The Texas Longhorns took the field at Minute Maid Park in Houston for their biggest matchup of the season so far. The number 11 LSU Tigers (6-3) gave the Longhorns their biggest fight of the season. Bryce Elder took the mound in the rematch from last year’s sweep.
Elder pitched 6.1 against the Tigers giving up three earned runs in that time, one also came across the plate unearned. LSU struck first in the second inning with a RBI triple from Saul Garza fro his lone hit of the evening. Cade Doughty drove in Garza with a RBI single to short, Elder would settle down and keep LSU from scoring until the sixth inning.
The Longhorns would tie the game up in the top of the next inning when catcher D.J. Petrinsky would send a ball over the left center field fence to cut the deficit to one. Zach Zubia would tie it up with a sacrifice fly that brought Brenden Dixon home. Trey Faltine would give the Longhorns the 3-2 lead in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly from Petrinsky for his second RBI of the night.
Elder would take the mound in the sixth inning but he wouldn’t finish the inning after giving up the go-ahead two-run home run off the bat of Daniel Cabrera. Elder would take his first loss, after the Tigers would go to their bullpen with Jaden Hill.
Hill was an absolute force on the mound for LSU as he pitched a near perfect three innings of relief for his first save of the season. Of the 10 batters faced, six struck out and he didn’t give up a single hit. The Longhorns had one baserunner in the final three innings with a walk. Texas looks to get back on track with another huge test against former conference rival, Arkansas.