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No. 2 Baseball sets school single-season HR record in 20-11 win over Missouri
05.23.2010 | Baseball
May 23, 2010
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The No. 2 Texas Longhorns pounded out five home runs in a 20-11 win over the Missouri Tigers on Sunday afternoon at Taylor Stadium.
With the win, Texas ended the regular-season with a 46-8 overall record and a 24-3 mark in the Big 12 Conference. The 24 wins in league play is a new Big 12 record, topping the mark of 23 set by three separate teams when the teams played 30 league games between 1997-2001. It also marked UT's seventh straight win in their 28th win in the last 29 games.
Texas matched a season high with five home runs and the Longhorns 71 home runs on the year tops the school record of 69 set in 2007.
Kevin Lusson went 2-for-6 with two home runs and six RBI. He ran his season home run tally to 12. Cameron Rupp went 4-for-5 with four runs, one double, one home run and four RBI. His homer was his ninth of the year. Jonathan Walsh's home run in the fourth inning was UT's 69th of the season to tie the mark. The three-run dinger was his third of the year.
The 20 runs was a conference season-high for the Longhorns. They pounded out 17 hits on the day, including the five home runs and four doubles. Jordan Weymouth went 3-for-4 with a double and three runs. Tant Shepherd went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and two RBI.
Aaron Senne led Missouri's attack, going 3-for-5 with two runs, two home runs and four RBI. Eric Garcia went 2-for-5 with one double, one home run, two runs and two RBI.
Brandon Workman (11-1) earned the win for Texas. He allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five over 6.0 innings.
Jeff Emens (3-5) was saddled with the loss, allowing six runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three over 3.0 innings.
Texas opened the scoring with a solo home run by Cameron Rupp in the second inning.
The Longhorns inflated the cushion to 12-0 by batting around the order in both the third and fourth innings. The five-run third featured an RBI double by Shepherd, an RBI groundout by Russell Moldenhauer and a three-run home run by Lusson. The sixth-run fourth included an RBI groundout by Keyes, a two -run single by Rupp and a three-run home run by Walsh.
Texas tacked on two runs in the fifth with a sacrifice fly by Shepherd and an RBI double by Rupp.
Missouri broke up the shutout in the sixth with a two-run home run by Senne.
The Tigers put six more on the board in the seventh to cut the margin to 14-8. The inning included a three-run homer by Senne and a solo home run by Garcia.
Texas regained momentum in the ninth batting around once again. Walla's two-run home run gave Texas a 16-8 lead and the cavalcade of runs continued with an RBI single by Moldenhauer and a three-run home run by Lusson.
The Longhorns return to action at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship beginning Wednesday at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City. Texas will face Missouri in the opening game at a time yet to be determined.
TEXAS QUOTESAugie Garrido
On the offense today: I thought today was our best offensive day of the year by far. We took our walks. We hit with power. We made productive outs.
On the offense not letting down with the big lead: The ninth inning was a big inning for this team to build on. They weren't happy with a six-run lead. They continued to take good at-bats and squared up on pitches.
