AUSTIN, Texas \u2014\u00a0Behind a six-run sixth, No. 2 Texas topped Texas State, 10-8, in front of 7,765 fans at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Ethan Mendoza<\/a> delivered the go-ahead two-run double in the decisive frame, as the Longhorns (24-4) overcame a pair of deficits to notch their third consecutive come-from-behind win.<\/p>\n Mendoza finished with three extra-base hits and three RBI, capping off his standout performance with his career-high sixth home run in the ninth.<\/p>\n Aiden Robbins<\/a> and Casey Borba<\/a> also left the yard, launching their co-team-best 10th\u00a0blasts.<\/p>\n Robbins’ first-inning two-run jack answered Texas State’s three-spot in the opening frame. Meanwhile, Borba’s 443-foot solo shot sparked the crooked number.<\/p>\n After Borba and Mendoza pushed Texas in front in the sixth, Carson Tinney<\/a>\u00a0followed with an RBI single to pad the advantage to 7-5. Anthony Pack Jr.<\/a> punctuated the sixth, plating a pair of runs with a base hit.<\/p>\n The Longhorns used seven pitchers on the evening, highlighted by a trio of freshmen.<\/p>\n Brody Walls<\/a> (1-0) earned his first collegiate win, punching out a pair in a scoreless sixth.<\/p>\n Fellow rookie Brett Crossland<\/a>\u00a0entered in the seventh and retired five of the six batters he faced to provide a bridge to Sam Cozart<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cozart (2) set down the side on eight pitches to lock down Texas’ second victory over the Bobcats (19-9) in the last three weeks.<\/p>\n As a staff, the Longhorns totaled nine strikeouts and didn’t issue a walk.<\/p>\n Up next, Texas travels to take on South Carolina at Founders Park. The three-game set begins at 6 p.m. CT \/ 7 p.m. ET on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014\u00a0Behind a six-run sixth, No. 2 Texas topped Texas State, 10-8, in front of 7,765 fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-229767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}