Nebraska left fielder Cade Thompson scrambles for a ball as fans watch from the berms in the third inning against Texas on Apr. 11, 2009. GWYNETH ROBERTS/Lincoln Journal Star
#9 Texas 9 at Nebraska 2
LINCOLN, Neb. — Sophomore right-hander Cole Green pitched his first career nine-inning complete-game to lead the No. 9 Texas Longhorns to a 9-2 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to cap off a three-game Big 12 Conference baseball series sweep at Hawks Field.
Green (3-0) allowed just four hits and three walks while striking out five over his 9.0 innings of work. The northpaw yielded two runs, one earned, on 112 pitches. Green lowered his ERA to 2.42 on the season and booked his second complete-game of the season, the first being a seven-inning affair against UIC.
Texas (24-8, 9-6 Big 12) scored in seven of the nine innings, registered a season-high 15 hits and reached double-digits in the hit column for the fifth consecutive game. The Longhorns added five stolen bases, including two by Michael Torres. Travis Tucker went 3-for-4 with one run. Torres, Brandon Belt, Preston Clark, Cameron Rupp and Connor Rowe had two hits apiece. Clark, Rupp and Rowe each notched two RBI.
Texas scored first for the 23rd time in 32 games this season. The Longhorns drew first blood in the top of the first inning. Tucker hit a lead-off single up the middle and was replaced at first base by Torres on a fielder’s choice groundout. Belt singled to rightfield and a double steal put runners at second and third. Russell Moldenhauer plated Torres with a groundout to first base for the 1-0 lead.
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#11 Oklahoma 4 Texas Tech 0
Texas Tech 5 #11 Oklahoma 1
NORMAN, Okla. — The No. 11 Sooners earned a 4-0 victory in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader over Texas Tech and clinched their fourth Big 12 series win.
The shutout, OU’s third straight, improved the Sooners to 28-7 overall and 8-3 in Big 12 play. The pitching staff has hung up 33 scoreless innings dating back to the third game of the Missouri series.
Stephen Porlier made his first start since May 25, 2007 (vs. Oklahoma State) and improved to 1-0 after five solid innings. The Sooners’ Friday night ace from 2007, struck out five batters and limited the Red Raiders ( 15-22, 6-8) to two hits. Texas Tech did not have a hit off Porlier in the first 3 1/3 innings of action.
Matt Harughty gave the Sooners an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third with his sixth home run of the season. The blast to left, the Sooners’ 61st this year, plated Garrett Buechele, who doubled earlier in the frame to extend his hitting streak to 15 games.
#13 Baylor 8 Missouri 7
#13 Baylor 16 Missouri 0
WACO, Texas — Dustin Dickerson’s base-loaded, walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th gave seventh-ranked Baylor an 8-7 victory over Missouri in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader at Baylor Ballpark. Willie Kempf tossed a two-hit shutout with a career-high 12 strikeouts as the Bears rolled to a 19-0, seven-inning victory in the nightcap to sweep the doubleheader. Baylor (23-10, 9-6) won the series two games to one, snapping a four-series losing streak against Missouri (17-19, 6-9).
Baylor’s victory in the first game was its seventh last-at-bat win of the season. The Bears also pushed their record in one-run games to 11-1 with their 10th consecutive victory in such games. Baylor improved to 4-0 this season in extra-inning games. Baylor’s 19-run victory in the nightcap was the Bears’ largest margin of victory ever in a Big 12 game. The Bears earned their first series win over Missouri since 2004 and their first against the Tigers in Waco since 2001.
Missouri built an early 5-1 lead in the first game, but Shaver Hansen’s three-run homer in the bottom of the third pulled the Bears back into the game. Landis Ware’s RBI double in the bottom of the fourth tied the game at 5-5, and Raynor Campbell gave the Bears a 7-5 lead with a two-run homer in the sixth. The Tigers tied the game in the top of the eighth thanks to three consecutive singles and a wild pitch. Greg Folgia plated both runs, singling through the left side with runners at second and third.
Josh Ludy walked to open the 11th inning and was safe at second on Ware’s fielder’s choice sacrifice bunt. Brooks Pinckard then reached on a bunt single to load the bases. Dickerson followed with the game-winning hit, lining a single over Folgia’s head in left.
Aaron Miller (3-0) earned the victory for the Bears, allowing two runs on seven hits and no walks with 10 strikeouts over 8.0 relief innings. Miller tied a single-game school record for strikeouts in relief; it was the third time in the last 12 months that a Baylor pitcher recorded 10 strikeouts in relief in a game.
Kansas State 4 #16 Texas A&M 3
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Trailing 3-2 entering the bottom of the ninth, Kansas State received a pinch-hit RBI single from Mike Kindel and a game-winning sacrifice fly from Carter Jurica as the Wildcats defeated No. 15 Texas A&M in come-from-behind fashion, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium.
With the victory, K-State improved to 26-9 overall and 7-5 in Big 12 action, while Texas A&M fell to 21-14 and 8-7 in conference play.
Kansas State tallied its second-straight conference series victory and captured its first series victory over Texas A&M since 2005. The win was also the sixth against a ranked opponent this season, including four against Big 12 foes.
Trailing by one in their last at-bat, Jason King singled off Texas A&M closer Nick Fleece (3-1). Jordan Cruz was next and belted a ball into deep left-center field, which off the bat appeared to be a walk-off homer, but Aggie left fielder Dylan Petrich tracked down the ball on the warning track.
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Kansas 13 #17 Oklahoma State 6
LAWRENCE, Kan. –
Brian Heere and Buck Afenir each had three hits and combined for seven RBIs, while reigning Big 12 Pitcher of the Week T.J. Walz posted a career high 10 strikeouts as Kansas earned its fourth-straight win, 13-6 over 17th-ranked Oklahoma State Saturday at Hoglund Ballpark.
The Jayhawks clinch their second series win over a Top 25 team this season and improve to 22-12 overall and 6-5 in conference play. The Cowboys fall to 21-13 and 4-7 in the Big 12.
KU’s offense carried the team throughout the afternoon as the Jayhawks scored 13 runs on 13 hits, their most productive day against a conference opponent this season. Heere, who had five hits Tuesday at Iowa, went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and four RBIs. Afenir also had three hits and finished with three RBIs.
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