Out of the stretch, with runners on second and third and the ballgame in the balance, Aaron Nixon came set, looking down at the mound.
So Nixon never saw Kurt Wilson take a big lead from third base and then steal home without a throw for a walkoff 5-4 win in the 10th inning, an unbelievable ending to a hard-fought, close game between the No. 2 Texas Longhorns and the No. 16 Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock on Friday evening.
The steal by Wilson came after Nixon struggled with his fastball command once again, walking the first two batters in extra innings and then paying after a sacrifice bunt and a strikeout put him on the precipice of extending the game before his colossal mistake on the mound.