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From Cocoa Beach, Florida....

T E X A S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

LFG!

 

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  • Well Tulo is back in the dugout and we are winning on Friday’s

  • Highly doubt CDC is waiting on a decision based upon if we sneak into a regional. Texas should never be hoping and praying to make the tournament, let alone with no chance of hosting. CDC knows this.

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Another interesting tidbit as if the shitty head scratching losses this year didn't piss you off enough already, Texas is 1 of only 10 teams with 10 or more Q1 wins. Texas has a legit hosting resume until you get all the way to the Q4 column, then you barf

20 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

3 would be nice. 

Will need more runs than that.  ERA ~5.

on coffee and football this morning, CJ said it wasn't a given that LBJ starts on Sunday.  not sure who else they'd trot out there, but i can also see why they don't have a lot of faith in LBJ right now.

15 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

on coffee and football this morning, CJ said it wasn't a given that LBJ starts on Sunday.  not sure who else they'd trot out there, but i can also see why they don't have a lot of faith in LBJ right now.

Hurley. Since there are no midweek games the rest of the way, he is the long guy and I'm sure they won't hesitate to put them out there early if a starter is struggling.

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TEXAS at UCF
May 10-12, 2024
Where: John Euliano Park
Time: Friday at 5 p.m. CT; Saturday at 5 p.m. CT; Sunday at 12 p.m. CT
TV: ESPN+
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone/103.1 FM
Live stats: Texas.Statbroadcast.com
All-time series: First meeting

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
FRIDAY–Texas RHP Max Grubbs (4-4, 3.70) vs. UCF RHP Ben Vespi (3-2, 4.45)
SATURDAY–Texas LHP Ace Whitehead (4-0, 3.73) vs. UCF RHP Dom Stagliano (2-3, 4.07)
SUNDAY–Texas RHP Lebarron Johnson Jr. (2-4, 5.82) vs. UCF TBA

 

UCF's park is 320' down the lines,  390' to center, 360' to both alleys.    Only David Pierce could have designed a field that small.

 

  

 Texas returned to the Baseball America rankings at No. 25 this week and has four more conference wins than the Knights, but UCF holds a much higher RPI than Texas at 32.

That simply means any win against UCF, especially on the road, will help Texas improve its rating and presumably its NCAA tournament seeding. 

Texas baseball has big opportunity at UCF to improve RPI, seeding for Big 12 tourney | KXAN Austin

2 minutes ago, torre said:

 

 

UCF's park is 320' down the lines,  390' to center, 360' to both alleys.    Only David Pierce could have designed a field that small.

 

Those are Pony League dimensions. Can we expect a 22-19 type of game? 

UCF ranks 11th in the Big 12 in homers and 9th in slugging % but is 1st in ERA, so maybe the park doesn't play as small as it seems.

3 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

UCF ranks 11th in the Big 12 in homers and 9th in slugging % but is 1st in ERA, so maybe the park doesn't play as small as it seems.

Or they suck at hitting homers. 

The Little League field at ECU still takes the cake when it comes to the smallest fields I've ever seen Texas play at.

1 hour ago, torre said:

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
FRIDAY–Texas RHP Max Grubbs (4-4, 3.70) vs. UCF RHP Ben Vespi (3-2, 4.45)
SATURDAY–Texas LHP Ace Whitehead (4-0, 3.73) vs. UCF RHP Dom Stagliano (2-3, 4.07)
SUNDAY–Texas RHP Lebarron Johnson Jr. (2-4, 5.82) vs. UCF TBA

UCF's park is 320' down the lines,  390' to center, 360' to both alleys.    Only David Pierce could have designed a field that small.

Texas returned to the Baseball America rankings at No. 25 this week and has four more conference wins than the Knights, but UCF holds a much higher RPI than Texas at 32.

That simply means any win against UCF, especially on the road, will help Texas improve its rating and presumably its NCAA tournament seeding.

Given Texas' ability to hit home runs, combined with how many FOs they have at the Disch, and the UCF starting staff's ERAs, I feel like Texas should score plenty of runs to win games. UCF being first in overall ERA must mean their bullpen/the composite staff must be pretty consistent.

A road series win, especially a sweep, would do wonders for Texas' RPI. Granted, there's probably diminishing marginal returns since UCF is only 18 spots ahead. Nevertheless, win the series and it'll be massive for RPI.

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4 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

Given Texas' ability to hit home runs, combined with how many FOs they have at the Disch, and the UCF starting staff's ERAs, I feel like Texas should score plenty of runs to win games. UCF being first in overall ERA must mean their bullpen/the composite staff must be pretty consistent.

A road series win, especially a sweep, would do wonders for Texas' RPI. Granted, there's probably diminishing marginal returns since UCF is only 18 spots ahead. Nevertheless, win the series and it'll be massive for RPI.

So we are losing the Friday game...

If "up" is due north on Google maps, then the forecast for 15+ mph winds out of the west-southwest spells "Home Run Derby":

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3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

If "up" is due north on Google maps, then the forecast for 15+ mph winds out of the west-southwest spells "Home Run Derby":

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We better throw Cody Howard then if we don't want the ball to be put into ball

2 hours ago, torre said:

TEXAS at UCF
May 10-12, 2024
Where: John Euliano Park
Time: Friday at 5 p.m. CT; Saturday at 5 p.m. CT; Sunday at 12 p.m. CT
TV: ESPN+
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone/103.1 FM
Live stats: Texas.Statbroadcast.com
All-time series: First meeting

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
FRIDAY–Texas RHP Max Grubbs (4-4, 3.70) vs. UCF RHP Ben Vespi (3-2, 4.45)
SATURDAY–Texas LHP Ace Whitehead (4-0, 3.73) vs. UCF RHP Dom Stagliano (2-3, 4.07)
SUNDAY–Texas RHP Lebarron Johnson Jr. (2-4, 5.82) vs. UCF TBA

 

UCF's park is 320' down the lines,  390' to center, 360' to both alleys.    Only David Pierce could have designed a field that small.

 

  

 Texas returned to the Baseball America rankings at No. 25 this week and has four more conference wins than the Knights, but UCF holds a much higher RPI than Texas at 32.

That simply means any win against UCF, especially on the road, will help Texas improve its rating and presumably its NCAA tournament seeding. 

Texas baseball has big opportunity at UCF to improve RPI, seeding for Big 12 tourney | KXAN Austin

Visitors' bullpen is just a chain-link fence all the way around that anyone outside the stadium can walk up to and rag on and harass the pitchers (especially the chance to do it to Texas' pitchers) at all day long. What a Shithole!

25 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

JFC I have more seating on my back patio than that place. 

So does @South Austin's mom. 

8 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

O'Dowd at 2B tonight. So predictable after he hit the homer on Sunday.

Jeez. At this point Pierce is just fucking with fans

They removed the lineup tweet. Pierce having second thoughts or just waiting to surprise UCF with porter brown and jack o?

They removed the lineup tweet. Pierce having second thoughts or just waiting to surprise UCF with porter brown and jack o?

Meh they reposted and it’s the same.
34 minutes ago, petscii said:

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I couldn't make it. How big a crowd do we have?

1 hour ago, Yankee said:

They removed the lineup tweet. Pierce having second thoughts or just waiting to surprise UCF with porter brown and jack o?

They always forget to change listed positions when JT/Max/PB/Gaspo shift around 

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We are probably more Texas fans than ucf fans.  We'll see.

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more ucf fans..   

 

4 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Lmao holy shit. Does that place even seat 800 people?

3k?

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2 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Is it just me or does that mound look super flat 

It's dirt and they painted the basepaths...

 

Finally a good two-strike pitch 

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8 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

Their announcer is Mr. Microphone. 

I was expecting much worse 

Just now, Hookem2147 said:

Please don’t bunt 

Don't worry. O'Dowd is up soon.

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