Carson Tinney’s mammoth grand slam launches No. 4 Texas to 11-8 win over UTSA

For the first time in more than six years, the No. 4 Texas Longhorns are winners over the UTSA Roadrunners after a thrilling 11-8 victory at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Tuesday thanks to a go-ahead grand slam by junior Carson Tinney in the eighth inning. GO-AHEAD GRAND SLAM 💣 #HookEm | @carson_tinney pic.

twitter. com/YxT3HEwdoU — Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) May 6, 2026 The 17th home run of the season for the Notre Dame transfer was one of his biggest, both in when it happened and how far it flew as Tinney took a 97 mile-per-hour fastball from UTSA standout Connor Kelley and turned it around with vengeance, launching the baseball 483 feet at 115 mph off Tinney’s big barrel. Down 8-7 entering the eighth, the Horns took advantage of an early mistake by the Roadrunners when reliever Sam Simmons misplayed a leadoff pop up near the plate by junior first baseman Casey Borba on a 3-2 count.

Another long at bat by freshman center fielder Maddox Monsour yielded a full-count walk before freshman catcher Presley Courville laid down a sacrifice bunt to put runners on first and second for junior right fielder Aiden Robbins, who drew a five-pitch walk from Kelley, setting up Tinney’s prodigious clout. Did a lack of warmup time impact Kelley ? The UTSA reliever took his time walking onto the field before a meeting on the mound left only a minute on the warmup clock.

Oops. Call it cosmic justice in a game that featured eight different pitchers for the Roadrunners, who were able to hold the Longhorns scoreless during five innings in the middle of the game after a fast start by both teams left the game tied at 7-7 after three innings. Texas jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first, chasing the UTSA starter after five batters and one out, scoring the game’s first one on a bases-loaded walk drawn by junior second baseman Ethan Mendoza.