LAWRENCE, Kan. – Texas Baseball beat Kansas 6-2 to even the series behind a career day on the mound by Lebarron Johnson Jr. on Saturday at Hoglund Ballpark.
The Longhorns (31-16, 11-9) will go for the series win in the finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Johnson was completely dominant on the mound in the best outing of his career, picking up the win and improving to 5-2 this season. He struck out a career-high 12 batters in the longest outing of his career, going 7.0 innings. He gave up just one run, issuing only one walk and scattering just four hits on the day.