Following last weekend’s series win over the then-No. 23 Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, the Texas Longhorns are tied for second in the Big 12 with a 6-3 record ahead of another early series against the BYU Cougars that starts on Thursday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field because the Cougars don’t play on Sundays.
It’s the first meeting between the two programs as Big 12 opponents, but Texas and BYU have played six times previously with the Longhorns winning five of those matchups, including a 5-1 record in Austin.
Texas is coming off an 11-1 win over Abilene Christian on Tuesday at home that saw the Longhorns score two runs in the first inning before blowing the game open with an eight-run fifth inning that included two solo home runs in the fifth by first baseman Jared Thomas and shortstop Jalin Flores.