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IRVING, Texas—J.T. Wise (Oklahoma) and A.J. Morris (Kansas State) highlight the 2009 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Baseball Awards as Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, it was announced on Tuesday. Kansas’ David Narodowski has been named the top newcomer, while Garrett Buechele (Oklahoma) is the Freshman of the Year. Brad Hill of Kansas State has earned Coach of the Year accolades.
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Sean Yost became the first Husker to toss a nine-inning complete game shutout since 2000.Courtesy: Scott Bruhn/NU Media Relations

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IRVING, Texas—Buck Afenir (Kansas) and Sean Yost (Nebraska) have been tabbed the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Week, for games of May 11-17 in voting by a panel of media covering the conference. Both student-athletes receive the accolade for the first time in their careers.
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Oklahoma's Catcher J.T. Wise

#13 Oklahoma 6 #15 Texas A&M 5

NORMAN, Okla. — The No. 13 Sooners hit three home runs en route to a 6-5 victory over No. 16 Texas A&M during Friday’s series opener in front of 1,236 fans at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

J.T. Wise’s 17th home run of the year, a two-run blast in the fifth inning, gave OU a 6-4 advantage as Ryan Duke recorded his 13th save of the season.
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Alex Wilson and Texas A&M travel to Oklahoma to take on the Sooners this weekend. (Photo courtesy of Wildmen03 at TexAgs.com)

With Texas locking up the Big 12 regular season championship last weekend, it’s a battle for second place in the conference this weekend.  Oklahoma and Texas A&M both sit at 14-10 in conference play, and the two teams face off in Norman this weekend with a potential NCAA host spot on the line.  Kansas and Kansas State face off in a split series, with the first game in Manhattan on Friday and the remaining two games in Lawrence.  Read the rest of this entry »

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IRVING, Texas—The Big 12 Conference has named 71 student-athletes to the 2009 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Team, the league office announced.

Among those honored, senior Joe Kent from Oklahoma State was nominated with a 4.00 grade point average.

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The Longhorns topped A&M on Sunday and secured the Big 12 title — and also the State Farm Lone Star Showdown Rivalry Series trophy — after beating Texas A&M 5-4 in Austin on Sunday. Patrick Meredith FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN

#8 Texas 5 #16 Texas A&M 4

AUSTIN, Texas — The No. 8 Texas Longhorns took advantage defensive lapses by the No. 14 Texas A&M Aggies in the first inning to score five runs and hung on for a 5-4 win in the rubber match of the State Farm Lone Star Showdown at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Sunday afternoon.

The UT victory coupled with a loss by Oklahoma in the Bedlam Series against Oklahoma State gave the Horns their fifth Big 12 regular-season title and the third in the last four years.
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Cole Green, left, couldn't stop the Aggies as well as Ross Hales, right, was able to stop the Longhorns on Saturday.-Patrick Meredith FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN

#16 Texas A&M 3 #8 Texas 0

AUSTIN, Texas – True freshman Ross Hales tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout on Saturday afternoon to lead No. 14 Texas A&M to a 3-0 win over No. 7 Texas before 7,384 fans at UFCU Disch-Falk Field and a national television audience.
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#3 Cameron Rupp-Stuart Villanueva BRYAN COLLEGE STATION EAGLE

in Big 12 actions last night, Texas had to go into extra innings to take game 1 from A&M in College Station, In the Bedlam Series OU took game 1 from Oklahoma State, In the Border War-Missouri outlast Kansas, Texas Tech helped its cause by taking the first game with Kansas State, and Nebraska won the Non-Conference opener with Cal-State Bakersfield.

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Brooks Raley and Texas A&M battle rival Texas with both team's Big 12 title hopes still alive. (Photo courtesy of Wildmen03 at Texags.com)

The Lone Star Showdown this weekend between Texas and Texas A&M will heavily impact the Big 12 conference race.  Texas currently leads Kansas State and rival Texas A&M by one game in the conference standings.  The two teams will be playing a split series, with the Friday game in College Station and the two remaining games in Austin.  Oklahoma and Oklahoma State face off in the Bedlam Series, with Friday’s game to be played at Driller’s Stadium in Tulsa and the other two games at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.  Read the rest of this entry »

#10 Texas 3 #24 Baylor 1

WACO, Texas — Taylor Jungmann was overpowering in his first career Big 12 start, Cameron Rupp launched his sixth home run of the season and Austin Wood joined the 20-20 club as the No. 8 Texas Longhorns completed as sweep of the No. 17 Baylor Bears with a 3-1 at Baylor Ballpark.
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Texas' Travis Tucker gets a pat on the head from catcher Preston Clark after his grand slam off Baylor's Aaron Miller in the second inning.-Rod Aydelotte WACO TRIBUNE HERALD

#10 Texas 19 #24 Baylor 11

AUSTIN, Texas — The No. 8 Texas Longhorns put on their hitting shoes and posted a 19-11 win over the No. 17 Baylor Bears in Big 12 Conference baseball action Saturday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.

The game featured season-highs for hits (16), runs (19), total bases (27) and home runs (3) as the Longhorns moved to 32-11-1 on the season and 14-8-1 in Big 12 Conference play. The win put the Horns back in first place in the league standings.
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Texas' Brandon Belt (13) scores on a wild pitch-Rod Aydelotte photo

#10 Texas 12 #24 Baylor 4

AUSTIN, Texas — The No. 8 Texas Longhorns took advantage of a season-high seven errors by the No. 17 Baylor Bears to post a 12-4 win in Big 12 Conference baseball action Friday evening at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

Texas (31-11-1, 13-8-1 Big 12) equaled a season-high with 12 runs, including six unearned, and logged 13 hits on the evening.
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