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No. 1 Texas takes down No. 17 Tennessee 7-2, improving to 10-0

Trey Faltine’s home run sparked Texas’ offense in its 7-2 victory over Tennessee.

In a rematch of two Omaha teams from a season ago, No. 1 Texas got the better of No. 17 Tennesse yet again. The Longhorns took down the Vols 7-2, behind stellar performances from Pete Hansen and Ivan Melendez.

Pitching dominated the game early on. Both Pete Hansen and Tennesse starter Chase Burns were in cruise control before giving up solo home runs in the fifth inning.

Hansen finished his day after going six innings, allowing one run with five strikeouts. The lefty picked up his second victory on the season.

Trey Faltine got the offense going for the Horns with a monster home run to tie things up in the fifth.

Texas broke the game open in the next inning. Eric Kennedy and Ivan Melendez led off the inning with back-to-back doubles to take the lead. A Tennessee error and a Skyler Messinger single later put Texas up 4-1.

Things got a bit dicey in the seventh for Texas. The Vols got to Texas reliever Travis Stehle to cut the score to 4-2, but a clutch strikeout from freshman Luke Harrison left the tying runs stranded.

Texas added a few insurance runs as Aaron Nixon closed the door on game one of the Shinner’s Hospital Classic.

A top 10 matchup vs. LSU is up next for the Longhorns.

Shiners Children’s College Classic: Preview and pitching matchups

Houston is the place to be for college baseball fans this weekend.

David Pierce has to be happy with what he has seen from his squad early on.

No. 1 Texas has passed the eye test of the 2022 season thus far. The Horns are undefeated at 9-0, outscoring opponents 73-9 over that span.

The Longhorns are playing well in all facets of the game. Allowing less than one earned run per game while hitting .300 as a team will get the job done.

Texas is coming off a weekend sweep of future SEC foe Alabama and a midweek blowout over Sam Houston State.

The competition will heat up for Texas this weekend at the 22nd annual 2022 Shiners Children’s College Classic at Minute Maid Park in Houston. Texas will face No. 17 Tennessee, No. 7 LSU and UCLA. Baylor and Oklahoma are the other Big 12 teams joining Texas in the field.

Texas went 1-2 during the event in the COVID shortened 2020 season.

Here is a look at the projected pitching matchups in each of Texas’ games for the weekend.

Longhorns take top spot in USA TODAY Sports’ preseason baseball poll

Another No. 1 ranking for Texas baseball.

Texas baseball continues to receive tons of preseason respect. The Horns rank No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports’ preseason coaches poll.

The poll is conducted from the votes of 31 head coaches across the country.

Here is a full look at USA TODAY Sports’ college baseball coaches preseason poll:

  1. Texas
  2. Vanderbilt
  3. Missississippi State
  4. Arkansas
  5. Stanford
  6. Mississippi
  7. LSU
  8. Oklahoma State
  9. North Carolina State
  10. Florida
  11. Notre Dame
  12. Texas Tech
  13. East Carolina
  14. Florida State
  15. Arizona
  16. Tennessee
  17. Georgia
  18. TCU
  19. Oregon State
  20. UC Irvine
  21. Virginia
  22. Dallas Baptist
  23. Georgia Tech
  24. UCLA
  25. Duke

David Pierce’s squad will be tested early and often. Texas will play 12 games against the top 25 competition starting off in the Shiner’s Classic against No. 7 LSU, No. 16 Tennesee, and No. 24 UCLA.

The Big 12 is presented well in the poll with two teams in the top 10 and four in the top 25. Baylor and Oklahoma are unranked teams who can potentially make some noise as well.

Texas will open the 2022 season at home against Rice on Feb. 18.

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Texas baseball announces schedule for 2022 season

The 2022 Texas baseball schedule includes several intriguing matchups.

Texas baseball is coming off an impressive 50-17 campaign that finished with a heart breaker against eventual national champion Mississippi State in Omaha.

It was the best season of the David Pierce era, setting the expectations high for the future. With a vast majority of that squad returning, the 2022 Longhorns are eying another World Series run.

On Nov. 4, Texas released the full 2022 schedule. It has no shortage of elite competition. The nonconference schedule is highlighted by a trip down to Houston for the 2022 Shriners College Classic at Minute Maid Park, where Texas will face Tennessee, LSU and UCLA.

Texas will have nine games against its future SEC competitors, including three-game sets against Alabama, South Carolina and a midweek matchup against Texas A&M.

The Horns start Big 12 play with a difficult trip to Lubbock on March 25, then will finish off the regular season at home against Kansas on May 19.

The rest of the Big 12 schedule and conference tournament is shown below.

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Texas Baseball: Can the Longhorns make a statement?

The Texas Longhorns baseball heads to Houston for the Shriners Hospital for Children College Classic. This is an opportunity to compete.

The Texas Longhorns baseball team is 9-0 for the first time since 2009. The team in 2009 was the NCAA runner up and started out 11-0 before dropping their first game. Texas is looking to return to their former glory as one of the premier baseball programs in the state. Their 2020 recruiting class was number one in the country, but now the team has to put it all together to prove they are ready to compete with the best in the nation.

This will be the first big test for Texas when they head to Houston for the Shriners Hospital for Children College Classic. The Longhorns will be one of three Big 12 teams participating and one of six teams overall. Their first matchup will be against the LSU Tigers. Texas hosted a three-game set last year at the Disch where the Longhorns swept the number two ranked team in the nation.

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Bryce Elder will take the mound on Friday evening for Texas, in last year’s matchup Elder led the Longhorns to an 8-1 victory. He went 6.2 innings only giving up one unearned run on a wild pitch in the first. The Longhorns will need him to provide that same effort so that Texas can get the upset of the 11th ranked team in the country.

The team will follow up the LSU game with the sixth ranked Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday. Then wrap up the classic with unranked Missouri. For Texas this weekend will be the measuring stick for success. Any combination of two wins over the next three games will do wonders for this team. Proving to themselves that they can compete with the best in the country will give this team a real boost head of Big 12 play.