Baseball beats Louisiana in NCAA Coral Gables Regional opener

Friday, June 2

Coral Gables, Fla.

2:45 PM (CT)

University of Texas

39-20

Louisiana

40-23

Louisiana

Texas

Baseball beats Louisiana in NCAA Coral Gables Regional opener

06.02.2023 | Baseball

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The Longhorns got great outfield defense and timely hits to support Lucas Gordon’s great outing.

MIAMI, Fla. – Texas Baseball battled to a 4-2 win over Louisiana in the opener of the NCAA Coral Gables Regional on Friday at Alex Rodriguez Park. The Longhorns (39-20) advance to the winner's bracket and will face either Miami or Maine on Saturday at 5 p.m. CT.

Lucas Gordon started and pitched seven innings, allowing just one run on five hits. He struck out eight batters and did not issue a walk in the game. Gordon picked up the win and improved his record to 7-1 on the season.

Dylan Campbell had an incredible all-around game, going 2-for-4 with a two-run double in the seventh and extended his hitting streak to 36 games to break the Big 12 Conference record. Campbell also made a truly spectacular catch in the outfield, with a full-extension dive in right field in the sixth inning.

Eric Kennedy also made a home-run robbing catch to end the top of the fourth inning. The leaping grab by Kennedy took away a potential three-run homer. He finished 1-for-4 with a single at the plate.

Zane Morehouse closed out the game, pitching the final two innings to pick up his sixth save of the season.

Louisiana scored the first run of the game in the sixth, using a two-out double and an RBI single to grab a 1-0 lead.

Texas came right back to score two runs in the sixth to take a 2-1 lead. Mitchell Daly led off the inning with a solo home run out to left field to tie the game up. Jared Thomas walked and Campbell singled to put two runners on before Porter Brown delivered a clutch two-out RBI single to give the Longhorns the lead.

The Longhorns tacked on two more runs in the seventh inning to extend the lead out to 4-1. Texas did all the damage with two outs as Daly walked, Thomas singled and Peyton Powell walked to load the bases. Campbell hammered a big two-run double into the gap in left-center to add the insurance.

The Ragin' Cajuns hit a solo home run in the top of the eighth off of Morehouse to cut the lead to 4-2. That would be all that Morehouse allowed in his two innings of work.