The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
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Kansas
20-18, 0
No. 8/8 Softball evens weekend series against Kansas
04.15.2023 | Softball
Mac Morgan extends consecutive scoreless inning streak to 17.0 straight following five-inning performance Saturday
AUSTIN, TX – Needing to respond from Friday night's performance, Texas softball head coach Mike White turned to his first-year Longhorn Mac Morgan, who delivered throughout the Longhorns' 10-0 win over Kansas in five innings.
Morgan (13-2), who is coming off her first career collegiate seven-inning complete game shutout during the Longhorns' 4-0 win at Texas State on Wednesday, picked up where she left off by adding five more scoreless innings pitched to her consecutive scoreless innings streak that now sits at 17.0 following Saturday afternoon's performance.
Morgan's longest streak of scoreless softball is 19.0 straight innings from March 4, 2022 against Kansas to March 18, 2022 versus Oregon State when she was a member of the Arizona State Sun Devil softball program. The current 17.0-inning streak is the longest by any Longhorn pitcher this season, surpassing Estelle Czech's 15.0 innings from March 1, 2023 to March 11, 2023.
On the afternoon, Kansas managed just two baserunners: a one-out infield single in the top of the first and then a full-count, one-out walk in the top of the third.
After Morgan set down Kansas in the top of the first on just 14 pitches, the Texas offense gave its starting pitcher more than enough run support with a nine-run bottom of the first that was highlighted by back-to-back two-run scoring hits from Ashton Maloney and Mia Scott. A 10th run was added on the scoreboard during the bottom of the fourth when Alyssa Washington scored from third on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Camille Corona.
FROM HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE
"It's all about how high you bounce back after a loss like last night and we certainly came back with a strong response. It all started in the first inning with Mac Morgan, who pitched an outstanding game and one of the better games all season, and that sparked the team with the offensive outburst by scoring nine runs. Today was really what we needed."
FROM FRESHMAN ASHTON MALONEY
"I thought today was a good way to respond after what happened during last night's game. And I expected nothing less from this team by responding with a nine-run first inning."
GAME NOTES
- Texas' nine first inning runs marked the first for the Longhorns in a single inning against a Big 12 opponent since scoring 10 during the top of the third in a 15-2 win at Iowa State on May 6, 2016.
- Camille Corona's fourth-inning sacrifice fly was the first for the Dripping Springs native since March 20, 2021, when she was credited with one during the bottom of the fourth in Texas' 12-0 win over New Mexico.
- The 10-run win for Texas marked the largest shutout win the Longhorns over the Jayhawks in Austin since March 26, 2011, when the home team won, 12-0, in five innings.
- Saturday's win marked the 23rd victory for the Longhorns at Red & Charline McCombs Field this season, the most since winning 30 in 35 games throughout the 2021 season.
- With her two hits out of the leadoff spot in the batting order, Mia Scott tied freshman Viviana Martinez for the team lead with 18 multiple hit games this season. The duo has two more (18) than the next closest Longhorn in Leighann Goode, who has 16.
UP NEXT
- Texas (35-9-1, 7-4) will look for its second consecutive Big 12 series win on Sunday, April 16, when the Longhorns and Jayhawks (20-18, 2-6) meet for the weekend's rubber match at 12 PM CT.
- Entering Sunday afternoon's game, Texas has won two — Texas Tech, Iowa State — of its three conference series this season.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Morgan, Mac (13-2)
L: Brooks, Katie (4-5)
Batting:
2B: Scott, Mia 1 ; Martinez, Viviana 1
RBI: Scott, Mia 2 ; Goode, Leighann 1 ; Atwood, Reese 1 ; Cimusz, Katie 1 ; Maloney, Ashton 2 ; Corona, Camille 1
SH: Cimusz, Katie 1
SF: Corona, Camille 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Scott, Mia 2 ; Goode, Leighann 1 ; Atwood, Reese 1 ; Cimusz, Katie 1 ; Washington, Alyssa 2 ; Quiroga, Vanessa 1 ; Mitchell, Joley 1 ; Maloney, Ashton 1
SB: Goode, Leighann 1 ; Atwood, Reese 1 ; Cimusz, Katie 1
