AUSTIN, Texas — No. 2 Texas scored nine times over the first two innings, cruising to a 12-2 run-rule victory over Houston Christian on Tuesday evening at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
The Longhorns (27-4) mounted tallies in four of their six trips to the plate, highlighted by a six-run second.
Second baseman Ethan Mendoza led the charge, as the sophomore totaled a three-hit effort and a career-best five RBI.
Mendoza delivered a two-run single as part of the crooked number in the second, before notching an RBI base hit in the third. Two innings later, he capped off his career night with a double that drove in a pair of tallies.