Texas baseball vs South Carolina score: Longhorns drop series opener in Columbia
Texas played South Carolina in baseball on April 2, 2026. Here's what happened between the Longhorns and Gamecocks.
Texas Longhorns head coach Jim Schlossnagle takes notes in the first inning as the Texas Longhorns play the USC Upstate Spartans on Friday, March 6, 2026 at UFCU-Disch Falk Field in the first game of a three-game series. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman) Texas baseball snapped a brief winning streak with a 9-1 loss Thursday at South Carolina. The Gamecocks (15-16) picked up just their second SEC win in 10 chances this season.
South Carolina scored five runs in the second inning on Texas starter Ruger Riojas and never looked back. Four of those runs were scored with two outs. It was 6-1 after three innings and 8-1 after six.
Texas mustered just two extra-base hits as junior Aidan Robbins hit his team-leading 11th home run of the season. The Longhorns had won four straight games and six of their last seven coming into Thursday. It was largest margin of defeat all season for Texas (24-5); three of their four previous losses had come by two runs or fewer.
RELATED: Texas infielder sidelined by hand injury Riojas (5-1) gave up six runs on eight hits and two walks over three innings. The senior right-hander came into the game with a 13⅔-inning scoreless streak. Right-handed freshman Brody Walls, after picking up his first career win last time out, allowed two runs in three innings of work.