Texas gone

The Texas Longhorns are the first team to be eliminated from the 2011 College World Series. It was only the fourth time in 34 trips to Omaha that they have gone two and BBQ. Florida beat them in the first game 8-4 and North Carolina finished them off 3-0.


Even in the new era of the restricted composite bats Texas was still a light hitting team compared to the rest of the field. They relied on station to station baseball and lived on hits, walks, sacrifices, and steals to make their way around the base paths. In Omaha their bats went cold and their pitching wasn't dominating.


Against Florida they managed only five hits and drew no walks. They were aided by Florida errors which let Texas score three unearned runs. Half of their four runs were scored on sacrifice flys. Their ace Taylor Jungmann  had control issues with four walks and couldn't  get past the fifth inning as Florida turned the tables on him by scoring five runs on only three hits. 


Facing elimination they failed to get their bats going against North Carolina Freshman sensation Kent Emanuel. Texas managed only four hits and drew only one walk as Emanuel shut them out in a nine inning gem. Texas only left three on base as they did against Florida which also shows they weren't giving themselves many chances.


There will be plenty more baseball played in Omaha but Texas will be riding into the sunset to end their 2011.