Longhorns Baseball Stays Alive In Big 12 Tournament With 4-1 Win Over Oklahoma

The Texas Longhorns baseball team stayed alive in the Big 12 tournament on Thursday, beating their arch rival Oklahoma Sooners 4-1

Matt Galatzan | May 27, 2021

Coming off of a disappointing loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers in their opening game of the Big 12 Baseball Tournament, the Texas Longhorns faced off against their arch-rival Oklahoma Sooners on Friday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, for the right to advance and stay alive in Big 12 play.

Fortunately for the Longhorns, they were able to do just that, defeating the Sooners 4-1, and moving on to face the loser of Thursday's matchup between Oklahoma State and West Virginia.

Douglas Hodo got things started for the Longhorns in the second inning, scoring on a Silas Ardoin sacrifice fly RBI to put the Longhorns up 1-0.

After the Sooners tied things up, Hodo would keep things going in the bottom of the third inning, doubling to right-center to drive in Mitchell Daly to put the Longhorns back up 2-1.

Zach Zubia would then extend that lead by driving in Mike Antico with a single to center field to put Texas up 3-1 and in full control of the game.

Hodo would get across the plate one more time in the bottom of the eighth inning, scoring off of a Luka Taggert wild pitch, giving the Longhorns the 4-1 lead.

Pitcher Tristan Stevens would end the game with a win for the Longhorns, giving up just four hits on 102 pitches to 27 batters with four strikeouts, moving him to 9-3 overall on the year.

Freshman Aaron Nixon would then wrap the game with a two-inning save, striking out four of the eight batters he faced.

The Longhorns will be back in action on Friday, where they will take on the loser of the aforementioned matchup between the Cowboys and Mountaineers for a chance to advance in the tournament.

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Published May 27, 2021

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.