A go-ahead home run by Porter Brown seemed poised to give the No. 15 Texas Longhorns a comeback victory on Saturday against the Texas State Bobcats at Minute Maid Park in the Astros Foundation College Classic and avoid two consecutive losses.
HIS NAME IS DOWNTOWN PORTER BROWN. @PORTERBROWN_27's FIRST BOMB OF THE YEAR MAKES IT 10-9 TEXAS!#HookEm pic.twitter.com/qnUUkOVnmG
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Instead, the first home run of the year from the struggling TCU transfer didn’t stand when Texas left-hander David Shaw got into trouble after what appeared to be a routine start to the ninth inning with two outs, allowing a single and home run smashed into the Crawford boxes in left field by Aaron Lugo.