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Texas Baseball: Longhorns sweep Abilene Christian

The Texas Longhorns baseball team swept the Abilene Christian Wildcats in a three-game series over the weekend.

The Texas Longhorns baseball team (30-8) did what the men’s basketball team was unable to do: beat Abilene Christian. Not only did the Longhorns sweep the series, but games one and two were a combined 29-1 one-sided thrashing. With the series sweep, Texas keeps their winning streak alive at 13 games in a row.

The only close game in the series was game two in which both teams had a combined 14 strikeouts and Texas didn’t score a run until the bottom of the sixth inning.

Games one and three were offensive outings for Texas with three home runs hit between them, as well as four different innings in which the Longhorns scored three or more runs.

Texas will next play a re-match against the Texas State Bobcats on Tuesday, who the Longhorns beat earlier in the season by a score of 10-3. For now, let’s recap how the series against Abilene Christian played out on the next page.

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Texas Baseball: Longhorns win two-game series against Nevada

The Texas Longhorns baseball team kept their winning streak alive as they swept the Nevada Wolfpack in a two-game series.

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The Texas Longhorns baseball team (27-8) came into their two-game series against the Nevada Wolfpack riding an eight game winning streak. All eyes were on Ivan Melendez who was chasing history in an attempt to break the record for the most consecutive games with a home run.

Unfortunately, Melendez’s record attempt was halted at six games, but the Longhorns were able to extend their winning streak to 10 as they defeated Nevada in both games.

Unlike the last couple of series for Texas, Nevada played the Longhorns close in every game. Despite the close calls, Texas’ winning streak stays alive.

Next, the Longhorns will be looking to avenge Texas basketball’s first round knockout as they’ll host a three-game series vs. the Abilene Christian Wildcats starting on Friday. All three games can be seen on the Longhorns Network.

Here’s a recap of the two games against Nevada.

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WATCH: Every Ivan Melendez home run during his six-game streak

Texas Longhorns baseball slugger Ivan Melendez’s historic home run streak ends at six consecutive games. Watch all of them here.

The Texas Longhorns (26-8) have had plenty of attention these last few weeks thanks to the dominating bat of Ivan Melendez. He had been on a historic run of six consecutive games with a home run, chasing the NCAA record which sits at eight games.

Unfortunately for Melendez, his pursuit was cut short on Tuesday night. He went two for three with a double and two RBIs, ending his chase for the record.

Despite that, Texas still got the win and is extended their win streak to nine consecutive games and Melendez did receive some accolades during the stretch.

As it stands today, Melendez is now tied with Cam Williams for the team lead at eight total homeruns on the season to this point, with plenty of baseball to go until the postseason.

Melendez hit a total of seven homeruns in his six-game stretch and you can relive each of them below.

Texas Baseball: Longhorns sweep Kansas State

The Texas Longhorns baseball team swept the Kansas State Wildcats in a three-game series over the weekend.

This past weekend was defined by streaks. The Texas Longhorns baseball team (25-8) won all three of their series games against the Kansas State Wildcats, extending their win streak to eight games. Ivan Melendez has now hit a home run in six consecutive games.

The Longhorns won in dominant fashion each of the three games, winning by seven or more runs for a total of 37 runs for the series.

Texas has been on fire since their 0-3 start to the season and has been scoring runs at will and playing great defense, which was all on display against the Wildcats as they only gave up 25 hits for nine runs during the weekend.

Texas is now 10-2 in Big 12 play on the season and currently have a three game lead atop the conference as the Longhorns hit the midway point of the season, with another 12 conference games left on the schedule.

Texas will host a two-game series against the Nevada Wolfpack on Tuesday. First, let’s recap the Kansas State series on the next page.

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Texas Baseball: Longhorns dominate Stephen F. Austin

The Texas Longhorns baseball team won for the the second consecutive night, beating the SFA Lumberjacks in a one-game series.

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The Texas Longhorns (22-8) were riding a four-game win streak heading into Wednesday’s matchup with Stephen F. Austin. Texas would win the game by a score of 9-1.

The Longhorns scored early and often. Eight of the teams points were scored in the first four innings and Texas didn’t allow a run until the top of the eighth.

Ivan Melendez continued his hard-hitting ways hitting two of three at-bats, brining in four RBI’s including a three-run home run in the fourth.

Also in the fourth inning, Zach Zubia hit a one-run home run, his second hit of the game.

Pete Hansen (3-1) got the win for Texas, pitching 6.0 innings, allowing only two hits and no runs with three strikeouts. Sam Walbridge also got three strikeouts pitching in relief for only 1.0 innings.

With the game already out of reach, DJ Petrinsky came in for a one-run home run to put the finishing touch on another blowout victory for Texas.

The Longhorns will host Kansas State in a three-game series starting on Friday. 

Texas Baseball: Longhorns dominate, sweep Kansas

The Texas Longhorns swept their three-game series against the Kansas Jayhawks.

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The Texas Longhorns (20-8) baseball season took another step forward over Easter weekend as they swept the Kansas Jayhawks in a three-game series, making it the teams third Big 12 series win of the season thus far.

The Longhorns needed this after a two-game losing streak to both of their biggest rivals, Oklahoma and Texas A&M in back-to-back games.

Not only did Texas win the Kansas series handily, they never once trailed at any point during all three games, only giving up a combined four runs over the weekend.

Texas has five more Big 12 series remaining on the schedule and their next is a three-game series vs. the Kansas State Wildcats. First, the Longhorns will need to play a pair of one-game series back-to-back on Tuesday and Wednesday.

They’ll take on the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders, who they beat 12-1 earlier this season, followed by the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks on Wednesday. Both games can be seen on The Longhorn Network.

Take a look at the recap of the three-games series with Kansas on the next page.

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Texas Baseball: Series review of Oklahoma

The overview of the three-game series between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners.

The Texas Longhorns (17-7) hosted a three-game series against archrival Oklahoma Sooners over the weekend. It was nothing short of dramatic and explosive, but ultimately Texas won the series overall after defeating Oklahoma on both Friday and Saturday.

It took extra innings in game one, plus an exciting finish to decide it. Game two was much more one-sided in the Longhorns favor and the team was able to snag an important conference series win.

Texas is starting off well in Big 12 play with a 4-2 conference record thus far. Winning a three-game series against the Sooners, who had won eight of their last nine games prior to facing the Longhorns, just adds to an already impressive season for Texas up to this point.

Up next, Texas will travel to College Station to take on their other archrival in the Texas A&M Aggies (17-9) on Tuesday. The first pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. CST.

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Texas Baseball: Ty Madden among top pitchers in the nation

Texas Longhorns pitcher Ty Madden jumps in the top three leaders in strikeouts after his performance vs. South Carolina.

The Texas Longhorns won game one of their series last night vs. South Carolina by a score of 4-1.

Texas pitcher Ty Madden, the star of the game, has been on a tear early in this season.

Madden pitched 7.0 innings and only allowed 3 hits in the outing. Even more impressive, was his five strikeout performance, which gives him a total of 30 on the season.

Madden is one of the few pitchers in college baseball with 30 or more strikeouts and after his strong outing last night; he sits tied for third in the country in strikeouts.

Only Justin Campbell (32) from Oklahoma State and Hunter Stanley (31) from Southern Miss have more so far this season.

At this rate, Ty Madden’s MLB draft buzz will continue to rise. He’ll likely be on many All-American ballots and up for the school’s first ever National Pitcher of the Year award.

Madden has only pitched 20.0 innings thus far this season, and is likely to pass 50.0 at the rate he’s going. Don’t be surprised if Madden surpasses 60 strikeouts before the postseason begins.

Oklahoma’s baseball series with Arkansas State adjusted

The baseball series between Oklahoma and Arkansas State moved due to weather.

With spring sports comes spring weather. With spring weather comes spring storms. The Oklahoma Sooners announced they have adjusted their schedule for the series with Arkansas State at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman.

According to the release from OU Athletics, the series will now be played on Sunday and Monday, instead of Friday-Sunday.

Due to the forecast of inclement weather on Friday and Saturday, the Oklahoma baseball series against Arkansas State has been pushed back to Sunday and Monday, March 14-15, at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

The Sooners and Red Wolves will play a doubleheader at 2 p.m. Sunday and a single game at 1 p.m. Monday. Game two of Sunday’s doubleheader will begin approximately 45 minutes after the conclusion of game one.

Tickets for the games originally scheduled for Friday (March 12) and Saturday (March 13) will be valid for the doubleheader on Sunday. One ticket will gain admission for both games of the doubleheader. Tickets for the contest originally scheduled for Sunday (March 14) will be honored at Monday’s game.

After losing three of the last four games prior to their matchup with UT-Arlington, the Sooners were able to get their second 10-run win in three games. The Sooners currently sit at 6-6 overall, with a 2-1 record at the Dale. Following their three-game series, the Sooners will travel to Fayetteville for a one-game matchup with the Razorbacks.

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