No. 5 Texas powers past No. 3 Georgia, 5-1

Short-handed without sluggers Max Belyeu and Adrian Rodriguez, the No. 5 Texas Longhorns showed some grit and some pop by slugging two two-run home runs in a 5-1 win over the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs on Friday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

Georgia entered the game as the nation’s leader in home runs and second in runs scored, but Texas senior left-hander Jared Spencer dominated the Bulldogs lineup in his longest outing with the Longhorns by three batters, five outs, and 15 pitches, allowing a single home run among two hits while striking out 11 and working around four walks.

It was also the longest outing of Spencer’s career by all of those same metrics as the Indiana State transfer demonstrates…