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No. 4 Baseball sweeps State Farm Lone Star Showdown
04.18.2010 | Baseball
April 18, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas -- Junior right-hander Brandon Workman pitched a four-hit shutout and the No. 4 Texas Longhorns hit three home runs in an 8-0 win over the Texas A&M Aggies at Olsen Field on Sunday afternoon. The triumph gave the Horns a three-game sweep of the State Farm Lone Star Showdown.
The win was Texas' 12th in a row overall. It also marked the 11th consecutive Big 12 Conference win. The Longhorns improved to 30-7 overall and 13-2 in Big 12 win. With the win, Texas remained 2.5 games ahead of Kansas State (9-3) atop the conference standings
Workman (7-1) scattered four hits and one walk while striking out eight over 9.0 to record his first shutout of the season and the second of his career. Two of the four hits Workman allowed were of the infield variety.
After three innings in which the two offenses combined for just one hit, the Longhorns took control of the game with three runs in the top of the fourth. With two outs, Cameron Rupp dropped a single into rightfield and Russell Moldenhauer singled up the middle to put two Horns on the pond. Kevin Keyes put a charge in a 1-1 pitch, launching it over the centerfield fence as Texas staked claim to a 3-0 lead.
With one out in the top of the fifth, Jordan Etier deposited a 1-0 offering into Aggie Alley over the leftfield wall to inflate the cushion to 4-0.
Etier manufactured a run in the seventh to give Texas a five-run lead. With one out in the frame, the sophomore drilled a double off the right centerfield wall, stole third and came around to score when the catchers throw trickled down the leftfield line.
Texas kept the cavalcade of runs going with two runs in the eighth. Rupp hit a leadoff single and scored when Moldenhauer shot a 2-2 pitch over the fence in right centerfield to inflate the cushion to 7-0.
The Longhorns tacked on a final run in the ninth when Tant Shepherd tripled and scored on a wild pitch to give Texas an 8-0 advantage.
After winning a 4-3 decision in 11 innings in the series opener, Texas outscored the Aggies 22-0 in the final two games and out-hit A&M 28-5 on Saturday and Sunday.
Moldenhauer paced the Longhorns offense going 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs and two RBI. Etier went 2-for-4 with one double, one home run, two runs, one stolen base and one RBI. Rupp went 2-for-4 with two runs. Keyes logged three RBI.
Ross Stripling (3-3) was saddled with the loss. He allowed five runs, four earned, on six hits and two walks while striking out 10.
Caleb Shofner went 2-for-3 as the only Texas A&M player to register multiple hits.
The Longhorns return to action on Tuesday when Texas hosts UT Arlington for a 6:05 p.m. contest at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
BIG 12 STANDINGS (thru 4/18)
Big 12 Overall
Texas 13-2-0 .867 30-7
Kansas State 9-3-0 .750 26-8
Texas Tech 8-7-0 .533 20-19
Oklahoma 6-7-0 .462 26-10
Kansas 5-6-1 .458 22-14-1
Texas A&M 6-8-1 .433 20-14-1
Baylor 5-8-0 .385 21-14
Oklahoma State 5-7-0 .364 21-13
Missouri 4-8-0 .333 19-16
Nebraska 5-10-0 .333 18-18
