No. 15 Baseball drops Astros Foundation College Classic finale

Sunday, March 3

Houston, TX

11 a.m.

University of Texas

7-4

#9 Vanderbilt

10-3

Texas

Vanderbilt

No. 15 Baseball drops Astros Foundation College Classic finale

03.03.2024 | Baseball

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The Longhorns scored 11 runs on 15 hits but were unable to hold on for the win.

HOUSTON, Texas – No. 15 Texas Baseball dropped the finale of the Astros Foundation College Classic to No. 9 Vanderbilt, 14-11, on Sunday at Minute Maid Park.

The Longhorns (7-4) will return home to UFCU Disch-Falk Field to host Texas A&M on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Porter Brown went 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI, while Jalin Flores was 3-for-5 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored. Kimble Schuessler and Jack O'Dowd both homered in the game as well.

Cody Howard started and pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on six hits and when he departed the game the Longhorns had an 11-5 lead.

Texas got off to a hot start, scoring three runs on three hits in the top of the first inning. Jared Thomas was hit by a pitch and sacrificed to second base to start the game before Flores drove in the first run with an RBI double to left-center field. Schuessler followed up with a two-run homer into the left field seats to make the score 3-0.

The Commodores quickly got two runs back with a two-run homer of their own in the bottom of the first.

O'Dowd launched the Longhorns' second homer of the day in the second inning to make the score 4-2.

The Longhorns put up a four spot in the third inning, including the team's third homer of the game. Brown hit a bomb for the second-straight day for the first run of the inning. After a single by Schuessler and walk by Max Belyeu, Will Gasparino drove them both in with a hustling double down the left field line. Gasparino scored the final run of the inning, racing home on a wild pitch to take an 8-2 lead.

Vanderbilt scratched out another run in the third with a single and a sacrifice fly.

Brown homered for the second-consecutive inning and hit the Longhorns' fourth homer of the game in the fourth, a two-run shot. Gasparino drove in another run in the frame as well with a sacrifice fly to give Texas an 11-3 lead.

The Commodores scored runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to erase the Longhorns' 11-3 lead and go in front 12-11. Vanderbilt added to its lead in the eighth and put the game away, 14-11.

The 2024 All-Tournament Team:
C Kimble Schuessler, Texas
1B Jared Jones, LSU
2B Chase Mora, Texas State
3B Aaron Lugo, Texas State
SS Kyle DeBarge, Louisiana
OF Max Belyeu, Texas
OF Porter Brown, Texas
OF Ryne Farber, Texas State
DH Camden Kozeal, Vanderbilt
P Bryce Cunningham, Vanderbilt
P Luke Holman, LSU
P Jaxon Jelkin, Houston
P Gage Jump, LSU