Dylan Volantis powers No. 4 Texas to 3-1 win over No. 10 Mississippi State
Volantis tied his career high with 12 strikeouts for his third straight Friday win.
Moving sophomore left-hander Dylan Volantis into the Friday night role continued to pay dividends for head coach Jim Schlossnagle and the No. 4 Texas Longhorns with a 3-1 win over the No. 10 Mississippi State Bulldogs at UFCU Disch-Falk Field after rain pushed back the start time.
Against a Mississippi Stat team that entered the weekend with the momentum of three straight SEC series wins and the second-best batting average in the conference, Volantis was dominant for a third straight Friday start, tying his career high with 12 strikeouts over six scoreless innings, working around three hits, two walks, and two wild pitches in moving to 7-0 on the season. Volantis did have to work through some traffic on the bases in the first inning when a one-out, full-count strikeout on a wild pitch allowed batter to reach first and advance on an infield single before the 6’6, 220-pounder bounced back with consecutive strikeouts, ending the frame with a devastating 1-2 curveball. big bender 🪝 #HookEm | @DylanVolantis pic.
twitter. com/1nWR6PqJtG — Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) May 2, 2026 In the second, Volantis got some help from junior catcher Carson Tinney, who cut down an attempted base stealer at second after a one-out single. The Texas ace recorded the third out on another strikeout.
on the money 💪 #HookEm | @carson_tinney pic. twitter. com/wTn8gISNYj — Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) May 2, 2026 The Bulldogs threatened again in the fifth inning when the leadoff batter reached on a single and advanced to second on a one-out wild pitch.