Texas baseball: Longhorns keep Ruger Riojas' workload light in Mississippi State loss
Through the first five innings at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, Texas and Mississippi State's baseball teams were locked in a 1-1 tie. Then both teams went to the bullpen.
For Texas and Mississippi State's baseball teams, what ended as a 7-4 win for the Bulldogs on Saturday started as a pitching duel. Through the first five innings at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, Texas and Mississippi State were locked in a 1-1 tie . Mississippi State's Duke Stone had allowed five hits but struck out five Longhorns.
Ruger Riojas had allowed just three baserunners for UT. Texas Longhorns pitcher Ruger Riojas (13) pitches in the fourth inning as the Texas Longhorns play the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the second of a three game series at Disch-Falk Field in Austin, May 2, 2026. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman) Then both teams went to the bullpen.
Texas Longhorns pitcher Ruger Riojas (13) pitches in the first inning as the Texas Longhorns play the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the second of a three game series at Disch-Falk Field in Austin, May 2, 2026. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman) When Mississippi State made its pitching change, Stone was at 86 pitches. A sophomore, Stone also hadn't worked a perfect inning that afternoon.
More: Subscribe to the Statesman's Texas sports newsletter But what about Riojas? The senior right-hander had only thrown 71 pitches, which was 34 less than his season-high total on March 26. Riojas had also been relatively efficient and was coming off a fifth inning in which he retired the side.
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