The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Baseball flashback: Adrian Alaniz's 2005 no-hitter
04.16.2007 | Baseball
Monday, April 16 marks the two-year anniversary of Adrian Alaniz's no-hitter against Oklahoma. He registered the 19th no-hitter in school history and the third in Big 12 annals to lead then-No. 1 Texas to a 4-0 victory over Oklahoma in front of 6,685 at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday, April 16.
It was also the first no-hitter for a Longhorns player since Feb. 11, 2000, when Beau Hale hurled a no-hitter against Sam Houston State at Disch-Falk Field (10-0). Alaniz faced one batter over the minimum with a walk in the fourth inning and became the first UT freshman to record a no-hitter since Greg Swindell turned the trick against Texas Wesleyan on March 17, 1984 (12-0 in seven innings).
The Longhorns broke on top 1-0 in the bottom of the second when David Maroul delivered a two-out base hit with Chance Wheeless, who singled to open the inning, on third. While a hit from Robby Hudson and a walk kept the UT threat alive in the second by loading the bases, OU starter Steven Guerra managed to induce his next batter to hit into a force out and keep it a one-run contest.
A Seth Johnston double followed by a Taylor Teagarden triple to begin the third yielded a two-run Texas advantage.
In the fourth, Maroul doubled to lead off the fourth, took third when the ball was bobbled and scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Hudson to push the UT lead to 3-0.
On the other side of the ledger, OU was held without a base runner by Alaniz until the fourth when Ryan Rohlinger drew a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch.
Alaniz retired the next man he faced on a flyout to keep the no-hitter in tact.
After a scoreless fifth, the Horns tacked on a single run in the sixth on a two-out, RBI-single from Drew Stubbs to inflate the cushion to 4-0.
Alaniz, meanwhile, set down the next seven batters he encountered on routine plays. Rohlinger then came to the plate with one out in the seventh and sent a 2-2 pitch deep to left field. Nick Peoples quickly tracked the ball and leaped up against the outfield fence to haul in the drive and preserve the no-hit bid.
After both sides went quietly in the eighth, Oklahoma was down to it final three outs. Alaniz, who fanned six on the evening, recorded a groundout and back-to-back strikeouts to earn the no-hitter and close out the 4-0 victory.
Alaniz improved to 3-0 on the year after hurling the first complete-game of his career.
Headlining the Texas offense on the night was Johnston, who registered his team-leading 20th multi-hit game of the year behind a 2-for-3 effort that included a run scored, and Maroul, who posted two hits while scoring one run and driving in another.
Alaniz became the first UT freshman to throw a nine-inning, no-hitter since Richard Wortham no-hit Texas Tech on April 7, 1973 (9-0) and gave the Horns their first no-hitter against a conference opponent since Dave Seiler no-hit SMU on March 22, 1980, in Austin (1-0).
