AUSTIN (KXAN)– It’s still an uphill battle for the Texas Longhorns if they wish to get to Omaha.
No. 2 Texas beat Kansas State 15 – 8 in an elimination video game Sunday throughout the Austin local of the NCAA tournament, and now, the Longhorns need to defeat UTSA twice to advance to the extremely regionals. The initial video game starts at 7: 06 p.m. Sunday from UFCU Disch-Falk Field, with a 2nd game Monday if the Longhorns win.
Texas lost to the Roadrunners 9 – 7 on Saturday, providing the American Athletic Meeting regular season champs a big benefit, needing to win simply as soon as Sunday to breakthrough.
Texas 3rd baseman Casey Borba had a monster game against the Wildcats, smashing two crowning achievement and driving in a career-high eight runs on his means to a 4 -for- 5 day. Borba hit a grand slam in the initial inning and a 3 -run homer in the third. He drove in another run with a solitary in the sixth.
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Max Belyeu hit a 2 -run home run in the very first as part of a 6 -run inning, giving starting bottle Ruger Riojas a 6 -0 lead prior to taking the pile. Kansas State’s Seth Dardar reduced the very early lead in fifty percent after belting a 3 -run home run in the lower fifty percent of the frame.
Riojas settled down afterwards and maintained the Wildcats off the board till the seventh inning. Texas constructed a 14 – 3 lead after 6 innings. Ethan Mendoza and Kimble Schuessler each had 3 pinch hit the Longhorns.
With the potential match against UTSA, it was important that Riojas pitch as far into the video game as possible to save the Texas bullpen, and he did so. Riojas pitched 7 1 innings with six strikeouts and 2 walks prior to Cody Howard took control of and completed the video game.
Hudson Hamilton will begin for the Longhorns contrary Gunnar Brown in tonight’s local final. If the Roadrunners win, Texas will be yet one more nationwide seed eliminated in the local round. No. 1 Vanderbilt, No. 7 Georgia, No. 11 Clemson and No. 12 Oregon have already been jumped from the event. Miami could remove No. 16 Southern Miss with a win Sunday night, and No. 8 Oregon State is in a removal game versus St. Mary’s. No. 10 Ole Miss endured Georgia Tech, but the Rebels will need to beat Murray State twice to development.