Baseball season ends in heartbreaking Super Regional loss

Monday, June 12

Stanford, CA

7 pm (CT)

University of Texas

42-22

Stanford

44-18

Texas

Stanford

Baseball season ends in heartbreaking Super Regional loss

06.12.2023 | Baseball

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The Longhorns battled back from a pair of three-run deficits but lost on a walk-off in the ninth.

STANFORD, Calif. – Texas Baseball twice battled back from three-run deficits but lost on a heartbreaking walk-off in the bottom of the ninth, 7-6, to Stanford on Monday in the NCAA Stanford Super Regional at Sunken Diamond.

The Longhorns end their season with a 42-22 record and come up one win short of returning to the College World Series for a third-consecutive season.

Texas trailed 3-0 before scoring three runs in the fourth and were down 6-3 before an eighth-inning rally to tie the game at 6-6. With two runners on and two outs in the bottom of the ninth, a pop up fell in for the game-winning hit.

Lucas Gordon took the tough-luck loss after pitching 1 2/3 innings in relief after starting in Game 1 of the Super Regional. Zane Morehouse was solid in relief, pitching six innings and allowing three runs on six hits.

Jack O'Dowd had a big day at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two doubles, three RBI and one run scored. Eric Kennedy went 3-for-5 with a run scored to cap an outstanding five-year career at Texas.

Stanford grabbed an early lead with three runs in the second inning off of starter Tanner Witt. Morehouse was called in from the bullpen to get out of the jam in the inning.

Texas tied the game up at 3-3 in the fourth with a string of two-out hits, starting with singles from Porter Brown and Kennedy. Jalin Flores walked to load the bases and O'Dowd cleared them with a three-run double to right field.

The Cardinal had an immediate answer in the bottom half, scoring three runs on two walks and two singles to retake the lead 6-3.

The Longhorns fought back with another three-run frame, tying the game 6-6 on three hits in the top of the eighth. Flores walked to start the inning and O'Dowd hit his second double of the game to put two runners in scoring position. After a pitching change, Mitchell Daly hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Flores. With one out, Peyton Powell hit an RBI double and Dylan Campbell followed with a game-tying RBI single up the middle.

Gordon pitched a scoreless eighth inning of relief and seemed to be out of a jam in the ninth before a pop up was lost in the lights and fell for a hit.