The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Baseball game suspended at Texas State
04.09.2024 | Baseball
The Longhorns hold a 9-1 lead heading into the ninth inning and will complete the game Wednesday in Austin.
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas Baseball took a 9-1 lead into the ninth inning against Texas State before the game was suspended due to inclement weather at Bobcat Ballpark. The teams will resume the halted game on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
Following the completion of Tuesday's suspended game, the Longhorns and Bobcats will play the regularly scheduled Wednesday game at 7 p.m.
Gates at UFCU Disch-Falk Field will open at 5 p.m. and a ticket to Wednesday's game will get admission to the remaining inning of Game 1 plus the regularly scheduled game.
Chase Lummus started and pitched a career-high tying five shutout innings with three strikeouts. The only hit he allowed was to the first batter he faced to start the game. After working out of a bases-loaded jam in the first, Lummus would allow just one more baserunner and he retired the final 10 batters he faced.
Jared Thomas is in the midst of a huge day at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two home runs, four RBI and two runs scored. Porter Brown is 1-for-3 and had arguably the biggest hit of the game with a three-run homer in the second inning.
Brown launched the Longhorns into an early lead with a three-run homer in the top of the second inning. Kimble Schuessler started the inning with a walk before Will Gasparino doubled to put two on. Brown followed up with a three-run shot to straight-away center field.
Texas extended the lead to 4-0 with a couple more hits in the third inning. After a leadoff single, Max Belyeu reached on a fielder's choice and then stole second base. Schuessler then followed up with an RBI single back up the middle.
The Longhorns tacked on an unearned run in the fifth inning to up the lead to 5-0. Flores and Belyeu both singled and Flores came all the way around to score on an errant pickoff attempt.
The Bobcats got on the board with a couple of hits off of Lebarron Johnson Jr. in the sixth to trim the lead to 5-1. Johnson pitched two innings of relief and allowed one run on four hits.
Texas got the run right back as Thomas blasted a solo home run out to center field in the seventh inning.
Just an inning later Thomas blew the game open with another homer, a three-run shot to center field in the eighth to make the score 9-1.
