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No. 19 Baseball rides Ty Madden gem to 1-0 win
03.05.2021 | Baseball
Ty Madden pitched a complete game shutout to lead the Longhorns to victory over Houston.
HOUSTON, Texas – Ty Madden pitched a complete game shutout with 14 strikeouts to lead No. 19 Texas Baseball to a 1-0 win over Houston at Schroeder Park on Friday night. Madden earned his second win of the season and helped the Longhorns improve to 6-4 on the season.
Madden was magnificent from start to finish, allowing just two hits and four total base runners in his second career complete game. The 14 strikeouts are a new career high for Madden after he struck out a career-best 11 hitters last week against BYU.
The complete game shutout was the first by a Longhorn pitcher since Nolan Kingham went the distance in a 2-0 win over Kansas State in 2017.
Madden struck out the side in the fifth inning, fanned at least one batter in all nine innings and struck out multiple batters in four different frames. All but two of Madden's 14 strikeouts were swinging.
Texas grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the eighth inning on four walks by Houston reliever Derrick Cherry. Trey Faltine worked a bases-loaded walk to drive in Mike Antico for the game's only run.
Texas and Houston will square off in Game 2 of the series on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Schroeder Park.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Madden, Ty (2-1)
L: CHERRY, Derrick (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Antico, Mike 1 ; Williams, Cam 1
RBI: Faltine, Trey 1
SH: Hodo III, Douglas 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Antico, Mike 1
SB: Kennedy, Eric 1
CS: Todd, Austin 1 ; Daly, Mitchell 1
HBP: Antico, Mike 1 ; Hodo III, Douglas 1 ; Kennedy, Eric 1
PO: Antico, Mike 1
Batting:
SH: LOVELACE, Kyle 1
Base Running:
SB: BIELAMOWICZ, Tyler 1
CS: BIELAMOWICZ, Tyler 1
