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GAME LOG: Longhorns Advance to Omaha with 11-1 Win Over ECU

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Longhorns Country Staff

The Longhorns square off against East Carolina with a chance to book their trip to Omaha.

Pregame

The Longhorns have released their starting lineup and it is as follows:

CF Hodo

LF Kennedy

1B Melendez

RF Stehly

DH Todd

3B Messinger

C Ardoin

2B Campbell

SS Faltine

P Stevens

Rain Delay 

A major storm entered the area and caused a significant weather delay while the game was still at the top of the first. The field also took significant water, but the storm has now left the area. 

Game time was set to resume at 7:15 PM CT, but it has been reported that another storm is set to move through the area at approximately 8:30 CT. 

Coaches and tournament officials are still discussing a solution. 

UPDATE - 8:31 PM 

Rain has begun to fall yet again in Greenville. A new start time has yet to be announced. 

UPDATE 8:42 PM

The tarp is coming off of the field and the game is set to resume at 9:15 PM CT.

GAME RESUMES

Top First

Danny Beal (ECU) Pitching

Hodo: Single

Hodo: Steals second

Kennedy: Walk

Melendez: Three-Run home run Texas leads 3-0

Stehly: Hit by pitch

Trey Yesavage (ECU) Pitching

Todd: Sacrifice to third, Stehly to second

Messinger: Single to left, Stehly Scores Texas leads 4-0

Ardoin: Strike out swinging 

Campbell: Strikeout

Bottom First

Angos: Single

Hoover: Single

Worrell: Fly out to left

Jenkins-Cowart: Fly out to center, Agnos Scores Texas leads 4-1

Newton: Fly out to right

Top Second

Faltine: Single

Hodo: Bunt single, Faltine to third

Kennedy: Single to center, Faltine Scores, Hodo to second Texas leads 5-1

CJ Mayhue (ECU) Pitching

Melendez: Intentional Walk

Stehly: Double to center, Hodo scores, Kennedy Scores, Melendez to third Texas leads 7-1

Todd: Sacrifice fly to center, Melendez scores, Stehly to third Texas leads 8-1

Josh Grosz (ECU) Pitching

Messinger: Single to center, Stehly scores Texas leads 9-1

Ardoin: Strike out swinging

Campbell: Walk

Faltine: Fly out to center

Bottom Second

Moylan: Reaches on error

Starling: Fly out to shallow center

Makarewicz: Strike out swinging

Berini: Strike out swinging

Top Third

Garret Saylor (ECU) Pitching

Hodo: Ground out to third

Kennedy: Ground out to second

Melendez: Strikes out swinging

Bottom Third

Agnos: Walked

Hoover: Strike out looking

Worrell: Fly out to second

Jenkins-Cowart: Single to right

Newton: Ground out

Top Fourth

Stehly: Hit by pitch

Todd: Ground out to third

Messinger: Fly out to left

Ardoin: Hit by pitch

Campbell: Ground out to third

Bottom Fourth

Moylon: Fly out to center

Starling: Strike out swinging

Makarewicz: Fly out center

Top Fifth

Faltine: Home run to center Texas leads 10-1

Hodo: Ground out to third

Kennedy: Ground out to first

Melendez: Strike out swinging 

Bottom Fifth

Giles: Walk

Agnos: Single to left

Hoover: Ground out to short, double play

Worrell: Ground out to first

Top Sixth

Stehly: Strike out swinging 

Todd: Strike out swinging

Messinger: Single to center

Ardoin: Ground out to short

Bottom Sixth

Jenkins-Cowart: Strike out swinging

Newton: Ground out to third

Moylan: Single to short, reaches second on error

Starling: Walked

Makarewicz: Fly out to third

Top Seventh

Campbell: Pop out to short

Faltine: Walked

Hodo: Walked

BEEKER PITCHING FOR ECU

Kennedy: Ground out to third

AGNOS PITCHING FOR ECU

Melendez: Fly out to center

Bottom Seventh

STHELE PITCHING FOR TEX

Giles: Line out left

Agnos: Walk

Hoover: Ground out to second

Worrell: Walk

Jenkins-Cowart: Grounded out to second

Top Eighth

Stehly: Flied out left 

Todd: Lined out center

Messinger: Flied our right 

Bottom Eighth

Newton: Pop out third 

Cunningham: Strike Out 

Starling: Ground out

Ninth

The Longhorns would add one more home run in the Ninth on a Silas Ardoin solo shot, giving them an 11-1 lead. 

From there the Longhorns pitching staff would shut down the rest of the ECU order, sending Texas to Omaha for the 38th time. 

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