Texas (UIL) 6A state baseball: Pearland pushes past Austin Westlake into championship

Oilers will face Lewisville Flower Mound for the 6A title Saturday at 4 p.m.

Pearland's bats got going and didn't look back as it punched its ticket to the Texas (UIL) 6A state championship game.

The Oilers put up four runs in the third and blew the game open in the fifth inning en route to an 11-1 win over Austin Westlake in the semifinals on Friday at Dell Diamond in Round Rock.

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Pearland will play Lewisville Flower Mound, which beat Cypress Woods in the other 6A semifinal, on Saturday at 4 p.m. for the Class 6A title at Dell Diamond in Round Rock. 

This story will be updated.

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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.