AUSTIN, Texas—No. 23 Texas Baseball scored a run in each of the first five innings and used a three-run seventh to overtake No. 7 Stanford in Thursday night's series opener at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
Texas (9-4) got on the board in the first thanks in large part to David Hamilton's speed. After Hamilton walked to lead things off, he stole second, moved to third on a fly out, and scored on a Kody Clemens groundball to put Texas up, 1-0.
In the second, Ryan Reynolds—who would come up with a huge two-out knock in the seventh—singled and DJ Petrinsky drove him home with a double to left-center to make it 2-0 in favor of the Longhorns.