Texas baseball beats Tennessee, becomes 1st program to 1,500 wins

Texas baseball made history with its 13-6 win Sunday.

The Longhorns not only prevented a sweep at the hands of Tennessee, but they won the 1,500th game in program history. Texas is the first college baseball team to reach that milestone, according to UT athletics.

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Casey Borba was the star in the series finale, driving in six runs as part of a two-home run performance. The junior infielder now has 31 career homers, tied for the ninth-most in school history (Drew Stubbs, Eric Kennedy). Texas (37-12, 16-10 SEC) hit four home runs in total, including two in the first inning.

Tennessee tied the game after Texas’ four-run first inning. But the Longhorns poured it on, scoring in the third, fifth, sixth and ninth innings. Borba hit a sixth-inning grand slam in the sixth inning to make it 12-4. Freshman Anthony Pack Jr. and sophomore Adrian Rodriguez also went yard for Texas.

Ruger Riojas started for Texas, allowing three hits and four runs over four innings. The right-hander struck out four and walked two. Left-hander Haiden Leffew earned the win in relief, racking up five strikeouts and yielding just a hit in three innings.

Next up for UT is the final SEC series of the regular season, at home against Missouri.