Box Score

AUSTIN, Texas – Senior Sarah Shotton struck out a season-high six batters in a relief appearance and Houston Baptist had four hits – including a two-hit day for Lauren Schwirtlich – but the Huskies fell to #6 Texas, 5-0, Wednesday afternoon from McCombs Field.

HBU had 3 three up-three down innings against the Longhorns, including a strike-out-the-side bottom of the sixth by Shotton.

L. Schwirtlich led HBU with two hits, going 2-for-3. She showed her speed in the top of the second, beating out a slow roller to third. Holly Webb went 1-for-3 and Michaela Granchelli went 1-for-2.

Keely Shuler started the game in the circle and allowed four hits, four runs (two earned) in 2.1 innings. Shotton allowed three hits and one earned run, while striking out a season-high six batters in the final 3.2 innings.

Taylor Hoagland and Brejae Washington led Texas (12-0) with two hits apiece, as they went 1-2 in the batting order. Hoagland had one RBI and she and Washington both scored two runs.

Kim Bruins earned the complete game shutout for Texas, earning her third win in as many tries. She allowed four hits, while striking out eight.

Texas put a two-spot in the bottom of the first. Hoagland started the game with a single to left. After stealing second, Hoagland scored on a throwing error. Washington, who singled and had advanced to second on the throwing error, stole third, then scored on an illegal pitch. Both of the runs were unearned.

Webb had the Huskies' first hit of the day, with a two-out rope down the left-field line. Third baseman Hoagland stopped the ball from going down the line, but Webb reached safely to first for HBU's first hit of the afternoon.

After a scoreless top of the second, L. Schwirtlich had the Huskies' second hit of the afternoon, as she hit a slow grounder to third and beat the throw.

Hoagland put the Longhorns ahead 3-0 after a towering home run to left-center field. Washington followed that with a blooper into left field and the Huskies made a pitching change, Shotton for Shuler, with one out and a 3-0 deficit. After Washington stole second, Bruins brought her home, as her scorching roper ricocheted off of Webb's glove and into left field, making it 4-0. Shotton struck out Taylor Thom to end the inning.

M. Granchelli had the Huskies' third hit with a two-out knock in the top of the fourth, but the Longhorns ended the threat with a pop-up to end the inning.

The Longhorns had runners on the corners with two outs with Hoagland at the plate. A wild pitch brought home the fifth run of the game and the runner on first, Marlee Gabaldon, reached second and tried to stretch it to a two-bag advance, but was out, 2-5, for the third out.

HBU had a great opportunity to get a run across, as L. Schwirtlich started the inning with a single up the middle. But a flyout to left followed by a line drive double play ended the threat, as Texas led HBU in the middle of the sixth inning, 5-0.

After the third 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth for Texas, the Huskies went down in order in the top of the seventh to end the game, 5-0.

HBU (4-1) hosts UH-Victoria on Sat., Feb. 23 at 1 pm in a doubleheader. It is the Huskies' home opener.