The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
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Baylor
Garrido logs win No. 1,700
05.02.2009 | Baseball
May 2, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas -- The No. 8 Texas Longhorns put on their hitting shoes and posted a 19-11 win over the No. 17 Baylor Bears in Big 12 Conference baseball action Saturday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.
The win marked career victory No. 1,700 for Texas head coach Augie Garrido. He became the first NCAA Division I coach to reach the plateau. He was also the first D-1 coach to reach the 1,500- and 1,600-win plateaus. Garrido currently sits No. 2 among all coaches, trailing only Gordie Gillespie of Divison III St. Francis (Ill.) who earned his 1,800th win earlier this season.
The game featured season-highs for hits (16), runs (19), total bases (27) and home runs (3) as the Longhorns moved to 32-11-1 on the season and 14-8-1 in Big 12 Conference play. The win put the Horns back in first place in the league standings.
Texas scored runs in each of the first five frames, including five in the second to build a 14-2 lead.
The Horns pounced on the Bears with one run in the visitor half of the first when Brandon Belt hit a two-out solo homer to the scoreboard in left centerfield.
The Texas lead ballooned to 6-0 with a five run second. Preston Clark drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Brandon Loy. Cameron Rupp walked and Tant Shepherd was hit by a pitch to saturate the bases with Horns. Connor Rowe golfed a single down the leftfield line to plate Clark for the 2-0 lead. Travis Tucker capped the rally with UT's first grand slam of the season a laser shot that cleared the leftfield fence.
Baylor broke its scoring seal in the home half of the second. With one out Ben Booker drew a walk and after Rowe made a spectacular diving catch to retire Adam Hornung, Gregg Glime plated two with a home run to leftfield, trimming the UT edge to 6-2.
Preston Clark started another Texas rally in the top of the third. He doubled down the leftfield line as the leadoff batter. With one out, Rupp was hit by a pitch to put two runners on and a deep fly by Shepherd put runners at the corners. Rowe singled up the middle to drive in Clark. Travis Tucker reached on a catcher's interference to load the bases and Michael Torres followed with a single to rightfield to knock in a pair. Belt finished the rally with a single to centerfield, staking the Horns to a 10-2 lead.
Rupp launched a two-out solo dinger down the leftfield line in the fourth as the advantage hit 11-2 for Texas.
The cavalcade of runs continued in the fifth for the Horns. Rowe reached on a throwing error by Baylor shortstop Shaver Hansen. With one out, Torres singled up the middle to plate Rowe. Booker, the Bears' centerfielder misplayed Torres' hit and it rolled to the fence for an error and a t-ball-style home run. The rally continued with Belt and Keyes drawing walks and Clark single to leftfield to load the bases. Loy hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Belt for the 14-2 lead.
Baylor put up three runs in the seventh. Dan Evatt hit a double down the leftfield line and Booker put runners on the corners with a single. Drew Bias loaded the bases with a walk. Landis Ware grounded to second base, but Tucker misplayed the ball for the error, allowing Evatt to score. Dustin Dickerson singled down the leftfield line to plate two more and the lead was whittled to 14-5 before Texas could get out of the inning.
Texas added five insurance runs in the top of the eighth. The inning featured RBI singles by Rowe, Tucker and Kevin Lusson and an RBI double by Kyle Lusson.
Baylor scored six inconsequential runs in the bottom of the ninth. The inning featured a two-run double Joey Hainsfurther, RBI singles by Kenton Gedwed and Lucas Hileman and a dropped fly ball for a two-run double by Dan Evatt.
Rowe spearheaded the Texas offense, going 4-for-6 at the plate with four runs and three RBI. Tucker went 2-for-5 with three runs and a career-high five RBI. Belt and Torres each had two hits and three RBI for the Horns. Clark went 2-for-4 with two runs and one double.
Dickerson, Hainsfurther, Evatt and Glime each had two RBI to pace Baylor.
Cole Green (4-1) earned the win, allowing five runs, two earned on four hits and two walks while logging a career-high 10 strikeouts.
Aaron Miller (3-3) was saddled with the loss for Baylor. He yielded six runs on three hits, two walks and one hit batter, while striking out one over 1.1 innings.
Texas looks for the three-game series sweep in a 1:30 p.m. contest at Baylor Ballpark on Sunday afternoon.
