AUSTIN, Texas – No. 16 Texas Baseball scored five runs in the sixth inning to rally for a 7-3 win over San Diego on Opening Day at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The Longhorns played in front of the largest Opening Day crowd in program history and the eighth-largest announced attendance at UFCU Disch-Falk Field with 7,935 fans in attendance on Friday night.
Jalin Flores blasted a go-ahead grand slam as part of the big five-run sixth inning. The sophomore shortstop went 2-for-5 at the plate.
Lebarron Johnson Jr. got the Opening Day start and pitched five innings, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks.