2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team

2018 Texas Longhorns baseball
Big 12 Regular season champions
Austin Regional champions
Austin Super Regional champions
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
CBNo. 7
Record42–23 (17–7 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sean Allen (2nd season)
  • Philip Miller (2nd season)
  • Phil Haig (2nd season)
Home stadiumUFCU Disch–Falk Field
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 7 Texas ‍†‍‍y 17 – 7 – 0   .708 42 – 23 – 0   .646
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 16 – 8 – 0   .667 31 – 26 – 1   .543
No. 6 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 15 – 9 – 0   .625 45 – 20 – 0   .692
No. 24 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 14 – 10 – 0   .583 38 – 25 – 0   .603
Baylor ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 11 – 0   .542 37 – 21 – 0   .638
TCU ‍‍‍ 10 – 13 – 0   .435 33 – 23 – 0   .589
West Virginia ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 29 – 27 – 0   .518
Kansas ‍‍‍ 8 – 15 – 0   .348 27 – 30 – 0   .474
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 5 – 19 – 0   .208 23 – 31 – 0   .426
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

The 2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach David Pierce, in his second season at Texas.

The Longhorns claimed the Big 12 Conference regular season title, then swept the Austin Regional and won the Austin Super Regional to advance to the 2018 College World Series, extending their record for most appearances in Omaha to 36. The Longhorns had not reached the ultimate event in college baseball since 2014.

Personnel

Roster

2018 Texas Longhorns roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 8 - Kamron Fields - Freshman
  • 13 - Bryce Elder - Freshman
  • 14 - Beau Ridgeway - Junior
  • 17 - Nico O'Donnel - Freshman
  • 19 - Donny Diaz - Redshirt Junior
  • 24 - Chase Shugart - Junior
  • 27 - Blair Henley - Sophomore
  • 30 - Josh Sawyer - Redshirt Junior
  • 31 - Bennett Inoff - Freshman
  • 32 - Bryce Verplank - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 33 - Matteo Bocchi - Junior
  • 34 - Cole Quintanilla - Freshman
  • 35 - Tristan Stevens - Redshirt Freshman
  • 37 - Matthew Whelan - Freshman
  • 42 - Chris Fearon - Junior
  • 43 - Andy McGuire - Redshirt Junior
  • 45 - Nolan Kingham - Junior
  • 46 - Brandon Ivey - Junior
  • 49 - Parker Joe Robinson - Redshirt Junior
  • 50 - Michael Streitmann - Freshman
  • 51 - Jake McKenzie - Senior
  

Catchers

  • 6 - DJ Petrinsky - Junior
  • 29 - George Pappas - Redshirt Junior
  • 36 - Turner Gauntt - Freshman
  • 40 - Michael McCann - Redshirt Junior

Infielders

  • 1 - David Hamilton - Sophomore
  • 2 - Kody Clemens - Junior
  • 5 - Ryan Reynolds - Sophomore
  • 7 - Masen Hibbeler - Junior
  • 41 - Bryson Smith - Sophomore
  • 52 - Zach Zubia - Redshirt Freshman
  • 55 - Sam Bertelson - Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 4 - Tate Shaw - Redshirt Junior
  • 11 - Duke Ellis - Sophomore
  • 44 - Austin Todd - Sophomore
  

Coaches

2018 Texas Longhorns coaching staff[2]
  • David Pierce – Head coach – 2nd year
  • Sean Allen – Assistant coach – 2nd year
  • Philip Miller – Assistant coach – 2nd year
  • Phil Haig – Assistant coach – 2nd year

Schedule and results

Legend
  Texas win
  Texas loss
Bold Texas team member
2018 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[3]
Regular season
February
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record
Feb 16 Louisiana* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–0 Kingham (1–0) Burk (0–1) Ridgeway (1) 5,195 1–0
Feb 17 Louisiana* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–3 Ridgeway (1–0) Moore (0–1) None 5,330 2–0
Feb 18 Louisiana* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–2 Batty (1–0) McGuire (0–1) Stoelke (1) 4,740 2–1
Feb 21 Lamar* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 Elder (1–0) Jones (0–1) None 3,950 3–1
Feb 23 at LSU* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 4–13 Hess (1–1) Kingham (1–1) None 11,102 3–2
Feb 24 at LSU* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 10–5 Beck (1–0) Elder (1–1) None 12,038 3–3
Feb 25 at LSU* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–1 Henley (1–0) Peterson (0–2) None 10,762 4–3
Feb 27 UTSA* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 O'Donnell (1–0) Rodriguez (0–1) Kingham (1) 4,284 5–3
March
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record
Mar 2 Northwestern* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 2–6 Fordon (1–0) Shugart (0–1) Bordignon (1) 5,082 5–4
Mar 3 Northwestern* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–7 Kingham (2–1) Christie (0–2) Ridgeway (2) 6–4
Mar 3 Northwestern* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 16–3 Henley (2–0) Bader (1–2) None 6,018 7–4
Mar 4 Northwestern* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–1 Elder (2–0) Katz (0–2) None 4,395 8–4
Mar 8 Stanford* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–6 Elder (3–1) Weiermiller (3–1) Shugart (1) 4,664 9–4
Mar 9 Stanford* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–7 Bubic (3–0) Kingham (2–2) None 4,997 9–5
Mar 10 Stanford* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 9–3 Weiermiller (4–1) Henley (2–1) Little (6) 6,349 9–6
Mar 11 Stanford* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–11 Beck (2–0) Shugart (0–2) None 9–7
Mar 13 at Arkansas* Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 4–13 Murphy (2–0) Ridgeway (1–1) Kostyshock (1) 8,051 9–8
Mar 14 at Arkansas* Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 5–7 Bolden (2–0) O'Donnell (1–1) Cronin (2) 8,007 9–9
Mar 16 Kansas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 14–4 Kingham (3–2) Davis (0–1) None 4,965 10–9 1–0
Mar 17 Kansas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–0 Henley (3–1) Turski (1–3) Ridgeway (3) 5,142 11–9 2–0
Mar 18 Kansas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 Shugart (1–2) Zeferjahn (3–1) McGuire (1) 4,649 12–9 3–0
Mar 20 Sam Houston State* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 Bocchi (1–0) Mikolajchak (2–3) Kingham (2) 4,394 13–9
Mar 23 Oklahoma State UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–6 Lienhard (2–1) Henley (3–2) None 4,983 13–10 3–1
Mar 24 Oklahoma State UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–1 Kingham (4–2) Heasley (2–2) None 5,646 14–10 4–1
Mar 25 Oklahoma State UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–5 Elder (4–1) Teel (3–1) None 5,049 15–10 5–1
Mar 27 at Texas State* Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 6–1 O'Donnell (2–1) Engle (1–2) None 2,547 16–10
Mar 29 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 2–5 Ford (4–1) Henley (3–3) Eckberg (1) 1,310 16–11 5–2
Mar 30 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 10–11 Passino (1–0) Ridgeway (1–2) None 1,979 16–12 5–3
Mar 31 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 9–5 Shugart (2–2) Heskett (2–3) McGuire (2) 1,479 17–12 6–3
April
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record
Apr 2 McNeese State* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 Robinson (1–0) Briggs (0–1) McGuire (3) 4,081 18–12
Apr 3 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi* Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 9–3 Henley (4–3) Perez (4–2) None 4,115 19–12
Apr 6 Baylor UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–5 Robinson (2–0) Kettler (3–3) Elder (1) 5,391 20–12 7–3
Apr 7 Baylor UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 Shugart (3–2) Bradford (3–3) McGuire (4) 5,587 21–12 8–3
Apr 8 Baylor UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 Henley (5–3) Leckich (2–2) Sawyer (1) 5,125 22–12 9–3
Apr 10 at Texas A&M* Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX L 5–6 Sherrod (2–1) O'Donnell (2–2) Hoffman (5) 7,537 22–13
Apr 13 at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK W 7–6 Bocchi (2–0) Hansen (2–3) McGuire (5) 2,331 23–13 10–3
Apr 14 at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK W 5–3 Kingman (5–2) Prater (2–2) None 3,003 24–13 11–3
Apr 15 at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK L 0–6 Wiles (3–2) Henley (5–4) None 1,227 24–14 11–4
Apr 17 Texas–Rio Grande Valley* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–2 Bocchi (3–0) Quartier (0–1) None 4,250 25–14
Apr 18 vs Texas Southern* Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX W 10–2 O'Donnell (3–2) Furlong (1–5) None 26–14
Apr 20 New Orleans* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–6 Sawyer (1–0) Barr (4–3) McGuire (6) 4,953 27–14
Apr 21 New Orleans* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–1 Shugart (4–2) Smith (1–3) Elder (2) 5,203 28–14
Apr 22 New Orleans* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–4 Stephens (3–3) Henley (5–5) Martin (6) 5,300 28–15
Apr 24 Houston* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–4 Elder (5–1) Lockhard (1–1) None 5,053 29–15
Apr 27 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W 11–6 Whelan (1–0) Zarbinsky (2–3) None 1,812 30–15 12–4
Apr 28 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L 6–8 Manoah (3–5) McGuire (0–2) None 2,618 30–16 12–5
Apr 29 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L 3–8 Kearns (3–1) Henley (5–6) None 2,033 30–17 12–6
May
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record
May 1 Texas State* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–10 Fearon (1–0) Theriot (1–3) None 4,696 31–17
May 4 at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 12–6 Kingham (6–2) Martin (6–4) None 4,432 32–17 13–6
May 5 at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 5–16 Kilian (8–1) Shugart (4–3) None 4,432 32–18 13–7
May 6 at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 7–5 Robinson (3–0) Harpenau (4–2) McGuire (7) 4,432 33–18 14–7
May 15 Texas State* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–2 Elder (6–1) Baird (2–2) None 5,043 34–18
May 17 TCU UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 Kingham (7–2) Lodolo (6–4) None 5,515 35–18 15–7
May 18 TCU UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–3 McGuire (1–2) Mihlbauer (1–1) None 6,779 36–18 16–7
May 19 TCU UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–3 Fields (1–0) Green (2–2) None 7,294 37–18 17–7
Postseason
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Regional Record
May 23 Kansas Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK L 2–3 Goddard (5–1) Bocchi (3–1) Cyr (1) 4,208 37–19 0–1
May 24 Oklahoma Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK L 1–3 Prater (3–3) Kingham (7–3) Hansen (7) 3,803 37–20 0–2
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Regional Record
June 1 Texas Southern UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–0 Shugart (5–3) Schneider (4–7) Bocchi (1) 6,914 38–20 1–0
June 2 Texas A&M UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–3 Kingham (8–3) Kilkenny (8–5) None 7,046 39–20 2–0
June 3 Indiana UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 Henley (6–6) Sommer (2–1) Shugart (2) 6,855 40–20 3–0
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Super Reg.
Record
June 9 Tennessee Tech UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 4–5 Evey (8–0) Kingham (8–4) Roberts (15) 7,062 40–21 0–1
June 10 Tennessee Tech UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–2 Shugart (6–3) Moths (13–3) Henley (1) 7,151 41–21 1–1
June 11 Tennessee Tech UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–2 Bocchi (4–1) Hursey (8–5) Kingham (3) 7,370 42–21 2–1
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Record
June 17 Arkansas TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 5–11 Knight (13–0) Kingham (8–5) 23,034 42–22 0–1
June 19 Florida TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 1–6 Kowar (10–5) Henley (6–7) 16,620 42–23 0–2

Rankings

See also: 2018 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'2020*2020—2321241816131616*16*7
Baseball America14141717—242019201715141414*14*7
Collegiate Baseball^26192728—1722231816161212557
NCBWA†2119212029—272319201718131888*7

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Official Baseball Roster". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Baseball Schedule". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved June 16, 2018.