On a sunny, cool, calm day at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, the No. 16 Texas Longhorns bounced back from an extra-inning loss to the San Diego Toreros with a 9-4 win on Sunday to take the series behind a more patient and opportunistic approach at the plate.
Once gain, the Longhorns fell behind early as redshirt junior right-hander Tanner Witt struggled with his velocity and command. A 1-2-3 inning to start the game obscured Witt’s propensity to leave pitches up in the zone that lacked the velocity to overcome Toreros hitters before things fell apart in the second. Witt walked the first two batters before committing a fielding error on a bunt, failing to get an out in the inning and leaving the bases loaded as Texas head coach David Pierce made a quick call to the bullpen for redshirt sophomore right-hander Cody Howard.