Texas baseball's season ends with a thud, No. 2 national seed bounced by UTSA
Texas baseball's season ends with a thud, No. 2 national seed bounced by UTSA
After losing to UTSA in a close 9-7 heartbreaker Saturday night, the Longhorns baseball team journey through the losers bracket started well on Sunday. But the night ended in disaster, which in turn ended Texas' season. UTSA dominated Texas Sunday night 7-4.
Texas dominated Kansas State in the afternoon elimination game of the Austin Regional. The Horns got off to a great start thanks to a Casey Borba grand slam in the first inning. Texas jumped out to a big lead and held on for a 15-8 win.
But one reason winning a regional from the losers bracket is the strain the extra games put on your pitching staff. Texas used a total of nine pitchers in three games to get to the regional final in high stress situations. And as we found out Saturday, the Roadrunners can hit.
Norris McClure's first inning two-run home run was a harbinger of things to come. UTSA hung five runs on reliever Ethan Walker in the third inning and that was about all of the runs UTSA would need. The Roadrunners were up 7-0 and weren't really threatened again.
UT got a run an a Borba double in the 4th and a run from a Kimble Schuessler homer in the eighth.
The Horns got a glimmer of hope in the ninth inning when a Max Belyeu two-run homer cut the lead to three. But Schuessler struck out swinging to end the game.
Texas was the hottest team in the nation in the middle part of the regular season schedule and soared to the No. 1 ranking. But despite winning the SEC regular season title, the Horns struggled down the stretch, finishing 4-7 with a one-and-done SEC tournament.
The Longhorns ouster means the top two national seeds in the NCAA postseason tournament our out. No. 1 seed Vanderbilt was bounced Sunday by Wright State.
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