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Texas baseball caps off sweep of New Orleans with 9-3 victory

Texas completes a strong weekend series against New Orleans.

Texas baseball continues its hot streak with a 9-3 victory over New Orleans on Sunday to complete the series sweep.

The Longhorns bats have woken up on the latest homestand after a sluggish start to the season. The top of the Texas lineup especially is swinging it well of late.

Eric Kennedy blasted home runs in his first two at-bats to give Texas an early 2-0 lead. Kennedy may be on his way to conference play of the week honors after hitting five bombs during the week.

Dylan Campbell gave the Horns an exclamation point with a three-run home run in the seventh inning to put Texas up 9-2. Peyton Powell added an RBI and a run scored, going 3-4 on the day.

Longhorn pitching was good yet again, with Lebarron Johnson Jr. getting his first weekend start of the year. Johnson tossed four innings, giving up two runs as the bullpen pieced the rest of the game together.

Texas will host Incarnate Word in a midweek matchup on Tuesday before welcoming in Texas Tech to start Big 12 Conference play.

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Texas Baseball: Longhorns enter crucial 14-game home stretch

Texas has a great opportunity to turn the tide with a 14-game home stand in front of them.

The 2023 Texas baseball season has not gotten off to a pretty start. Growing pains and offensive struggles are apparent as the Longhorns sit with a 4-7 record through 11 games.

Close games have been the difference early on for Texas. The Horns are 0-4 in one-run ballgames, including an extra-innings loss to drop the series against Cal State Fullerton on Sunday.

David Pierce is still waiting for his players to establish roles in both the lineup and the bullpen. We have seen flashes of good pitching performances, but consistency is missing.

Texas has an excellent opportunity to turn the tide with a 14-game home stand in front of them. The Longhorns host a pair of midweek games against Sam Houston and Mercer to get things going.

Stacking both wins and confidence is going to be essential for Texas before Big 12 Conference play begins. The young Longhorns roster needs to catch up to the speed of the game in a hurry.

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Texas faces No. 1 LSU in a Tuesday blue blood battle

Labarron Johnson Jr and LSU pitcher Thatcher Hurd pitch in the blue blood battle.

There’s a big college baseball game on tonight. The Texas Longhorns face the No. 1 ranked LSU Tigers on the Longhorn Network.

The growing popularity of the sport at the college level could draw a decent audience relative to the channel’s limited drawing power. Even as a mid-week game, it poses a significant opportunity for the Longhorns to face top competition from a nonconference foe.

Saturday’s pitching opponent is hittable if his last outing is any indication. Right-handed LSU pitcher Thatcher Hurd last allowed four runs in two innings against Southern. Whether that means he’s due a better outing or could have another tough night is still to be seen on Tuesday night.

Labarron Johnson Jr’s heater is set to be on display in the game. Johnson has thrown five quality innings, allowing one run while striking out eight batters. Texas would appear to have the pitching advantage. David Pierce and company will need to capitalize.

Texas is 28-13-1 all time against LSU.

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Texas drops final game of the weekend series to Indiana 4-2

Base running woes and a rough sixth inning cost Texas the chance at a sweep against Indiana on Sunday.

Base running woes and a rough sixth inning cost Texas the chance at a sweep against Indiana on Sunday. The Longhorns dropped game three of the series 4-2 in what David Pierce called an “embarrassing loss.”

Texas was cruising early in the ballgame behind a great start from RHP Travis Sthele and a couple of early runs from the offense. Sthele was sharp through shutout five frames, bringing his fastball up to 95 mph.

The sixth inning gave Texas trouble as Indiana chased Sthele out of the game and capitalized against the Longhorn bullpen. Indiana tallied four runs with two outs to take a 4-2 lead.

Texas’ bats could not get anything going in the final four innings, partly due to some questionable base running decisions. Texas had four runners thrown out on the base paths, including three caught stealing. Coach Pierce’s aggressive nature did not pay off in Sunday’s ballgame.

A challenging task awaits Texas next as No. 1 LSU comes to town for a midweek matchup on Tuesday night.

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College Baseball: Texas takes series over Indiana with 5-2 victory

Texas pitching held Indiana to just two hits to clinch the series.

Texas captured its first series victory of the season with a 5-2 win over Indiana on Saturday. Longhorn pitching limited the Indiana offense to just two hits on the day.

Zane Morehouse cruised through the first four innings before encountering trouble in the fifth. Indiana loaded the bases with nobody out looking for a crooked number. Morehouse buckled down to limit the damage to just one run to finish his day.

Texas broke the game open in the bottom half of the fifth with a four-spot aided by a couple of Indiana errors. Porter Brown and Garret Guilmette singled to push the Texas lead to 5-1.

The Longhorns’ bullpen would piece it together for four innings of one-run ball to close out the game 5-2. DJ Burke was impressive while picking the save.

Texas evens its record at 3-3 on the year and looks to complete the sweep on Sunday. Travis Sthele is expected to start on the bump for the Horns.

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College Baseball: Late game heroics push Texas over Indiana 4-2

Porter Brown’s big night helps Texas take game one over Indiana.

Texas took game one of a three-game set against Indiana on a brisk Friday night at Disch-Falk Field. The Longhorns used solid pitching and a late rally to come out with the 4-2 victory.

Texas’ offense came alive down 2-1 in the bottom half of the eighth inning. Eric Kenney led the frame with a double, followed by a Dylan Campbell walk, setting the stage for TCU transfer Porter Brown.

David Pierce decided to let his left fielder swing away with Indiana expecting a bunt and the move paid off. Brown played the hero role for the Longhorns, launching a three-run home run to give Texas a 4-2 lead.

Lucas Gordon provided another excellent start on the mound as the Texas ace tossed 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball. Fellow lefty Chris Stuart picked up the victory on the night after recording the last seven outs of the game.

RHP Zane Morehouse gets the ball for Texas in game two as the Horns look to clinch the series on Saturday.

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We won’t know how good Texas baseball is until it can play defense

Texas baseball is capable of better play.

Texas’ baseball team epitomized the phrase “off the rails” on Sunday. The team couldn’t field the baseball. Continue reading “We won’t know how good Texas baseball is until it can play defense”

Defensive struggles haunt Texas in 12-2 loss to Vanderbilt

It was a weekend to forget in Arlington for Texas baseball.

It was a weekend to forget in Arlington for Texas after falling in all three games to SEC competition. The Longhorns had more errors than hits in Sunday’s 12-2 loss to Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt jumped out to 8-0 lead in the second inning after four errors by the Texas middle infield. The Doors capitalized on the extra outs by launching a grand slam into the right-field seats.

Strikeouts continue to kill the Texas offense as the Longhorns look a step behind the fastball in the batters’ box. Eric Kennedy would hit a home run late but the game was already well out of hand.

Texas started the 2021 season with similar struggles at Globe Life Field before having an excellent season. The Longhorns hope to see improvement in a hurry in all aspects of the game.

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Arkansas battle future SEC foe in College Baseball Showdown

The Hogs on the Diamond are starting their 2023 season against the future members of the SEC, Texas Longhorns. 

The Hogs on the Diamond are starting their 2023 season against the future members of the SEC, Texas Longhorns.

The Longhorns are the first of three Big 12 teams Arkansas will face this weekend in the College Baseball Showdown. The schools were former members of the Southwest Conference, but in two seasons, we’ll see them renew their rivalry as SEC conference-mate

Overall, the Longhorns have dominated the rivalry against Arkansas with a record of 76-38, the first meeting in 1902. In the last 20 years, the Razorbacks have shifted their power.

The last time the two schools met in the College Baseball Showdown was in 2021, Razorbacks winning 4-0. In 2018, the Razorbacks defeated the Longhorns in the College World Series.

Lucas Gordon is expected to be the starter for the Longhorns. He was 7-2 in 2018, with 3.18 ERA, but the Longhorns are in rebuild mode. They lost six players to the MLB from last season’s College World Series team.

The Hogs are also in reset mode but have more experience in the lineup, led by preseason All-American Peyton Stovall. Another preseason All-American, Hagen Smith, is listed to take the Razorbacks’ mound, also finishing 7-2 in 2022.

While this is an excellent opportunity to renew the rivalry before the Longhorns join the SEC, this should be an easy victory for the Hogs.

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Texas Baseball: Predicting the 2023 opening day lineup

Dylan Campbell and Eric Kennedy lead the 2023 Longhorns.

Texas begins the 2023 season at Globe Life Field in Arlington this weekend at the College Baseball Showdown. The Longhorns face a bit of a reset year after losing significant production to the MLB draft and two assistant coaches.

While replacing everything Texas lost after last year is a difficult task, the Horns have some exciting players primed for impact seasons.

Outfielder Dylan Campbell broke out down the stretch last season. He worked his way into the starting lineup by hitting .320 in Big 12 play and finished with 10 home runs. Campbell’s postseason heroics helped lead Texas to another College World Series trip.

Eric Kennedy is back for his senior season to pair with Campbell in the outfield. Kennedy has been a mainstay in Texas’ lineup the past three seasons. The speedster looks to go out with a bang in his final season as a Longhorn.

The infield consists of returners Mitchell Daly and Jack O’Dowd up the middle and the freshman duo of Jalin Flores and Jared Thomas at the corners. USC transfer Garret Guillemette is likely to start behind the plate.

Here is a prediction of what Texas’ lineup is going to look like as it takes the field against Arkansas on Friday night.