University of Minnesota Athletics
Friday, February 20
Austin, Texas
6:00 PM
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Longhorns Beat Gophers 13-2 on 17 Hits
2/20/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Feb. 20, 2015
No. 10 Texas outhit Minnesota 17-4, including eight extra-base hits, in a 13-2 win. The Longhorns' leadoff batters reached base in all eight innings, and the Golden Gophers (0-4) scored just two unearned runs in the series opener in Austin.
The Longhorns (4-2) went up 4-0 and had two triples in the first two innings. Collin Shaw hit 3-for-6 with two doubles, a triple, a run and two RBIs. Michael Cantu (3-for-3) drove in five of Texas' runs and hit two doubles.
Connor Schaefbauer scored the Gophers' first run to cut Texas' early lead to 4-1. He led off the fourth with a double to the left-center gap. Matt Fiedler's grounder to second moved him to third, and he scored on a passed ball. Toby Hanson walked. Then Texas turned a double play to hold Minnesota to one run in the inning.
Minnesota did not score again until the ninth, when Texas had added nine more runs--four in the fifth and five in the eighth. In the ninth, Fiedler reached on an infield single and scored on a deep ball Michael Handel hit to right that went off Shaw's glove.
Ben Meyer (0-2) started for the Gophers and gave up five runs (four earned) in four innings, striking out two and walking two. Texas' Parker French (1-0) allowed an unearned run, struck out two and walked two in six innings. Jon Malmin finished the game to get his first save.
OTHER NOTABLES
*Minnesota had another threat in the fifth, as Tony Skjefte hit a one-out double down the left line. He advanced to third on a wild pitch, but was left on base.
*Meyer allowed leadoff runners in the third and fourth, but retired the next three batters in both cases.
*Toby Anderson pitched 3 1/3 innings in relief of Meyer, and Cody Campbell made his season debut in finishing the game. Anderson stranded two runners in the seventh when the Longhorns had a threat, but allowed five runs on seven hits. Campbell allowed three on four hits.
*In addition to Shaw and Cantu, Bret Boswell also had three hits for Texas. He was 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs.
*Toby Hanson and Fielder have recorded hits in each of the Gophers' first four games. Schaefbauer has hit or walked in all four.
UP NEXT
The Gophers and Longhorns will play a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 3 p.m. CT. Both games will be televised on the Longhorn Network, and a free online audio call of the game will be available on GopherSports.com.
LINKS: Saturday Audio | Game Day Live 3 p.m. | Game Day Live 6 p.m.
LINKS: Saturday Audio | Game Day Live 3 p.m. | Game Day Live 6 p.m.
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