On a cold day in Austin, the No. 12 Texas Longhorns stayed hot, as head coach David Pierce’s team rallied late to defeat the UT-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros, 4-3. Texas completed their sixth come-from-behind victory on the season with a three-run eighth inning.
With Pierce still searching for his midweek starter, sophomore Matt Whelan got the nod for the Horns. Prior to today’s game, he had been exceptional in his two appearances, logging six innings of work, striking out three, and allowing just four hits, one walk, and one run to amount to a 1.50 ERA.
On Tuesday, however, Whelan was as erratic as the Texas weather in March.