GAME LOG: Pitching Woes and Ice Cold Bats See Texas Fall to Notre Dame 7-3

After a season filled with ups and downs, the Texas Longhorns once again find themselves at their home away from home, Omaha. They will look to win start their 38th College World Series appearance off on the right foot, with a victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to find themselves in the winners bracket on Sunday.

Pregame

The Longhorns have released their starting lineup and it is as follows:

CF Hodo

LF Kennedy

1B Melendez

2B Stehly

DH Todd

3B Messinger

C Ardoin

RF Campbell

SS Faltine

P Hansen

Tonight's lineup! First pitch at 6:15 p.m.https://t.co/6hoBNsLOs3 #HookEm pic.twitter.com/DShVF10uDA
— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) June 17, 2022

Top First

Pete Hansen (Texas) pitching

Cole: Fly out to center

Miller: Solo home run Notre Dame leads 1-0

Putz: Fly out to center

Zyska: Groundout to first

Bottom First

John Michael Bertrand (ND) pitching

Hodo: Strikeout swinging

Kennedy: Groundout to first

Melendez: Groundout to third

Top Second

LaManna: Single

Brannigan: Strikeout swinging

Prajzner: Single

Coetzee: Strikeout swinging

Myers: Groundout to third

Bottom Second

Stehly: Fly out to center

Todd: Groundout to second

Messinger: Single

Ardoin: Groundout to short

Top Third

Cole: HBP, stole second

Miller: Single

Putz: RBI fielder's choice, Miller out at second ND leads 2-0

Zyska: Strikeout swinging

LaManna: Strikeout swinging

Bottom Third

Campbell: Walk

Faltine: Single, Campbell to third

Hodo: Strikeout swinging

Kennedy: RBI fielder's choice, Faltine out at second Texas trails 2-1

Melendez: Single, Kennedy to third

Stehly: Strikeout swinging

Top Fourth

Brannigan: Single

Prajzner: Pop out to short

Coetzee: Single, Brannigan to third

Myers: RBI Fielder's choice ND leads 3-1

Cole: Fly out to center, Coetzee to third

Miller: HBP

Putz: Lineout to second

Bottom Fourth

Todd: Groundout to short

Messinger: Groundout to first

Ardoin: Fly out to right

Top Fifth

Zyska: Strikeout swinging

LaManna: Single

Brannigan: Single

Prajzner: RBI single ND leads 4-1

Tristan Stevens (Texas) pitching

Stevens balks in a run ND leads 5-1

Coetzee: Fly out to left

Myers: RBI single, caught stealing ND leads 6-1

Cole: Will lead off sixth

Bottom Fifth

Campbell: Single, stole second

Faltine: Strikeout swinging

Hodo: RBI single ND leads 6-2

Kennedy: Pop out to third

Melendez: Fielder's choice, Hodo out at second

Top Sixth

Cole: Groundout to first

Miller: Walk

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

Bottom Sixth

Stehly: Single, scored on wild pitch ND leads 6-3

Todd: Groundout to short, Stehly to third

Alex Rao (ND) pitching

Messinger: Strikeout swinging

Ardoin: Strikeout swinging

Top Seventh

Zyska: Fly out to center

LaManna: Strikeout swinging

Brannigan: Strikeout looking

Bottom Seventh

Campbell: Lineout to third

Faltine: Lineout to third

Hodo: Walk

Kennedy: Strikeout swinging

Top Eighth

Prajzner: Fly out to center

Coetzee: Fly out to right

Myers: Groundout to second

Bottom Eighth

Melendez: Strikeout swinging

Stehly: Fly out to center

Todd: Groundout to third

Top Ninth

Cole: Fly out to center

Miller: Groundout to short

Putz: Solo home run ND leads 7-3

Zyska: Groundout to short

Bottom Ninth

Messinger: Fly out to center

Ardoin: Groundout to short

Campbell: Groundout to third

You can find Connor Zimmerlee on Twitter @Connorjz98

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