On Sunday night, the Texas baseball team will determine if its next game is played in Austin or Omaha.
To close out the weekend, Texas (44-13) is set to play Oregon (43-17) at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in the second game of a super regional. Since it opened its super regional with Saturday’s 11-3 win over the Ducks, UT will advance to the College World Series with a win. A 38-time College World Series participant, Texas is looking to join an eight-team field in Omaha, Neb., that already includes Georgia, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Troy and West Virginia.
If Oregon rebounds and beats Texas tonight, these two teams will return to UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Monday for a winner-takes-all game. The Ducks are trying to reach the College World Series for the first time since 1954.
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In the second inning, Texas took advantage of an erratic effort on the mound by Oregon’s Will Sanford. After Ashton Larson got aboard on a one-out single, he scooted around the bases on three wild pitches from Sanford.
Sanford, who later surrendered an RBI single to Carson Tinney, entered today with 10 wild pitches on the season. The all-conference honoree did throw four of those wild pitches during one game against Indiana on March 13.
Even though Texas is technically the visitor in this game, the Longhorns have quickly made themselves at home. Aiden Robbins and Carson Tinney homered on the fourth and sixth pitches thrown tonight by Oregon starter Will Sanford.
In addition to being responsible for UT’s first leadoff homer since Ethan Mendoza accomplished that feat against USC Upstate on March 6, Robbins also recorded the 24th home run of his season with that swing. That is tied for third in the Texas record books with Kody Clemens’ 2018 season.
Tinney has now gone deep 22 times. That is the fifth-most homers hit by a Longhorn during a single season.
RHP Will Sanford (9-2, 3.46 ERA)