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.
The Kid got all of this one. #HookEm | @TFaltine pic.twitter.com/abBmcbQPMn
— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) March 4, 2021
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.