Longhorns Baseball Clinches Share of Big 12 Title After 12-2 Saturday Win
The No. 2 Texas Longhorns baseball team won a share of the Big 12 regular-season conference championship on Saturday night, after a 12-2 win over the West Virginia Mountaineers, and a little help from the Kansas State Wildcats.
Heading into the final game of the weekend, Texas trailed the TCU Horned Frogs by half a game in the Big 12 standings, needing a win over West Virginia, as well as an upset win from Kansas State to take a share of the title.
Kansas State would hold up their end of the bargain, upsetting the Horned Frogs with a walk-off three-run home run from catcher Chris Ceballos.
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Back in Austin, the Longhorns fell behind early in the first inning to the Mountaineers 1-0. However, thanks to a big second inning from the Texas offense, the Longhorns took control and never looked back, racking up 15 hits and 12 runs over the final eight innings, and clinching a share of the Big 12 title.
Eric Kennedy led the way for the Longhorns, ending the day with three hits on four at-bats, with four RBI, while Mike Antico and Mitchell Daly also finished with three hits apiece.
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On the mound, Pete Hansen went six innings, allowing just one run and two hits, while striking out six batters for his seventh win of the year.
The Longhorns (40-13, 17-7) will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Big 12 Conference Tournament in Oklahoma City.
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