2021 Texas Longhorns baseball team explained

Year:	2021
Team:	Texas Longhorns
Sport:	baseball
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:	Big 12
Coachrank:	3
Cbrank:	3
Record:	50–17
Conf Record:	17–7
Head Coach:	David Pierce
Hc Year:	5th
Asst Coach1:	Sean Allen
Ac1 Year:	5th
Asst Coach2:	Philip Miller
Ac2 Year:	5th
Asst Coach3:	Troy Tulowitzki
Ac3 Year:	2nd
Stadium:	UFCU Disch–Falk Field
Champion:	Big 12 Regular season champions Austin Regional champions Austin Super Regional champions
Tourney:	College World Series
Tourney Result:	Semifinals (3–2)

The 2021 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2021 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 fifth season at Texas.

Personnel

Roster

2021 Texas Longhorns Roster^[1]
	Pitchers 11 – Tanner Witt – Freshman 13 – Lucas Gordon – Freshman 24 – Chase Lummus – Freshman 27 – Kolby Kubichek – Sophomore 31 – Reid Taylor – Freshman 32 – Ty Madden – Sophomore 33 – Pete Hansen – Freshman 34 – Cole Quintanilla – Sophomore 35 – Tristan Stevens – Junior 38 – Caden Noah – Freshman 39 – Travis Sthele – Freshman 40 – Austin Wallace – Freshman 41 – Aaron Nixon – Freshman 42 – Dawson Merryman – Sophomore 45 – Coy Cobb – Sophomore 46 – Palmer Wenzel – Senior 47 – Sam Walbridge – Freshman 49 – Jared Southard – Freshman 51 – Dalton Porter – Freshman 54 – Drew Shifflet – Sophomore 56 – Justin Eckhardt – Freshman 57 – Lebarron Johnson Jr. – Freshman 58 – Mason Bryant – Sophomore 88 – Andre Duplantier II – Freshman		Catchers 4 – Silas Ardoin – Freshman 6 – DJ Petrinsky – Senior 15 – Peyton Powell – Freshman 29 – Cam Constantine – Freshman 48 – Caston Peter – Sophomore Infielders 0 – Trey Faltine – Freshman 8 – Dylan Campbell – Freshman 14 – Murphy Stehly – Junior 17 – Ivan Melendez – Sophomore 19 – Mitchell Daly – Freshman 28 – Lance Ford – Sophomore 43 – Peter Geib – Sophomore 52 – Zach Zubia – Junior 55 – Cam Williams – Junior		Outfielders 5 – Mike Antico – Senior 7 – Douglas Hodo III – Freshman 30 – Eric Kennedy – Sophomore 44 – Austin Todd – Senior

Coaches

2021 Texas Longhorns coaching staff
David Pierce – Head coach – 5th year Sean Allen – Assistant coach – 5th year Philip Miller – Assistant coach – 5th year Troy Tulowitzki – Volunteer assistant coach – 2nd year

Starters

Pos.	No.	Player.	Year
C	4	Silas Ardoin	Redshirt Freshman
1B	52	Zach Zubia	Redshirt Junior
2B	19	Mitchell Daly	Freshman
3B	55	Cam Williams	Redshirt Junior
SS	0	Trey Faltine	Redshirt Freshman
LF	30	Eric Kennedy	Redshirt Sophomore
CF	5	Mike Antico	Redshirt Senior
RF	7	Douglas Hodo III	Redshirt Freshman
DH	17		Redshirt Sophomore

Offseason departures

Players

+ class="nowrap"	2021 Texas offseason departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Bryce Elder	13		6’2	220	Junior		Declared for MLB Draft
Duke Ellis	11		6’2	180	Senior		Graduation
Donny Diaz	19	P	6’0	210	Senior		Graduation

Transfers

Outgoing

Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	New school
Brenden Dixon	1	IF	6’1	195		Freshman	Weatherford
Kamron Fields	8	P	6’2	198		Junior	Texas Southern
Owen Meaney	51	P	6’5	235		Sophomore

2020 MLB Draft

See main article: 2020 MLB Draft.

5

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Bryce Elder

Atlanta Braves

Schedule and results

2021 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[2]
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member
Regular season (40–13)
February (3–4) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 Record Box Score Recap February 20 11:00 AM vs. No. 7 Mississippi State* No. 9 L 3–8 Sims (1–0) Madden (0–1) 16,908 0–1 — Box Score Recap February 21 7:00 PM FloSports vs. No. 8 Arkansas* No. 9 Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX L 0–4 Monke (1–0) Stevens (0–1) Bolden (1) 17,587 0–2 — Box Score Recap February 22 2:30 PM FloSports vs. No. 6 Ole Miss* No. 9 Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX L 1–8 Diamond (1–0) Kubichek (0–1) 13,659 0–3 — Box Score Recap February 24 7:00 PM BYU No. 19 W 3–1 Quintanilla (1–0) Mabeus (0–2) Witt (1) 1,474 1–3 — Box Score Recap February 25 1:00 PM LHN BYU* No. 19 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–6 Wenzel (1–0) Robison (1–1) 1,424 2–3 — Box Score Recap February 26 6:30 PM LHN BYU* No. 19 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–1 Madden (1–1) Nielson (0–1) 1,504 3–3 — Box Score Recap February 27 3:00 PM LHN BYU* No. 19 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 4–5 McLaughlin (1–0) Noah (0–1) McIntyre (1) 1,524 3–4 — Box Score Recap
March (14–4) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 Record Box Score Recap March 2 6:30 PM LHN TAMU–CC No. 19 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–1 Kubichek (1–1) Ramirez (0–1) 1,455 4–4 — Box Score Recap March 3 6:00 PM at Texas State* No. 19 W 10–3 Wenzel (2–0) Bush (0–1) 700 5–4 — Box Score Recap March 5 6:30 PM ESPN+ at * No. 19 W 1–0 Madden (2–1) Cherry (1–1) 493 6–4 — Box Score Recap March 6 2:00 PM ESPN+ at Houston* No. 19 Schroeder Park • Houston, TX L 2–3 (11) Schultz (2–0) Nixon (0–1) 328 6–5 — Box Score Recap March 7 1:30 PM ESPN+ at Houston* No. 19 Schroeder Park • Houston, TX W 8–2 Kubichek (2–1) Prayer (0–1) 326 7–5 — Box Score Recap March 9 6:30 PM LHN Sam Houston State No. 19 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 15–9 Hansen (1–0) Wesneski (0–1) 1,490 8–5 — Box Score Recap March 12 6:30 PM LHN No. 12 South Carolina* No. 19 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 Nixon (1–1) Sanders (2–1) 1,716 9–5 — Box Score Recap March 13 6:30 PM LHN No. 12 South Carolina* No. 19 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–0 Stevens (1–1) Brannon (1–1) Wenzel (1) 1,786 10–5 — Box Score Recap March 14 11:00 AM LHN No. 12 South Carolina* No. 19 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–5 Witt (1–0) Bosnic (1–1) 1,687 11–5 — Box Score Recap March 16 6:30 PM LHN No. 10 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 15–2 (7) Hansen (2–0) Rimac (0–1) 1,766 12–5 — Box Score Recap March 19 6:30 PM ESPN+ No. 10 W 5–3 Madden (3–1) Thomas (2–1) Nixon (1) 2,168 13–5 1–0 Box Score Recap March 20 3:00 PM ESPN+ at Baylor No. 10 Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX W 4–3 Stevens (2–1) Winston (2–2) Nixon (2) 2,336 14–5 2–0 Box Score Recap March 21 1:00 PM ESPN+ at Baylor No. 10 Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX L 2–11 Kettler (2–0) Kubichek (2–2) 1,753 14–6 2–1 Box Score Recap March 23 6:30 PM LHN Incarnate Word No. 9 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–1 Quintanilla (2–0) Walker (0–1) 1,538 15–6 — Box Score Recap March 26 7:00 PM LHN No. 9 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–3 (11) Quintanilla (3–0) Taggart (0–2) 1,906 16–6 3–1 Box Score Recap March 27 5:30 PM LHN Oklahoma No. 9 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–6 Stevens (3–1) Godman (0–1) 1,980 17–6 4–1 Box Score Recap March 28 1:00 PM LHN Oklahoma No. 9 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 2–3 Ruffcorn (2–0) Nixon (1–2) 1,931 17–7 4–2 Box Score Recap March 30 6:00 PM at * (Lone Star Showdown) No. 5 L 0–2 Dettmer (3–1) Hansen (2–1) Jozwiak (3) 3,087 17–8 — Box Score Recap
April (17–2) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 Record Box Score Recap April 1 6:00 PM ESPN+ at No. 5 W 5–2 Madden (4–1) Ryan (3–3) 417 18–8 5–2 Box Score Recap April 2 6:00 PM ESPN+ at Kansas No. 5 Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 7–0 Stevens (4–1) Larsen (4–2) 421 19–8 6–2 Box Score Recap April 3 1:00 PM ESPN+ at Kansas No. 5 Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 11–2 Kubichek (3–2) Davis (3–3) 435 20–8 7–2 Box Score Recap April 6 6:30 PM LHN TAMU–CC* No. 4 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 14–4 Wenzel (3–0) Johnson (0–2) 1,596 21–8 — Box Score Recap April 7 6:30 PM LHN Stephen F. Austin No. 4 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–1 Hansen (3–1) Stobart (0–4) 1,599 22–8 — Box Score Recap April 9 6:30 PM LHN No. 4 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–6 Nixon (2–2) Eckberg (2–2) 1,786 23–8 8–2 Box Score Recap April 10 2:30 PM LHN Kansas State No. 4 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 15–1 Stevens (5–1) Seymour (2–3) 1,904 24–8 9–2 Box Score Recap April 11 1:00 PM LHN Kansas State No. 4 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–2 Kubichek (4–2) McCullough (2–2) 1,776 25–8 10–2 Box Score Recap April 13 6:30 PM LHN No. 3 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–3 Witt (2–0) O’Malley (0–2) Nixon (3) 1,691 26–8 — Box Score Recap April 14 6:30 PM LHN Nevada* No. 3 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–5 Nixon (3–2) Cochran (1–3) Gordon (1) 1,658 27–8 — Box Score Recap April 16 6:30 PM LHN Abilene Christian No. 3 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 18–0 Madden (5–1) Morgan (0–2) 1,737 28–8 — Box Score Recap April 17 2:30 PM LHN Abilene Christian* No. 3 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–1 Stevens (6–1) Huffling (4–1) Witt (2) 1,959 29–8 — Box Score Recap April 18 1:00 PM LHN Abilene Christian* No. 3 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–1 Kubichek (5–2) Chirpich (3–3) 1,826 30–8 — Box Score Recap April 20 6:00 PM ESPN+ at Texas State* No. 3 Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 5–1 Hansen (4–1) Robie (0–1) 700 31–8 — Box Score Recap April 24 2:00 PM ESPN+ No. 3 W 4–3 Madden (6–1) Osmond (2–3) Nixon (4) 4,258 32–8 11–2 Box Score Recap April 24 6:00 PM ESPN+ at No. 24 Oklahoma State No. 3 O'Brate Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 5–2 Stevens (7–1) Campbell (4–1) Witt (3) 4,258 33–8 12–2 Box Score Recap April 25 1:00 PM ESPN+ at No. 24 Oklahoma State No. 3 O'Brate Stadium • Stillwater, OK L 3–7 Standlee (4–1) Kubichek (5–3) 3,306 33–9 12–3 Box Score Recap April 27 6:30 PM LHN Incarnate Word* No. 3 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–3 Shifflet (1–0) Celestino (0–1) Nixon (5) 1,610 34–9 — Box Score Recap April 30 7:00 PM LHN No. 3 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 3–6 Sublette (6–1) Madden (6–2) Queen (5) 1,902 34–10 12–4 Box Score Recap
May (6–3) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 Record Box Score Recap May 1 2:30 PM LHN No. 11 Texas Tech No. 3 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 3–5 Dallas (2–2) Stevens (7–2) Sublette (2) 2,163 34–11 12–5 Box Score Recap May 2 2:30 PM LHN No. 11 Texas Tech No. 3 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–3 Hansen (5–1) Montgomery (2–3) 2,457 35–11 13–5 Box Score Recap May 4 6:30 PM LHN Texas State* No. 6 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 Quintanilla (4–0) Dixon (0–2) Nixon (6) 1,898 36–11 — Box Score Recap May 7 6:30 PM ESPN+ No. 6 W 5–4 Witt (3–0) Hill (2–1) Nixon (7) 3,485 37–11 14–5 Box Score Recap May 8 4:00 PM ESPN+ at No. 3 TCU No. 6 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 1–2 Krob (7–0) Stevens (7–3) Green (9) 2,957 37–12 14–6 Box Score Recap May 9 1:00 PM ESPN+ at No. 3 TCU No. 6 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 9–3 Hansen (6–1) Ray (5–2) 2,912 38–12 15–6 Box Score Recap May 11 6:30 PM LHN Texas Southern No. 5 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX Canceled due to rain May 18 6:30 PM LHN Rice No. 2 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX Canceled due to lightning May 20 6:30 PM LHN No. 2 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 4–5 Wolf (5–5) Madden (6–3) Watters (4) 2,521 38–13 15–7 Box Score Recap May 21 6:30 PM LHN West Virginia No. 2 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 14–3 Stevens (8–3) Hampton (4–3) 3,164 39–13 16–7 Box Score Recap May 22 2:30 PM LHN West Virginia No. 2 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–2 (8) Hansen (7–1) Tulloch (–) 2,614 40–13 17–7 Box Score Recap
Postseason (10–4)
(2–2) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament record Box Score Recap May 26 4:00 PM vs. #8 1 L 1–5 Wolf (6–5) Madden (6–4) 6,164 40–14 0–1 Box Score Recap May 27 12:30 PM vs. #5 1 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK W 4–1 Stevens (9–3) Carmichael (6–3) Nixon (8) 3,972 41–14 1–1 Box Score Recap May 28 7:00 PM ESPN+ vs. #8 West Virginia 1 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK W 3–2 Hansen (8–1) Jeffrey (2–2) Witt (4) 5,609 42–14 2–1 Box Score Recap May 29 12:30 PM ESPN+ vs. #4 Oklahoma State 1 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK L 4–5 Davis (2–3) Nixon (3–3) Standlee (4) 5,749 42–15 2–2 Box Score Recap
Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional Record Box Score Recap June 4 1:00 PM 1 W 11–0 Stevens (10–3) Snyder (1–3) 5,447 43–15 1–0 Box Score Recap June 5 8:10 PM LHN 1 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–3 Madden (7–4) Fall (7–3) Witt (5) 6,981 44–15 2–0 Box Score Recap June 6 8:00 PM LHN 1 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–2 Hansen (9–1) Erbeck (0–1) 6,853 45–15 3–0 Box Score Recap
Date Time (CT) TV Opponent National seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Super regional record Box Score Recap June 12 8:00 PM 2 W 4–3 Witt (4–0) Lord (3–5) 7,180 46–15 1–0 Box Score Recap June 13 8:00 PM ESPNU vs. South Florida 2 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–4 Stevens (11–3) Sullivan (3–4) 7,267 47–15 2–0 Box Score Recap
Date Time (CT) TV Opponent National seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CWS record Box Score Recap June 20 6:00 PM 2 L 1–2 Bednar (8-1) Madden (7–5) Sims (11) 23,885 47–16 0–1 Box Score Recap June 22 1:00 PM ESPNU 2 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE W 8–4 Witt (5-0) Hunley (7-5) 19,150 48–16 1–1 Box Score Recap June 24 6:00 PM ESPN2 2 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE W 6–2 Quintanilla (5–0) Wyatt (4–2) Nixon (9) 23,173 49–16 2–1 Box Score Recap June 25 6:00 PM vs. #7 Mississippi State 2 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE W 8–5 Nixon (4–3) Smith (4–4) 24,003 50–16 3–1 Box Score Recap June 26 6:00 PM ESPN2 vs. #7 Mississippi State 2 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE L 3–4 Sims (5–0) Quintanilla (5-1) 21,883 50–17 3–2 Box Score Recap
* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest.

Postseason

NCAA tournament

College World Series

Awards and honors

National Awards

All-Americans

First Team
Player	No.	Position	Class
	32	P	So
Pete Hansen	33	P	So
Tanner Witt	11	P	Fr

Second Team
Player	No.	Position	Class
Aaron Nixon	41	P	Fr

College World Series

All-Tournament Team
Player	No.	Position	Class
	17	DH	So

ABCA Regional Coach of the year

ABCA Regional Coach of the Year
Coach
David Pierce

D1Baseball Assistant of the year

D1Baseball Assistant of the Year
Coach
Sean Allen

Big 12 Conference Awards

First Team Big 12 All-Conference

First Team Big 12 All-Conference
Player	No.	Position	Class
Mitchell Daly	19	2B	Fr
	17	DH	So
	32	P	So
Tristan Stevens	35	P	Jr

Big 12 All-Tournament Team

Big 12 All-Tournament Team
Player	No.	Position	Class
Zach Zubia	52	1B	Jr

Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the year

Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year
Player	No.	Position	Class
Ty Madden	32	P	So

Big 12 Conference Manager of the year

Big 12 Conference Manager of the Year
Coach
David Pierce

Player statistics

Batting

Note: No. = Number; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Note: Gold Highlight = Team Leader

Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played

No.	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
0	Trey Faltine	66	217	54	.249	5	37
4	Silas Ardoin	60	184	44	.239	1	33
5	Mike Antico	66	231	63	.273	10	47
6	DJ Petrinksy	33	66	16	.242	1	11
7	Douglas Hodo III	64	221	62	.281	5	44
8	Dylan Campbell	32	53	10	.189	1	7
11	Tanner Witt	34	13	3	.231	0	0
14	Murphy Stehly	29	51	15	.294	0	7
15	Peyton Powell	9	11	3	.273	1	2
17		59	204	65	.319	13	51
19	Mitchell Daly	61	209	66	.316	2	31
28	Lance Ford	20	10	1	.100	0	0
29	Cam Constantine	1	1	0	.000	0	0
30	Eric Kennedy	65	233	59	.253	4	27
43	Peter Geib	5	1	1	1.000	1	3
44	Austin Todd	6	24	7	.292	0	2
48	Caston Peter	2	0	0	.000	0	0
51	Dalton Porter	17	19	5	.263	1	3
52	Zach Zubia	66	231	66	.286	11	61
55	Cam Williams	61	207	61	.295	12	51

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Pitching

Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 1 IP/G

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SV
Will Swope	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Tanner Witt	28	0	57.0	5	0	3.16	73	5
Lucas Gordon	19	1	21.2	0	0	3.32	19	1
Chase Lummus	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Kolby Kubichek	12	12	51.1	5	3	3.86	41	0
Reid Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
	18	18	113.2	7	5	2.45	137	0
Pete Hansen	19	14	91.0	9	1	3.31	80	0
Cole Quintanilla	26	0	40.0	5	1	1.35	42	0
Tristan Stevens	18	18	111.1	11	3	3.27	77	0
Caden Noah	3	0	2.1	0	1	11.57	3	0
Travis Sthele	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Austin Wallace	1	0	2.0	0	0	4.50	0	0
Aaron Nixon	27	0	34.0	4	3	2.12	35	9
Dawson Merryman	3	0	2.2	0	0	10.12	4	0
Coy Cobb	6	0	6.0	0	0	7.50	1	5
Palmer Wenzel	17	0	21.2	3	0	3.32	13	1
Sam Walbridge	3	0	2.0	0	0	9.00	4	0
Jared Southard	12	0	10.0	0	0	0.00	16	0
Drew Shifflet	11	0	15.2	1	0	4.02	14	0
Justin Eckhardt	6	4	13.1	0	0	6.75	5	0
Lebarron Johnson Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Mason Bryant	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Andre Duplantier II	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0

Rankings

See also: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official Baseball Roster. Texas Longhorns. Jan 17, 2019.
2. Web site: 2021 Baseball Schedule. Texas Longhorns. March 9, 2021.
3. Web site: 2021 Baseball Cumulative Statistics . Texas Sports. February 22, 2021. February 22, 2021.