Horns vs TCU series

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brown grounds out to end the game.

15-7 TCU
 
Lost the game, but won the series on the road.

It's tough to win a conference series on the road, so I'll gladly take it.

The offense had 12 hits and 7 runs. Too bad we crapped all over the mound though. Every pitcher, except maybe Ace Whitehead, and Tole, were off today.
 
Suck game
but if the toads were going to have so many runs it is weirdly better to have them all in this one game
than if they had spread them out in the other games which could have made it harder for Texas to win the 2
 
We ran out of late inning / close game magic. Completely out.

We're better when we build a "W" on solid pitching. We can usually do that 2 out of 3 games. Gordon is golden, LBJ is power on the mound, but we still don't have a reliable 3rd starter. If I had to pick one, I guess I'd pick Hurley.
 
So I did a little math. I’ve quoted some stats on this board. Pitching-wise and hitting -wise.

The last two weekends Pierce has done an overall awful job with the pitching staff. He showed patience Friday and Saturday of this weekend, and it paid off. Starting Burke and Witt were not necessarily good moves. Last weekend not having LBJ pitch until you’ve given up 5 or whatever runs it was in game 3 after being 0-2 in the series was asinine.

I pulled D1 Top 25 then sprinkled in some Big 12. So I’ve got 29 teams here. The best in the land.

Of those 29, Texas ranks 7th in fewest losses by 5 or more runs as a percent of games played. I chose that as my arbitrary number. Dallas Baptist and Northeastern. Then Wake and South Carolina - 2 of the top 3 teams in the country. There are 8 of those 29 that double our percentage. Going into today, we were 3rd in the country.

We are 10th best amongst those same teams allowing 10 or more runs in a game.

We are 4th and the only non-ranked team in top 10 of percentage of our losses by 5 or more. We probably play a lot of closer games than most. I look at it as is doing a very good job of competing.

We probably ticked up in ERA but likely still top 20 in the country.

Still an interesting team. The pitching was the primary reason for the series road win.

Compete and win.
 
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Not a good way to end an otherwise really good weekend in Fort Worth. If Texas had taken one of the OU games I would be really pleased with winning a road series at TCU, but that OU debacle is just going to hang over any chance of a regional seed. I have given up on any chance of a national seed. Get to 40 wins and maybe a regional seed is possible but this team has two seed on the road for regionals written all over it right now.
 
I’d think a regional is a possibility but need to close very strong. Maybe win out until the conference tourney.

Wake, Tennessee and South Carolina are tops in pitching. Duke is surprising up there as well.

The 10 thru 16 seeds are kinda iffy. Stanford is sitting at 7 in the poll. They are 3-3 versus the Big 12.

The RPI is different obviously, but I think we’re essentially competing against those same teams.

Our key series is WVU then the Big 12 tourney. San Jose is not good so we’ll need to sweep.
 
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I’d think a regional is a possibility but need to close very strong. Maybe win out until the conference tourney.

Wake, Tennessee and South Carolina are tops in pitching. Duke is surprising up there as well.

The 10 thru 16 seeds are kinda iffy. Stanford is sitting at 7 in the poll. They are 3-3 versus the Big 12.

The RPI is different obviously, but I think we’re essentially competing against those same teams.

Our key series is WVU then the Big 12 tourney. San Jose is not good so we’ll need to sweep.
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That’s probably about right. At the moment, we’re looking at a two seed. But we still have a shot at hosting a Regional if we get hot right now.

Wake is likely to demolish most of their opposition. I don’t want anything to do with them. Picture a team with 3 Lucas Gordons on the mound. That’s Wake.
 
Yes, Wake is very stout. I think Tennessee is going to be tough too. They’re playing well now with some very good pitching. And just maybe if they fly under the radar, it can be about just playing baseball for them.
 
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Yes, Wake is very stout. I think Tennessee is going to be tough too. They’re playing well now with some very good pitching. And just maybe if they fly under the radar, it can be about just playing baseball for them.
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I haven't followed little UT. Have their 2 Chase's stayed healthy? If so, then they've potentially got 2 Lucas Gordon's on the mound as their top 2 starters. Chase Burns was on fire against us in 2022 when he was a true Freshman throwing North of 100 mph.
 
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I haven't followed little UT. Have their 2 Chase's stayed healthy? If so, then they've got 2 Lucas Gordon's on the mound as their top 2 starters. Chase Burns was on fire against us in 2022 when he was a true Freshman throwing North of 100 mph.
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I haven’t followed necessarily just looking at their stats and seen they’ve played better lately.

Burns has the oddest stat line you’ll see. Era of 5. 53 innings. 86 Ks. 16 walks. 45 Hits. But 27 XBHs with 10 HRs. The other Chase is pretty odd too. High K rate. Good WHIP. But 9 HRs. Lots of arms with good numbers.

As a team, their pitching is the next group after Wake. They may have some room for improvement there too. Their K per 9 and strikeout to walk ratio are right behind Wake.

They walk a good amount and don’t give up walks. They slug it well and have 93 HRs.

They are 1-9 on the road. 28-4 at home.

Not as balanced as Wake and not as good on the mound. It’ll be interesting to see how they finish.
 
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WV seems pretty good. That have one batter (Wetherholt*) who's batting 0.463, as an every-day player! And their pitching is mostly pretty solid. As a team, WV is #2 in hitting and #2 in pitching in the conference. They're a well-balanced, solid team. KU's pitching is pretty bad, and their hitting is so-so. But, KU seems like an upsetter, a giant killer, so we need to play well on the road up there.

KU - sweep
WV - win 2 out of 3

That would be quite good. We could be a weak 1 seed, or a strong 2 seed, depending on the above-two series, and what happens at the tournament. San Jose = easy sweep.

Now if we crap all over the field and lose the series to KU and/or get swept by WV, then we may become the most feared 3 seed in the Regionals.

*0.463 batter Wetherholt is from Mars. No, literally, he's from Mars. Look it up.
 
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