Moderators Jeff Howe Posted 6 hours ago Moderators Posted 6 hours ago Beyond suffering a 5-1 road loss to Tennessee in Friday’s series opener at Lindsay Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, No. 4 Texas faces an immediate future with Ethan Mendoza’s status up in the air. The junior second baseman left the game after an awkward landing while diving for a ball hit in his direction off the bat of Volunteers second baseman Blake Grimmer. Mendoza tried to shake off what Jim Schlossnagle confirmed after the game is a shoulder injury, but he left the field and was replaced in the lineup by Callum Early. Schlossnagle didn’t have anything else concrete on Mendoza’s injury, telling Roger Wallace during his postgame radio interview that the injury is to Mendoza’s throwing shoulder (a team source told On Texas Football late Friday that there was no definitive word on the extent of the injury). “He’s in a fair amount of discomfort. We’ll just have to take it day by day and see if he’s able to — I can’t imagine he’ll be able to throw anytime soon. Maybe, he’ll be able to hit.” While Early stayed in the game for the second and third innings, he was lifted in the top of the fourth for Josh Livingston. Livingston stayed in the game after beating Tennessee’s shift with a bunt single down the third-base side of the infield, occupying first base, with Casey Borba moving to third base and Temo Becerra sliding over to second. It’s a similar configuration to the one Texas (36-11, 15-9 SEC) utilized when Adrian Rodriguez was sidelined after getting the staple in his surgically-repaired hand removed. That’s likely the mix the Longhorns will go with as long as Mendoza is out of the lineup. Mendoza, who struck out swinging in his only at-bat of the game, entered the series hitting .278 (50-for-180) with 12 doubles, eight home runs, one triple, 40 RBI and an .844 OPS. Texas and Tennessee will continue their three-game series in Knoxville on Saturday at 5 p.m. (SEC Network+). View full news story 1 2 Quote
Moderators CJ Vogel Posted 6 hours ago Moderators Posted 6 hours ago Going to need a healthy Mendoza for the remainder of the season. Would be devastating 3 Quote
PaulieD Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago Just need to get him healed up in time for playoffs. We will be fine, CJ. Quote
Moderators CJ Vogel Posted 4 hours ago Moderators Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, PaulieD said: Just need to get him healed up in time for playoffs. We will be fine, CJ. Any extended time after that would be very bad for this time. Lineup has enough holes as is at the moment. 2 Quote
Moderators Jeff Howe Posted 4 hours ago Author Moderators Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, HookedOnTF said: Does Dr Shin do shoulders?! Hopefully, this doesn't result in a trip to Dallas to see Dr. Cooper. 3 Quote
HornPharmD12 Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago What’s the deal with Pendergrass? Has done well in limited action. I know he had a minor injury but from limited sources seems he should be good to play again? Quote
Jim Posted 34 minutes ago Posted 34 minutes ago It looked like the discomfort was when he raised his arm above his head so it might still be possible for him to swing without some discomfort. Quote
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