AUSTIN, Texas—Despite the less than ideal weather, the annual Texas Baseball Fan Appreciation Day and Alumni Game brought springtime baseball back to UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday, with the Longhorns defeating a team of Alumni and other current Texas players by a 9-2 final.
Right-handed pitcher Morgan Cooper took the hill for the home White team and faced a batting order made up of pro-Longhorns. Big leaguer Drew Stubbs led off, followed by major league farmhands Ben Johnson (Kansas City Royals) and Erich Weiss (Pittsburgh Pirates), Philadelphia Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp, and prospects Tres Barrera (Washington Nationals), Brooks Marlow (Houston Astros), Mark Payton (New York Yankees) and C.