The Texas Longhorns couldn’t sustain the magic from Saturday evening, losing to the No. 8-seed Stanford Cardinal 8-3 on Sunday at Sunken Diamond in the Palo Alto Super Regional as the Cardinal received an iron man effort from ace Quinn Matthews.
After throwing 180 pitches last weekend the regional round, Matthews was held out on Saturday, but was dominant on Sunday in striking out 16 batters with one walk and three earned runs allowed on eight hits in a complete-game performance while throwing 156 pitches. Matthews was able to consistently work ahead in the count, often using his high-level changeup and Texas wasn’t able to get to him despite the elevated pitch count.