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Texas baseball looks to gain ground in Big 12 race

There is a lot on the line for the Texas Longhorns baseball team heading into the final week of the Big 12 regular season.

There is a lot on the line for the Texas Longhorns baseball team heading into the final week of the Big 12 regular season. Continue reading “Texas baseball looks to gain ground in Big 12 race”

Texas baseball takes weekend series at UCF

The Texas Longhorns baseball team earned a series victory over the Central Florida Knights with a 10-7 victory Sunday in Orlando.

The Texas Longhorns baseball team earned a series win over the Central Florida Knights with a 10-7 victory Sunday in Orlando. Continue reading “Texas baseball takes weekend series at UCF”

Texas baseball picks up important series win against Oklahoma State

Texas won two of three against OSU to further strengthen its NCAA Tournament standing this weekend in Austin.

Although a 7-2 loss Sunday to the Oklahoma State Cowboys ended a 7-1 stretch for the Texas Longhorns baseball team, it won two of three against OSU to further strengthen its NCAA Tournament standing this weekend in Austin.

The Longhorns toughed out a 7-5 victory in Friday’s series opener. Gage Boehm (4-2) struck out four Cowboys batters in the last 2 2/3 innings of game action to earn the victory.

Max Belyeu’s two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth broke a 3-3 deadlock as Texas won Game two, 6-3. Belyeu registered 4 RBIs in the win. Ace Whitehead struck out three Oklahoma State batters in 4 1/3 innings pitched, while Andre Duplantier II earned the victory, giving up only one run on one hit in the last 2 1/3 innings.

Texas, 30-19 (15-9 Big 12), is in a three-way tie for second place with Oklahoma State and West Virginia heading into the final six games of the season. The Longhorns play at UCF, 29-15 (11-12 Big 12) this weekend in Orlando.

Texas baseball gets important Sunday sweep of Oklahoma

Texas got an important Sunday sweep with 8-6 and 12-10 victories against No. 18 Oklahoma.

Going into the weekend as one of the last projected teams in the NCAA Tournament field, the Texas Longhorns baseball team got an important Sunday sweep with 8-6 and 12-10 (seven inning) victories against No. 18 Oklahoma in Big 12 action in Norman.

After Oklahoma took Friday’s opener 9-4, back-to-back solo home runs from Kimble Schuessler and Will Gasparino gave the Longhorns a 6-5 lead in the sixth inning of the first game Sunday. Chase Lummus earned the victory, pitching 3 2/3 innings while allowing one run on three hits. Gage Boehm registered his fifth save of the season, striking out three Sooner batters in 2 1/3 innings pitched.

In game two, the Longhorns hit six home runs, five of which were two-run shots, in the 12-10 win. Max Belyeu had two home runs, going 4-for-4 with three RBI and three runs in the victory.

Texas, 27-18 (13-8 Big 12), sits fourth in the Big 12 standings after Sunday’s sweep. Oklahoma, 26-16 (15-6 Big 12), is still in first. Oklahoma State and West Virginia are tied for second with 14-7 conference records, respectively.

Texas Longhorns baseball still projected to make NCAA regionals

D1Baseball came out with its updated NCAA baseball tournament projections Wednesday with Texas being in the field.

D1Baseball came out with its updated NCAA baseball tournament projections Wednesday. The Texas Longhorns baseball team is projected a No. 3 seed in a regional taking place in College Station with Texas A&M as the No. 1 seed.

Louisiana would be the No. 2 seed in the region, while North Dakota State would be the No. 4 seed. Texas was listed as the second-to-last team in the tournament field, just ahead of Louisiana Tech, Xavier, TCU, Creighton and Ole Miss.

Texas has a conference series against No. 18 Oklahoma this weekend in Norman, which provides the Longhorns with an opportunity to bolster their resume heading into the home stretch of the regular season. Oklahoma was projected to host a regional in the updated brackets.

It has not been the season that Texas (25-17, 11-7 Big 12) has hoped for, but they took two of three against TCU last weekend and followed it up with a nonconference victory against UT Arlington on Tuesday. After playing Oklahoma, the Longhorns have series with Oklahoma State and UCF who were both in the projected field. It is fair to say the final verdict on Texas’ season is still far off.

Texas baseball looks to win series with BYU on Saturday afternoon

Texas looks to advance to 20 wins on the season.

By multiple measures the Texas baseball team has underachieved in 2024. Despite it all, the team has another golden opportunity in front of it. The Longhorns look to win a fourth straight series in Big 12 play.

To its credit, Texas has not lost a series in league competition. The team has defeated the Texas Tech Red Raiders, Baylor Bears and Kansas State Wildcats ahead of the series finale with BYU. Texas Tech and Kansas State are among the better teams in the Big 12.

The BYU series sits at a 1-1 tie after a tough 7-5 loss in Game 1. Texas evened the series on Friday with a 4-3 win. Max Belyeu is leading the way batting 4-for-7 so far in the two games. The sophomore right fielder added and RBI and two walks to the total reaching base over 66% of the time.

BYU first baseman Cooper Vest and catcher Collin Reuter have done the most damage at the plate for the Cougars. The two batters have combined to go 9-for-19 from the plate in the first two games.

With the Longhorns sitting at 19-12 and 0.5 games behind Oklahoma for first place in conference, Texas has an opportunity to build momentum in its push for NCAA tournament seeding. The third game of the series takes place at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday.

BYU holds on, defeats Longhorns to open three-game set in baseball

The Texas Longhorns baseball team saw its three-game winning streak snapped at the hands of the BYU Cougars.

The Texas Longhorns baseball team saw its three-game winning streak snapped at the hands of the BYU Cougars, who defeated Texas 7-5 in Big 12 baseball action Thursday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

The Cougars built a 6-0 lead before Texas got RBI singles from Dee Kennedy and Peyton Powell to cut the deficit to 6-2. After BYU got a run in the top of the sixth, the Longhorns got a solo home run from Jack O’Dowd before Kennedy’s double got him to three RBI in the contest.

Still, after getting 10 hits through six innings, the Longhorns mustered only two hits over the last three innings of play.

The win broke a six-game losing streak for BYU, 12-14 (5-8). Ben Hansen (4-3) picked up the win for the Cougars, giving up four runs on nine hits while striking out five Longhorns batters.

Lebarron Johnson Jr. (1-3) took the loss for UT, giving up four runs on six hits in three innings while striking out four batters. Andre Duplantier II struck out five batters, pitching the eighth and ninth innings.

Texas, 18-12 (6-4), and BYU continue their three-game set Friday in Austin.

WATCH: Texas SS Jalin Flores reaches 10 home runs on the season

Jalin Flores is racking up home runs in the young season.

Texas shortstop Jalin Flores is having a special season. The young player has a deceptively powerful swing.

The second-year shortstop reached 10 home runs on the season with an opposite field no doubt swing on Tuesday against the Abilene Christian Wildcats. The Abilene Christian right fielder didn’t bother to make an attempt to rob the home run. It was out of reach.

Flores’ 10 home runs move him to second on the team. Second-year outfielder Max Belyeu has 11 home runs on the season.

That Flores is thriving is a testament to his resilience and the work put in by him and the Texas staff after a tough season in 2023. The Longhorns shortstop batted .175 with four home runs, 23 RBI and a .603 OPS through 123 plate appearances. This season through 135 plate appearances, eight more than last season, Flores has over 1.000 OPS, .359 batting average, 10 home runs and 30 RBI.

Flores’ turnaround season could be what Texas needs to break through early struggles. The Longhorns look to build on a series win over Kansas State.

Texas baseball bounces back, wins series over No. 23 Kansas State

The Longhorns finally showed life on the diamond earning a huge series win over Kansas State.

They finally did it. The Texas Longhorns played up to expectation in a series win over the No. 23 Kansas State Wildcats.

The offense was there for Texas all series. The Longhorns scored 33 runs in the three game series with a 21-run game two sandwiched between two six-run performances.

Texas shortstop Jalin Flores had one of the more impressive outputs in the series. Flores went 7-for-12 with seven RBI, two home runs and a walk. Cleanup hitter Max Belyeu hit well after Flores with six hits and five RBI in the three games.

With the series win, Texas moves into a second place tie with Kansas State in the Big 12 standings at 6-3 in Big 12 play. Oklahoma ranks first in the conference standings at 7-2 against league competition despite a 15-12 record overall.

The next stretch gives the Longhorns a chance to add wins against the Abilene Christian Wildcats (17-11) and BYU Cougars (11-14). BYU ranks last in the Big 12 with a 4-8 conference record. Abilene Christian is 1-3 vs. Big 12 opponents.

The Longhorns’ remaining schedule is favorable as it makes its push toward an NCAA tournament bid. They’ll look to channel the positive momentum gained by the series victory over Kansas State.

Texas baseball’s woes continue in 14-6 loss to No. 23 Kansas State

The Longhorns continue to disappoint on the diamond.

Texas baseball continues to fall short of expectations.

The proud baseball program has been disappointing through 26 games. It fell to 15-11 on the season after a blowout loss to open a series with the No. 23 Kansas State Wildcats.

To be clear, losing to a ranked opponent isn’t the main source of frustration with the team despite too few quality wins on Texas’ resume. It’s simply a carryover of the failures Texas has endured this season.

The more disappointing of losses came earlier this week when Texas A&M Corpus-Christi (13-17) came to Austin and left with a midweek win. Had the team performed well in resume-building opportunities the loss might sting less. Albeit, in the early going the team has both lost its signature games and underperformed against Corpus Christi and Washington (6-11-1).

There’s been plenty of time for Texas to rebound from the players it lost in its loaded 2021 and 2022 rosters. The product simply isn’t up to par.

Texas head coach David Pierce needs to find solutions for the team if it wants to change course. It will look to battle back in the series on Friday against Kansas State.