2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team

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.

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
2018 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 7 Texas ‍†‍‍y 17–7–0 .70842–23–0 .646
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 16–8–0 .66731–26–1 .543
No. 6 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 15–9–0 .62545–20–0 .692
No. 24 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58338–25–0 .603
Baylor ‍‍‡‍y 13–11–0 .54237–21–0 .638
TCU ‍‍‍ 10–13–0 .43533–23–0 .589
West Virginia ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .37529–27–0 .518
Kansas ‍‍‍ 8–15–0 .34827–30–0 .474
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .20823–31–0 .426
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

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
BoldTexas team member
2018 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[3]
Regular season
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordBig 12 Record
Feb 16Louisiana*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 3–0Kingham (1–0)Burk (0–1)Ridgeway (1)5,1951–0
Feb 17Louisiana*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 5–3Ridgeway (1–0)Moore (0–1)None5,3302–0
Feb 18Louisiana*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 1–2Batty (1–0)McGuire (0–1)Stoelke (1)4,7402–1
Feb 21Lamar*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 7–2Elder (1–0)Jones (0–1)None3,9503–1
Feb 23at LSU*Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAL 4–13Hess (1–1)Kingham (1–1)None11,1023–2
Feb 24at LSU*Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAL 10–5Beck (1–0)Elder (1–1)None12,0383–3
Feb 25at LSU*Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAW 11–1Henley (1–0)Peterson (0–2)None10,7624–3
Feb 27UTSA*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 2–0O'Donnell (1–0)Rodriguez (0–1)Kingham (1)4,2845–3
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordBig 12 Record
Mar 2Northwestern*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 2–6Fordon (1–0)Shugart (0–1)Bordignon (1)5,0825–4
Mar 3Northwestern*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 10–7Kingham (2–1)Christie (0–2)Ridgeway (2)6–4
Mar 3Northwestern*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 16–3Henley (2–0)Bader (1–2)None6,0187–4
Mar 4Northwestern*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 12–1Elder (2–0)Katz (0–2)None4,3958–4
Mar 8Stanford*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 8–6Elder (3–1)Weiermiller (3–1)Shugart (1)4,6649–4
Mar 9Stanford*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 1–7Bubic (3–0)Kingham (2–2)None4,9979–5
Mar 10Stanford*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 9–3Weiermiller (4–1)Henley (2–1)Little (6)6,3499–6
Mar 11Stanford*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 1–11Beck (2–0)Shugart (0–2)None9–7
Mar 13at Arkansas*Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, ARL 4–13Murphy (2–0)Ridgeway (1–1)Kostyshock (1)8,0519–8
Mar 14at Arkansas*Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, ARL 5–7Bolden (2–0)O'Donnell (1–1)Cronin (2)8,0079–9
Mar 16KansasUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 14–4Kingham (3–2)Davis (0–1)None4,96510–91–0
Mar 17KansasUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 4–0Henley (3–1)Turski (1–3)Ridgeway (3)5,14211–92–0
Mar 18KansasUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 5–4Shugart (1–2)Zeferjahn (3–1)McGuire (1)4,64912–93–0
Mar 20Sam Houston State*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 3–2Bocchi (1–0)Mikolajchak (2–3)Kingham (2)4,39413–9
Mar 23Oklahoma StateUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 1–6Lienhard (2–1)Henley (3–2)None4,98313–103–1
Mar 24Oklahoma StateUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 7–1Kingham (4–2)Heasley (2–2)None5,64614–104–1
Mar 25Oklahoma StateUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 10–5Elder (4–1)Teel (3–1)None5,04915–105–1
Mar 27at Texas State*Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TXW 6–1O'Donnell (2–1)Engle (1–2)None2,54716–10
Mar 29at Kansas StateTointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KSL 2–5Ford (4–1)Henley (3–3)Eckberg (1)1,31016–115–2
Mar 30at Kansas StateTointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KSL 10–11Passino (1–0)Ridgeway (1–2)None1,97916–125–3
Mar 31at Kansas StateTointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KSW 9–5Shugart (2–2)Heskett (2–3)McGuire (2)1,47917–126–3
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordBig 12 Record
Apr 2McNeese State*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 5–4Robinson (1–0)Briggs (0–1)McGuire (3)4,08118–12
Apr 3at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi*Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TXW 9–3Henley (4–3)Perez (4–2)None4,11519–12
Apr 6BaylorUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 9–5Robinson (2–0)Kettler (3–3)Elder (1)5,39120–127–3
Apr 7BaylorUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 2–0Shugart (3–2)Bradford (3–3)McGuire (4)5,58721–128–3
Apr 8BaylorUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 4–1Henley (5–3)Leckich (2–2)Sawyer (1)5,12522–129–3
Apr 10at Texas A&M*Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TXL 5–6Sherrod (2–1)O'Donnell (2–2)Hoffman (5)7,53722–13
Apr 13at OklahomaL. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OKW 7–6Bocchi (2–0)Hansen (2–3)McGuire (5)2,33123–1310–3
Apr 14at OklahomaL. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OKW 5–3Kingman (5–2)Prater (2–2)None3,00324–1311–3
Apr 15at OklahomaL. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OKL 0–6Wiles (3–2)Henley (5–4)None1,22724–1411–4
Apr 17Texas–Rio Grande Valley*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 13–2Bocchi (3–0)Quartier (0–1)None4,25025–14
Apr 18vs Texas Southern*Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TXW 10–2O'Donnell (3–2)Furlong (1–5)None26–14
Apr 20New Orleans*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 8–6Sawyer (1–0)Barr (4–3)McGuire (6)4,95327–14
Apr 21New Orleans*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 3–1Shugart (4–2)Smith (1–3)Elder (2)5,20328–14
Apr 22New Orleans*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 1–4Stephens (3–3)Henley (5–5)Martin (6)5,30028–15
Apr 24Houston*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 9–4Elder (5–1)Lockhard (1–1)None5,05329–15
Apr 27at West VirginiaMonongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WVW 11–6Whelan (1–0)Zarbinsky (2–3)None1,81230–1512–4
Apr 28at West VirginiaMonongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WVL 6–8Manoah (3–5)McGuire (0–2)None2,61830–1612–5
Apr 29at West VirginiaMonongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WVL 3–8Kearns (3–1)Henley (5–6)None2,03330–1712–6
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordBig 12 Record
May 1Texas State*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 11–10Fearon (1–0)Theriot (1–3)None4,69631–17
May 4at Texas TechDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TXW 12–6Kingham (6–2)Martin (6–4)None4,43232–1713–6
May 5at Texas TechDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TXL 5–16Kilian (8–1)Shugart (4–3)None4,43232–1813–7
May 6at Texas TechDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TXW 7–5Robinson (3–0)Harpenau (4–2)McGuire (7)4,43233–1814–7
May 15Texas State*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 6–2Elder (6–1)Baird (2–2)None5,04334–18
May 17TCUUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 3–2Kingham (7–2)Lodolo (6–4)None5,51535–1815–7
May 18TCUUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 5–3McGuire (1–2)Mihlbauer (1–1)None6,77936–1816–7
May 19TCUUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 7–3Fields (1–0)Green (2–2)None7,29437–1817–7
Postseason
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordRegional Record
May 23KansasChickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OKL 2–3Goddard (5–1)Bocchi (3–1)Cyr (1)4,20837–190–1
May 24OklahomaChickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OKL 1–3Prater (3–3)Kingham (7–3)Hansen (7)3,80337–200–2
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordRegional Record
June 1Texas SouthernUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 10–0Shugart (5–3)Schneider (4–7)Bocchi (1)6,91438–201–0
June 2Texas A&MUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 8–3Kingham (8–3)Kilkenny (8–5)None7,04639–202–0
June 3IndianaUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 3–2Henley (6–6)Sommer (2–1)Shugart (2)6,85540–203–0
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordSuper Reg.
Record
June 9Tennessee TechUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 4–5Evey (8–0)Kingham (8–4)Roberts (15)7,06240–210–1
June 10Tennessee TechUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 4–2Shugart (6–3)Moths (13–3)Henley (1)7,15141–211–1
June 11Tennessee TechUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 5–2Bocchi (4–1)Hursey (8–5)Kingham (3)7,37042–212–1
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordCWS Record
June 17ArkansasTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL 5–11Knight (13-0)Kingham (8-5)23,03442–220–1
June 19FloridaTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL 1–6Kowar (10-5)Henley (6-7)16,62042–230–2

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 ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * 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. "Official Baseball Roster". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  3. "2018 Baseball Schedule". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
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