Pitcher Beau Ridgeway has left the Texas baseball program after reaching a mutual agreement with head coach David Pierce last Thursday, a source told The Daily Texan.
The concourses of UFCU Disch-Falk Field looked extra clean following the abundance of brooms in the crowd Sunday afternoon as Texas completed a three-game sweep of then-No. 1 LSU in walk-off fashion.
But by the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday, LSU fans resorted to booing Longhorn batters in an attempt to distract them as Texas tacked on one more win to its record after an 8-4 win.
A sold out crowd, the No. 2 team in the country and UFCU Disch-Falk Field. In front of the biggest regular season crowd since 2012, no one expected the No. 22 Longhorns to match the LSU Tigers, let alone beat them 8-1.
Under the warmth of the dugout’s heaters, Zach Zubia sat with his back pressed to the wall and feet atop the Longhorn bench while reflecting on the Wednesday night loss to UTSA.
There’s a saying in the hockey world that a 2–0 lead is the worst lead in sports. Well, the Texas baseball team may challenge that precept with one of their own — a 6-0 lead is the worst lead in sports. At least it was Wednesday night in the Longhorns’ 10-7 defeat by the UTSA Roadrunners at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
Longhorn fans will certainly find out which object succumbs to the other when the 6–2 Texas Longhorns host the 5–1 Sam Houston State Bearkats on Tuesday night. Texas is beginning to find consistent pitching and the bats are finding ways to score runs in a multitude of ways following a 3–1 weekend against the Purdue Boilermakers.
