Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Quick Hitters
• Texas A&M junior pitcher Barrett Loux is three strikeouts away from being the first Big 12 pitcher with 100 strikeouts this season.
• Texas Tech’s Michael Reed had a six-RBI day in Sunday’s 16-15 win against the Missouri Tigers.
• The Kansas State Wildcats’ record at home is 19-2 this season, and the number one team in home wins is Texas, which has a home record of 28-4. The Longhorns travel to Manhattan for a big showdown with the Wildcats this weekend.
SERIES TO WATCH: Texas vs. Kansas State
The two best teams in the Big 12, and a 17-game conference winning streak on the line. It can’t get better than this. If the Longhorns do not stumble against Prairie View A&M, they will take the nation’s longest winning streak into Manhattan to face the upstart Kansas State Wildcats. The Longhorns are 38-7 overall and 19-2 in Big 12 play, while the Wildcats are 10-7 in league play and 30-12 overall. This could be a preview of the conference title game.
Big 12 Players of the Week
Player of the Week: Kent Urban, Kansas State
The Oklahoma Sooners could not contain Urban this past Saturday, as he was the main force in a 14-9 win against Oklahoma. He had three runs batted in on off of two hits. One of those was a three-run homer in the top of the third to help cap a six-run inning. Urban and the Wildcats are preparing for a matchup at home this week against the No. 2 Texas Longhorns.
Series of the Week: Baylor vs. Texas
This series may be the best of the season. Two extra-inning games, two dramatic endings and Texas making history in the process. In game one the Texas Longhorns and Baylor Bears went ten innings and the game was settled by a Tant Shepard single in the top of the 10th inning to give Texas the lead for good. In the second game of the series, it was a 1-1 standstill until Jordan Weymouth hit a game-winning single to score Paul Montalbano and tie the Big 12 record for the longest conference winning streak with 19.
Team of the Week: Texas
Let’s go down the list. Starting pitchers with first-round talent, check. Number one team in the
country, check. A team ERA of 2.22, the lowest in the conference, check. The Longhorns lead the league by an astounding 7.5 games, and have pretty much locked up the regular season conference title. They are also streaking to Big 12 history. They are currently on a 20-game winning streak, the same as the mark that they reached back in 1988.
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