaches base. Inside the stat â€“ 39.7% of the Longhornâ€™s leadoff hitters reached base (73 of 184 innings).

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[*]The Horns are 10-0 in games they are lading after the seventh inning.

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[*]In 2014, Mark Payton (.811) was the only player with an OPS over .800. This season Ben Johnson (1.080), Tres Barrera (1.057), Collin Shaw (.903) and Michael Cantu (.855)all have an OPS over .800.

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[*]In 86 1/3 innings, the Texas bullpen has a 1.98 ERA.

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