No. 4 Texas rallies from early deficit for 11-6 win over No. 10 Mississippi State

The No. 4 Texas Longhorns secured a crucial victory to keep pace in the SEC standings, overcoming a five-run first inning by the No. 10 Mississippi State Bulldogs by scoring 10 unanswered runs, including nine in the decisive third inning, for an 11-6 win at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Sunday.

After the bats bailed out redshirt senior left-hander Luke Harrison, the stalwart starter recovered to pitch four scoreless innings, getting the ball to a bullpen that bounced back from its Saturday struggles as three pitchers combined to allow one run on one hit, capped by freshman right-hander Sam Cozart working around some command issues in the eighth inning to close out the series. Mississippi State got to Harrison early by working deep into counts, drawing a leadoff, full-count walk, then drawing another full-count walk with one out, and scoring the game’s first run on a single to center field. After the third full-count walk of the inning, center fielder Bryce Chance hit his first home run of the season on a 3-2 fastball from Harrison that was down and in, but perhaps caught too much of the plate.

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com/9VYmSCMeiN — Mississippi State Baseball (@HailStateBB) May 3, 2026 The 393-foot blast cleared the visitor’s bullpen and was the first home run by Chance in 181 at bats. After allowing the five runs on two hits and three walks, Harrison struck out the side in the second, worked around a throwing error by redshirt senior third baseman Temo Becerra in the third and a leadoff double by Chance in the fourth before a 1-2-3 inning in the fifth. Harrison finished with nine strikeouts and didn’t issue any walks after the first inning.