2023 Texas Longhorns baseball team explained

Year:	2023
Team:	Texas Longhorns
Sport:	baseball
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:	Big 12
Coachrank:	12
Cbrank:	11
Record:	42–22
Conf Record:	15–9
Head Coach:	David Pierce
Hc Year:	7th
Assoc Coach:	Philip Miller
Ahc Year:	7th
Asst Coach1:	Steve Rodriguez
Ac1 Year:	1st
Asst Coach2:	Woody Williams
Ac2 Year:	1st
Asst Coach3:	Caleb Longley
Ac3 Year:	2nd
Asst Coach4:	Cameron Rupp
Ac4 Year:	1st
Stadium:	UFCU Disch–Falk Field
Champion:	Big 12 Regular season champions NCAA Coral Gables Regional champions
Tourney:	NCAA Stanford Super Regional
Tourney Result:	1–2

The 2023 Texas Longhorns baseball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season.The Longhorns play their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference.They are led by head coach David Pierce, in his 7th season at Texas.

In the last weekend of the regular season, Texas swept No. 6 West Virginia to earn a share of the 2023 Big 12 Regular season Championship. With a conference record of 15–9, Texas tied West Virginia and Oklahoma State for 1st place in the conference. Due to tiebreakers, Texas was the top seeded team in the Big 12 tournament. This is Texas Baseball's 80th Conference Championship in program history.

Previous season

Regular season

Texas finished the regular season 39–17, 14–10 in Big 12 play.^[1] In non-conference play, Texas went 25-7 never being swept once. Against ranked opponents, Texas went 5–6. Over conference play, Texas won 5 series, while losing 3. Texas won series over Oklahoma, TCU, Baylor, West Virginia, and Kansas. Out of the 5 series won, Texas swept Baylor and Kansas. The 3 series that were lost were to Texas Tech, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State was the only team that swept Texas over the course of the regular season. Heading into the Big 12 tournament, Texas finished 5th in the conference regular season earning a 5-seed in the conference tournament.^[2]

Big 12 tournament

With Texas earning a 5-seed in the Big 12 tournament, they faced off against 4-seed Oklahoma State.^[3] After defeating Oklahoma State, TCU, and Oklahoma State again, Texas advanced to the championship game against Oklahoma. In the championship game, Oklahoma defeated Texas 8–1. Skyler Messinger, Douglas Hodo III, and Pete Hansen earned Big 12 All-Tournament Team honors.^[4]

NCAA tournament

Austin Regional

Due to a late push from Texas, they earned a regional host spot.^[5] In the first round of regionals, Texas faced off against Air Force. Against Air Force, Texas won 11–3 advancing them to the second round against Louisiana Tech.^[6] In the second round Texas defeated Louisiana Tech 5–2.^[7] After Air Force defeated Louisiana Tech in the losers bracket, Texas defeated Air Force 10–1 in the championship game advancing the Longhorns to Super Regionals.^[8]

Greenville Super Regional

Due to RPI rankings, Texas had to travel to Greenville, North Carolina to face ECU in the Greenville Super Regional.^[9] In the first game of the three game series, Texas lost game one 7–13.^[10] In the second round, Texas won 9–8 forcing a game three.^[11] In game three, Texas defeated ECU 11–1 sending the Longhorns to their 38th College World Series.^[12]

College World Series

In the first round of the College World Series, Texas matched up against Notre Dame. Against Notre Dame, Texas lost 3–7.^[13] In the elimination game, Texas faced off against Texas A&M. Texas was defeated by Texas A&M 2–10, ending their season.^[14]

Personnel

Roster

2023 Texas Longhorns Roster

Pitchers

11 – Tanner Witt – Junior
(6'5, 215)
13 – Lucas Gordon – Junior
(6'1, 193)
24 – Chase Lummus – Sophomore
(6'1, 205)
28 – Ace Whitehead – Sophomore
(5’11, 185)
31 – DJ Burke – Junior
(6'2, 215)
32 – Charlie Hurley – Junior
(6'8, 218)
34 – Kobe Minchey – Freshman
(6'2, 205)
36 – David Shaw – Sophomore
(6'7, 205)
37 – Zane Morehouse – Junior
(6'4, 200)
38 – Max Grubbs – Freshman
(6'1, 180)
39 – Travis Sthele – Sophomore
(6'0, 198)
41 – Cody Howard – Freshman
(5’11, 198)
42 – Chris Stuart – Junior
(6'0, 210)
45 – Heston Tole – Junior
(6’6, 220)
47 – Sam Walbridge – Junior
(6'5, 210)
48 – Cameron O’Banan – Sophomore
(6'2, 185)
53 – Luke Harrison – Sophomore
(6'2, 175)
57 – Lebarron Johnson Jr. – Sophomore
(6'4, 207)
58 – Pierce George – Freshman
(6'6, 215)
88 – Andre Duplantier II – Sophomore
(6'2, 215)

Catchers

6 – Rylan Galvan – Freshman
(6'0, 185)
10 – Kimble Schuessler – Junior
(6'2, 205)
29 – Cam Constantine – Sophomore
(6'0, 200)
35 – Garret Guillemette – Junior
(6'1, 210)
40 – Preston Hoffart – Junior
(5’11, 190)
50 – Grant Fahrlander – Freshman
(5’11, 200)

Infielders

0 – Jayden Duplantier – Freshman
(6’1, 180)
1 – Jalin Flores – Freshman
(6’2, 185)
5 – Tanner Carlson – Senior
(6’1, 190)
8 – Dylan Campbell – Junior
(5’11, 205)
9 – Jared Thomas – Freshman
(6’2, 175)
14 – Cade O’Hara – Freshman
(6’1, 175)
19 – Mitchell Daly – Junior
(6'1, 185)
27 – Jack O’Dowd – Junior
(6'2, 195)

Outfielders

4 – Porter Brown – Junior
(5'11, 190)
8 – Dylan Campbell – Junior
(5’11, 205)
9 – Jared Thomas – Freshman
(6’2, 175)
12 – Max Belyeu – Freshman
(6’2, 195)
28 – Ace Whitehead – Sophomore
(5’11, 185)
29 – Cam Constantine – Sophomore
(6'0, 200)
30 – Eric Kennedy – Senior
(5'11, 203)

Utility Players

15 – Peyton Powell – Junior
(6'1, 188)

Legend

(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt

Roster Notes

Starters

Lineup
Pos.	No.	Player.	Year
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
DH

Weekend Pitching Rotation
Day	No.	Player.	Year
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Coaches

2023 Texas Longhorns coaching staff
David Pierce – Head coach – 7th year Steve Rodriguez – Assistant coach (hitting) – 1st year Woody Williams – Assistant coach (pitching) – 1st year Caleb Longley – Assistant coach – 2nd year Cameron Rupp – Student assistant coach – 1st year

Support staff

2023 Texas Longhorns support staff

Philip Miller – Special assistant to the head coach – 7th year
Chris Gordon – Coordinator of hitting and pitching development – 1st year
Carli Todd – Director of player development – 8th year
Heather Vacek – Director of operations – 2nd year
Matt Couch – Assistant coach for athletic performance – 4th year
Tom Mendez – Assistant athletic trainer – 4th year
Chris Quinn – Equipment manager – 2nd year

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Notes
+ style="text-align:center;"	All Offseason Departures
Tristan Stevens	35	P	6’2”	200 lbs	Senior	Graduated
Austin Todd	44	OF	6’1”	195 lbs	Senior	Graduated
Coy Cobb	45	P	6’4”	193 lbs	Junior	Graduated
Marcus Olivarez	46	P	6’3”	200 lbs	Senior	Graduated
Trey Faltine	0	SS	6’2”	198 lbs	Sophomore	MLB Draft
Silas Ardoin	4	C	6’0”	215 lbs	Sophomore	MLB Draft
Skyler Messinger	5	IF	6’3”	220 lbs	Senior	MLB Draft
Douglas Hodo III	7	OF	6’0”	185 lbs	Sophomore	MLB Draft
Murphy Stehly	14	IF	5’10”	205 lbs	Senior	MLB Draft
	17	1B	6’3”	225 lbs	Junior	MLB Draft
Pete Hansen	33	P	6’2”	205 lbs	Sophomore	MLB Draft

Outgoing transfers

+ style="text-align:center; "	Outgoing Transfers	Name	No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	New school	Source
Aaron Nixon	41	P	6’1”	205		Sophomore		^[15]
Caden Noah	38	P	5’10”	190		Sophomore		^[16]
Cameron Dayton	54	IF/P	6’3”	207		Junior		^[17]
Carson McKinney	58	P	6’4”	225		Freshman		^[18]
Daniel Blair	36	P	6’3”	205		Junior		^[19]
Gavin Kash	6	IF	6’3”	198		Freshman		^[20]
Jace Hutchins	31	P	6’5”	220		Sophomore		^[21]
Jack Arthur	42	OF/P	6’1”	195		Freshman		^[22]
Joshua Stewart	34	P	6’2”	185		Freshman	Texas A&M	^[23]
Justin Eckhardt	56	P	6’2”	205		Sophomore	Ohio State	^[24]

2022 MLB Draft

See main article: 2022 Major League Baseball draft.

2nd	4th	43rd		1B	^[25]
3rd	17th	97th	Pete Hansen	P	^[26]
4th	1st	107th	Silas Ardoin	C	^[27]
6th	1st	167th	Douglas Hodo III	OF	^[28]
7th	17th	213th	Trey Faltine	SS	^[29]
10th	5th	291st	Murphy Stehly	3B	^[30]
12th	12th	358th	Jared Southard	P	^[31]
19th	10th	566th	Skyler Messinger	3B	^[32]

Undrafted free agents

Tristan Stevens	P		^[33]
Marcus Olivarez	P		^[34]

Coaching staff departures

Sean Allen	Assistant Coach	Ohio State	Assistant Coach	^[35]
Troy Tulowitzki	Assistant Coach			^[36]

Coaching Staff Notes

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	B/T	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Source
Brandon Fields	R/R	OF	6’0”	209	Junior		^[37]
Charlie Hurley	L/R	P	6’8”	218	Junior		^[38]
Chris Stuart	L/L	P	6’0”	210	Junior		^[39]
Cody Howard	R/R	P	5’11”	198	Freshman		^[40]
David Shaw	R/L	P	6’7”	205	Sophomore		^[41]
DJ Burke	R/R	P	6’2”	210	Junior	San Jacinto	^[42]
Garret Guillemette	R/R	C	6’1”	210	Junior	USC	^[43]
Heston Tole	R/R	P	6’6”	220	Junior		^[44]
Porter Brown	L/L	OF	5’11”	190	Junior
Tanner Carlson	R/R	IF	6’1”	190	Senior		^[45]

Incoming recruits

Name	B/T	Pos.	Height	Weight	Source
+ style="text-align:center;"	2022 Texas Recruits
Cade O’Hara	R/R	IF/P	6’1”	180 lbs	^[46]
Collin Valentine	L/L	P	6’3”	165 lbs	^[47]
Grant Fahrlander	R/R	C	5’11”	200 lbs	^[48]
Jalin Flores	R/R	SS	6’3”	188 lbs	^[49]
Jared Thomas	L/L	1B	6’2”	175 lbs	^[50]
Jayden Duplantier	R/R	SS	6’1”	170 lbs	^[51]
Kobe Minchey	R/R	P	6’3”	205 lbs	^[52]
Matthew Porchas	R/R	P	6’3”	215 lbs	^[53]
Max Belyeu	L/R	OF	6’2”	195 lbs	^[54]
Max Grubbs	R/R	P	6’2”	180 lbs	^[55]
Pierce George	R/R	SS	6’7”	242 lbs	^[56]
Rylan Galvan	R/R	C	5’11”	175 lbs	^[57]

Coaching staff additions

Name	Position	Previous Team	Previous Position	Source
Steve Rodriguez	Assistant Coach	Baylor	Head Coach	^[58]
Woody Williams	Assistant Coach	San Jacinto	Assistant Coach	^[59]
Cameron Rupp	Student Assistant Coach			^[60]
Chris Gordon	Coordinator of Hitting and Pitching Development	Duke	Assistant Coach	^[61]

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

Big 12 media poll
1	TCU	61 (5)
2	Oklahoma State	59 (4)
3	Texas Tech	48
4	Texas	43
5	Oklahoma	38
6	West Virginia	28
7	Kansas State	17
8	Kansas	16
9	Baylor	14

Source:^[62]

Preseason Big 12 awards and honors

Player	No.	Position	Class
Preseason All-Big 12 Team^[63]
Lucas Gordon	13	P	Junior
Tanner Witt	11	P	Redshirt Sophomore

Schedule and results

2023 Texas Longhorns baseball game log (42–22)

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

Regular season (38–18)

February (3–5)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap

February 17	7:00 p.m.		vs. No. 8 Arkansas*	—		L 2–3	Adcock (1–0)	(0–1)	Tygart (1)	15,721	0–1	—	Box Score	Recap
February 18	3:00 p.m.	FloBaseball.TV	vs. Missouri*	—	Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX	L 5–6	Maltrud (1–0)	Walbridge (0–1)	—	20,295	0–2	—	Box Score	Recap
February 19	10:30 a.m.	FloBaseball.TV	vs. No. 10 Vanderbilt*	—	Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX	L 2–12	Futrell (1–0)	Sthele (0–1)	Cunningham (1)	16,100	0–3	—	Box Score	Recap

February 21	5:00 p.m.		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	—		W 12–2	Johnson Jr. (1–1)	Garcia (0–1)	—	6,388	1–3	—	Box Score	Recap
February 24	6:30 p.m.	LHN		—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 4–2	Stuart (1–0)	Levy (0–1)	—	6,573	2–3	—	Box Score	Recap
February 25	1:00 p.m.	LHN	Indiana*	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 5–2	Morehouse (1–0)	Kraft (0–1)	Burke (1)	6,851	3–3	—	Box Score	Recap
February 26	12:00 p.m.	LHN	Indiana*	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 2–4	Sinnard (2–0)	Sthele (0–2)	Kraft (1)	6,748	3–4	—	Box Score	Recap
February 28	6:30 p.m.	LHN	No. 1 LSU*	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 0–3	Ackenhausen (1–0)	Stuart (1–1)	Little (1)	7,641	3–5	—	Box Score	Recap

March (17–2)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap
March 3	8:00 p.m.		at Cal State Fullerton*	—		L 5–6	Flynn (2–0)	Shaw (0–1)	—	1,364	3–6	—	Box Score	Recap
March 4	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton*	—	Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA	W 4–2	Morehouse (2–0)	Hinkel (0–2)	Hurley (1)	1,708	4–6	—	Box Score	Recap
March 5	3:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton*	—	Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA	L	Tomczak (1–0)	Lummus (0–1)	—	1,448	4–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 7	6:30 p.m.	LHN		—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 7–5	(2–1)	Shubert (0–2)	Hurley (2)	6,527	5–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 8	6:30 p.m.	LHN		—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 11–3	Whitehead (1–0)	Thomas (0–1)	—	6,441	6–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 10	6:30 p.m.	LHN		—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 8–1	Gordon (1–0)	Hesslink (0–4)	—	6,471	7–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 11	1:00 p.m.	LHN	Manhattan*	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 10–4	Grubbs (1–0)	Fagler (1–3)	Tole (1)	6,548	8–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 12	12:00 p.m.	LHN	Manhattan*	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 16–6	Sthele (1–2)	O'Neill (0–3)	—	6,752	9–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 14	6:30 p.m.	LHN	North Dakota State	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 7–2	Hurley (1–0)	Jacobs (0–3)	—	6,457	10–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 15	6:30 p.m.	LHN	North Dakota State*	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 7–4	Howard (1–0)	Danielson (0–3)	Morehouse (1)	6,522	11–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 17	6:30 p.m.	LHN	New Orleans	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 3–1	Gordon (2–0)	LeBlanc (2–2)	Morehouse (2)	6,290	12–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 18	2:30 p.m.	LHN	New Orleans*	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 15–1	Sthele (2–2)	Mitchell (3–2)	—	6,520	13–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 19	1:00 p.m.	LHN	New Orleans*	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 9–3	Shaw (1–1)	Horton (2–2)	—	6,347	14–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 21	6:30 p.m.	LHN	Incarnate Word	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 17–11	Hurley (2–0)	Higdon (0–2)	—	6,182	15–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 24	7:00 p.m.	LHN		—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 6–2	Morehouse (3–0)	Free (2–2)	—	6,654	16–7	1–0	Box Score	Recap
March 25	2:30 p.m.	LHN	No. 14 Texas Tech	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 6–5	Morehouse (4–0)	Devine (1–2)	—	7,123	17–7	2–0	Box Score	Recap
March 26	2:30 p.m.	LHN	No. 14 Texas Tech	—	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 9–8	Whitehead (2–0)	Lysik (0–1)	—	6,744	18–7	3–0	Box Score	Recap
March 28	6:00 p.m.		at *	No. 21		W 5–2	(3–1)	Sdao (0–1)	Morehouse (3)	7,347	19–7	—	Box Score	Recap
March 31	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+		No. 21		W 5–3	Gordon (3–0)	Abram (4–1)	Morehouse (4)	5,876	20–7	4–0	Box Score	Recap

April (10–8)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap
April 1	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at No. 17 Oklahoma State	No. 21	O'Brate Stadium • Stillwater, OK	L 1–4	(4–1)	Sthele (2–3)	Stebens (1)	6,489	20–8	4–1	Box Score	Recap
April 2	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at No. 17 Oklahoma State	No. 21	O'Brate Stadium • Stillwater, OK	L 3–4	Stebens (4–0)	Morehouse (4–1)	—	5,655	20–9	4–2	Box Score	Recap
April 4	4:00 p.m.	LHN		No. 21	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 7–1	Whitehead (3–0)	Benge (2–3)	—	6,416	21–9	—	Box Score	Recap
April 6	6:30 p.m.	LHN		No. 21	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	Postponed to Sunday, April 9th, due to rain.^[64]
April 7	7:00 p.m.	LHN	Kansas State	No. 21	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 6–5	Lummus (1–1)	Ruhl (1–3)	Morehouse (5)	6,455	22–9	5–2	Box Score	Recap
April 8	2:30 p.m.	LHN	Kansas State	No. 21	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 5–6	Heyne (2–0)	(3–2)	Neighbors (5)	7,328	22–10	5–3	Box Score	Recap
April 9	1:00 p.m.	LHN	Kansas State	No. 21	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 8–2	Hurley (3–0)	Wentworth (1–3)	—	6,573	23–10	6–3	Box Score	Recap
April 10	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at *	No. 19		W 5–2	Minchey (1–0)	Zabel (0–1)	—	3,425	24–10	—	Box Score	Recap
April 11	6:30 p.m.	LHN	Texas State*	No. 19	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 3–9	Bush (1–1)	O'Banan (0–1)	Dixon (5)	7,364	24–11	—	Box Score	Recap
April 14	6:30 p.m.	ESPN+	at	No. 19		W 11–9	Gordon (4–0)	Helton (0–4)	—	2,612	25–11	7–3	Box Score	Recap
April 15	2:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Baylor	No. 19	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 9–10	Stasio (3–2)	Morehouse (4–2)	—	2,975	25–12	7–4	Box Score	Recap
April 16	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Baylor	No. 19	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 7–6	Shaw (2–1)	Golomb (1–2)	(1)	2,986	26–12	8–4	Box Score	Recap
April 19	6:30 p.m.	LHN		No. 14	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 20–0	Minchey (2–0)	Anderson (4–3)	—	6,446	27–12	—	Box Score	Recap
April 21	7:00 p.m.	LHN		No. 14	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 1–2	Campbell (5–3)	Shaw (2–2)	—	7,156	27–13	8–5	Box Score	Recap
April 22	2:30 p.m.	LHN	Oklahoma	No. 14	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 6–9	Carmichael (3–0)	Sthele (2–4)	Campbell (1)	7,345	27–14	8–6	Box Score	Recap
April 22	6:30 p.m.	LHN	Oklahoma	No. 14	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 4–6	Hitt (3–0)	Minchey (2–1)	Weber (7)	7,887	27–15	8–7	Box Score	Recap
April 25	6:30 p.m.	LHN			UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 18–3	Burke (1–0)	Zwitzer (1–3)	—	6,382	28–15	—	Box Score	Recap
April 28	6:30 p.m.					Postponed to Monday, May 1, due to potential bad weather^[65]
April 29	6:00 p.m.	ESPNU	at TCU		Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	W 8–4	Gordon (5–0)	Klecker (7–4)	—	5,166	29–15	9–7	Box Score	Recap
April 30	3:00 p.m.	ESPNU	at TCU		Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	W 3–2	Johnson Jr. (4–2)	Savage (1–3)	Shaw (1)	5,047	30–15	10–7

May (8–3)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap
May 1	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at TCU		Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 7–15	Feser (1–0)	Witt (0–1)	—	3,982	30–16	10–8	Box Score	Recap
May 5	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at			L 4–10	Baumgartner (5–1)	Gordon (5–1)	—	850	30–17	10–9	Box Score	Recap
May 6	2:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Kansas		Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS	W 6–2	Johnson Jr. (5–2)	Cashero (2–1)	Duplantier II (1)	1,036	31–17	11–9	Box Score	Recap
May 7	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Kansas		Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS	W 7–6	Sthele (3–4)	Trumper (3–4)	Whitehead (1)	825	32–17	12–9	Box Score	Recap
May 9	6:30 p.m.	LHN			UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 10–5	Hurley (4–0)	Lucas (1–2)	—	6,514	33–17	—	Box Score	Recap
May 12	2:00 p.m.	LHN			UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 4–6	Van Allen (2–3)	Morehouse (4–3)	White (1)	6,371	33–18	—	Box Score	Recap
May 12	6:30 p.m.	LHN	San Jose State*		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 24–3	Johnson Jr. (6–2)	Thomspon (2–5)	—	6,714	34–18	—	Box Score	Recap
May 13	2:30 p.m.	LHN	San Jose State*		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 18–6	Witt (1–1)	Ross (2–1)	Sthele (1)	6,389	35–18	—	Box Score	Recap
May 18	6:30 p.m.	LHN			UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 12–2	Gordon (6–1)	Estridge (3–1)	—	6,662	36–18	13–9	Box Score	Recap
May 19	6:30 p.m.	LHN	No. 6 West Virginia		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 10–4	(7–2)	Traxel (7–5)	—	7,015	37–18	14–9	Box Score	Recap
May 20	2:30 p.m.	LHN	No. 6 West Virginia		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	W 7–3	Witt (2–1)	Hampton (5–3)	Hurley (3)	7,468	38–18	15–9	Box Score	Recap

Postseason (4–4)

(0–2)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Seed	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament record	Box Score	Recap
May 24	12:30 p.m.	ESPN+	vs. (8)	(1) No. 20		L 3–6	Baumgartner (6–1)	Sthele (3–5)	Trumper (2)	6,593	38–19	0–1	Box Score	Recap
May 25	9:00 a.m.	ESPN+	vs. (5)	(1) No. 20	Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX	L 0–6	Ruhl (4–4)	(7–3)	Neighbors (11)		38–20	0–2	Box Score	Recap

(3–0)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Seed	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Regional Record	Box Score	Recap
June 2	2:45 p.m.	LHN		(2)		W 4–2	Gordon (7–1)	Nezuh (9–6)	Morehouse (6)	2,370	39–20	1–0	Box Score	Recap
June 3	7:35 p.m.	ESPNU		(2)	Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 4–1	(8–3)	Ligon (3–2)	—	3,306	40–20	2–0	Box Score	Recap
June 4	5:00 p.m.	ESPNU	vs (1) No. 9 Miami (FL) Regional Final	(2)	Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 10–6	Hurley (5–0)	Gallo (2–4)	—	2,715	41–20	3–0	Box Score	Recap

(1–2)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	National Seed	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Super Regional Record	Box Score	Recap
June 10	5:00 p.m.	ESPN2				W 7–5	Whitehead (4–0)	Scott (5–4)	Morehouse (7)	2,975	42–20	1–0	Box Score	Recap
June 11	8:00 p.m.	ESPN2	vs. (8) No. 6 Stanford		Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA	L 3–8	Mathews (10–4)	(8–4)	—	2,904	42–21	1–1	Box Score	Recap
June 12	7:00 p.m.	ESPN	at (8) No. 6 Stanford		Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA	L 6–7	Dixon (7–0)	Gordon (7–2)	—	2,995	42–22	1–2	Box Score	Recap

* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest. Source:^[66]

Schedule Notes

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament

See main article: 2023 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Stanford Super Regional

Statistics

Final Statistics for 2023 Season

Team batting

Team	AB	Avg.	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Texas	2152	0.293	630	130	16	91	427	302	502	68
Opponents	2119	0.245	519	109	12	41	272	273	560	50

Team pitching

Team	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	SV	ERA
Texas	565.2	519	295	263	273	560	17	4.18
Opponents	542.0	630	457	406	302	502	12	6.74

Individual batting

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

Player	GP	AB	Avg.	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Dylan Campbell	64	242	0.339	82	19	3	13	50	39	43	26
Peyton Powell	63	230	0.339	78	16	1	10	46	37	42	2
Porter Brown	64	235	0.323	76	14	1	12	59	40	55	11
Jared Thomas	64	215	0.321	69	15	4	4	29	27	38	10
Eric Kennedy	63	245	0.306	75	14	2	17	47	18	58	9
Garret Guillemette	64	218	0.298	65	18	1	11	60	34	52	0
Jack O'Dowd	64	222	0.284	63	13	2	6	37	23	43	1
Mitchell Daly	61	186	0.231	43	9	1	7	22	27	48	4
Tanner Carlson	32	62	0.306	19	4	0	2	14	7	13	0
Max Belyeu	15	20	0.300	6	1	0	0	2	1	8	0
Jayden Duplantier	34	43	0.256	11	3	0	0	7	5	9	0
Rylan Galvan	34	84	0.226	19	1	1	4	19	16	37	1
Cam Constantine	17	20	0.200	4	1	0	1	2	5	8	1
Jalin Flores	45	103	0.175	18	2	0	4	23	15	37	0
Ace Whitehead	34	18	0.111	2	0	0	0	7	5	7	3
Cade O'Hara	12	7	0.000	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0
Preston Hoffart	5	2	0.000	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0

Individual pitching

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

Player	GP	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	SV	ERA
Lucas Gordon	19	17	7	2	102.2	85	33	30	34	103	0	2.63
Lebarron Johnson Jr.	20	13	8	4	86.2	73	31	28	38	98	1	2.91
Heston Tole	19	0	0	0	23.2	17	5	5	13	20	1	1.90
DJ Burke	15	2	1	0	24.1	20	6	6	10	17	1	2.22
Andre Duplantier II	19	0	0	0	15.0	17	8	4	9	16	1	2.40
David Shaw	26	0	2	2	32.0	22	13	11	14	30	1	3.09
Cody Howard	8	0	1	0	9.0	10	4	4	7	12	0	4.00
Ace Whitehead	16	4	4	0	26.1	31	15	12	12	24	1	4.10
Charlie Hurley	22	5	5	0	55.0	48	27	27	27	45	3	4.42
Chase Lummus	11	0	1	1	15.2	14	9	9	4	12	0	5.17
Zane Morehouse	28	4	4	3	57.0	57	37	33	29	60	7	5.21
Kobe Minchey	9	3	2	1	12.0	10	8	7	9	13	0	5.25
Travis Sthele	15	10	3	5	61.0	65	49	39	31	66	1	5.75
Chris Stuart	15	0	1	1	15.0	11	12	12	14	18	0	7.20
Sam Walbridge	8	0	0	1	8.1	11	8	8	6	9	0	8.64
Max Grubbs	8	0	1	0	8.2	13	11	9	3	6	0	9.35
Tanner Witt	6	6	2	1	10.2	11	13	13	8	8	0	10.97
Pierce George	3	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	3	4	1	0	13.50
Cameron O'Banan	1	0	0	1	0.2	2	3	3	1	2	0	40.50

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	AB	At-bats
H	Hits	Avg.	Batting average	2B	Doubles
3B	Triples	HR	Home runs	RBI	Runs batted in
IP	Innings pitched	W	Wins	L	Losses
ERA	Earned run average	SO	Strikeouts	BB	Base on balls
SV	Saves	SB	Stolen bases	High	Team high

Source:^[67]

Rankings

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