No. 23 Texas Beats Washington 4-3, Avoids Series Sweep: Live Game Log
Always win on Sundays. That motto is deeply ingrained within the culture for the No. 23 Texas Longhorns (10-8). Whether it means completing a series sweep, clinching a valuable series win or avoiding getting swept yourself, the mantra remains - Always win on Sunday.
Entering the series finale against the Washington Huskies (6-7-1) this mindset will be tested. A win against the Huskies avoids not only the series sweep, but their second three-game losing skid early in the campaign.
While an early season series loss is not a harbinger of doom for the Longhorns, being swept by Washington would send up an early crop of red flags regarding this team and how serious of a contender it truly is to make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament and potentially get to Omaha.
A win, however, prevents a three-game losing streak and momentarily rights the ship as the Longhorns head into a week with five scheduled games. Doing so, of course, could prove difficult if the version of the team from Friday and Saturday show up.
The bats need to wake up and the pitching staff needs a complete performance from both the starter and the bullpen. Otherwise, the Longhorns are in severe danger of being swept.
Stay tuned as we provide live updates as the Longhorns take on the Huskies from Disch-Falk Field on Sunday afternoon.
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Live updates will be available after first pitch.
Pregame
The Longhorns' starting lineup is listed below:
1B Jared Thomas
C Peyton Powell
SS Jalin Flores
LF Porter Brown
DH Rylan Galvan
RF Max Belyeu
3B Casey Borba
2B Jack O'Dowd
CF Will Gasparino
P Max Grubbs
Game start delayed due to lightning
Earliest possible start announced as 2 p.m. CT
First pitch announced for 2:20 p.m. CT
Top First:
Max Grubbs (Texas) pitching
Clayton: Strikeout swinging
Arquette: Single
Ybarra: Groundout to short, Arquette to third
Guerrero: Fly out to right
Bottom First:
Spencer Dessart (Washington) pitching
Thomas: Walk
Powell: Walk
Flores: Groundout to third, both runners advance
Brown: RBI fielder's choice, Thomas scores, Texas leads 1-0
Brown stole second
Galvan: RBI groundout, Brown to third, Texas leads 2-0
Belyeu: Walk
Borba: Fly out to center
Top Second:
Brown: Fly out to right
Whitton: E5
Ohland: Fielder's choice, E1
Wilson: Fielder's choice, Ohland out at second, Whitton to third
Blanchard: Groundout to second
Bottom Second:
O'Dowd: Double
Gasparino: Walk
Isaac Yeager (Washington) pitching
Thomas: Sac bunt, both runners advance
Powell: Walk
Flores: Pop out to second, O'Dowd scores, Texas leads 3-0
Brown: Groundout to second
Top Third:
Clayton: Fly out to left
Arquette: E4
Ybarra: Fly out to center
Guerrero: Fielder's choice, Arquette out at second
Bottom Third:
Galvan: Strikeout swinging
Belyeu: Fly out to center
Borba: Hit by pitch
O'Dowd: Single, Borba to third
Gasparino: Walk
Gianluca Shinn (Washington) pitching
Thomas: RBI walk, Texas leads 4-0
Powell: Groundout to third
Top Fourth:
Brown: Groundout to pitcher
Whitton: Single
Whitton to second on wild pitch
Ohland: Groundout to second, Whitton to third
Wilson: RBI double, Texas leads 4-1
Blanchard: Groundout to second
Bottom Fourth:
Flores: Groundout to first
Brown: Strikeout swinging
Galvan: Strikeout swinging
Top Fifth:
Clayton: Groundout to short
Arquette: Single
Ybarra: Strikeout swinging, Arquette caught stealing
Bottom Fifth:
Belyeu: Groundout to second
Borba: Double
O'Dowd: Groundout to short, Borba to third
Gasparino: Pop out to second
Top Sixth:
Guerrero: Groundout to third
Brown: Single (Osborne PR)
Whitton: E6
Ohland: Grounded into double play (6-4-3)
Bottom Sixth:
Thomas: Single
Powell: Fielder's choice, Thomas out at second
Kennedy: Grounded into double play (6-4-3)
Top Seventh:
Cole Selvig (Texas) pitching
Wilson: Hit by pitch
Blanchard: Fly out to center
Clayton: Fly out to right
Arquette: Strikeout swinging
Bottom Seventh:
Brown: Groundout to first
Galvan: Groundout to first
Belyeu: Strikeout swinging
Top Eighth:
Ybarra: Single
Guerrero: Two-run home run, Texas leads 4-3
Andre Duplantier II (Texas) pitching
Fossum (PH for Osborne): Groundout to short
Whitton: Single
Whitton caught stealing
Ohland: Strikeout swinging