{"id":260726,"date":"2026-04-22T05:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260726\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T05:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:49:09","slug":"weather-disrupts-no-4-texas-air-force-midweek-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260726\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Disrupts No. 4 Texas, Air Force Midweek Matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">Mother Nature has not been kind to the state of Texas in the past couple of weeks, especially for the No. 4 Texas Longhorns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">For the past two days, constant rain has pounded the Austin and the central Texas region. Still, the Longhorns were hopeful that conditions would let up before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/texas\/baseball\/no-4-texas-midweek-clash-with-air-force-enters-weather-delay-01kps5t2hdtn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first pitch<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">In the end, the Longhorns&#8217; midweek match-up with the Air Force Falcons was officially cancelled after a one-hour rain delay pushed the first pitch time from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CT.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5t\">Despite the premature end to the night, the Longhorns and Falcons met at home plate for their tradition between the two \u2014 the handshake line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5w\">For the fans who braved the weather and showed up to the game, ticketholders will be offered complimentary standing room only tickets for the Longhorns&#8217; final two midweek stands of the season against San Houston next Tuesday or UTSA on May 5th. Fans can claim their tickets by calling the University of Texas ticket office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last Weekend, and Looking Ahead<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01km98emryce55bka1vd.jpg\" alt=\"Texas Longhorns pitcher Luke Harrison\" title=\"Texas Longhorns pitcher Luke Harrison\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"69\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Texas Longhorns pitcher Luke Harrison stares into the box before throwing a pitch. | University of Texas Athletics<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6d\">This season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/texas\/baseball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a> has used its midweeks to get tuned up before it\u2019s three game Southeatern Confrence stand during the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6g\">On the season, the Longhorns are 7-2 on Tuesday, with their only losses coming to Tarleton State and Houston, with both of those losses having a similar theme of experience struggles at the plate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">Against the No. 11 Alabama Crimson Tide this past weekend, the Longhorns dominated them on the mound, tossing for 49 strikeouts, the most in a three-game series in the storied history of Texas baseball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">Alabama eked out just five runs across the three-game series, while the Crimson Tide struggled at the plate, and so did the Longhorns. Texas exploded for 16 hits and 10 runs in the series opener, but the next two performances left a lot to be desired.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">The Longhorns were able to come back late on Saturday, cashing in three runs once the Crimson Tide\u2019s starter was pulled in the seventh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6s\">Looking for their second series sweep of the season didn\u2019t yield the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/texas\/baseball\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-from-texas-baseball-s-series-win-over-alabama\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">same results for Texas<\/a>, driving in only one run in the ninth and spoiling an outstanding performance on the mound for veteran Luke Harrison, who set a career high of 12 strikeouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6v\">The Longhorns will hit the road for their second-to-last SEC series against the Vanderbilt Commodores for a three-game set in Nashville. Vanderbilt, led by longtime head coach Tim Corbin, has had an up-and-down season so far in conference play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6y\">Ahead of their first matchup as conference members, the Commodores have a .500 record in conference play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">Sign up to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/texas\/newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> our free newsletter<\/a> and follow us on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TexasLonghornsOnSI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LonghornsOnSI\" rel=\"nofollow\"> X<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/texaslonghornsonsi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram<\/a> for the latest news.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mother Nature has not been kind to the state of Texas in the past couple of weeks, especially&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-260726","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\/260726","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=260726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}