OMAHA, Neb. — Jackson Kowar's first inning didn't portend the stellar afternoon he was about to have Tuesday. He didn't give up a run in the first, but he threw 25 pitches.
"Just reminded him he's going to have to be a little more economical," Gators coach Kevin O'Sullivan said.
No worries, coach.
Kowar struck out a career-high 13 in 6 2/3 shutout innings, mixing his changeup with a fastball still touching the mid-90s deep into his season-high 121-pitch performance that flummoxed Texas in a 6-1 win eliminating the Longhorns from the College World Series.
"It's probably the best I've seen him, to be honest with you, with the whole package, with everything concerned," O'Sullivan said.