LAS VEGAS — Junior shortstop Jalin Flores mounted his third career multi-homer effort and 15th-ranked Texas jumped out to an eight-run advantage, as the Longhorns held off Washington, 10-9, on Friday evening at Las Vegas Ballpark.
After Texas (7-1) put up a seven-spot in the sixth inning, the Huskies (3-7) responded with six runs of their own.
The Longhorns — who once led, 9-1 — had to fend off Washington following a pair of runs in the eighth.
Texas sixth-year right-hander Andre Duplantier II stranded the tying tally 90 feet away and the go-ahead run on second with back-to-back strikeouts, before junior righty Max Grubbs (2) set down the Huskies on 10 pitches to secure the win.