TEXAS at UCF
May 10-12, 2024
Where: John Euliano Park
Time: Friday at 5 p.m. CT; Saturday at 5 p.m. CT; Sunday at 12 p.m. CT
TV: ESPN+
Radio: AM-1300 The Zone/103.1 FM
Live stats: Texas.Statbroadcast.com
All-time series: First meeting
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
FRIDAY–Texas RHP Max Grubbs (4-4, 3.70) vs. UCF RHP Ben Vespi (3-2, 4.45)
SATURDAY–Texas LHP Ace Whitehead (4-0, 3.73) vs. UCF RHP Dom Stagliano (2-3, 4.07)
SUNDAY–Texas RHP Lebarron Johnson Jr. (2-4, 5.82) vs. UCF TBA
UCF's park is 320' down the lines, 390' to center, 360' to both alleys. Only David Pierce could have designed a field that small.
Texas returned to the Baseball America rankings at No. 25 this week and has four more conference wins than the Knights, but UCF holds a much higher RPI than Texas at 32.
That simply means any win against UCF, especially on the road, will help Texas improve its rating and presumably its NCAA tournament seeding.
Texas baseball has big opportunity at UCF to improve RPI, seeding for Big 12 tourney | KXAN Austin