No. 4 Baseball beats Stephen F. Austin, 9-1

AUSTIN, Texas – No. 4 Texas Baseball scored eight runs in the first four innings and cruised to a 9-1 victory over Stephen F. Austin at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Wednesday night. Texas (22-8) has won five consecutive games and 22 of the last 27.

Ivan Melendez and Zach Zubia each went 2-for-3 with a home run to pace the Longhorn offense, while Pete Hansen (3-1) pitched six shutout innings, striking out three and allowing two hits to earn the win.

Texas got the scoring started with a pair of runs in the first. Eric Kennedy led off with a bunt single down the first-base line and moved to second on his 13th stolen base of the season. Zach Zubia and Silas Ardoin followed with back-to-back one-out…