ARLINGTON, Texas – No. 19 Texas Baseball bounced again to beat Oklahoma State, 9-2, within the semifinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Saturday at Globe Life Field. The Longhorns (42-18) advance to the championship game in opposition to Oklahoma on Sunday at 5 p.m. on ESPNU.
The Texas pitching workers was excellent, as 5 completely different pitchers mixed to maintain the Cowboys to solely two runs on 5 hits.
Andre Duplantier II began and pitched two innings, permitting one run on two hits. Jared Southard gave the Longhorns 1 2/3 scoreless out of the bullpen with a pair of strikeouts and picked up his third win of the season.
Luke Harrison bought the Longhorns out of a jam within the fourth inning and went on to pitch 2 1/3 innings of reduction with only one run allowed on one hit. Marcus Olivarez pitched two scoreless innings out of the bullpen, working round two hits and putting out two batters. Tristan Stevens completed the game with an ideal ninth, together with two strikeouts.
Trey Faltine had an enormous day on the plate, going 3-for-5 with two doubles, 4 RBI and two runs scored.
Oklahoma State bought the primary run of the game within the backside of the primary on a sacrifice fly to take a 1-0 lead.
Texas took the lead proper again with two runs on two hits and an error within the second inning. Austin Todd hit a single to begin the inning and Silas Ardoin walked with one out. An error allowed Todd to rating from second and an infield single by Faltine drove within the second run.
The Longhorns put collectively a five-run prime of the third to lengthen their lead to 7-1. Ivan Melendez and Murphy Stehly each singled to begin the inning earlier than Todd loaded the bases on an errant throw from a bunt. With two outs, Faltine hammered a bases-clearing double to left subject. Hodo adopted with an RBI double of his personal to drive in Faltine.
Texas expanded its lead out to 9-1 with three extra massive hits within the fifth inning. Faltine hit his second double of the game earlier than pinch-hitter Dylan Campbell lined an RBI triple to heart subject. Melendez adopted with an RBI single to drive in Campbell and make the rating 9-1.
The Cowboys bought one run again on a solo homer within the fifth inning to trim the lead to 9-2 however that was all.