No. 10/8 Softball walks off Texas Tech to open Big 12 play

Friday, March 24

Austin, Texas

4:30 p.m.

University of Texas

28-5-1, 0

Texas Tech

26-9, 0

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No. 10/8 Softball walks off Texas Tech to open Big 12 play

03.24.2023 | Softball

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Entering the bottom of the seventh and trailing by one, Texas rallies to score two to beat Red Raiders courtesy of Mia Scott

By: Chris Allen Brown

AUSTIN, TX – Entering the bottom of the seventh in Texas' 3-2 win over Texas Tech, the Longhorns needed one run to tie and two to win. It took only five batters for the home team to accomplish that.

On the third pitch she saw, Katie Cimusz opened the frame with a bloop single to right field. Lou Gilbert checked into the game at first base for Cimusz as a pinch runner. Camille Corona, on the first pitch she saw, laid down a bunt attempt and beat out the throw for an infield single, moving Gilbert to second.

Following a three-pitch strikeout for the inning's first out, Leighann Goode, who tied the game with a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth, recorded her second hit of the game when she sent a 3-2 pitch back to centerfield to plate Gilbert and tie the game.

Then, moments later, Mia Scott, the Longhorns' unanimous preseason All-Big 12 selection, sent a 2-2 pitch into the right-centerfield gap allowing Corona to easily score from second and giving Texas the win.

FROM HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE

"Conference games are always a battle, it doesn't matter who you are playing, where the games are or what their record is. It'll always be a battle. And (Texas Tech) came out and hit that home run during the first inning and it took a while for us to get it back. We were hitting the ball pretty well but started pressing there during the middle innings. Then, when the pressure was on at the end, we came through, especially the top two in the order in Leighann (Goode) and Mia (Scott) and that's what is most important.

FROM SOPHOMORE MIA SCOTT

"I just didn't want to strikeout during that final at bat. I was just looking for a pitch I could do something with."

GAME NOTES

With the win, Texas has now won 20 games at Red & Charline McCombs Field this season, marking the third consecutive season the Longhorns have won 20-or-more games at home.
- Texas has won at least 20 home games during each completed* season under fifth-year head coach Mike White.
  - The 2020 season was halted on March 8, thus forcing the Longhorns to finish the season with 16 home wins.
Following the one-run win over Texas Tech, Texas has now won all four of its Big 12 Conference openers under head coach Mike White.
- The Longhorns did not play a conference game during the 2020 season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic ending the season before the conference slate began.
Texas is now 3-0 all-time against Texas Tech when the two meeting as the Longhorns' first conference game of the season.
As a result of Mia Scott's game-ending double, Texas became one of just five Division I softball programs with at least 20 home wins this season.
With her two hits during the game, Leighann Goode became the first Texas Longhorn softball student-athlete to reach the 50-hit mark on the season.
Texas now moves to 19-7 all time in its first Big 12 Conference game of each season, including winning the last five straight and 13 of the last 15.

UP NEXT

Texas (28-5-1) will look to win the weekend series against Texas Tech (26-9) when the two teams play the second game of the three-game series at 12 PM CT on Saturday, March 25.
- The weekend series will conclude at 12 PM on Sunday, March 26.

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