After moving up to No. 16 in the D1Baseball Top 25 poll on Monday, the Texas Longhorns open the season at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Tuesday against the Houston Cougars on SEC Network+ at 5:30 p.m. Central, a start time moved up an hour to beat a cold front that will arrive in Austin to drop the temperature into the 30s by 10 p.m.
Texas returns to the Forty Acres after a largely successful weekend that saw the Longhorns win the Shriners Children’s College Classic with victories over the Rebels and Cowboys as redshirt junior left-hander Luke Harrison earned SEC Pitcher of the Week honors for his 6.