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The visiting Abilene Christian Wildcats experienced what No. 3 Texas has inflicted on several mid-major opponents and members of the Big 12 on Friday when the Longhorns plated a season-high 18 runs. Every Longhorn starter scored, and 11 players recorded a base hit while five pitchers combined for a four-hit shutout in the series-opening win.

David Pierce’s Texas Longhorns have played 33 of the 56 games on the 2021 schedule, including half of the Big 12 slate. The Longhorns have taken all four of the conference series they’ve played thus far with wins over Baylor and Oklahoma and sweeps of Kansas and Kansas State.

Nine different Texas A&M-Corpus Christi pitchers made their way to the mound at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Tuesday night. Four of them gave up multiple runs and two more surrendered a run apiece. Mutli-RBI nights from Mitchell Daly (4), Cam Williams (2), Ivan Melendez (3), and Trey Faltine (3) helped Texas cruise to a 14-4 victory.

Success in mid-week games is critical for any contending college baseball team. Save for one-offs against ranked squads in the region from other conferences, most opponents a power program faces on Tuesdays and Wednesdays enter as underdogs.