In the midst of a nine-game winning streak, the Horns look to maintain their momentum.
Coming off a sweep in the Las Vegas Classic to extend a winning streak now at nine games, the No. 12 Texas Longhorns are back at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Tuesday to play in challenging wind conditions against the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders.
Low humidity necessitated a red flag warning in Central Texas and a wind advisory in Travis County with the wind at over 20 miles per hour during the afternoon in Austin that caused over 100 power outages across the city impacting more than 25,000 customers with gusts forecast as high as 60 miles per hour in the region.
The Pacific cold front brought winds out of the west blowing slightly in and across Disch-Falk Field that will knock down fly balls to left field and drives to right-center towards the foul pole and shorter parts of the park.
Freshman right-hander Jalin Flores (1-0, 0.00) gets his second start after throwing 29 pitches over 3.0 innings, allowing one hit with one hit batter and striking out two in a promising outing.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi sends right-hander Easton Smith (0-0, 3.00 ERA) to the mound, where the Islanders have struggled this season with a 6.69 ERA with a .290 batting average allowed and an 83-67 strikeout-to-walks ratio.
At 6-6 overall entering the second road game of the season for TAMUCC, the batters haven’t been much better than the pitchers, slashing .234/.374/.342 with only four home runs as five regular starters are batting .265 or worse, including four in the .100s.
Texas is 25-6 in the all-time series against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi with wins in five of the last six meetings. Last year, the Horns lost a 4-1 contest to the Islanders, a leading indicator of the demise of the David Pierce era.
First pitch is at 6:30 p.m. Central on SEC Network+.
