The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
1-3
A&M-Corpus Christi
2-2
Baseball beats A&M-Corpus Christi 12-2
02.21.2023 | Baseball
The Longhorns picked up their first win of the season, taking down the Islanders on Tuesday.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Baseball picked up its first win of the season, beating Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12-2 in the home opener Tuesday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
The Longhorns (1-3) scored 12 runs on 16 hits and did not commit an error in the field.
Lebarron Johnson made his first career start and picked up his first career win. He pitched a career high five innings with just one run allowed on three hits, while striking out a career-best eight batters.
The Islanders grabbed an early 1-0 lead with a solo home run over the monster in center field in the top of the first inning.
Jalin Flores quickly tied the game up with a solo homer in the bottom of the second inning, his first career hit as a Longhorn.
Texas then grabbed their first lead of the game with three runs on three hits in the bottom of the third inning. With Dylan Campbell at first base, Porter Brown legged out a bunt single to put two runners on. Garret Guillemette walked to load the bases before Jack O'Dowd hit a two run single and Mitchell Daly followed with an RBI single of his own.
The Longhorns broke the game open with six runs on four hits and an error in the fifth to take a 10-1 lead. Guillemette started the inning with a double and Flores singled to put runners on the corners. O'Dowd drove in the first run of the inning with a sacrifice fly.
The Longhorns loaded the bases with two outs after Daly singled and Tanner Carlson walked. Eric Kennedy then provided the big blow of the inning with a three-run triple to right field. Kennedy came around to score on an infield single by Campbell who later capped off the inning by scoring on a wild pitch.
A&M-Corpus Christi got a run back in the seventh off of reliever Charlie Hurley but a strikeout ended the threat.
Texas tacked on one additional run in the seventh, with Carlson getting his first hit as a Longhorn and later scoring on a passed ball. O'Dowd finished the scoring in the eighth when he tripled and scored on a wild pitch.
David Shaw, Heston Tole and Andre Duplantier II all pitched scoreless innings of relief to close out the win.
The Longhorns will continue their homestand this weekend by hosting Indiana for a three-game series starting Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Johnson Jr., Lebarron (1-1)
L: Garcia, Zach (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Johnson, Jake 1
HR: Jones, Tre 1
RBI: Jones, Tre 1 ; Trinidad, Sebastian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jones, Tre 1 ; Johnson, Jake 1
CS: Johnson, Jake 1
Batting:
2B: Guillemette, Garret 1 ; Thomas, Jared 1
3B: Kennedy, Eric 1 ; O'Dowd, Jack 1
HR: Flores, Jalin 1
RBI: Kennedy, Eric 3 ; Campbell, Dylan 1 ; Flores, Jalin 1 ; O'Dowd, Jack 3 ; Daly, Mitchell 1
SF: O'Dowd, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kennedy, Eric 1 ; Campbell, Dylan 2 ; Brown, Porter 1 ; Guillemette, Garret 2 ; Flores, Jalin 2 ; O'Dowd, Jack 1 ; Daly, Mitchell 1 ; Carlson, Tanner 2
SB: Campbell, Dylan 2
