The historic start to SEC play for the No. 3 Texas Longhorns was enough to overcome a 1-5 stretch over the last two weeks to set up first-year head coach Jim Schlossnagle’s team to secure the regular-season conference title with a win over the Oklahoma Sooners this weekend in Norman.
That’s exactly what the Longhorns produced in the Red River Showdown on Thursday with a thrilling 7-4 comeback victory over the Sooners at L. Dale Mitchell Park behind a go-ahead three-run home run from junior right fielder Max Belyeu in his return from injury after missing 26 games with a fractured thumb.