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Baseball blasts New Orleans 15-1
03.18.2023 | Baseball
The Longhorns scored eight in the sixth and five in the seventh to put away the Privateers.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Baseball exploded with a pair of big innings and rolled to a 15-1 win over New Orleans on Saturday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
The Longhorns (13-7) clinched the series win and will go for the sweep of the Privateers on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Travis Sthele had the best outing of his career, pitching six innings and striking out a career-high nine batters. He did not issue a free pass and only allowed one unearned run to pick up his second win of the season.
Cody Howard and Sam Walbridge combined to close out the win with scoreless relief.
Texas held a narrow 2-1 before unleashing its biggest inning of the season so far, batting around in the sixth and scoring eight runs on five hits. The Longhorns followed that inning up with a five-spot in the seventh on three hits and one error to go up 15-1.
Eric Kennedy had a huge day at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored. Peyton Powell was 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI and two runs scored and Dylan Campbell was also 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI and one run scored.
Texas grabbed an early 2-0 in the first inning after Powell doubled and Campbell hit a two-run homer to left field.
The Privateers got an unearned across in the top of the second to trim the Longhorns lead to 2-1. That was the only run the Longhorns would allow in the game and just the second of the weekend.
The Longhorns blew the game open with an eight spot in the sixth, where they sent 11 men to the plate and hit two home runs. The inning started with a bunt single by Kennedy before Powell launched his third homer of the season, a two-run blast to right field.
Texas then loaded the bases on a walk by Garret Guillemette and singles by Porter Brown and Jack O'Dowd. With two outs, Jared Thomas and Rylan Galvan both worked RBI walks to make the score 6-1.
Kennedy then blasted a two-out grand slam out to right field to extend the lead out to 10-1.
Texas tacked on five more runs on three hits and one error in the seventh to go up 15-1. Campbell doubled before Max Belyeu singled and Ace Whitehead walked to load the bases. Tanner Carlson was hit by a pitch for the first run of the inning and Jalin Flores lined a single to left field that cleared the bases. An RBI groundout by Thomas finished off the inning.
