Longhorns Ride Hot Bats to 8-2 Series Clinching Win Over Kansas State: Live Game Log

The Longhorns will look to take the rubber match against the Wildcats and clinch the series win.

The Texas Longhorns (22-10, 5-3) are back in action on Sunday against the Kansas State Wildcats (20-13, 6-5) as they look to take the rubber match game three and win the series. 

Both Friday and Saturday's game saw late inning rallies, with the Longhorns on both sides of the coin in terms of results. 

In the series opener the Longhorns bats were cold early, as they found themselves entering the bottom half of the eighth inning trailing 5-1 with the game seemingly out of reach. However, they proceeded to put up five runs and would take the series opener 6-5.

Saturday, though, saw almost the exact opposite happen in game two. The Longhorns entered the sixth with a 5-2 lead, but the bullpen then proceeded to give up four unanswered runs in the sixth and seventh innings of what would be a 6-5 loss. 

Now, the Longhorns will look to pick up the win on Sunday and take the series which will keep them atop the Big 12 standings. 

Stay tuned for live updates as the Longhorns take on the Wildcats in the series finale on Sunday afternoon from Disch-Falk Field. 

Live updates will be available after first pitch. 

Pregame

The Longhorns starting lineup is as follows: 

CF Eric Kennedy

RF Dylan Campbell

3B Peyton Powell

C Garret Guillemette

LF Porter Brown

DH Tanner Carlson

2B Jack O'Dowd

SS Mitchell Daly

1B Jared Thomas

P Charlie Hurley

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— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) April 9, 2023

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Top First

Charlie Hurley (Texas) pitching

Rugely: Double

Hughes: Pop out to third

Culpepper: Single

Goodwin: Sac fly, Culpepper to second, KSU leads 2-0

Day: Walk

Johnson: Groundout to second

Bottom First: 

Jackson Wentworth (KSU) pitching

Kennedy: Groundout to second

Campbell: Single, stole second

Powell: Line out to short

Guillemette: Two-run home run, Texas leads 2-1

Brown: Strikeout swinging

Top Second: 

Pelletier: Strikeout swinging

Pena: Walk

Jones: Line out to left

Rugely: Strikeout looking

Bottom Second: 

Carlson: Hit by pitch

O'Dowd: Sac bunt, Carlson to second

Daly: Fly out to center, Carlson to third

Thomas: Walk

Kennedy: Two-run double, Texas leads 4-1

Campbell: Pop out to short

Top Third: 

Hughes: Fly out to center

Culpepper: Fly out to right

Goodwin: Groundout to third

Bottom Third: 

Blake Corsentino (KSU) pitching

Powell: Groundout to first

Guillemette: Strikeout swinging

Brown: Double

Carlson: Strikeout looking

Top Third: 

Day: Groundout to pitcher

Johnson: Solo home run, Texas leads 4-2

Pelletier: Walk

Pena: Single

Jones: Strikeout swinging

Rugely: Walk

Hughes: Groundout to first

Bottom Fourth: 

O'Dowd: Line out to pitcher

Daly: Single

Thomas: Double, Daly to third

Kennedy: Strikeout looking (ejected)

Campbell: Two-run double, Texas leads 6-2

Campbell stole third

Powell: Groundout to first

Top Fifth: 

Ace Whitehead to CF for Kennedy

Culpepper: Hit by pitch, stole second

Goodwin: Fly out to left

Day: Groundout to second

Johnson: Groundout to pitcher

Bottom Fifth:

Ty Ruhl (KSU) pitching

Guillemette: Groundout to third

Brown: Solo home run, Texas leads 7-2

Carlson: Walk

O'Dowd: Fly out to center

Daly: Walk

Thomas: RBI double, Texas leads 8-2

Whitehead: Strikeout swinging

Top Sixth: 

DJ Burke (Texas) pitching

Pelletier: Fly out to left

Pena: Strikeout swinging

Jones: Triple

Rugely: Groundout to third

Bottom Sixth: 

Mason Buss (KSU) pitching

Campbell: Pop out to second

Powell: Double

Guillemette: Fly out to right, Powell to third

Brown: Intentional walk

Carlson: Fly out to center

Top Seventh: 

Hughes: Walk

Culpepper: Groundout to short, Hughes to second

Goodwin: Fly out to right, Hughes to third

Day: Groundout to second

Bottom Seventh: 

O'Dowd: Strikeout looking

Daly: Single

Thomas: Fly out to left

Whitehead: Walk

Campbell: Infield single

Powell: Fly out to right

Top Eighth: 

Johnson: Strikeout swinging

Pelletier: Fly out to right

Pena: Single

Jones: Pop out to third

Bottom Eighth: 

Shay Hartis (KSU) pitching

Guillemette: Pop out to short

Brown: Groundout to short

Carlson: Strikeout swinging

Top Ninth: 

Rugely: Strikeout swinging

Hughes: Hit by pitch (Lodice PR), stole second, advance to third on balk

Culpepper: Strikeout looking

Goodwin: Walk

Sam Walbridge (Texas) pitching

Day: Walk

Johnson: Groundout to short

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