Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

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Payton makes big impact with his bat, glove

Christian Corona April 16, 2012

Texas has an All-American closer, a third baseman that’s batting over .400 in his last 19 games and two starting pitchers who gave up one run between them in 14-and-two-thirds collective innings...

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Texas sweeps doubleheader

Chris Hummer April 16, 2012

The threat of heavy rains on Sunday forced Texas to play a doubleheader on Saturday. But the change in scheduling did not deter the Longhorns, who swept the doubleheader. The second game of the set was...

French dominant as Horns top Cowboys in Game 1 of doubleheader

Christian Corona April 14, 2012

For the second straight game, Texas' starting pitcher was stellar. The Longhorns, unlike Friday night, did not let their starter's outing go to waste. Freshman Parker French scattered five hits...

Texas loses series opener to OSU in extras

Christian Corona April 14, 2012

The Longhorns came close. But they weren't playing horseshoes or tossing hand grenades. Sophomore right fielder Mark Payton, who drove in Texas' only run of the game in the second inning, came...

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Weiss white-hot at the plate after early-season struggles

Christian Corona April 13, 2012

Not many people had a better start to their college baseball career than Erich Weiss. The third baseman from Brenham went on a ridiculous tear to begin his freshman season, getting hits in each of his...

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Solid staff and lineup in hand, Longhorns need to improve defense

Chris Hummer April 13, 2012

Defense wins championships. The old adage applies in almost every sport, and that includes baseball. Many people overlook this aspect of the game when thinking of successful teams on the diamond, immediately...

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Horns hitters stay hot in lopsided win over A&M-Corpus Christi

Christian Corona April 11, 2012

The days of the Longhorns pitching staff carrying the team are over. Each of the first four players in the Texas lineup came into this week with batting averages above .300 and all four of those batters...

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Longhorns capitalize on first four innings

Chris Hummer April 11, 2012

The top of the Texas order shined as the Longhorns pushed across six runs in the first four innings, and the early output was enough to allow them to cruise to a 9-2 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi...

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Bats have come alive, turned around slow start to year

Chris Hummer April 10, 2012

After 13 games, Texas was struggling to find the win column at 5-8 and averaging an anemic 3.3 runs a game. The pitching kept the team afloat early on, but if their output at the plate didn’t change,...

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Payton runs streak of consecutive games reaching base to 29

Christian Corona April 9, 2012

A team’s leadoff batter has one crucial objective —­ get on base. That’s why it’s no wonder that sophomore right fielder Mark Payton, who has reached base in each of the Longhorns’...

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Texas scores 14 to beat Tech

Chris Hummer April 9, 2012

Texas sure knows how to come back from a 14-inning loss — just pound out 14 runs the next day. The No. 25 Longhorns (17-12, 7-2 Big 12) jumped all over Texas Tech (18-15, 3-9 Big 12) on Saturday...

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Strong final frames propel Longhorns

Christian Corona April 6, 2012

Coming into Thursday, it had been nearly a month between Nathan Thornhill’s last two wins — victories over Rice and California. But, thanks to an offense that went from nonexistent to lethargic...

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