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Baseball falls 3-2 to No. 8 Arkansas on Opening Day
02.17.2023 | Baseball
The Longhorns came up just short against the Razorbacks on Opening Day at Globe Life Field.
ARLINGTON, Texas – Texas Baseball fell to No. 8 Arkansas, 3-2, on Opening Day in the College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field. All the scoring happened in the seventh inning as both teams pitched well throughout the game.
The Longhorns (0-1) will be back in action against Missouri (0-1) on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Globe Life Field.
Lucas Gordon made the Opening Day start and was brilliant, allowing just two hits in five scoreless innings pitched. Gordon struck out six batters and only issued one walk.
Gordon faced a small jam in the second inning before getting back-to-back strikeouts to get out of it. The last baserunner Gordon allowed was a single in the third that was eliminated on a double play. He retired the final eight batters he faced.
After six shutout innings from both pitching staffs, Arkansas broke the deadlock with three runs on four hits in the top of the seventh. The Razorbacks started the seventh with back-to-back singles before Texas called on Chris Stuart from the bullpen. After a walk to load the bases, a two-run single and an RBI double gave the Razorbacks a 3-0 lead. Stuart was able to limit the damage with a pair of strikeouts to end the inning.
Porter Brown got Texas on the board in the bottom of the seventh, launching his first home run as a Longhorn. The Longhorns tacked on another run after Garret Guillemette doubled and later scored on a wild pitch to trim the lead to 3-2.
Lebarron Johnson Jr. came out of the bullpen in the sixth and got into a jam but was able to get a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning. He was credited with the loss after allowing the two singles in the seventh.
Andre Duplantier II pitched two scoreless and hitless innings of relief with three strikeouts to keep the score 3-2 late in the game.
Eric Kennedy was the only Longhorn with multiple hits in the game, going 2-for-4.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cody Adcock (1-0)
L: Johnson Jr., Lebarron (0-1)
S: Brady Tygart (1)
Batting:
2B: Brady Slavens 1 ; John Bolton 1
RBI: Kendall Diggs 2 ; John Bolton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brady Slavens 1 ; Jared Wegner 1 ; Jace Bohrofen 1
HBP: Kendall Diggs 1
Batting:
2B: Guillemette, Garret 1
HR: Brown, Porter 1
RBI: Brown, Porter 1
SH: Daly, Mitchell 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Porter 1 ; Guillemette, Garret 1
SB: Kennedy, Eric 1 ; Whitehead, Ace 1
