{"id":256693,"date":"2026-04-19T09:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256693\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T09:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:54:25","slug":"volantis-leads-no-4-baseball-to-10-2-victory-over-no-11-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256693\/","title":{"rendered":"Volantis leads No. 4 Baseball to 10-2 victory over No. 11 Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Dylan Volantis<\/a> recorded a career-best 12 strikeouts to propel No. 2 Texas to a 10-2 win over No. 11 Alabama at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Volantis (5-0) pitched six innings of two-run baseball, limiting the Crimson Tide (27-12, 8-8 SEC) to just four hits along the way.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-6, 220-pound left-hander became the first Longhorn to notch a dozen punchouts in a Southeastern Conference game. Volantis retired 15 of the first 18 batters he faced, tossing 62 of his 91 pitches for strikes.<\/p>\n

Volantis set the tone for Texas (29-7, 10-5 SEC), striking out a pair in the opening frame.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns quickly backed the sophomore, mounting three runs in the bottom of the first.<\/p>\n

After Aiden Robbins<\/a> led off with a double, Carson Tinney<\/a> deposited a two-strike breaking ball over the right-field fence for his 14th home run of the season. Tinney’s two-run blast marked his seventh homer in as many contests.<\/p>\n

Three batters later, Ethan Mendoza<\/a> drove in Adrian Rodriguez<\/a> with a base hit, extending Texas’ advantage to 3-0.<\/p>\n

In the third, Mendoza plated another run before Temo Becerra<\/a> delivered\u00a0a sacrifice fly in the fifth to pad the cushion.<\/p>\n

Alabama pushed across a pair in the sixth, capitalizing on a couple of infield singles and defensive miscues, but Volantis held the Crimson Tide\u00a0there.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns promptly responded, posting three tallies on four hits in the bottom half.<\/p>\n

Robbins roped a run-scoring double to left center, knocking out Alabama starter Tyler Fay, who was responsible for seven runs on 12 hits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tinney followed with his second extra-base hit of the evening to balloon the lead to 7-2.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Anthony Pack Jr.<\/a> capped of the frame with an RBI single of his own. Pack Jr. finished with his first career four-hit effort, punctuating his standout performance with a run-scoring double in the eighth.<\/p>\n

The freshman was one of five Longhorns to record a multi-hit game, alongside Robbins, Tinney, Rodriguez and Dariyan Pendergrass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Overall, Texas outhit the Crimson Tide, 16-4.<\/p>\n

In the win, Sam Cozart<\/a> (5) logged the final nine outs. The 6-foot-6, 260-pound righty struck out five of the final 10 batters. Cozart faced one over the minimum across three hitless innings.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns will look to clinch a series victory on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for noon at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Dylan Volantis recorded a career-best 12 strikeouts to propel No. 2 Texas to a 10-2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-256693","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\/256693","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=256693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}