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No. 4 Texas Edges Vanderbilt in 10 to Take Road Series

The road win lifts Texas in the SEC race, pressuring Vanderbilt’s shaky NCAA case.

Overview

  • Texas won the finale 4-3 in 10 innings on a bases-loaded walk at Hawkins Field to clinch the series 2-1.
  • Reliever Sam Cozart kept Vanderbilt off the board late, stranding the winning run in the ninth and striking out the side in the tenth.
  • Ethan Mendoza’s eighth-inning sacrifice fly put Texas ahead 3-2 before Rustan Rigdon’s two-out double for Vanderbilt tied it in the bottom half.
  • Luke Harrison started for Texas and struck out seven in 4.1 innings as the Longhorns improved to 32-9 overall and 13-7 in SEC play.
  • Vanderbilt, which D1Baseball recently listed among the first four teams out of the NCAA field, issued seven walks and hit four batters in a loss that dents its résumé.