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2010 Austin Super Regional
Capsules by Barrett Neale, Michael
Perry, Matt Mullen, Andrew Woods, Sean Ryan, Phil Stanton
2. Texas Longhorns
Austin, Texas
At-large bid from Big 12, Won Austin Regional
2010 record: 24-3,
49-11 (first in Big 12)
Head coach: Augie
Garrido (Fresno State, 1961)
Record at school:
616-280-2, 14 years
Overall record:
1,767-604-9, 42 years
Associate head coach:
Tommy Harmon
Assistant coaches: Skip
Johnson, Travis Tucker
Team offense: .289 BA,
411 R, 79 HR, .479 SLG%, .378 OB%, 85-109 SB
Team pitching: 2.45
ERA, 543 IP, 431 H, 169 BB, 530 K
Top hitters: Russell
Moldenhauer (.341/9/41/14 2B), Tant Shepherd (.333/7/34/19
2B/14-15 SB), Cohl Valla (.321/8/37/12 2B/14-16 SB), Cameron
Rupp (.317/10/54/13 2B), Kevin Keyes (.305/14/57/11 2B/13-16
SB), Brandon Loy (.260/1/23/10 2B/12-20 SB), Kevin Lusson
(.251/14/45), Connor Rowe (.248/2/17), Jordan Etier
(.224/9/32/13-17 SB)
Top pitchers: Chance
Ruffin (6-1, 14 SV, 0.73 ERA, 61.2 IP, 39 H, 18 BB, 96 K),
Taylor Jungmann (7-3, 2.10 ERA, 111.2 IP, 82 H, 39 BB, 120 K),
Cole Green (11-1, 2.63 ERA, 106 IP, 83 H, 24 BB, 71 K), Brandon
Workman (12-1, 3.43 ERA, 99.2 IP, 94 H, 23 BB, 97 K)
Last NCAA appearance:
2009 (3-0 in Austin Regional, 2-1 in Austin Super Regional, 4-2
in College World Series)
Notes: Texas was the
national runner-up a season ago, dropping two of three in the
championship series to LSU. Texas is making its seventh Super
Regional appearance, having posted a 12-3 record. The Longhorns
took two of three from TCU a season ago in Austin to advance to
Omaha. Texas won the Big 12 regular-season title by eight games,
but lost three times in three tournament games after losing only
three in 27 regular-season league contests. Texas is a national
seed for the fifth time since the tourney format changed in
1999, and the Longhorns will be shooting for their third title
since 2002. Over 43 years, coach Augie Garrido has compiled
1,757 wins - an average of nearly 41 a season. The Longhorns
boast one the country's best pitching staffs, which limits
hitters to a .219 average. Its team ERA of 2.45 (tops in the
nation) is 3.6 runs better than its opponents (6.06). In fact,
no one on the Longhorns has an ERA higher than Austin Dicharry's
3.62. Chance Ruffin, the son of former major league hurler Bruce
Ruffin, has been one of the best relievers in the country,
putting up Huston Street-like numbers. He has 96 strikeouts and
18 walks in 61.2 innings, and opponents hit .176 off him. Taylor
Junmann has electric stuff and has struck out 120 in 112
innings. And Cole Green has four complete games, including two
shutouts. Texas thrives on the belief that its offense is
suspect. The Longhorns score nearly seven runs a game and have
pop up and down the order. Kevin Keyes and Kevin Lusson have the
most power, but Russell Moldenhauer and Tant Shepherd pepper the
ball around the park. And as always, Garrido's team manufactures
runs. The Longhorns have 72 sacrifice bunts compared to 28 for
their opponents.
TCU Horned Frogs
Fort Worth, Texas
Automatic bid – won Mountain West Tournament, Won
Fort Worth Regional
2010 record: 19-5,
49-11 (first in Mountain West)
Head coach: Jim
Schlossnagle (Elon, 1992)
Record at school:
300-131, 7 years
Overall record:
377-178, 9 years
Assistant coaches: Todd
Whitting, Randy Mazey, Ryan Shotzberger
Team offense: .345 BA,
535 R, 90 HR, .566 SLG%, .420 OB%, 71-102 SB
Team pitching: 3.48
ERA, 537.2 IP, 508 H, 173 BB, 497 K
Top hitters: Jason
Coats (.377/13/65/22 2B/.656 SLG%), Brance Rivera (.370/6/26),
Josh Elander (.366/2/33/16 2B), Matt Curry (.353/17/59/26
2B/.725 SLG%), Bryan Holaday (.347/12/47/22 2B), Taylor
Featherston (.343/7/44), Jerome Pena (.333/9/49), Aaron Schultz
(.307/9/49/11-14 SB)
Top pitchers: Kaleb
Merck (2-1, 3 SV, 1.08 ERA, 25 IP, 16 H, 5 BB, 19 K) , Tyler
Lockwood (6-2, 5 SV, 2.06 ERA, 56.2 IP, 51 H, 17 BB, 35 K),
Steven Maxwell (11-1, 2.51 ERA, 97 IP, 79 H, 31 BB, 87 K), Kyle
Winkler (11-1, 3.05, 106.1 IP, 98 H, 30 BB, 84 K), Matt Purke
(13-0, 3.40 ERA, 95.1 IP, 81 H, 27 BB, 122 K), Trent Appleby
(3-1, 1 SV, 3.41 ERA, 37 IP, 38 H, 11 BB, 23 K)
Last NCAA appearance:
2009 (3-0 at Fort Worth Regional, 1-2 at Austin Super Regional)
Notes: TCU is making
its second Super Regional appearance. The Horned Frogs dropped
two of three at Texas a season ago. This is the Horned Frogs’
seventh-consecutive NCAA bid. They hosted a Regional for the
first time last season and won their first Regional title. TCU
is the only Division I team that didn’t lose a weekend series
all season. The team set single-season records for home runs
with 90 and doubles with 170. The Horned Frogs are coming off of
a Mountain West conference championship, their fifth during the
past six years, and a fifth-consecutive regular-season
conference title. Junior Steven Maxwell was named Pitcher of the
Year, pitcher Matt Purke was chosen as Freshman of the Year and
Jim Schlossnagle was awarded Coach of the Year for the fifth
traight time. Senior catcher Bryan Holaday, senior first baseman
Matt Curry, junior second baseman Jerome Pena, sophomore
shortstop Taylor Featherston, sophomore outfielder Jason Coats,
sophomore outfielder Brance Rivera and senior pitcher Tyler
Lockwood joined Maxwell and Burke on the All-MWC First Team,
while sophomore Kyle Winkler made the second team. Holaday, the
team captain and MVP of the MWC tournament, is one of 16
semifinalists for the Johnny Bench Award. Purke and Winkler have
both accepted invitations to compete in the 2010 USA National
Team Trials in July.
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