Baseball defeats Mercer 11-3 on Wednesday

Wednesday, March 8

Austin, Texas

6:30 p.m.

University of Texas

6-7

Mercer

9-5

Mercer

Texas

03.08.2023 | Baseball

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The Longhorns pounded out 11 runs on 15 hits to pick up their second-consecutive win.

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Baseball pounded out 11 runs on 15 hits and defeated Mercer 11-3 on Wednesday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

The Longhorns (6-7) held the lead the entire game, with runs scored in each of the first four innings.

Rylan Galvan had his first career hit, a two-run home run, and ended up going 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Dylan Campbell also went 3-for-4 and had one RBI and two runs scored.

Ace Whitehead made his first career start on the mound and picked up his first career win, pitching 2.1 scoreless innings in a designated start.

Texas took an early 1-0 lead with a run in the bottom of the first after Dylan Campbell walked, stole second and scored on a single by Guillemette.

The Longhorns put together a four-run second inning to take a commanding 5-0 lead. Jared Thomas started the inning with a walk before Galvan launched a two-run homer to left field. Eric Kennedy singled and advanced to second on an error and Porter Brown drove him in with an RBI double to left. Guillemette singled to bring Brown home and cap off the inning.

The Longhorns scored four more runs in the bottom of the third to extend the lead to 9-0. The half inning started with back-to-back walks to Jack O'Dowd and Mitchell Daly. Thomas sacrificed the runners into scoring position before Galvan lined an RBI single up the middle. An error allowed Galvan to advance to second and both O'Dowd and Daly to cross the plate. Kennedy and Campbell kept the inning going with back-to-back RBI doubles.

In the bottom of the fourth, Texas added an insurance run to make the score 10-0. O'Dowd and Daly both doubled and Galvan continued his big day with an RBI single.

Max Grubbs made his Longhorn debut out of the bullpen and pitched two efficient scoreless innings. He allowed just one hit and retired all six outs on ground balls.

Sam Walbridge came out of the bullpen to pitch the sixth and seventh, while Andre Duplantier II pitched a scoreless top of the eighth.

Texas tacked on one more run in the eighth to make the score 11-2. Campbell singled up the middle to lead off the inning before Max Belyeu's his first career hit put two runners on. Peyton Powell hit an RBI single to finish off the scoring for the Longhorns.

Mercer added one more run in the bottom of the ninth off of reliever Chris Stuart.

Texas continues its season-long homestand this weekend, hosting Manhattan for a three-game series starting Friday at 6:30 p.m. at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.