2012 Texas Longhorns baseball team

2012 Texas Longhorns baseball
2012 Texas Longhorns baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	30–22 (14–10 Big 12)
Head coach	Augie Garrido (16th season);
Assistant coaches	Tommy Harmon (23rd season); Skip Johnson (6th season);
Home stadium	UFCU Disch–Falk Field

2012 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Baylor ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	4	.833	49	–	17	.742
No. 19 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8	.667	43	–	18	.705
‍‍‍	14	–	10	.583	30	–	22	.577
No. 13 Oklahoma ‍‍‍^y	13	–	10	.565	42	–	25	.627
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	32	–	25	.561
Missouri ‍‍‡‍^y	10	–	14	.417	33	–	28	.541
Kansas ‍‍‍	7	–	16	.304	24	–	34	.414
Kansas State ‍‍‍	7	–	17	.292	27	–	31	.466
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	7	–	17	.292	29	–	26	.527

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball ^[1]

The 2012 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the Texas Longhorns baseball program for the University of Texas in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. Augie Garrido coached the team in his 16th season at Texas.^[2]

Personnel

Roster

2012 Texas Longhorns roster^[3]

Pitchers

13 – Kirby Bellow – Sophomore
15 – Justin Peters – Sophomore
17 – Josh Urban – Junior
19 – Sam Stafford – Senior
24 – Parker French – Freshman
28 – Austin Dicharry – Senior
29 – Corey Knebel – Sophomore
32 – Dillon Peters – Freshman
36 – Nathan Thornhill – Sophomore
37 – Toller Boardman – Freshman
41 – Hoby Milner – Junior
43 – John Curtiss – Freshman
50 – Trevor Tekyl – Sophomore

Catchers

12 – Jacob Felts – Sophomore
38 – Hunter Redman – Freshman
42 – Patrick Marsh – Junior
45 – Grant Martin – Freshman
46 – Hunter Wilcox – Senior

Infielders

5 – Christian Summers – Sophomore
6 – Erich Weiss – Sophomore
7 – Jordan Etier – Senior
8 – Brooks Marlow – Freshman
11 – Alex Silver – Sophomore
14 – Kevin Lusson – Senior
48 – Sam Shaw – Freshman

Outfielders

1 – Cohl Walla – Junior
2 – Mark Payton – Sophomore
4 – Collin Shaw – Freshman
9 – Tim Maitland – Senior
30 – Landon Steinhagen – Junior
33 – Jonathan Walsh – Junior
34 – Matt Moynihan – Junior
40 – Taylor Stell – Freshman

Coaches

2012 Texas Longhorns coaching staff^[3]

Augie Garrido – Head coach – 16th
Tommy Harmon – Assistant coach – 23rd
Skip Johnson – Assistant coach – 6th
Lucas Kephart – Student assistant coach – 1st

Schedule

2012 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[4]

Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold = Texas team member

Regular season (30–20)

February (3–5)
Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap
February 18	2:00 PM	Duke*	No. 5	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 4–0	Thonrhill (1–0)	Stroman (0–1)	Knebel (1)	5,918	1–0	—	Box Score	Recap
February 18	6:00 PM	Duke*	No. 5	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 5–3	Milner (1–0)	Swart (0–1)	Knebel (2)	6,311	2–0	—	Box Score	Recap
February 19	12:00 PM	Duke*	No. 5	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 2–5	Huber (1–0)	Curtiss (0–1)	Piscotty (1)	6,448	2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
February 21	6:00 PM	UT Arlington*	No. 7	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 5–7	Day (2–0)	Dicharry (0–1)	Nack (1)	5,466	2–2	—	Box Score	Recap
February 24	7:30 PM	at No. 3 Stanford*	No. 7	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA	L 2–7	Appel (2–0)	Thornhill (1–1)	Schmidt (1)	2,624	2–3	—	Box Score	Recap
February 25	3:00 PM	at No. 3 Stanford*	No. 7	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA	L 2–6	Mooneyham (2–0)	Milner (1–1)	—	2,661	2–4	—	Box Score	Recap
February 26	3:00 PM	at No. 3 Stanford*	No. 7	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA	L 1–15	Hochstatter (1–0)	Curtiss (0–2)	—	2,542	2–5	—	Box Score	Recap
February 28	6:00 PM	Houston Baptist*		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 2–0	French (1–0)	Schafer (0–1)	Knebel (3)	5,302	3–5	—	Box Score	Recap

March (12–5)
Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap
March 2	7:00 PM	vs. No. 4 Rice* (Houston College Classic)		Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	W 11–8	Thornhill (2–1)	Kubitza (1–1)	French (1)	8,540	4–5	—	Box Score	Recap
March 3	3:30 PM	vs. Tennessee* (Houston College Classic)		Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	L 4–5	Godley (2–0)	Milner (1–2)	Williams (2)		4–6	—	Box Score	Recap
March 4	11:00 AM	vs. No. 7 Arkansas* (Houston College Classic)		Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	L 3–7	Baxendale (4–0)	Jacquez (0–1)	Astin (3)		4–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 6	4:00 PM	Dallas Baptist*		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 2–1 ¹²	Knebel (1–0)	Smith (1–1)	—	5,330	5–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 9	6:00 PM	Loyola Marymount*		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	Cancelled (rain)
March 10	7:00 PM	Loyola Marymount*		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	Postponned (rain)
March 11	12:00 PM	Loyola Marymount*		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 0–1	Griffin (2–2)	Milner (1–3)	—		5–8	—	Box Score	Recap
March 11	2:30 PM	Loyola Marymount*		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 3–1 ⁷	Jacquez (1–1)	Megill (0–4)	Knebel (4)	5,568	6–8	—	Box Score	Recap
March 13	6:00 PM	No. 30 Texas State*		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 6–1	French (2–0)	Head (0–1)	—	7,748	7–8	—	Box Score	Recap
March 16	6:30 PM	at No. 21 Oklahoma		L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK	W 7–6 ¹²	Milner (2–3)	John (3–3)	French (2)	1,895	8–8	1–0	Box Score	Recap
March 17	2:00 PM	at No. 21 Oklahoma		L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK	W 9–5	Milner (3–3)	Gray (2–3)	—	2,332	9–8	2–0	Box Score	Recap
March 18	1:00 PM	at No. 21 Oklahoma		L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK	W 9–4	French (3–0)	Okert (2–2)	Curtiss (1)	1,184	10–8	3–0	Box Score	Recap
March 20	6:00 PM	Stephen F. Austin*	No. 21	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 9–1	D. Peters (1–0)	Higginbotham (2–1)	—	5,481	11–8	—	Box Score	Recap
March 23	6:30 PM	at Kansas State	No. 21	Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 2–5	Applegate (2–2)	Thornhill (2–2)	Williams (2)	1,232	11–9	3–1	Box Score	Recap
March 24	2:00 PM	at Kansas State	No. 21	Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 6–4 ¹¹	Knebel (2–0)	Williams (0–1)	—	1,462	12–9	4–1	Box Score	Recap
March 25	1:00 PM	at Kansas State	No. 21	Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 8–5	Milner (4–3)	Youngdahl (0–1)	Knebel (5)	1,259	13–9	5–1	Box Score	Recap
March 28	6:00 PM	UT Pan American*	No. 19	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 9–5	Milner (5–3)	Badura (1–1)	—	5,828	14–9	—	Box Score	Recap
March 30	7:00 PM	California*	No. 19	Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TX	W 13–3	Thornhill (3–2)	Jones (2–4)	—	2,970	15–9	—	Box Score	Recap
March 31	4:00 PM	California*	No. 19	Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TX	L 2–12	Flemer (4–2)	French (3–1)	—	3,582	15–10	—	Box Score	Recap

April (10–6)
Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap
April 1	1:00 PM	California*	No. 19	Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TX	L 5–6	Donofrio (3–0)	Milner (5–4)	Scott (6)	2,028	15–11	—	Box Score	Recap
April 5	6:30 PM	at Texas Tech	No. 25	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 7–4	Thornhill (4–2)	Stewart (0–1)	Knebel (6)	3,216	16–11	6–1	Box Score	Recap
April 6	6:30 PM	at Texas Tech	No. 25	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	L 6–7 ¹⁴	Parten (1–0)	Knebel (2–1)	—	4,281	16–12	6–2	Box Score	Recap
April 7	2:00 PM	at Texas Tech	No. 25	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 14–3	Jacquez (2–1)	Neely (2–4)	Curtiss (2)	4,212	17–12	7–2	Box Score	Recap
April 10	6:00 PM	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi*	No. 25	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 9–2	D. Peters (2–0)	Dziubczynski (0–3)	Milner (1)	6,097	18–12	—	Box Score	Recap
April 13	6:00 PM	Oklahoma State	No. 25	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 1–3 ¹¹	Barnes (3–3)	Knebel (2–2)	—	6,808	18–13	7–3	Box Score	Recap
April 14	1:00 PM	Oklahoma State	No. 25	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 5–0	French (4–1)	Ottoson (2–5)	—	6,478	19–13	8–3	Box Score	Recap
April 14	4:00 PM	Oklahoma State	No. 25	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 3–2	D. Peters (3–0)	Wheeland (2–1)	Milner (2)	6,888	20–13	9–3	Box Score	Recap
April 17	6:00 PM	Texas State*	No. 23	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 2–0	Curtiss (1–2)	Black (2–1)	Knebel (7)	6,917	21–13	—	Box Score	Recap
April 20	7:00 PM	Kansas	No. 23	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 2–7	Duncan (4–5)	Thornhill (4–3)	—	6,256	21–14	9–4	Box Score	Recap
April 21	7:00 PM	Kansas	No. 23	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 3–0	French (5–1)	Benjamin (2–5)	—	7,308	22–14	10–4	Box Score	Recap
April 22	1:00 PM	Kansas	No. 23	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 7–2	Milner (6–4)	Taylor (4–5)	—	6,451	23–14	11–4	Box Score	Recap
April 24	6:00 PM	Central Arkansas*	No. 18	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 4–2	Curtiss (2–2)	Biggerstaff (1–4)	Knebel (8)	5,480	24–14	—	Box Score	Recap
April 27	6:30 PM	at No. 14 Texas A&M	No. 18	Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX	L 5–6	Wacha (6–0)	Thornhill (4–4)	—	6,944	24–15	11–5	Box Score	Recap
April 28	2:30 PM	No. 14 Texas A&M	No. 18	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 4–12	Stripling (7–2)	French (5–2)	—	7,716	24–16	11–6	Box Score	Recap
April 29	2:00 PM	No. 14 Texas A&M	No. 18	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 2–1	Knebel (3–2)	Martin (5–4)	—	7,741	25–16	12–6	Box Score	Recap

May (5–4)
Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap
May 1	6:00 PM	Prairie View A&M	No. 20	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 5–2	Dicharry (1–1)	Hollis (1–5)	Milner (3)	5,371	26–16	13–6	Box Score	Recap
May 4	6:00 PM	at Missouri	No. 20	Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 6–4	French (6–2)	Zastryzny (4–3)	Knebel (9)	1,387	27–16	14–6	Box Score	Recap
May 5	1:00 PM	at Missouri	No. 20	Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO	L 4–5	Ross (2–0)	Thornhill (4–5)	—	2,210	27–17	14–7	Box Score	Recap
May 6	1:00 PM	at Missouri	No. 20	Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO	L 6–7 ¹¹	Graves (4–5)	Knebel (3–3)	—	1,144	27–18	14–8	Box Score	Recap
May 12	1:00 PM	Texas Southern*	No. 24	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 3–0 ⁷	Knebel (4–3)	Flores (2–5)	—		28–18	—	Box Score	Recap
May 12	3:30 PM	Texas Southern*	No. 24	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 12–3	D. Peters (4–0)	Bass (1–2)	—	6,397	29–18	—	Box Score	Recap
May 17	6:30 PM	at No. 7 Baylor	No. 21	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 5–16	Turley (8–0)	D. Peters (4–1)	—	4,889	29–19	14–9	Box Score	Recap
May 18	6:30 PM	No. 7 Baylor	No. 21	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 0–4	Blank (10–1)	Knebel (4–4)	Bare (1)	6,645	29–20	14–10	Box Score	Recap
May 19	2:00 PM	No. 7 Baylor	No. 21	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 2–1	Milner (7–4)	Smith (3–1)	—	6,475	30–20	15–10	Box Score	Recap

Postseason (0–2)

Big 12 Tournament (0–2)
Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Seed	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament record	Box Score	Recap
May 23	7:30 PM	vs. (6) Missouri	3	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK	L 0–5	Zastryzny (5–5)	Knebel (4–5)	—	3,853	30–21	0–1	Box Score	Recap
May 24	12:30 PM	vs. (7) Kansas	3	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK	L 2–4	Benjamin (5–7)	Curtiss (2–3)	Kahana (2)	3,507	30–22	0–2	Box Score	Recap

* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	5	5*	16			25	25		25	24	24	24	25
Baseball America	13	12	21			22	18	25	23	23	20	25
Collegiate Baseball^	5	7				21	19	25	25	23	18	20	24	21	22
NCBWA†	7	9	18	25	30	25	23	27	25	25	24	27	28	27

^ 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

^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^ "2021 Texas Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2012 Texas Baseball Roster". Texas Sports. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
^ "2021 Texas Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. pp. 92–115. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[1] "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

[2] "2021 Texas Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

[Roster-3] "2012 Texas Baseball Roster". Texas Sports. Retrieved March 12, 2022.

[4] "2021 Texas Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. pp. 92–115. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.

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