Jeff Howe

When guys realized there was a better way to protect their hands and fingers when sliding into bases.

We'll be doing a livestream on the YouTube channel during the game, if you want to come hang out:

@Blake Munroe and @CJ Vogel have some portal notes in this thread ahead of the team's elimination game in Omaha against Alabama:

Kendall Rogers' key to a Texas victory: "For Texas, it's get the ball to Sam Cozart with a lead."

The Texas-Alabama preview begins around the 16-minute mark:

Yes, according to the posted lineup.

@Blake Munroe mentioned this in his notes yesterday, but Ethan Mendoza is expected to be in the lineup against Alabama after leaving the Georgia game with a shoulder issue.

Texas (45-14) will send Ruger Riojas to the mound against Zane Adams and the Crimson Tide. It’s the same pitching matchup from when the two clubs met in Austin on April 18, a 3-1 series-clinching win for the Longhorns, with Riojas striking out 11 and allowing three hits in five innings and Adams working six scoreless innings for Alabama (42-20). *** Ethan Mendoza, who left the Georgia game with a shoulder issue, is in the lineup for Texas against the Tide. He's hitting in the No. 4 hole.

Off the top of my head, Borba’s error and maybe the ground ball Larson tried to field that went foul could be chalked up to the dirt. Tinney’s errors and Volantis hitting batters didn’t have anything to do with the grass and dirt.

1 p.m.

That's it for the press conference. The Longhorns will practice tomorrow to prepare for Alabama.

Schloss said Ruger Riojas will start the elimination game against Alabama on Monday.

Schloss was planning to pull Volantis after the fourth, but Texas scored in the top of the fifth. Schloss felt taking Volantis out would've sent the wrong message to the team.

Schloss said Volchko perfectly executed Georgia's plan. Particularly, he mentioned how Volchko only uses his overhand curveball against lefties, which really tied up Anthony Pack Jr.

Schloss said he doesn't have an update on Ethan Mendoza. He said maybe swinging the bat negatively impacted his shoulder, whereas it hasn't since he suffered the injury at Tennessee.

"He's been lobbing them all season and he's been lobbing them perfect," Schloss said of Tinney handling dropped third strikes. "That one, he didn't."