With the poise honed as a star quarterback at Lampasas, left-hander Ace Whitehead shined in the first weekend start of his career on Saturday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, throwing 119 pitches in a complete-game performance against the Baylor Bears in a 10-2 bounce-back victory for the Texas Longhorns following Friday’s 4-3 loss in 11 innings.
In a fitting finish, Whitehead struck out the final batter he faced in a 1-2-3 ninth inning, closing out the victory with two runs allowed on six hits with one walk and five strikeouts, building on the seven scoreless innings of one-hit baseball he threw in relief last weekend against Washington.