1970 Texas Longhorns baseball team

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.

1970 Texas Longhorns baseball
SWC champions
College World Series, 3–2
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	45–8 (14–1 SWC)
Head coach	Cliff Gustafson (3rd year)
Home stadium	Clark Field
Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

1970 Southwest Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Texas  ‍†‍‍^y	14	–	1		.933			45	–	8		.849
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	13	–	4		.765			25	–	9		.735
Rice  ‍‍‍	10	–	7		.588			18	–	11		.621
TCU  ‍‍‍	9	–	8		.529			17	–	15		.531
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍	5	–	10		.333			12	–	16		.429
Baylor  ‍‍‍	4	–	14		.222			16	–	21		.432
SMU  ‍‍‍	3	–	14		.176			3	–	29		.094
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1970^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing third, having split two games with eventual runner-up Florida State, a holding wins over Delaware and Ohio and a fourteen-inning loss to eventual champion Southern California.^[2]

Personnel

Roster

1970 Texas Longhorns roster^[3]^[4]
	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 log^[5]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SWC record Feb 27 Sam Houston State* 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 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 4–1 Mar 3 Texas Lutheran* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 11–4 5–1 Mar 6 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 6–1 Mar 6 Houston* Clark Field • Austin, TX L 2–6 6–2 Mar 13 Oklahoma* 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 SMU 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 Minnesota* 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 Phillips* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 6–0 16–4 Mar 26 Phillips* Clark Field • Austin, TX W 8–3 17–4 Mar 30 Lamar Tech* 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 Texas Tech Lubbock, TX W 4–0^[a] 20–4 4–0 Apr 3 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX W 6–3 21–4 5–0 Apr 7 at St. Mary's* 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 Baylor 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 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 Rice Houston, TX W 2–1 30–5 11–0 Apr 30 at Rice Houston, TX W 5–1 31–5 12–0 May 7 Texas A&M 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 14–1
Postseason
District 6 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 28 Arkansas State Clark Field • Austin, TX W 5–0 34–6 1–0 May 29 Texas–Pan American Clark Field • Austin, TX W 2–1 35–6 2–0 May 30 Texas–Pan American Clark Field • Austin, TX W 4–3^11 36–6 3–0
Exhibitions 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
College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 12 Delaware Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 12–4 43–6 1–0 June 14 Ohio 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 7–8^14 45–7 3–1 June 17 Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–11 45–8 3–2

Notes

1. James Street threw a 7-inning perfect game.

Perfect Game

On April 3, 1970 James Street shutout Texas Tech 4–0 over 7 innings in Lubbock, TX 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.

Friday, April 3, 1970 at Tech Diamond in Lubbock, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Texas Longhorns	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	8	0
Texas Tech Red Raiders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
WP: James Street   LP: Notes: 1st and only Perfect Game in the history of the Texas Longhorns and the Southwest Conference^[6]

References

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