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Texas Baseball Swept at Home in First Big 12 Series

By James Caldwell

Feb 14, 2017; Port St. Lucie, FL, USA; a general view of a baseball bat and glove on the field during New York Mets spring training workouts at Tradition Field. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 14, 2017; Port St. Lucie, FL, USA; a general view of a baseball bat and glove on the field during New York Mets spring training workouts at Tradition Field. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports /
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Texas Baseball was swept at home in their first Big 12 series of the year.

After only scoring two runs on Friday and Saturday, the Longhorns finally generated offense against Texas Tech on Sunday. But, the bullpen failed them. The result was Tech winning 8-5 to win three straight in Austin.

The Longhorns jumped out to leads of 2-0 and 3-1 thanks to solid team baseball bringing runners around to score. But, Texas starter Blair Henley struggled to get through Tech’s lineup the second time around.

Tech tied the game at 3-3 in the third inning, which set up a decisive fourth inning. put runners on the corners with two outs in the fourth inning.

Henley got the first two men out. But, the next two batters reached. With runners on the corners with two outs, Henley exited, bringing in starter-turned-reliever Kyle Johnston.

Johnston promptly threw a wild pitch to allow Tech to score and go up 4-3. Johnston was wild and ineffective, leaving pitches right over the middle of the plate that Tech hitters sprayed all over the field. The Red Raiders added three more runs in the inning to make it 7-3. All of that with two outs and no one on base.

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Texas Baseball Tried to Battle Back

Texas put men on base in the fifth inning, but they could not get a clutch hit.

In the sixth inning, the Horns finally got a rally going. David Hamilton drove in a run to make it 7-4. Then, Kody Clemens scored on a balk to make it 7-5. But, the Horns could not get that clutch hit they needed all weekend long.

Texas Tech’s John McMillon then led off the top of the eighth with a home run to make it 8-5. McMillon showboated as he scored, which the Horns did not appreciate. This followed a near-altercation between Kody Clemens and Tech catcher Michael Berglund after Kody was hit by a pitch near his head. Kody and Berglund had to be separated before the benches cleared.

There was build-up on Friday when Berglund was over-the-top celebrating every strikeout with a fist pump. As we predicted after Friday’s game, a scrap was in the forecast this weekend. It almost happened Sunday.

But, the final result was Tech winning 8-5 when Texas failed to put together a rally in the last two innings. More concerning is the Horns only generated 4 hits in the entire game. On Saturday, they only had 4 hits, and on Friday they only had 2 hits. That’s a total of 10 hits over the weekend.

Texas Baseball is now experiencing one of their streaks again. The Horns lost three in a row to Stanford two weekends ago, won six in a row last week and Tuesday against Texas A&M, and now lost three in a row against Tech.

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The Longhorns dropped to 13-9 overall and 0-3 in the Big 12, while Tech went to 17-4 and 3-0 in the conference. New manager David Pierce will look to win his first Big 12 game next weekend when Texas Baseball hosts Kansas State in Austin.

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