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Texas Baseball: Longhorns defeat Sam Houston State

The No. 19 Texas Longhorns followed their series vs. Houston with a high-scoring defeat over Sam Houston State.

The No. 19 Texas Longhorns (8-5) just got back from their three-game series against Houston to face the Sam Houston State Bearkats on Tuesday. Texas brought the bats with them in a high-scoring affair that ended with a score of 15-9.

Zach Zubia and Ivan Melendez led the team with three hits each. Zubia brought in five runs and Melendez brought in three on the night.

Pete Hansen got the start on the mound pitching 4.0 innings, throwing 73 pitches and getting three strikeouts while allowing two runs on four hits. Texas would use four other pitchers in this game as well — Tanner Witt (2.0 innings), Lucas Gordon (2.0 innings), Drew Shifflet (1.0 innings) and Dawson Merryman (14 pitches, filled/subbed in the fifth).

Texas held a dominating 10-2 lead through five innings before the Bearkats went on a seven-run tear in the top of the sixth to bring the game to within one run. However, the Longhorns never slowed down at the plate. Texas scored five total runs in the bottom of the sixth and seventh innings, capitalized by DJ Petrinsky’s double to put the final nail in the coffin.

With another win under their belt, the Longhorns are now 8-2 since going winless at the State Farm College Baseball Showdown to start the season. Now, Texas has another challenge when they host No. 8 South Carolina for a three-game series this weekend. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Longhorn Network.

Texas Baseball: Review of the three-game series vs. Houston

A review of the three-game series between the Texas Longhorns and Houston Cougars.

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The No. 21 Texas Longhorns (7-5) played a three-game series against the Houston Cougars (7-4) this past weekend, where Texas won two of three contests.

The first two games were split between both schools and were fairly low scoring. The Longhorns won game one by a score of 1-0 behind a stellar performance by Texas pitcher Ty Madden. The Cougars stole game two with a walk-off in extra innings to end the game 3-2. Game three, however, not only gave the Longhorns a series win, but they defeated Houston in dominant fashion 8-2.

In game one, the lone run for Texas came from a bases-loaded walk in the top of the eighth inning. The star of the game was pitcher Ty Madden (2-1) who pitched a complete game, giving up only two hits and a career-high 14 strikeouts.

In game two, Houston took an early 1-0 lead run in the bottom of the second, but Texas would rally behind an Austin Todd single and score a run in both the fifth and sixth innings.

The game stayed tied with two runs each, which forced extra innings until Houston’s Tyler Bielamowicz ended the game with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th.

With the series tied at 1-1, Texas looked to close out the series strong on Sunday. Unlike the first two contests, game three didn’t come down to the wire as the Longhorns blew out the Cougars.

As a team, the Longhorns had seven hits on 31 at-bats (.226) in game three, highlighted by Trey Faltine who was .500 for the day with 2 RBI’s and a one-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the cherry on top.

Kolby Kubichek (2-1) pitched 6.0 innings on Sunday, allowing only two runs on five hits with nine strikeouts.

The Longhorns will host a one-game series against Sam Houston State on Tuesday. They’ll then begin an important three-game series against No. 12 South Carolina on Friday in Austin.

Texas Baseball: Longhorns defeat Houston, win series 2-1

The No. 19 Texas Longhorns beat the Houston Cougars in game three to win the series 2-1.

The No. 19 Texas Longhorns (7-5) finished their three-game series against the Houston Cougars (7-4) on Sunday.

They went into game three with the series tied at one game each, where both games were low-scoring affairs with one point differentials. Texas made sure to end the series on a much different note, winning game three by a score of 8-2 to win the series.

The Longhorns took an early 4-0 lead in the first inning. The Cougars were able to keep them shutout for the next two innings until a three-run fourth inning basically put the game away. Houston was never able to recover.

Trey Faltine had a great game at the plate hitting .500 on four at-bats with two RBI’s. The cherry on top was Faltine’s home run in the ninth inning to put the game away.

Kolby Kubichek (2-1) got the win pitching 6.0 innings and allowing two runs on five hits with an impressive nine strikeouts (99 pitches).

Texas will have a one-game series against Sam Houston State on Tuesday. The game is live from Austin with the first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Longhorn Network.

Texas Baseball: Longhorns lose game two, series tied 1-1

The Texas Longhorns lost game two of their three-game series to the Houston Cougars. Series is tied a one game apiece.

The No. 19 Texas Longhorns (6-5) played their second game of their three-game series vs. the Houston Cougars, winning game one last night 1-0. In another close game, it took extra innings but the Cougars took game two 3-2 to tie the series at one game each.

A pair offreshman Longhorns, Douglas Hoddo III and Trey Faltine, stole the show for Texas. Faltine hit two doubles and an RBI, while Hodo batted .400 with two hits for the game.

Texas held the lead for four and a half innings until a Cougars run in the fifth tied the game at two for the remainder until the last at-bat.

The game remained tied at two through 10 innings until Houston’s Tyler Bielamowicz hit the game-winning walk-off home run in the 11th to tie the series.

Tristan Stevens and Aaron Nixon were the highlighted pitchers today, pitching a combined 7.3 innings for nine strikeouts, with Nixon giving up the game-winner.

Tomorrow is game three with the series win on the line. First pitch is 1:30 pm on ESPN+.

Texas Baseball: Ty Madden dominates, Longhorns defeat Houston

The Texas Longhorns won game one of their three-game series vs. the Houston Cougars thanks to a dominate performance from Ty Madden.

The No. 19 Texas Longhorns (6-4) are coming off of a two-game win streak where they blew out Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas State on consecutive nights. The team began its first of a three-game series against the Houston Cougars (6-3) on Friday night.

In what turned into a fantastic pitching matchup, the Longhorns won game one in a low scoring affair 1-0.

Ty Madden got his second victory of the season in a dominant performance. He pitched a complete game with a career-high 14 strikeouts.

Cougars pitcher Robert Gasser also pitched a good game on the other side. He pitched 7.0 innings, allowing no runs, four hits and five strikeouts.

The lone run in the game came in the top of the eighth inning with bases loaded. Trey Faltine was walked, which advanced Zach Zubia to second, Cam Williams to third, and brought Mike Antico home for the score.

Despite only five hits by the Longhorns, it proved enough to win and take the series lead 1-0.

Game two of the series is tomorrow at 2:00 pm. The game can be seen on ESPN+.

Texas Baseball: Five early freshman standouts

The 2021 baseball season is still young, but these Texas Longhorns are making an immediate impact.

It’s still early in the season, but the No. 19 Texas Longhorns (5-4) have plenty of impressive players on the roster including Zach Zubia, Cam Williams and Ty Madden. What’s been even more impressive has been the play of the Texas freshmen at this point.

It’s always key to get solid play from your upperclassmen, but when the young talent is able to step up and contribute it’s encouraging for both the short and long-term future of the program. While some of these young players have contributed as starters, others are making their presence felt in relief.

Since last season was cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19, players were granted an extra year of eligibility, therefore some of the players on this list did appear in the shortened season last year.

Let’s take a look at which young players have been contributing the most up to this point and will likely continue to make their presence felt as the season progresses.

Texas Baseball: Longhorns defeat Texas State by seven runs

The Texas Longhorns beat the Texas State Bobcats in a one-sided victory on Wednesday.

The No. 19 Texas Longhorns (5-4) followed up a blowout win Tuesday night vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi with another on Wednesday against the Texas State Bobcats. The Longhorns dominated by a score of 10-3 in San Marcos.

The Longhorns took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning, thanks to a two-run home run from freshman Trey Faltine. Texas never trailed at any point during the game.

Through six innings, the Longhorns only gave up a pair of runs to keep a close 3-2 lead, but were able to keep the game out of reach with a five-run seventh inning that Texas State wasn’t able to recover from.

In addition to Faltine, Zach Zubia had another good outing, batting 2-3 with an RBI and Silas Ardoin went 2-4 with two doubles and three RBIs.

Palmer Wenzel earned the victory for Texas (2-0 on the season). He threw 45 pitches through 3.2 innings and allowed no hits with one strikeout.

In relief, pitchers Pete Hansen and Jared Southard left big impacts, pitching 2.1 and 1.0 innings respectively. Neither Hansen or Southard allowed a run and each had two strikeouts.

This was the last single-game that Texas will play until the weekend series that begins on Friday in Houston vs. the Cougars. All games will be broadcasted on Longhorn Network.

Texas Baseball: Horns handle Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in blowout win

The No. 19 Texas Longhorns followed their series win vs. BYU in a dominant win against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

The No. 19 Texas Longhorns (4-4) recently concluded a four-game series vs. the BYU Cougars and followed it up with hosting the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders. In what was the most dominant performance from Texas so far this season, the Longhorns won big by a score of 12-1.

Texas only allowed two hits all game long and even went five straight innings before giving up the lone run. At that point, Texas already had 10 runs on 12 hits, led by players such as Mike Antico (a home run while batting .400), Zach Zubia (2 RBI’s while batting .750), Mitchell Daly (3 hits while batting .600) and Trey Faltine (2 RBI’s while batting .333).

Meanwhile, Texas had three different pitchers throw 38 or more pitches: Kolby Kubichek, Justin Eckhart and Dawson Merryman.

Kubichek pitched 3.0 innings, giving up only one hit and one walk with four strikeouts on 38 pitches. Eckhart pitched 2.0 innings and walked three batters, but only gave up one run on 38 pitches. Dawson also only pitched 2.0 innings and walked three batters, but didn’t allow any hits or runs.

Texas will play Wednesday in San Marcos vs. Texas State in preparation for a weekend series in Houston against the Cougars. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 pm on Longhorn Network.

Texas Baseball: Longhorns Lose Game 4, Win Series 3-1

The Texas Longhorns end series vs. BYU, losing game four. Winning the series 3-1.

The Texas Longhorns (3-4) followed their one-sided win against BYU yesterday in game three with a disappointing loss in game four. The BYU Cougars (3-5) finished the series with their only win by a final score of 5-4.

The Longhorns started out strong, going five innings with a shutout lead and up by four runs. However, an active five-run sixth inning for BYU turned out to be too much for the Longhorns to overcome.

Despite solid performances from Douglas Hodo III, who started off the game with a one-run home run in the third, and Cam Williams with a two-run home run in the fifth, it wasn’t enough to overcome a disastrous sixth inning.

BYU knocked in five runs on five hits with two men left on base before the side was retired.

From that point, no more hits were allowed by either team and the strenuous sixth inning is what kept the Longhorns from a series sweep, giving Texas their fourth loss of the season.

The team returns to the diamond on Tuesday with a one-game series against Texas A&M – Corpus Christi. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CST and will be televised on the Longhorn Network.

Texas Baseball: Horns drop season opener to Mississippi State

No. 9 Texas faced No. 7 Mississippi State on Saturday in the inaugural State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field.

No. 9 Texas faced No. 7 Mississippi State on Saturday in the inaugural State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington. Continue reading “Texas Baseball: Horns drop season opener to Mississippi State”