Kansas State University
University of Texas
Mar 25, 2017 | Baseball
GAME RECAP
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5
NR
K-STATE
WILDCATS
15-8 (0-2 Big 12)
NR
TEXAS
LONGHORNS
16-10 (2-3 Big 12)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KSU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| UT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 9 | 1 |
- Time of Game: 2:57
- First Pitch: 4:03
- Temperature: 84 F
- Wind: NW 5
- Attendance: 5,210
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AUSTIN, Texas – For the second consecutive game, the Kansas State baseball team was unable to solve Texas' pitching as it fell 5-0 at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday.
Texas starting pitcher Morgan Cooper set career highs in innings (8.0) and strikeouts (11) on his way to his third win of the season. The Longhorns (16-10, 2-3 Big 12) have shut out K-State (15-8, 0-2) in each of the first two games of the series.
K-State managed just three hits in the game – two off Cooper – and none for extra bases. Hanz Harker led off the third inning with a single to right and made it to second with nobody out after a throwing error to represent the Wildcats' best scoring opportunity.
K-State had just five at-bats in the game with a runner in scoring position (0-for-5) and were shutout in consecutive games for the first time since 2004.
Wildcat starter Parker Rigler, coming off three straight quality starts, went 3 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on five hits and walked a career-high six batters in the loss. Four of those walks came in the bottom of the second inning that gave Texas a 1-0. The senior southpaw escaped the bases-loaded jam with just one run allowed.
Texas scratched across two more runs in the fourth, one in the sixth and one in the eighth, highlighted by an RBI double off the bat of first baseman Kacy Clemens.
The Longhorns left the bases loaded in the second, third and sixth innings on their way to stranding a season-high 16 baserunners. UT hit just .133 (2-for-15) with runners in scoring position
Bryce Ward and Jared Marolf each threw two innings of relief and each allowed one earned run.
Seniors Jake Scudder and Steve Serratore were responsible for two of the Cats' three hits. Scudder extended his career-best on-base streak to 17 games.
K-State wraps up its three-game set at Texas on Sunday with first pitch set for 1 p.m. The series finale can be seen on the Longhorn Network and streaming on the WatchESPN app. Fans can also listen to K-State baseball on KMAN 1350 AM, 93.3 FM and streaming free at k-statesports.com.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• K-State scored no runs on three hits and committed one error and left six runners on base. Texas scored five runs on nine hits with one error while stranding 16 baserunners.
• K-State has seven hits in two games at Texas.
• The Wildcats were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position while Texas was 2-for-15 (.133).
• Rigler allowed his first two-out hit of the season in the game. Opponents had been 0-for-17 with two outs against him coming in to today's game.
• Texas got its leadoff man on in four of eight innings while K-State only managed to get its leadoff hitter on twice.
• Texas' 16 runners left of base are a season high and a season high for any K-State opponent this season.
NOTES
• K-State now 16-54-1 all-time series vs. Texas and is 9-29-1 all-time in Austin.
• K-State has not won the opening game of a series with Texas since 2013, which was the last time the Cats won a road series vs. Texas.
• The Wildcats have never swept a series with the Longhorns.
• It was the first time the Cats have been shutout in consecutive games since 2004, when it was shutout in three straight games (vs. Missouri and Nebraska).
