The No. 9 seed Texas Longhorns couldn’t get much going through six innings against Louisiana Tech Bulldogs right-hander Ryan Jennings, but three runs on six consecutive hits in the seventh helped the Longhorns separate in a 5-2 win on Saturday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in the Austin Regional.
Left-hander Lucas Gordon and right-hander Tristan Stevens dealt with consistent threats from the Diamond Dogs, but regularly rose to the occasion in front of a record college baseball crowd of 8,502 at the Disch as Louisiana Tech stranded 13 runners in the game.
Gordon struggled some with his command in the first inning, in part a result of Saturday’s umpire not calling as many high strikes as Friday’s umpire, putting runners on first and second with one out following a hit by pitch and a walk.