On a cold night at UFCU Disch-Falk Field with the temperate in the 30s and the wind blowing in, the No. 1 Texas Longhorns pulled out a gritty 1-0 win over the Alabama Crimson Tide on Friday that felt like a high-stakes conference game in everything but the temperature.
Texas only managed five hits with two walks on the day, but Alabama left 12 runners on base and went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position, consistently failing to pick up the key hit to change the game.
In a change from the first five games, 16 of the 22 Texas batters who faced Alabama starter Garrett McMillan saw four pitches or less with three hits and two walks as the Longhorns generally failed to threaten the Crimson Tide starter and make him throw high-pressure pitches.