AUSTIN, TX – As gloomy, gray clouds released a light drizzle over Red & Charline McCombs Field when Shaylee Ackerman delivered the first pitch of the Longhorns' 11-5 win over Texas A&M, Texas head coach Mike White wanted to set the tone early.
It took his team two batters to accomplish that.
After Leighann Goode fought back from a 1-2 count to draw a full-count walk, Mia Scott sent a 1-1 pitch into centerfield for a single. After the ball briefly rolled on the moist grass, it hopped over Texas A&M's Allie Enright's glove and went to the deepest part of the park allowed Goode to score from first and Scott to race around to third.