Austin Super Regional press conference with Jim Schlossnagle and Texas players

"It's a challenge to stay in the mix with the best players in the country and try to get them in here," Schloss said on how the staff is handling the transfer portal and the Super Regional occurring simultaneously. "At the same time, we don't want to shortchange this team."

Schloss said he remembers when Texas A&M was in Omaha in 2022. He coached in a game that ended shortly before midnight and then was on a two-hour Zoom call with Paul Skenes, trying to recruit him out of the transfer portal.

"I may have exaggerated a little bit," he said, regarding how long the call lasted.

Pitchers who didn't pitch in the regional threw in two simulated games early this week, Schloss said.

On the bottom of the lineup, Schloss said Ashton Larson is starting to hit lefties better and Pendergrass is seeing the ball well.

It's nice to have Borba's 17 home runs at the bottom of the lineup, he said.

Schloss said Ethan Mendoza "had an awesome weekend."

"I'm super excited about the balance of our lineup all the way through," he said.

Mendoza has gotten into a good routine as the DH, with his shoulder injury not allowing him to play second base.

That's it for Schloss and the Longhorns.

We'll be back here at 7 p.m. tomorrow for the first game of the Austin Super Regional between Texas and Oregon.

21 hours ago, Alex Butler said:

Any plans for a watch with us tomorrow?!

Not for the Super Regional, at least right now.