Texas Baseball Score: Longhorns Crush Holy Cross 19-1 in NCAA Regional Opener

The Texas Longhorns are Omaha-bound after edging the Oregon Ducks 6-5 in Game 2 of the Austin Super Regional, completing a 2-0 sweep and clinching the program’s record-extending 39th Men’s College World Series berth. Texas jumped on Duck starter Walker Sanford early: leadoff man Aidan Robbins crushed the first pitch of the night over the left-center wall, and Carson Tinney followed with another blast for back-to-back first-inning homers. Tinney added an RBI single in the second, while Robbins coaxed a bases-loaded walk to stake the Longhorns to a 4-0 cushion. Oregon clawed back behind a two-run double from designated hitter Dylan Smith and a string of RBI groundouts, leveling the contest 4-4 by the fifth. After the Ducks pushed across the go-ahead run in the sixth, Texas answered in the seventh: Tinney singled, Alex Pack Jr. walked, and shortstop Adrian Rodriguez roped a two-run opposite-field double that put the Horns back on top for good, 6-5. Right-hander Ryan Riojas (5.2 IP, 4 ER, 7 K) battled through the middle frames before the bullpen trio of Ethan Walker, Blake Walls and Tristan Burns combined for 3.1 scoreless innings. Seth Cozart slammed the door with a clean ninth, sparking a dogpile in front of a sold-out crowd at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Key numbers • Robbins & Tinney: 4-for-8, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R • Rodriguez: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI (go-ahead hit) • Texas stranded 13 runners but out-hit Oregon 9-7. • The Ducks left seven on base and finished their season 43-18. What’s next The Longhorns (45-13) advance to face Georgia in the opening round of the MCWS on Friday night in Omaha. With a potent lineup that has now clubbed 26 homers in postseason play and a pitching staff peaking at the right time, head coach David Pierce’s squad heads to Nebraska riding a seven-game winning streak and eyeing the program’s seventh national championship.