Longhorns Trail Aggies 8-2 Entering Bottom of Third Inning: Live Updates

Losing games is an inevitability in sports. In a perfect world, of course, an undefeated season would always be possible. That's just simply not the case and especially so in college baseball, which the No. 2 Texas Longhorns (27-6, 9-4) have learned.

Of course, that doesn't make those losses sting any less. They hurt even worse when they come in the manner that their loss to the No. 18 Texas A&M Aggies (26-7, 8-5) did in their series opener on Friday evening.

It was a slow start to the festivities, as neither team could get on the scoreboard in the first inning. That quickly changed in the third, however, as Texas struck first in the top half before the Aggies came back with two of their own in the bottom of the inning.

Texas' pitching struggled mightily in the opener

Texas Longhorns coachJim Schlossnagle — Texas Longhorns head coach Jim Schlossnagle stands in the dugout ahead of the Lone Star Showdown. | Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

This kicked off a frantic stretch in which the Longhorns scored in four straight innings and the Aggies in five straight, highlighting a back-and-forth heavyweight bout. Capping this stretch off for Texas was a two-run blast from Carson Tinney in the sixth to take a 6-4 lead.

Unfortunately, that lead was quickly squandered. In the bottom of the sixth, Texas A&M plated three runs without a hit as the Longhorns issued five walks in the meltdown.

The Aggies tacked on their final run in eighth, extending the lead to 9-6. Texas got two back in the ninth on back-to-back home runs from Aiden Robbins and Anthony Pack Jr., but it would not be enough in what was a 9-8 loss in the opener.

Now, veteran southpaw Luke Harrison will take the rubber in the second game. He'll look to continue his strong start in SEC play and stifle the Aggies lineup to help tie the series.

Follow along as we provide live at-bat by at-bat updates, with the Longhorns looking to even up the series against the Aggies on Saturday afternoon from Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.

WEATHER DELAY -

We have entered a weather delay in the bottom of the first due to heavy rain. Stay tuned for updates as they become available.

UPDATE -

Following the delay, it has been announced that play is set to resume at 4 p.m. CT in College Station. The Longhorns will return to the field trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the first.

How to watch/listen -

Saturday April 11 - 2 p.m. CT - ESPN2/TexasSports.com/Audio

The Longhorns' starting lineup will be listed below -

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— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) April 11, 2026

2B - Ethan Mendoza

C - Carson Tinney

CF - Aiden Robbins

LF - Anthony Pack Jr.

SS - Temo Becerra

3B - Casey Borba

1B - Ashton Larson

RF - Jayden Duplantier

DH - Josh Livingston

P - Luke Harrison

Live updates will be available after first pitch

Top First:

Aiden Sims (Texas A&M) pitching

Mendoza: Double

Tinney: Fly out to right, Mendoza advanced to third

Robbins: E6, Mendoza scores, Longhorns lead 1-0

Pack: Grounded into double play (4-6-3)

Bottom First:

Luke Harrison (Texas) pitching

Grahovac: Single

Sorrell: Single

Hacopian: Strikeout looking

Duer: Walk

Partida: Two-run double, Longhorns trail 2-1

Kiel: Walk

Wilson: Strikeout swinging

Harrison: Two-run double, Longhorns trail 4-1

Kellner: Walk

Grahovac: Three-run triple, Longhorns trail 7-1

Sorrell: RBI double, Longhorns trail 8-1

Max Grubbs (Texas) pitching

Hacopian: Groundout to short

Top Second:

Becerra: Hit by pitch

Borba: Strikeout swinging

Larson: Walk

Duplantier: Pop out to second

Livingston: Strikeout swinging

Bottom Second:

Duer: Groundout to short

Partida: Fly out to right

Kiel: Fly out to center

Top Third:

Mendoza: Groundout to second

Tinney: Fly out to right

Robbins: Solo home run, Longhorns trail 8-2

Pack: Fly out to right

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