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How Texas Baseball Is Building Its Bullpen For The Postseason

Texas Longhorns On SI·Avery Barstad·about 1 month ago
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For the past two Friday nights, sophomore Dylan Volantis has delivered some outstanding starts — and the bats have followed.  Against Alabama two weekends ago, Volantis struck out a career-high 12 batters while Texas piled up 16 hits in a 10-2 win. The following week against Vanderbilt, he struck out 11 more as the offense exploded for 11 runs. In both games, Sam Cozart — Texas’ most reliable bullpen arm — handled the final innings. It was a peculiar decision. In games that were largely in hand, it would’ve been fair to save him for tighter situations later in the weekend. Jim Schlossnagle later explained the thinking: he wanted to see if Cozart could handle extended outings. Fair enough. And it worked. Cozart even closed out Sunday’s extra-inning win over Vanderbilt, striking out Korbin Reynolds to secure the series. So Friday night, with Texas leading by just two runs in the eighth inning against Mississippi State , why not go right back to Cozart? Schlossnagle didn’t.…

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