Texas Blanks Cal Poly 6-0, Clinches Series Win: Live Game Log

The Longhorns are back in action on Saturday afternoon looking to clinch the series.

The Texas Longhorns (4-1) found themselves locked into a fierce pitcher's duel on Friday evening to open their weekend series against the Cal Poly Mustangs (2-3). Fortunately for the boys in burnt orange and white, their staff ace won that duel.

Lebarron Johnson Jr. took the mound for his second start of the young season and delivered a remarkable performance. He kept the Mustangs' hitters off-balance all night long, mixing pitches expertly to work around baserunners. Ultimately, he twirled eight innings of shutout baseball while racking up eight strikeouts. 

At the plate the duo of Jared Thomas and Peyton Powell came up big once again, each responsible for one of Texas' two runs. Now, the Longhorns turn their attention to Saturday afternoon as they look for their fourth straight win and second series win of the season.

Stay tuned as we provide live updates as the Longhorns take on the Mustangs from Disch-Falk Field on Saturday afternoon.

Pregame

The Longhorns' starting lineup is listed below: 

CF Jared Thomas

3B Peyton Powell

DH Porter Brown

SS Jalin Flores

1B Jack O'Dowd

2B Dee Kennedy

RF Max Belyeu

C Kimble Schuessler

LF Seth Werchan

P Charlie Hurley

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— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) February 24, 2024

Texas Shuts Out Cal Poly, Takes Series Opener 2-0: Live Game Log

Top First: 

Charlie Hurley (Texas) pitching

Steels: Hit by pitch

Fenn: Grounded into double play (6-4-3)

Stafford: Strikeout swinging

Bottom First: 

Steven Brooks (Cal Poly) pitching

Thomas: Groundout to second

Powell: Groundout to first (3-1)

Brown: Walk

Flores: Fly out to right

Top Second: 

Yorke: Walk

Cloyd: Fielder's choice, Yorke out at second

Shimao: E5, Cloyd to second

Casillas: Fly out to right

MacDonald: Fly out to left

Bottom Second: 

O'Dowd: Strikeout swinging

Kennedy: Groundout to second

Belyeu: Pop out to center

Top Third: 

Daudet: Groundout to short

Steels: Groundout to third

Fenn: Double

Stafford: Groundout to short

Bottom Third: 

Schuessler: Single

Werchan: Sac bunt, Schuessler to second

Thomas: Single, Schuessler to third

Thomas stole second

Powell: RBI groundout to second, Thomas to third, Texas leads 1-0

Brown: Strikeout swinging

Top Fourth: 

Yorke: Groundout to short

Cloyd: Hit by pitch

Shimao: Strikeout swinging

Casillas: Single, Cloyd to second

MacDonald: Strikeout swinging

Bottom Fourth: 

Flores: Strikeout swinging

O'Dowd: Pop out to left

Kennedy: Single

Belyeu: Two-run home run, Texas leads 3-0

Schuessler: Fly out to center

Top Fifth: 

Daudet: Groundout to first (3-1) 

Steels: Single

Fenn: Single, Steels to second

Stafford: Fielder's choice, Fenn out at second

Yorke: Groundout to first

Bottom Fifth: 

Werchan: Groundout to first

Thomas: Strikeout looking

Powell: Fly out to left

Top Sixth: 

Cloyd: Groundout to third

Shimao: Groundout to pitcher

Casillas: Groundout to short (1-6-3)

Bottom Sixth: 

Brown: Strikeout swinging

Flores: Single

Josh Volmerding (Cal Poly) pitching

O'Dowd: Strikeout swinging

Kennedy: Fielder's choice, Flores out at second

Top Seventh: 

Grant Fontenot (Texas) pitching

MacDonald: Walk

Knowles (PH for Daudet): Strikeout swinging

Steels: Strikeout swinging

Fenn: Groundout to short

Bottom Seventh:

Sanders (PH for Belyeu): Strikeout swinging

Schuessler: Single

Gasparino (PH for Werchan): Sac bunt, Schuessler to second

Thomas: Two-run home run, Texas leads 5-0

Powell: Single

Brown: Fly out to right

Top Eighth: 

Stafford: Strikeout swinging 

Yorke: Groundout to second

Cloyd: Hit by pitch

Hoiland (PH for Shimao): Walk

David Shaw (Texas) pitching

Casillas: Strikeout swinging

Bottom Eighth: 

Reece Bueno (Cal Poly) pitching

Flores: Hit by pitch

O'Dowd: Sac bunt, E1, Flores to third

Kennedy: Strikeout looking

Flores scores on wild pitch, Texas leads 6-0

Farmer: Strikeout swinging, O'Dowd caught stealing

Top Ninth: 

MacDonald: Single

Garza: Walk

Steels: Strikeout swinging

Fenn: Fly out to center, MacDonald to third

Stafford: Strikeout swinging