No. 4 Texas Downs No. 10 Mississippi State 11-6, Wins Series: Live Game Log

The No. 4 Texas Longhorns (34—10, 14—8) are preparing for another conference series finale on Sunday afternoon against the No. 10 Mississippi State Bulldogs (36—11, 14—9). They'll look to shake off the disappointment of a loss in the second game on Saturday.

Of course, you can't win every game and sometimes it just isn't your day. However, the Longhorns can only blame themselves for the loss to the Bulldogs. More specifically, the offense shoulders the brunt of the weight for Saturday's showing.

It was a pitcher's duel for most of the game, with both squads failing to score in each of the first three innings. Bouncing back, Ruger Riojas looked like his usual self and tossed five innings while allowing just one run and striking out seven.

Texas' bats struggled mightily in Saturday's loss

At the plate, the Longhorns finally broke through in the fifth inning when Casey Borba went deep for a leadoff home run. That would be the only offense they managed until the bottom of the ninth, though not for a lack of trying.

In each inning from the sixth through the eighth they loaded the bases and each time they came up emptyhanded. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs struck for four two-out runs in the seventh and then tacked on two more runs in the eighth.

Texas tried to rally in the ninth, pushing across three runs and again loading the bases. Again, though, it was all for not as Anthony Pack Jr. struck out swinging to solidify the 7-4 loss — a loss in which the Longhorns stranded a whopping 17 runners.

Now, they'll send Luke Harrison to the mound in the Sunday finale and hope he, as well as the bats, can deliver a big-time performance to secure the series win.

Follow along as we provide live at-bat by at-bat updates, with the Longhorns looking to bounce back from Saturday's loss and win the series against Misssissippi State on Sunday afternoon from UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

How to watch/listen -

Sunday May 3 - 1 p.m. CT - ESPN/TexasSports.com/Audio

The Longhorns' starting lineup will be listed below -

RF - Aiden Robbins

C - Carson Tinney

LF - Anthony Pack Jr.

2B - Ethan Mendoza

SS - Adrian Rodriguez

3B- Temo Becerra

1B - Casey Borba

DH - Presley Courville

CF - Maddox Monsour

P - Luke Harrison

Live updates will be available after first pitch

Top First:

Luke Harrison (Texas) pitching

Frei: Strikeout swinging

Reese: Walk

Sullivan: Strikeout swinging

Bevis: Walk

Parker: RBI single, Longhorns trail 1-0

Valincius: Walk

Chance: Grand slam, Longhorns trail 5-0

Milewski: Strikeout looking

Bottom First:

Charlie Foster (Mississippi State) pitching

Robbins: Groundout to third

Tinney: Groundout to first

Pack: Groundout to second

Top Second:

Wyers: Strikeout swinging

Frei: Strikeout swinging

Reese: Strikeout swinging

Bottom Second:

Mendoza: Single

Rodriguez: Fielder's choice, Mendoza out at second

Becerra: Fly out to center

Borba: Strikeout swinging

Top Third:

Sullivan: Strikeout looking

Bevis: Groundout to short

Parker: E5

Valincius: Groundout to third

Bottom Third:

Courville: Walk

Monsour: Walk

Courville stole third, Monsour stole second

Robbins: Walk

Tinney: RBI hit by pitch, Longhorns trail 5-1

Jack Gleason (Mississippi State) pitching

Pack: Two-run single, Tinney to third, Longhorns trail 5-3

Pack stole second

Mendoza: Walk

Rodriguez: Two-run single, Longhorns and Bulldogs tied 5-5

Becerra: RBI double, Rodriguez to third, Longhorns lead 6-5

Brendan Sweeney (Mississippi State) pitching

Borba: Two-run double, Longhorns lead 8-5

Courville: Groundout to third, Borba advanced to third

Monsour: Fielder's choice, Borba out at home

Monsour stole second

Robbins: RBI single, Longhorns lead 9-5

Tinney: Fly out to center

Top Fourth:

Chance: Double

Milewski: Line out to short

Wyers: Strikeout swinging

Frei: Groundout to short

Bottom Fourth:

Pack: Fly out to left

Mendoza: Strikeout swinging

Rodriguez: Triple

Becerra: RBI double, Longhorns lead 10-5

Peyton Fowler (Mississippi State) pitching

Borba: Walk

Becerra stole third, Borba stole second

Courville: Strikeout looking

Top Fifth:

Reese: Groundout to short

Sullivan: Fly out to center

Bevis: Strikeout swinging

Top Fifth:

Tyler Pitzer (Mississippi State) pitching

Monsour: Single

Monsour caught stealing

Robbins: Walk

Tinney: Strikeout swinging

Pack: Fly out to center

Top Sixth:

Haiden Leffew (Texas) pitching

Parker: Triple

Valincius: RBI groundout to short, Longhorns lead 10-6

Chance: Walk

Chance stole second

Milewski: Walk

Brett Crossland (Texas) pitching

Wyers: Groundout to pitcher, both runners advanced

Frei: Walk

Reese: Strikeout looking

Top Sixth:

Mendoza: Double

Rodriguez: Strikeout swinging

Becerra: Strikeout swinging

Borba: Fly out to center

Top Seventh:

Sullivan: Strikeout looking

Bevis: Groundout to short

Parker: Groundout to first

Bottom Seventh:

Larson (PH for Courville): Walk

Duplantier pinch ran for Larson

Monsour: Pop out to catcher

Duplantier advanced to second (E1)

Tanner Beliveau (Mississippi State) pitching

Duplantier advanced to second (wild pitch)

Robbins: RBI single, Longhorns lead 11-6

Robbins advanced to second (wild pitch)

Braden Booth (Mississippi State) pitching (1-0 count)

Tinney: Fly out to left

Pack: Groundout to second

Top Eighth:

Sam Cozart (Texas) pitching

Valincius: Walk

Chance: Walk

Milewski: Grounded into double play (6-4-3)

Wyers: Hit by pitch

Frei: Groundout to short

Bottom Eighth:

Mendoza: Walk

Rodriguez: Walk

Becerra: Fly out to left

Parker Rhodes (Mississippi State) pitching

Mendoza caught stealing, Rodriguez advanced second

Borba: Strikeout swinging

Top Ninth:

Reese: Fly out to center

Sullivan: Line out to second

Bevis: Fly out to right

FINAL: No. 4 Texas 11 — No. 10 Mississippi State 6

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