GAME LOG: No. 22 Texas Blows Out Texas Southern 12-2
The Longhorns return home on Tuesday night from an important series win on the road, which saw them take two out of three from West Virginia. Now, they take on Texas Southern in the first of their final five home games to end the regular season.
Pregame
The Longhorns have released their starting lineup and it is as follows:
CF Hodo
DH Todd
1B Melendez
RF Stehly
C Ardoin
3B Messinger
LF Campbell
2B Daly
SS Faltine
P Harrison
Top First
Luke Harrison (Texas) pitching
Gaines: Fly out to left
Castillo: Single
Almaguer: Grounded into double play (6-4-3)
Bottom First
Lane Gordon (TSU) pitching
Hodo: Double
Todd: Single, Hodo scores, Todd to second on the throw Texas leads 1-0
Melendez: Pop out to pitcher
Stehly: RBI single, Todd scores Texas leads 2-0
Ardoin: Two-run home run Texas leads 4-0
Messinger: Double
Campbell: Fly out to left
Daly: Fly out to right
Top Second
Thomas: Groundout to second
Clayborne: Fly out to center
Vasquez: Double
Cooper: Line out to short
Bottom Second
Faltine: Double
Hodo: Strikeout swinging
Todd: Pop out to second
Melendez: RBI double, Faltine scores Texas leads 5-0
Stehly: RBI double, Melendez scores Texas leads 6-0
Ardoin: Groundout to third
Top Third
Bennevendo: Single
Coffee: Double, Benneveendo to third
Gaines: Strikeout swinging
Castillo: Strikeout swinging, Bennevendo scores Texas leads 6-1
Marcus Olivarez (Texas) pitching
Almaguer: Fly out to right
Bottom Third
Alex Olguin (TSU) pitching
Messinger: Pop out to second
Campbell: Groundout to short
Daly: Double
Faltine: Strikeout swinging
Top Fourth
Thomas: Strikeout swinging
Claybourne: Groundout to second
Vasquez: Walk, picked off first
Cooper: Will leadoff fifth
Bottom Fourth
Hodo: Single
Todd: Walk
Melendez: Walk
Stehly: RBI single, Hodo scores Texas leads 7-1
Ardoin: Two-run double Texas leads 9-1
Messinger: Two-run single Texas leads 11-1
George Osbourne (TSU) pitching
Campbell: Grounded into double play
Daly: Triple
Faltine: Groundout to first
Top Fifth
Jared Southard (Texas) pitching
Cooper: Groundout to third
Bennevendo: Strikeout looking
Coffee: Strikeout swinging
Bottom Fifth
Whitehead: Fly out to left
Todd: Groundout to first
Melendez: Strikeout looking
Top Sixth
Gaines: Single
Castillo: Fly out to right
Almaguer: Strikeout looking
Thomas: Strikeout looking
Bottom Sixth
Jaiden Beck (TSU) pitching
Stehly: Walk
Schuessler: Pop out to third
Messinger: Single
Campbell: Walk
Daly: Pop out to short
Faltine: Fly out to center
Top Seventh
Lebarron Johnson Jr. (Texas) pitching
Claybourne: Strikeout swinging
Vasquez: Lineout to first
Cooper: Double
Bennevendo: RBI double Texas leads 11-2
Chatman: Single, Bennevendo out at home
Bottom Seventh
Jesse Garcia (TSU) pitching
Whitehead: Walk
Powell (PH for Todd): Fly out to left
Kash (PH for Melendez): Pop out to short
Constantine: Strikeout swinging
Top Eighth
Gaines: Strikeout swinging
Castillo: Groundout to third
Almaguer: Groundout to short
Bottom Eighth
Josiah Castro (TSU) pitching
Schuessler: Groundout to short
Messinger: Solo home run Texas leads 12-2
Campbell: Strikeout looking
Daly: Walk
O'Dowd: Single, Daly to third
Whitehead: Fielder's choice, O'Dowd out at second
Top Ninth
Aaron Nixon (Texas) pitching
Thomas: Infield single, steals second, steals third
Claybourne: Fly out to right
Vasquez: Strikeout swinging
Cooper: Strikeout swinging
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