AUSTIN, Texas – No. 22 Texas Baseball scored seven runs within the first inning and rolled to a 9-2 win over Sam Houston on Tuesday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
Zane Morehouse pitched 5 innings and allowed only one run on 4 hits. He struck out 5 batters and improved to 3-0 on the season.
Ivan Melendez went 2-for-5, hitting his 26th homer of the season and drove in 4 runs. Douglas Hodo III, Austin Todd and Skyler Messinger additionally had two hits apiece.
The Longhorns (36-17) jumped everywhere in the Bearkats with seven runs on six hits and batting round within the backside of the primary inning. The sport began with singles by Hodo and Todd earlier than Melendez launched his 26th homer of the season. Murphy Stehly then launched his 15th homer, which marked the fourth time this season for Melendez and Stehly to hit back-to-back homers.
After Silas Ardoin reached on an error and Messinger singled, Trey Faltine drove in one other run with an RBI double to right-center. Dylan Campbell adopted with a sacrifice fly and Eric Kennedy capped the inning with an RBI groundout to make the rating 7-0.
The Bearkats received on the board within the fourth inning with a two-out RBI double to trim the Longhorns’ result in 7-1.
The Longhorns added two runs to the lead within the sixth to go up 9-1. Campbell and Mitchell Daly hit back-to-back doubles to drive within the first run of the inning. With the bases loaded, Melendez then drove in his fourth RBI of the sport with an RBI groundout.
Sam Houston received one other run within the seventh to make the rating 9-2. Luke Harrison was known as in out of the bullpen with the bases loaded and received a pair of strikeouts to finish the risk.
Out of the bullpen for Texas, Jared Southard, Marcus Olivarez and Tristan Stevens all pitched scoreless innings.
The Longhorns will shut out the common season this weekend towards Kansas with the collection beginning Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.