+34The Texas Longhorns face the Texas A&M Aggies in the second game of their series.
Losing games is an inevitability in sports. In a perfect world, of course, an undefeated season would always be possible. That's just simply not the case and especially so in college baseball, which the No.
2 Texas Longhorns have learned. Of course, that doesn't make those losses sting any less. They hurt even worse when they come in the manner thatIt was a slow start to the festivities, as neither team could get on the scoreboard in the first inning. That quickly changed in the third, however, as Texas struck first in the top half before the Aggies came back with two of their own in the bottom of the inning.Texas Longhorns head coach Jim Schlossnagle stands in the dugout ahead of the Lone Star Showdown. | Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Imagesin which the Longhorns scored in four straight innings and the Aggies in five straight, highlighting a back-and-forth heavyweight bout. Capping this stretch off for Texas was a two-run blast from Carson Tinney in the sixth to take a 6-4 lead. Unfortunately, that lead was quickly squandered. In the bottom of the sixth, Texas A&M plated three runs without a hit as the Longhorns issued five walks in the meltdown. The Aggies tacked on their final run in eighth, extending the lead to 9-6. Texas got two back in the ninth on back-to-back home runs from Aiden Robbins and Anthony Pack Jr., but it would not be enough in what was Now, veteran southpaw Luke Harrison will take the rubber in the second game. He'll look to continue his strong start in SEC play and stifle the Aggies lineup to help tie the series. Follow along as we provide live at-bat by at-bat updates, with the Longhorns looking to even up the series against the Aggies on Saturday afternoon from Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.Connor Zimmerlee covers Texas Baseball for Texas Longhorns On SI. Zimmerlee received his Bachelor’s of Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and graduated from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism with a Master’s of Science in Journalism with a Specialization in Sports Media.This is What Led Texas Baseball's Collapse vs. Texas A&M
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