DJ Belfonted (4) of Nebraska gets tangled with Travis Tucker (2) of Texas after being forced out during the first game of their double header at Haymarket Park, Friday, April 10, 2009. WILLIAM LAUER/Lincoln Journal Star
#9 Texas 7 at Nebraska 5
#9 Texas 11 at Nebraska 7
The No. 9 Texas Longhorns logged their highest run total of the season to topple the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 11-7, in the second game of a Big 12 Conference baseball doubleheader at Hawks Field on Friday evening.
The win gave Texas a sweep of the twin bill and gave the Horns nine wins in their last 11 games.
Texas (23-8, 8-6 Big 12 Conference) scored multiple runs in each of its first four at-bats to take a 10-0 lead. The first inning featured a two-run double by Tant Shepherd. Michael Torres hit a two-run single and Shepherd drove in a run with a groundout in the second. A solo home run by Cameron Rupp keyed a three-run third. Doubles by Shepherd and Kevin Keyes to lead off the frame and a sacrifice fly by Preston Clark gave the Horns a 10-run lead.
Nebraska (16-17-1, 4-10 Big 12) cut the lead in half with five runs in the bottom half of the fourth. The Cornhuskers scored earned runs on a single by D.J. Belfonte and a sacrifice fly by Cory Burleson. After an error by Torres at third with two outs allowed the inning to continue, Cody Asche hit a three-run double to shave UT’s advantage to 10-5.
The Cornhuskers tacked on two more runs in the fifth with a throwing error on an attempted inning-ending double play turn allowed a pair to score, trimming the lead to 10-7.
#11 Oklahoma 6 Texas Tech 0
NORMAN, Okla. — Garrett Buechele drove in two runs off a career-high four hits and Andrew Doyle won his third straight Friday night start in the Big 12 as the No. 11 Sooners topped Texas Tech, 6-0, during Friday’s series opener in front of 1,220 fans at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
After a scoreless first inning, OU scored in each of the next four frames to build a 5-0 lead.
Buechele put the Sooners on the board when he extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a RBI single in the bottom of the second inning. In the fifth inning, Buechele collected his third hit of the game and gave OU a 5-0 lead after another run-scoring single.
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Missouri 5 at #13 Baylor 3
WACO, Texas – – Mizzou junior Kyle Gibson recorded his fourth complete game of the season as the Tigers defeated No. 7 Baylor, 5-3 on Friday night in Waco, Texas. Gibson struck out six in the game, allowing three runs on nine hits.
Gibson has pitched a complete game in four of his five starts in Big 12 Conference games this season. He improves to 5-3 on the season with he win.
“Kyle found his groove and gave us an opportunity,” Head Coach Tim Jamieson said. “We got some great at-bats and Kyle was strong at the end. There were a lot of things going on around him and he was able to keep his composure.”
With the victory on Friday, Missouri (17-17, 6-7 Big 12) has won four-straight over the Bears.
Baylor (21-10, 7-6) scored first, getting two runs in the first inning, which included a solo home run by Aaron Miller.
#16 Texas A&M 4 at Kansas State 2
#16 Texas A&M 4 at Kansas State 6
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Brooks Raley threw his second career complete game to lead No. 15 Texas A&M to a 4-2, come-from-behind win over Kansas State before 713 fans Friday in the first game of a doubleheader at Tointon Family Stadium.
Raley struck out 11, one shy of his career high, and allowed the league’s second-best offense just three hits on the day. With the victory the Aggies improved to 21-12 and 8-5 in Big 12 play, while the Wildcats saw a three-game win streak snapped as they fell to 24-9 and 5-5.
It took a clutch eighth-inning rally, however, to help the Aggies earn their league-leading eighth conference win of the year.
Trailing 2-0 and entering the top of the eighth, Kevin Gonzalez began the rally with a leadoff double to right center that chased KSU starter Lance Hoge. The next batter, pinch-hitter Brett Parsons, hit a hard ground ball up the middle that was knocked down behind the second-base bag. The infield single set A&M up with runners on the corners and no outs.
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Kansas 8 #17 Oklahoma State 1
LAWRENCE, Kan. –
Junior Shaeffer Hall tossed his second complete game of the season, while junior Robby Price backed him with three hits as Kansas downed No. 17 Oklahoma State, 8-1 Friday in the opener of the teams’ three-game Big 12 baseball series at Hoglund Ballpark.
The Jayhawks, who won their 16th game at home, improved to 21-12 overall and 5-5 in the conference. The Cowboys fell to 21-12 and 4-6 in the Big 12.
Hall was the story of Friday night’s game, recording his second complete game of the season, allowing a run on five hits with no walks and a career-high nine strikeouts. He retired the lead-off hitter in every inning, and set down 10 in a row at one point in the game.
Oklahoma State did not put a base runner into scoring position until Tyrone Hambly’s one-out double in the sixth inning. Hall made just one mistake, a solo home run by Doug Kroll, but was dominate against the team which had scored the second-most runs in the Big 12 this season.
Kansas Recap
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