Tristan Stevens leads Texas baseball in doubleheader vs. South Carolina

To round out the altered schedule of this three-game weekend series against the South Carolina Gamecocks, No. 1 ranked Texas baseball will be looking to pull off the sweep in an orderly fashion on the afternoon of March 13. Texas knocked off South Carolina in the first meeting between these two teams on March 12.

Head coach David Pierce and the Longhorns downed the Gamecocks in the first game of this weekend series by the final score of 9-5 behind three home runs from the duo of Trey Faltine and Ivan Melendez.

As the Longhorns try to pull off this weekend series sweep to stay undefeated against SEC competition this season, they’ll do so behind the arm of Tristan Stevens in the first game of this March 13 doubleheader.

Tristan Stevens gets the start for Texas baseball in first leg of doubleheader vs. South Carolina

Stevens was solid for the Longhorns through his first few starts of the season. He still has yet to allow any earned runs o the season so far through three starts, all of which resulted in wins.

He’ll be looking to have better fortunes than the Longhorns’ first starting pitcher of the weekend. Pete Hansen had his worst result of the season on the mound so far by giving up five earned runs. But the Texas bats came through and still got Hansen the win on March 12 to keep his undefeated record on the season alive.

Moreover, the first pitch in this doubleheader between Texas and South Carolina on March 13 is set for 12:30 p.m. CT. The first game will be seven innings, and then the two teams will square off in the second leg of this doubleheader to round out this three-game weekend series.

Texas carries a record of 13-2 (0-0 Big 12) into the first leg of this doubleheader against the Gamecocks. And once this weekend series with the Gamecocks wraps up, Stevens and the Longhorns are set to continue their road tip in the state of South Carolina on March 15 against the College of Charleston.