Off to a 4-1 start following a series win over the San Diego Toreros and a blowout of the Houston Christian Huskies, the season-opening homestand at UFCU Disch-Falk Field continues this weekend as the No. 16 Texas Longhorns host the Cal Poly Mustangs.
The programs have never played before, but do have a common tie — legendary head coach Augie Garrido. A California native, Garrido played college baseball at Fresno State and then spent several seasons in the minor leagues before getting a graduate degree at Cal Poly, where he subsequently coached for three years prior to his massively successful stints at Cal State Fullerton and later at Texas, where he coached from 1997 to 2016 and won national championships in 2002 and 2005.