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No. 23 Baseball drops series finale, 11-1, to No. 7 Stanford
03.11.2018 | Baseball
The Cardinal plated 11 runs on eight hits, seven walks, and two hit batters to send Texas to its first series loss at home.
AUSTIN, Texas—No. 23 Texas Baseball dropped the series finale, 11-1, to No. 7 Stanford on Sunday afternoon at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The defeat sends the Longhorns (9-7) to their first home series loss of the season.
Stanford (14-2) got out in front in the top of the first thanks to a three-run homer off of Chase Shugart. After the first, Shugart (0-2) settled in to throw four hitless frames before exiting with no outs in the top of the sixth. Bryce Elder entered in relief and walked two and allowed a base hit before he was relieved without recording an out. Senior Jake McKenzie followed to finish the inning and the Longhorns trailed, 9-0, after six complete.
The Cardinal picked up another run in the seventh thanks to an RBI single, this time off Matteo Bocchi.
In the seventh, Texas put a run on the board. Masen Hibbeler singled to lead off the inning and, after a pitching change, Kody Clemens drew a walk. When the catcher played the ball using his mask, both runners were then awarded a base each. Zach Zubia followed with an RBI groundout and the Longhorns trailed it, 10-1.
Freshman Kamron Fields made his first career pitching appearance and worked a one-two-three eighth inning, but Stanford tacked on one more in the ninth off Bryce Verplank and Texas dropped Sunday's finale, 11-1.
Texas returns to action on Tuesday night in the first of two games at No. 5 Arkansas.
