Luke Harrison has often been a SEC series saver. Can he be a series securer vs Texas A&M?
For as good as Luke Harrison has been in do-or-die situations, Texas would rather have him securing a series than saving one. That will certainly be the case this weekend when UT faces Texas A&M.
Since joining the SEC last year, Texas baseball has won 12 of its 14 conference series. That's part of the reason why the Longhorns won the 2025 conference title in their debut and why they currently sit in second place in the conference standings with a 9-3 mark. Why has Texas succeeded in the SEC?
Good coaching? Timely hitting? How much credit does Luke Harrison deserve?
More: Subscribe to the Statesman's Texas sports newsletter Texas' veteran left-handed pitcher has posted an overall record of 9-1 with a 2. 93 ERA since landing in the weekend rotation last year as the Saturday starter. But more notable has been how Harrison has pitched after the Longhorns have lost a series opener in SEC play.
Texas Longhorns pitcher Luke Harrison (53) pitches in the second inning as the Longhorns play the Auburn Tigers in the second game of a three-game series on Friday night at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin, April 18, 2025. (Sara Diggins/American-Statesman) Last year, Harrison started after Texas dropped Game 1 in three-game series against LSU, Arkansas and Florida. This season, he's done the same after UT's first-game losses against Ole Miss, Auburn and South Carolina .
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