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OU baseball blasted by Texas in Red River Rivalry series opener
The eighth-ranked OU baseball team dropped its series opener to second-ranked Texas 14-0 in seven innings Thursday night in Austin.
The Longhorns (21-4, 5-2 SEC) jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first and scored multiple runs in four of six innings at the plate en route to the run-rule victory. It was just the second time OU (19-6, 4-3 SEC) has been run-ruled this season.
The loss was OU’s second by double digits on the season. Texas’ 14 runs were the second-most the Sooners have surrendered this year.
OU starting RHP LJ Mercurius (L, 5-2) took his second loss of the season, giving up a season-high seven runs and 10 hits to go with three walks and one strikeout. OU used five pitchers out of the bullpen with Reid Hensley, Nate Smithburg and Jaden Barfield all registering one strikeout.
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No. 2 Baseball run rules Oklahoma in series opener, 14-0
AUSTIN, Texas — No. 2 Texas blanked No. 8 Oklahoma, 14-0, in a seven-inning contest at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Thursday night.
In the 233rd installment of the Red River Rivalry, the Longhorns (20-4, 5-2 SEC) recorded their largest shutout victory in series history, surpassing an 11-0 win on March 10, 1961. Texas also matched its second-biggest margin of victory against the Sooners (19-6, 4-3 SEC), defeating Oklahoma by 14 runs for the first time in nearly 40 years.
The Longhorns scored at least three runs in four of the first five innings, as all nine starting position players notched a hit.
Casey Borba led the charge offensively, finishing 3-for-4 with a home run and a season-best six RBI. Borba drove in a pair as part of the four-run first before delivering a two-RBI double in the three-run third. The junior capped off the outburst with a two-run blast in the fifth.
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