{"id":296597,"date":"2026-05-17T00:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T00:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/296597\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T00:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T00:37:09","slug":"texas-baseball-beats-missouri-recap-from-horns-game-3-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/296597\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas baseball beats Missouri: Recap from Horns’ Game 3 win"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday afternoon, the Texas baseball<\/a> team closed out its regular season on a high note.<\/p>\n

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Boosted by a six-run fourth\u00a0inning, Texas recorded a 12-7\u00a0win over Missouri in its regular-season finale at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. With Saturday\u2019s win and this week\u2019s series sweep of the Tigers, UT earned a second-place finish\u00a0in the SEC standings.<\/p>\n

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Texas (40-12, 19-10) pulled starting pitcher Ruger Riojas after just five pitches on Saturday so the Longhorns needed to lean on their bullpen. Brody Walls, Cal Higgins, Cody Howard, Brett Crossland and Thomas Burns all pitched in relief against Missouri (23-30, 6-24), and freshman right-hander Kaleb Rogers closed out the game with a strikeout after making his collegiate\u00a0debut with two outs in the ninth inning.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns were led offensively by Anthony Pack Jr. and Carson\u00a0Tinney, who were responsible for six of UT\u2019s 14 hits. Tinney drove in three runs on Saturday and recorded 10 RBIs over the course of this series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Texas is off until its upcoming opener at the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala. As the No. 2 seed, Texas won\u2019t play its quarterfinal game in the 16-team competition until Friday at 3\u00a0p.m. CT.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns outfielder Aiden Robbins (43) celebrates scoring in the eighth inning as the Texas Longhorns take on the UTSA Roadrunners at Disch-Falk Field in Austin, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Texas won the game 11-8.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns pitcher Luke Harrison (53) walks off the mound in the rain during the Lone Star Showdown against Texas A&M at Blue Bell Park on Saturday, April 11, 2026 in College Station, Texas.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns infielder Adrian Rodriguez (24) slides home for a score during the game against UC Davis at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 in Austin.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns infielder Jayden Duplantier (0) bats in the second inning as the Texas Longhorns play the USC Upstate Spartans on Friday, March 6, 2026 at UFCU-Disch Falk Field in the first game of a three-game series.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns infielder Jayden Duplantier (0) slides back to first base as the Texas Longhorns and Texas State Bobcats face off in San Marcos Tuesday, March 10, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns pitcher Ruger Riojas (13) pitches in the first inning as the Texas Longhorns play the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the second of a three game series at Disch-Falk Field in Austin, May 2, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns pitcher Ruger Riojas (13) throws in the second inning of the second game in a three-game series against the Alabama Crimson Tide, April 18, 2026.<\/p>\n

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The Texas Longhornscelebrate a home run by infielder Ethan Mendoza (5) during the game against Ole Miss at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Friday, March 13, 2026 in Austin.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns pitcher Samuel Cozart (35) throws in the seventh inning as the Texas Longhorns play their first game of a three-game series against the Alabama Crimson Tide, April 17, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns pitcher Ruger Riojas (13) throws in the first inning of the second game in a three-game series against the Alabama Crimson Tide, April 18, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns baseball alumni line up on the field ahead of the annual Texas Longhorns Alumni Baseball Game at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 in Austin.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns pitcher Dylan Volantis (99) misses tagging Alabama Crimson Tide infielder Justin LeBron (1) as he scores off a wild pitch in the sixth inning as the Texas Longhorns play their first game of a three-game series against the Alabama Crimson Tide, April 17, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns outfielder Anthony Pack Jr. (6) celebrates a double to second base in the fifth inning as the Texas Longhorns play their first game of a three-game series against the Alabama Crimson Tide, April 17, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns pitcher Jason Flores (4) throws a pitch during the annual Texas Longhorns Alumni Baseball Game at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 in Austin.<\/p>\n

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The Texas Longhorns play the UTRGV Vaqueros at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin, Feb. 24, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns infielder Temo Becerra (1) misses a ground ball during the annual Texas Longhorns Alumni Baseball Game at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 in Austin.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns pitcher Thomas Burns (45) throws in the eighth inning as the Texas Longhorns play the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the first of a three game series, May 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns outfielder Anthony Pack Jr. (6) slides home as UTRGV Vaqueros pitcher Ruben Gonzalez (33) rushes to tag him out in the sixth inning as the Longhorns play the UTRGV Vaqueros at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin, Feb. 24, 2026. Texas won 14-0 by run-rule after the seventh inning.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns outfielder Anthony Pack Jr. (6) catches a ball during the annual Texas Longhorns Alumni Baseball Game at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 in Austin.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns outfielder Aiden Robbins (43) is struck by a pitch in the third inning as the Texas Longhorns play the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the second of a three game series at Disch-Falk Field in Austin, May 2, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns outfielder Aiden Robbins (43) puts his \u201chorns up\u201d around the bases after a home run in the eighth inning as the Longhorns take on the Michigan State Spartans in the second game of a three-game series at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin, Feb. 21, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns infielder Ethan Mendoza (5) catches a pass at second in the second inning as the Texas Longhorns play the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the first of a three game series, May 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns head coach Jim Schlossnagle welcomes outfielder Aiden Robbins (43) back to the dugout after his home run in the eighth inning as the Longhorns take on the Michigan State Spartans in the second game of a three-game series at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin, Feb. 21, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns infielder Adrian Rodriguez (24) celebrates a home run by infielder Ethan Mendoza (5) during the game against Ole Miss at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Friday, March 13, 2026 in Austin.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns infielder Adrian Rodriguez (24) throws the ball to first during the game against UC Davis at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 in Austin.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns head coach Jim Schlossnagle walks to the dugout during the Lone Star Showdown against Texas A&M at Blue Bell Park on Saturday, April 11, 2026 in College Station, Texas.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns outfielder Aiden Robbins (43) gets ready to bat in the eighth inning as the Texas Longhorns take on the UTSA Roadrunners at Disch-Falk Field in Austin, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Texas won the game 11-8.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns outfielder Anthony Pack Jr. (6) celebrates after stealing second during the Lone Star Showdown against Texas A&M at Blue Bell Park on Friday, April 10, 2026 in College Station, Texas.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorn infielder Temo Becerra (1) throws the ball to first during the game against Ole Miss at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Friday, March 13, 2026 in Austin.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns outfielder Aiden Robbins (43) catches a hit in the outfield during the first inning as the Texas Longhorns and Texas State Bobcats face off in San Marcos Tuesday, March 10, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns infielder Temo Becerra (1) reacts to tagging out Texas State Bobcats outfielder Jackson Cotton (44) during the first inning as the Texas Longhorns and Texas State Bobcats face off in San Marcos Tuesday, March 10, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns infielder Adrian Rodriguez (24) dives for the ball in the sixth inning as the Texas Longhorns play their first game of a three-game series against the Alabama Crimson Tide, April 17, 2026.<\/p>\n

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The Alabama bull pen watch the sixth inning of the second game in a three-game series against the Alabama Crimson Tide at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin, April 18, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Texas got some much-needed insurance in the eighth inning. Jayden Duplantier drew a bases-loaded walk for the second straight day, Ethan Mendoza drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, Casey Borba scored on a wild pitch and Carson Tinney added an RBI single.<\/p>\n

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Down to its last three outs, Missouri has the top of its batting order due up in the ninth inning. Thomas Burns will remain on the mound for Texas.<\/p>\n

It took nearly four innings, but Missouri finally got to Texas reliever Cody Howard. With two outs in the eighth inning, Missouri scored on Mateo Serna’s two-run double and later brought\u00a0Serna home on pinch-hitter Tyler Macon’s infield single.<\/p>\n

Texas pulled Howard after Macon’s base hit, and Texas reliever Brett Crossland then hit a Missouri batter and issued a walk to load the bases. A two-run double by Chris Patterson made Crossland pay for those free passes, but UT reliever Thomas Burns entered the game and got a\u00a0groundout to strand runners on second base and third base.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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With six outs to go in its regular season, Texas still leads by six runs at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Cody Howard will remain on the mound after facing the minimum amount of batters over the past three innings.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns pitcher Cody Howard (41) takes the field during the NCAA D1 Baseball Tournament Regional against Kansas State at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Sunday, June 1, 2025 in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

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Cody Howard has had a nice appearance out of the Texas bullpen<\/a>. The fourth player to pitch for Texas this afternoon, Howard has retired all six batters that he’s faced so far. This is just the fifth appearance this season for the fifth-year right-hander.<\/p>\n

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Texas jumped on Missouri during the fourth inning while taking a six-run lead. Anthony Pack Jr. and Carson Tinney each drove in their second runs of the day, and both of those players were later brought home by Adrian Rodriguez and Temo Becerra. The Longhorns later added two more runs when Missouri couldn’t field a two-out bloop off of Josh Livingston’s bat.<\/p>\n

Texas had a chance to distance itself even further from Missouri. But what seemed like an RBI single from Dariyan Pendergrass turned into an inning-ending out when Ethan Mendoza was thrown out at second base before Livingston could touch the home plate.<\/p>\n

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The second homer of Missouri’s afternoon has tied this game. This solo shot belonged to Pierre Seals, who took Cal Higgins deep out of the No. 9 spot in the Missouri batting order. Higgins is the third pitcher used by Texas this afternoon.<\/p>\n

After wasting a scoring opportunity in the first inning, the Texas bats got going in the second session. Anthony Pack Jr. and Carson Tinney both contributed RBI singles. The Longhorns chased Missouri starter Keyler Gonzalez, who allowed three hits and walked five batters today, from the game in the second inning.<\/p>\n

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During the second inning, Tinney also swiped the 100th base of UT’s season. Texas last stole 100 bases in 2005.<\/p>\n

Texas was unable to take advantage of an erratic start from Missouri’s Keyler Gonzalez, who walked three of the first four batters that he faced. But with the bases loaded and one out, Ashton Larson struck out and Casey Borba grounded into an inning-ending fielder’s choice.<\/p>\n

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Missouri claimed its second lead of the weekend on Blaize Ward’s solo homer in the first inning, but that was a secondary storyline at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Starting pitcher Ruger Riojas threw just five pitches before he was pulled by Texas coach Jim\u00a0Schlossnagle and replaced on the mound by freshman Brody Walls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Texas has not yet officially announced why Riojas exited Saturday’s game. Riojas is a senior, so there is a possibility that he was starting for ceremonial reasons since this game doesn’t have a lot of significance and Texas has been cautious with the right-hander’s workload over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns head coach Jim Schlossnagle meets Missouri head coach Kerrick Jackson ahead of the game at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Thursday, May. 14, 2026 in Austin.<\/p>\n

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Where: UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin<\/p>\n

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TV\/radio: SEC Network+, 1300 AM<\/p>\n

RF Anthony Pack Jr.
\nC Carson Tinney<\/a>
\nSS Adrian Rodriguez
\n2B Temo Becerra
\nLF Ashton Larson
\n3B Casey Borba
\n1B Josh Livingston
\nDH Ethan Mendoza
\nCF Dariyan Pendergrass<\/p>\n

After exiting Friday’s game with an illness<\/a>, Texas outfielder Aiden Robbins remains out of today’s starting lineup. This is Robbins’ first missed start of the season, which leaves Temo Becerra as the only player who has started in all 52 of UT’s games this season.<\/p>\n

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1B Jase Woita
\nSS Kam Durnin
\n2B Blaize Ward
\nC Mateo Serna
\nDH Donovan Jordan<\/a>
\nLF Jamal George
\nCF Kaden Peer
\n3B Chris Patterson
\nRF Pierre Seals<\/p>\n

RHP Ruger Riojas (5-2, 4.04 ERA)<\/p>\n

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