What started in disaster turned into a very positive weekend for the Texas Longhorns baseball team. The No. 2 Longhorns shutout No. 4 Auburn on Sunday, 5-0. The win gives UT the 2-1 series win in the matchup of top five teams.
Auburn used nine pitchers in Sunday’s loss. Tigers starter Alex Petrovic suffered his first loss of the season as the Horns banged out nine hits and five runs.
Texas pitching allowed only four hits by Auburn in the game. Starter Dylan Volantis was a little wild, pitching just four innings. The 6-foot-6 lefty gave up three hits, four walks and struck out four on the day. UT used four pitchers out of the bullpen with the quartet only giving up one more hit the rest of the way.
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The series win is a good recovery for a team that had a disastrous end to the game on Friday. With Texas leading 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth, Auburn loaded bases. Auburn center fielder Bristol Carter hit a line drive to center, which Texas center fielder Aiden Robbins let get through him and to the wall to hand the Tigers a walk-off win.
Saturday, the Longhorns again got out to a lead that Auburn cut into. But this time Texas was able to hold off fourth-ranked Tigers. Robbins and right fielder Jayden Duplantier each homered in the win.
The series victory is a statement win for Texas, who went on the road to a top five opponent and took the series. If it wasn’t for Robbins error Friday, it could have been a Longhorns sweep.
Next, Texas will travel on Tuesday to Houston for a one-off game with the Cougars.
This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: No. 2 Texas Longhorns Baseball win series at No. 4 Auburn Top 5 clash
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