ARLINGTON, Texas – No. 9 Texas Baseball dropped its season opener, 8-3, to No. 7 Mississippi State in the State Farm College Baseball Showdown on Saturday at Globe Life Field. The Longhorns will be back in action against No. 8 Arkansas on Sunday at 7 p.m. at Globe Life Field.
Ivan Melendez hit his first career home run for the Longhorns, going deep in the bottom of the fifth to get Texas on the board. Melendez also lined an RBI double in the ninth and finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.