Saturday vs. rice

[TexasBaseball7]

Texas left-hander Austin Wood said he didn’t know what the rotation would be like this weekend at the Minute Maid Classic, but the junior does believe he’ll start Friday against Tennessee.

There was some thought that Wood would start Saturday to face rival Rice.

If Wood starts Friday it would leave freshman Cole Green to start against the Owls. It would be a big start for the freshman, who had a solid opening against UT-Pan American.

Though nothing is set in stone.

I sure would like to see Green against Tenn and Wood against the owls, but in Augie we trust.

Tennessee is a very solid pitching team, but not great with the sticks.

 

[SA_Town_Horn]

**** rice

 

[Barton Hills]

Move up Kasparek to Saturday ... he pitched minimally Sunday vs VCU.

And agreed, **** Rice.

 

[TexasBaseball7]

i third that. keep dominating the owls!

 

[Truck's Son]

I say pitch Cole Green against the Owls. Let's see what he's made of.

 

[hornsdude94]

I got my tickets!

 

[horngrad03]

I think the rotation will be Wood vs. Tennessee, vs. Rice, and Green vs. CHS.

Would Augie really start a Fr. versus Rice this early in the year?

 

[InRightField]

Word from KK is that he will pitch on Saturday.

 

[TexasBaseball7]

Baseball preview: Houston College Classic

No. 14 Texas (5-0) at the Houston College Classic presented by the Houston Chronicle
When: Feb. 29-Mar. 2, 2008
Feb. 29 vs. Tennessee, 7 p.m.
Mar. 1 vs. No. 15 Rice, 7 p.m.
Mar. 2 vs. Houston, 6 p.m.
Where: Minute Maid Park – Houston, Texas
TV: Saturday’s game is on Fox Sports Houston
Radio: 1300 AM "The Zone"
Internet Video: Watch on MLB.com’s subscription-based MLB.tv.
Internet Audio: Listen to Texas Baseball games on Yahoo! Sports College Broadcast.
Live stats: Click here for live stats.

SERIES BREAKDOWN
THE TENNESSEE SERIES
This marks Texas’ first-ever meeting against the Volunteers. The Longhorns are 137-59-2 all-time against current members of the Southeastern Conference. Texas has a winning record against nine of the other 11 SEC schools, including Alabama (8-1), Arkansas (74-32), Florida (2-0), Georgia (3-1), LSU (22-8-1), Mississippi (14-5), Mississippi State (5-4) and South Carolina (3-0). The Horns are 0-2-1 vs. Auburn and 6-6 vs. Vanderbilt.

THE RICE SERIES
Texas is 215-47-2 all-time against Rice, the third-highest win total for the Horns over any team, trailing only Texas A&M (228) and Baylor (221). Last season, the squads split with Texas winning 6-4 in Austin and Rice prevailing 7-4 in Houston.

THE HOUSTON SERIES
Texas is 89-29-2 all-time against Houston. Texas has won the last four meetings, including at the Houston College Classic in both 2004 and 2006 and games two and three of the best-of-three 2002 Super Regional in Austin.

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Feb. 29, 2008
Texas: LHP Austin Wood (1-0, 3.00 ERA)
Tennessee: Steve Crnkovich (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

March 1, 2008
Texas: RHP Kenn Kasparek (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Rice: LHP Cole St. Clair (0-0, 2.25 ERA)

March 2, 2008
Texas: RHP Cole Green (0-0, 2.25 ERA)
Houston: Taylor Hammack (0-0, 2.25 RA)

TEXAS TERRITORY
· Texas is making its fifth trip to the Houston College Classic. The Horns are 6-6 in the event, including going 3-0 in 2004 and 2-1 in 2006.

· Texas’ right-handed pitchers are shutting down opponents early in the season. The opposition is hitting just .150 (18-of-120) against the Burnt Orange’s northpaws through five games.

· With its two wins vs. UT Pan American, Texas moved to 5-0 for just the third time since 1996. Texas’ recent fast starts, include going 5-0 in 1999, 10-0 in 2004 and 16-0 in 2005. The Horns started 2-3 in both 2006 and 2007.

 

[Barton Hills]

Give 'em hell Kenn ...

 

[TexasAirForce]

Go big fella! I'll be there to watch ya mow down Rice......

 

[cochamps]

"Northpaws"? I've never seen that term...

 

[LonghornMM]

I'll be there Saturday. I'm hoping Big Bird goes against the Owls. F Rice!

 

[Beef]

I heard that the Horns put on a clinic yesterday during BP. To quote the guy who told me, " Albert Pujols would have cried when he saw how much further these kids from Texas hit the ball than he did out of the park" He has been around a ton of college baseball and said he had never seen anything like it. He said that Augie and Skip both had comments about this team offensively. Should be a good weekend to showcase that talent.

 

[madscientist]

sounds legitimate to compare some college kids hitting 70 mph dead fish fastballs that they know are coming and using composite bats to a guy facing brad lidge's 98 mph fastball (or will it be a 90 mph slider) with 2 outs in the 9th in the NLCS.

 

[MikeUT00]

TV to tonight? Fox College Sports Pacific?

 

[TenaciousTgarden]

why's game tracker not working? did it start at 8 or 7? confused!!!

 

[Austintxusa]

Channel 77 on Time Warner in Austin. Hasn't started yet. Scroll says they will telecast when the game starts.

 

[petscii]

rivals says 9:05 pm start for Texas - Rice.

 

[hornfan2181]

great a 10pm start for me. Well i will use it as practice for the nba playoffs. nothing like mav spurs games in playoffs starting after 10.

 

[cochamps]

Direct TV - Channel . Unfortunately Greg Lucas is doing the p x p.

 

[warrior]

3 to 3 in the 4th inning, Rice has 3 solo homers.

 

[cinchhorn]

5-3 owls top of the 5th, Whitmer with a bull durham wp.

 

[Touchdown_Texas]

Rice up 5-3 thru 4.

 

[2xHORN]

8-3 Rice after 6. Kasparek chased early. No real evidence of sticks. 4 errors. Less than confident relief.

Yikes.

HOOKEM

 

[drborange]

Rice 10- UT 4 w 5 E

 

[Texas_Rocks]

Dogpile?

 

[Mr. Bohunkers]

^

More like dogpoop to describe the defense played last night. On the bright side, I got my first look at Kevin Keyes and that dude is going to be a scary individual - you can just see his potential plain as day. Russell had some nice swings as well.

For Rice, Brian Price was throwing 97 mph gas.

 

[warrior]

So far not a very good defensive team with 14 errors in 7 games.

 

[sua sponte]

9 of those 14 errors were in the last 48 hours