No. 4 Texas Cruises to 10-2 Series Opening Win Over No. 11 Alabama: Live Game Log

The No. 4 Texas Longhorns will look to get back on track in conference play against the No. 11 Alabama Crimson Tide.

Texas Longhorns second baseman Ethan Mendoza celebrates after scoring against the Texas State Bobcats | University of Texas Athletics

Some weekends in conference play you're on top of the world and others you can't wait for the final out in the series finale to come. This season the No. 4 Texas Longhorns (28-7, 9-5) have experienced both in conference play.

Fortunately for them, so have their opponents this weekend. The No. 11 Alabama Crimson Tide (27-11, 8-7) make their way to Austin fresh off a similarly disappointing in their conference series last weekend.

Prior to their last series, the Longhorns had yet to lose a weekend in SEC play this season. That momentum was brought to a screeching halt during their visit to College Station, as No. 10 Texas A&M won the first two games of the series before weather on Sunday forced the finale to be cancelled.

Both squads struggled in their last conference outing

Texas Longhorns outfielder Aiden Robbins celebrates after hitting a home run against the Auburn Tigers. | University of Texas Athletics

As for the Crimson Tide, they did not fare any better in their series against No. 16 Arkansas. Hosting the Razorbacks, they were promptly swept at home and now find themselves sitting at 8-7 in conference play.

Now, both teams will look to get themselves back in the win column in SEC play and prevent a potential slide down into the middle of the pack standings wise. Texas sits at 9-5 and tied for second with the Aggies, with both just two games behind No. 5 Georgia.

It'll be a slightly different look for the Longhorns in this one, however, with Dylan Volantis toeing the rubber to open the series rather than Ruger Riojas. No, this not a panic move. With last Sunday's game being cancelled, Jim Schlossnagle opted to not have Volantis wait two weeks between starts.

Follow along as we provide live at-bat by at-bat updates, with the Longhorns opening their three-game weekend series against the Crimson Tide on Friday evening from UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

How to watch/listen -

Friday April 17 - 6:30 p.m. CT - SEC Network+/TexasSports.com/Audio

The Longhorns' starting lineup will be listed below -

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CF - Aiden Robbins

C - Carson Tinney

SS - Adrian Rodriguez

LF - Anthony Pack Jr.

2B - Ethan Mendoza

3B - Temo Becerra

DH - Josh Livingston

1B - Casey Borba

RF - Dariyan Pendergrass

P - Dylan Volantis

Live updates will be available after first pitch

Top First:

Dylan Volantis (Texas) pitching

Fowler: Strikeout swinging

Lebron: E6

Neal: Strikeout looking

Lebron stole second

Hines: Fly out to center

Bottom First:

Tyler Fay (Alabama) pitching

Robbins: Double

Tinney: Two-run home run, Longhorns lead 2-0

Rodriguez: Single

Pack: Groundout to short, Rodriguez to second

Mendoza: RBI single, Longhorns lead 3-0

Becerra: Fly out to right

Livingston: Fly out to center

Top Second:

Vaughn: Strikeout swinging

Torres: Strikeout swinging

Barnett: Strikeout swinging

Bottom Second:

Borba: Groundout to short

Pendergrass: Hit by pitch

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

Top Third:

Holt: Fly out to center

Kroberger: Strikeout looking

Fowler: Walk

Fowler advanced to third (E1)

Lebron: Strikeout swinging

Bottom Third:

Tinney: Single

Rodriguez: Single

Pack: Single

Mendoza: RBI double play, Rodriguez to third, Longhorns lead 4-0

Becerra: Strikeout swinging

Top Fourth:

Neal: Single

Hines: Strikeout swinging

Vaughn: Grounded into double play (1-4-3)

Bottom Fourth:

Livingston: Pop out to second

Borba: Single

Pendergrass: Single, Borba to third

Robbins: Hit by pitch

Tinney: Strikeout looking

Rodriguez: Fly out to left

Top Fifth:

Torres: Groundout to short

Barnett: Strikeout swinging

Holt: Strikeout looking

Bottom Fifth:

Pack: Double

Mendoza: Groundout to short, Pack advanced to third

Becerra: Sac fly, Longhorns lead 5-0

Livingston: Fly out to right

Top Sixth:

Kroberger: Strikeout swinging

Fowler: SIngle, advanced to second E6

Lebron: Single, Fowler advanced to third

Fowler scored, Lebron to second, Longhorns lead 5-1

Neal: Strikeout swinging

Lebron stole third, scored (wild pitch), Longhorns lead 5-2

Hines: Double

Vaughn: Groundout to short

Bottom Sixth:

Borba: Pop out to second

Pendergrass: Single

Pendergrass advanced to second (passed ball)

Robbins: RBI double, Longhorns lead 6-2

Connor Lehman (Alabama) pitching

Tinney: RBI double, Longhorns lead 7-2

Rodriguez: Groundout to second, Tinney advanced to third

Pack: RBI single, Longhorns lead 8-2

Mendoza: Strikeout swinging

Top Seventh:

Sam Cozart (Texas) pitching

Torres: Walk

Lemm (PH for Barnett): Strikeout looking

Holt: Line out to short

Kroberger: Strikeout looking

Bottom Seventh:

Becerra: Groundout to second

Courville (PH for Livingston): Single

Borba: Sac bunt, Courville to second

Pendergrass: Fly out to left

Top Eighth:

Fowler: Strikeout swinging

Lebron: Line out to short

Neal: Strikeout looking

Bottom Eighth:

Robbins: Walk

Tinney: Hit by pitch

Rodriguez: Fly out to right

Pack: RBI double, Tinney to third, Longhorns lead 9-2

Owen Sarna (Alabama) pitching

Mendoza: Sac fly, Pack to third, Longhorns lead 10-2

Becerra: Strikeout swinging

Top Ninth:

Hines: Groundout to third

Purdy (PH for Vaughn): Strikeout looking

Osterhouse (PH for Torres): Line out to first

FINAL - No. 4 Texas 10 - No. 11 Alabama 2

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