The 1970 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 3rd season at Texas.

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing third, having split two games with eventual runner-up Florida State, a holding wins over and and a fourteen-inning loss to eventual champion Southern California.

Personnel Roster 1970 Texas Longhorns roster Pitchers 4 - Mike Beard 5 - James Street 10 - Natividad Salazar 17 - Larry Hardy 20 - Burt Hooton

Catchers 22 - Tommy Harmon Infielders 1 - Louis Bagwell 3 - David Chalk 7 - John D. Langerhans 8 - Patrick John Amos

Outfielders 2 - Mike Markl 12 - David Hall 13 - Jack Miller Utility 16 - James Crouch 21 - Walter S. Rothe 24 - Patrick D. Thompson 30 - Mike Sweeney

Schedule and results Legend Texas win Texas loss Tie

1970 Texas Longhorns baseball game logRegular seasonFebruary Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Feb 27 * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 12–1 1–0 Feb 27 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–0 2–0 Feb 28 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 14–0 3–0 Feb 28 Sam Houston State* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 1–3 3–1 March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Mar 3 * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 4–1 Mar 3 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–4 5–1 Mar 6 * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 6–1 Mar 6 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 2–6 6–2 Mar 13 * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 7–2 Mar 13 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 2–3 7–3 Mar 14 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–1 8–3 Mar 14 Oklahoma* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–2 9–3 Mar 20 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–0 10–3 1–0 Mar 20 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–5 11–3 2–0 Mar 21 SMU Clark Field • Austin, TX W 17–4 12–3 3–0 Mar 23 * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–2 13–3 Mar 23 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 0–4 13–4 Mar 24 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–0 14–4 Mar 24 Minnesota* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 22–5 15–4 Mar 26 * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–0 16–4 Mar 26 Phillips* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–3 17–4 Mar 30 * Clark Field • Austin, TX W 12–0 18–4 Mar 30 Lamar Tech* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 10–0 19–4 April/May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Apr 3 at Lubbock, TX W 4–0 20–4 4–0 Apr 3 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX W 6–3 21–4 5–0 Apr 7 at * San Antonio, TX W 2–1 22–4 Apr 7 at St. Mary's* San Antonio, TX L 6–7 22–5 Apr 8 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 2–0 23–5 Apr 8 at Texas Lutheran* Seguin, TX W 5–0 24–5 Apr 17 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 25–5 6–0 Apr 17 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 9–3 26–5 7–0 Apr 18 Baylor Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 27–5 8–0 Apr 24 at TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 2–0 28–5 9–0 Apr 24 at TCU TCU Diamond • Fort Worth, TX W 14–0 29–5 10–0 Apr 30 at Houston, TX W 2–1 30–5 11–0 Apr 30 at Rice Houston, TX W 5–1 31–5 12–0 May 7 Clark Field • Austin, TX L 5–7 31–6 12–1 May 7 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–0 32–6 13–1 May 8 Texas A&M Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–3 33–6 14–1Postseason Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 28 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–0 34–6 1–0 May 29 Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 35–6 2–0 May 30 Texas–Pan American Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–311 36–6 3–0Exhibitions Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 5 at La Grange Demons La Grange, TX W 9–6 37–6 June 5 at La Grange Demons La Grange, TX W 13–3 38–5 June 6 San Antonio Spurs Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–0 39–6 June 6 San Antonio Spurs Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–2 40–6 June 8 at Seguin Sox Seguin, TX W 15–3 41–6 June 8 at Seguin Sox Seguin, TX W 7–1 42–6 Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 12 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 12–4 43–6 1–0 June 14 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 7–2 44–6 2–0 June 15 Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–1 45–6 3–0 June 16 Southern California Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 7–814 45–7 3–1 June 17 Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–11 45–8 3–2

Notes

Perfect game On April 3, 1970 James Street shutout Texas Tech 4–0 over 7 innings in Lubbock, Texas to secure the first and only perfect game in Longhorn's history. This was also the only perfect game in the history of the Southwest Conference.

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