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Baseball completes road sweep of Nebraska
04.11.2009 | Baseball
April 11, 2009
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LINCOLN, Neb. -- Sophomore right-hander Cole Green pitched his first career nine-inning complete-game to lead the No. 9 Texas Longhorns to a 9-2 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to cap off a three-game Big 12 Conference baseball series sweep at Hawks Field.
Green (3-0) allowed just four hits and three walks while striking out five over his 9.0 innings of work. The northpaw yielded two runs, one earned, on 112 pitches. Green lowered his ERA to 2.42 on the season and booked his second complete-game of the season, the first being a seven-inning affair against UIC.
Texas (24-8, 9-6 Big 12) scored in seven of the nine innings, registered a season-high 15 hits and reached double-digits in the hit column for the fifth consecutive game. The Longhorns added five stolen bases, including two by Michael Torres. Travis Tucker went 3-for-4 with one run. Torres, Brandon Belt, Preston Clark, Cameron Rupp and Connor Rowe had two hits apiece. Clark, Rupp and Rowe each notched two RBI.
Texas scored first for the 23rd time in 32 games this season. The Longhorns drew first blood in the top of the first inning. Tucker hit a lead-off single up the middle and was replaced at first base by Torres on a fielder's choice groundout. Belt singled to rightfield and a double steal put runners at second and third. Russell Moldenhauer plated Torres with a groundout to first base for the 1-0 lead.
The bottom of the Horns order tacked on two runs in the top of the second. Kevin Keyes drew a five-pitch walk, stole second base and eventually scored on a two-run home run to leftfield by Rowe. It was Rowe's fourth dinger of the season.
Texas inflated the cushion to 5-0 with three runs in the third inning. Belt hit a lead-off triple off the wall in leftfield and scored on a single up the middle by Clark. Tant Shepherd walked and Clark moved to third on a deep fly out by Keyes. Rupp plated Clark with a fielder's choice groundout.
Nebraska broke the scoring seal with an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth. With one out, Jeff Tezak reached when Green dropped a putout toss from Belt at first base. Cody Asche drew a walk and Tezak moved to third on a groundout and scored on a single by Adam Bailey, cutting the lead to 5-1.
The Longhorns tacked on insurance runs in the fifth and sixth to push the margin to 7-1. Rupp drove in a run with a single in the fifth and Clark hit an RBI single in the sixth.
The Cornhuskers got back-to-back singles by Boomer Collins and Tezak to start the bottom of the sixth and Asche plated Collins with a sacrifice fly, shaving the UT edge to 7-2.
Keyes and Rupp kicked off a rally with singles in the eighth. Loy drove in Keyes with a sacrifice fly to balloon the lead to 8-2.
Texas returns home to play 16 of its next 19 games at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The Longhorns play Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both games are slated to start at 6 p.m.
