The 2011 Major League Baseball season is just over a month old, and five former Longhorns are contributing to big league clubs. We take a look around the league to check in with former Texas players.
Nathan Thornhill had no idea what he was doing. The freshman pitcher was in the Texas locker room preparing for his first collegiate start Tuesday and asked veterans Taylor Jungmann and Cole Green what he should do to get ready.
Texas failed to close out the sweep of Oklahoma on Sunday, falling 5-2 to the Sooners at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Tant Shepherd hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and Cohl Walla added another run in the ninth with a RBI single, but it was too little, too late for the Longhorns.
The Longhorns claim they just came out flat. But how, against archrival Oklahoma? And how, with the chance to sweep the Sooners and claim sole possession of first place in the conference race? Flat with ESPNU in town?
Texas took the first game of a weekend series against Oklahoma 5-0 on Friday, giving head coach Augie Garrido his 1,800th career win, and then triumphed 4-3 on Saturday.
Augie Garrido can’t remember his first win as a collegiate coach. Not to say that’s surprising — it happened more than 40 years ago at San Francisco State.
