HOUSTON, Texas – Ty Madden pitched six shutout innings and a pair of Longhorn freshmen homered, as Texas Baseball blanked Rice 4-0 on Saturday at Reckling Park. The win secures the first series win of the season for the Longhorns and sets up an opportunity to go for the sweep on Sunday.
Madden was solid for six innings and struck out seven batters in his season debut. He finished the day with back-to-back perfect innings in the fifth and sixth.
Freshmen Pete Hansen and Andre Duplantier II finished off the Owls for the final three innings.