No. 15 Longhorns Dismantle Illinois 15-6: Live Game Log

A so-far successful weekend in Las Vegas for the No. 15 Texas Longhorns (8-1) comes to an end on Sunday as they take on the Illinois Fighting Illini (6-3) to conclude the Las Vegas Classic. Both the Longhorns and Fighting Illini enter Sunday's contest having won on Saturday.

The Longhorns cruised to a 10-5 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders, as their offense was red hot again and the pitching staff shutting down a strong lineup. Starter Luke Harrison was especially strong, tossing five innings of one-run baseball with a career-high seven strikeouts.

On the other hand, Illinois found itself in a high-scoring, back-and-forth affair with the Washington Huskies that they would ultimately come away from with a 10-9 victory.

Follow along as we provide live updates as the Longhorns square off against the Fighting Illini on Sunday afternoon from Las Vegas Ballpark in their final game of the Las Vegas Classic at 1 p.m. CT.

Live updates will be available after first pitch

The Longhorns' starting lineup will be listed below -

2B - Ethan Mendoza

RF - Max Belyeu

CF - Will Gasparino

DH - Adrian Rodriguez

SS - Jalin Flores

1B - Kimble Schuessler

C - Cole Chamberlain

3B - Casey Borba

LF - Easton Winfield

P - Kade Bing

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Top First:

Kade Bing (Texas) pitching

Chee-Aloy: Single

Groves: Hit by pitch

Schupmann: Grounded into double play (6-4-3), Chee-Aloy to third

Chee-Aloy scored on wild pitch, Longhorns trail 1-0

Zebig: Strikeout swinging

Bottom First:

Julius Sanchez (Illinois) pitching

Mendoza: Groundout to second

Belyeu: Double

Belyeu advanced to third (wild pitch)

Gasparino: Strikeout swinging

Rodriguez: RBI single, Longhorns tie game 1-1

Rodriguez stole second

Flores: Walk

Schuessler: Groundout to short

Top Second:

Quagliano: Groundout to short

Ross: Single

Ross picked off

Westcott: Groundout to second

Bottom Second:

Chamberlain: Groundout to second

Borba: Strikeout swinging

Winfield: Strikeout swinging

Top Third:

Schroeder: Triple

Jennings: Fielder's choice, Schroeder out at third

Chee-Aloy: Fly out to right

Groves: Groundout to short

Bottom Third:

Mendoza: Groundout to pitcher

Belyeu: Groundout to first

Gasparino: Single

Rodriguez: Single, Gasparino to third

Rodriguez stole second

Flores: Groundout to second

Top Fourth:

Schupmann: Pop out to first

Zebig: Walk

Quagliano: Double, Zebig to third

Ross: Walk

Wild pitch, all runners advance, Longhorns trail 2-1

Westcott: Sac fly, Longhorns trail 3-1

Max Grubbs (Tex

Schroeder: E5

Jennings: Three-run home run, Longhorns trail 6-1

Chee-Aloy: Groundout to catcher

Bottom Fourth:

Schuessler: Walk

Chamberlain: Strikeout swinging

Schuessler advanced to second (wild pitch)

Borba: Single, Schuessler to third

Winfield: RBI single, Longhorns trail 6-2

Mendoza: RBI single, Winfield to third, Longhorns trail 6-3

Belyeu: RBI double, Longhorns trail 6-4

Gasparino: RBI groundout to third, Longhorns trail 6-5

Rodriguez: Groundout to second

Top Fifth:

Groves: Single

Schupmann: Strikeout swinging

Zebig: Single

Quagliano: Grounded into double play (5-4-3)

Bottom Fifth:

Luke Weber (Illinois) pitching

Flores: Groundout to short

Schuessler: E3

Chamberlain: Fly out to left

Borba: Pop out to short

Top Sixth:

Ross: Fly out to right

Westcott: Groundout to short

Schroeder: Groundout to third

Bottom Sixth:

Winfield: Single (Tommy Farmer IV PR)

Mendoza: Fly out to center

Belyeu: Single, Farmer to third

Gasparino: Walk

Rodriguez: RBI fielder's choice, Longhorns tie game 6-6

Flores: Two-run double, Longhorns lead 8-6

Schuessler: Walk

Ryan Daly (Illinois) pitching

Chamberlain: Walk (Galvan PR)

Borba: Two-run single, Longhorns lead 10-6

Farmer: Two-run double, Longhorns lead 12-6

Mendoza: Single

Evan Clark (Illinois) pitching

Belyeu: Two-run double, Longhorns lead 14-6

Gasparino: Fly out to right

Top Seventh:

Jennings: Line out to right

Chee-Aloy: Pop out to third

Groves: Single

Schupmann: Strikeout swinging

Bottom Seventh:

Rodriguez: Strikeout swinging

Flores: Double

Schuessler: Double, Flores to third

Galvan: Walk

Borba: Strikeout swinging

All runners advanced, Flores scored (wild pitch), Longh

Farmer: Pop out to second

Top Eighth:

Zebig: Strikeout looking

Quagliano: Groundout to short

Landrus (PH for Ross): Fly out to center

Bottom Eighth:

Zach Bates (Illinois) pitching

Duplantier (PH for Mendoza): Fly out to right

Belyeu: Fly out to center

Gasparino: Strikeout swinging

Top Ninth:

Grayson Saunier (Texas) pitching

Reeder: Fly out to center

Johannes: Strikeout swinging

Mazzacano (PH for Jennings): Fly out to center

FINAL - No. 15 Longhorns 15 - Fighting Illini 6

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