On Sunday night, the Texas baseball team will determine if its next game is played in Austin or Omaha.
To close out the weekend, Texas (44-13) is set to play Oregon (43-17) at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in the second game of a super regional. Since it opened its super regional with Saturday’s 11-3 win over the Ducks, UT will advance to the College World Series with a win. A 38-time College World Series participant, Texas is looking to join an eight-team field in Omaha, Neb., that already includes Georgia, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Troy and West Virginia.
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If Oregon rebounds and beats Texas tonight, these two teams will return to UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Monday for a winner-takes-all game. The Ducks are trying to reach the College World Series for the first time since 1954.
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Texas Longhorns catcher Carson Tinney (8) and pitcher Ruger Riojas (13) celebrate a third out during the NCAA Baseball Regional game against UC Santa Barbara at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Sunday, May 301 2026 in Austin.
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Oregon’s Drew Smith (17) runs to first base during an NCAA baseball game against Northwestern on Sunday, March 22, 2026, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
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Texas got a runner to third base with two outs in the seventh inning but a Casey Borba pop-up ended the threat. Texas will send freshman Brody Walls out to the mound for a second straight day in the seventh inning’s bottom half.
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Texas sent starting pitcher Ruger Riojas back out to the mound in the sixth inning, and the fourth-year right-hander retired two batters before hitting Oregon’s Jax Gimenez with the 111th pitch of the evening. Riojas was then replaced by Ethan Walker, who retired Angel Laya to end the inning.
In what will likely be his last-ever appearance at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, Riojas allowed six hits and four walks. He struck out seven batters.
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We have a brand new ballgame at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Burke-Lee Mabeus’ RBI groundout has tied this game, which featured Texas scoring the evening’s first four runs.
On what was likely his final pitch of the night, Texas starting pitcher Ruger Riojas struck out Naulivou Lauaki to strand two runners in scoring position. Riojas has allowed six hits and four walks tonight while throwing 95 pitches. The strikeout of Lauaki was Riojas’ sixth punch-out of the evening.
After leaving the bases loaded in the fourth inning, Texas squandered another scoring opportunity in the fifth frame. After Oregon’s Tanner Bradley walked Ashton Larson and hit Casey Borba with a full-count pitch, Texas had two runners aboard with two outs. But Dariyan Pendergrass bounced a baseball back to Bradley for the inning’s final out.
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Through four innings, Texas starting pitcher Ruger Riojas has allowed four hits while walking three batters. He has registered five strikeouts.
Riojas has thrown 74 pitches. That number is notable. While battling shoulder tendonitis, Riojas has not hit the 80-pitch threshold in any of his last five starts. Riojas’ last 80-pitch appearance came on April 18.
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Oregon has been unable to retire either Aiden Robbins or Carson Tinney tonight. Robbins followed his first-inning home run by drawing two walks while Tinney has a homer and two singles over tonight’s first four frames.
After Robbins and Tinney both got aboard with two outs in the fourth inning and Anthony Pack Jr. walked, Oregon made a pitching change. All-conference starter Will Sanford was replaced by all-conference reliever Tanner Bradley, and Bradley struck out Temo Becerra after opening the count with three straight balls.
After homering on Saturday, Drew Smith continues to have a good weekend in Austin. Smith is 2-for-2 this evening after contributing an RBI double in the third inning, and the senior infielder later scored when Oregon singled through a hole in UT’s shifted infield for second time tonight.
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Oregon got on the scoreboard in the second inning by beating the shift with a two-out dribbler through a large hole in the right side of the Texas infield. Designated hitter Naulivou Lauaki’s slow-rolling single scored Drew Smith, who had led off the inning with a double.
Oregon had a chance to score more runs, but Ruger Riojas struck out Jack Brooks to strand two runners on base. Riojas has four strikeouts tonight.
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In the second inning, Texas took advantage of an erratic effort on the mound by Oregon’s Will Sanford. After Ashton Larson got aboard on a one-out single, he scooted around the bases on three wild pitches from Sanford.
Sanford, who later surrendered an RBI single to Carson Tinney, entered today with 10 wild pitches on the season. The all-conference honoree did throw four of those wild pitches during one game against Indiana on March 13.
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Even though Texas is technically the visitor in this game, the Longhorns have quickly made themselves at home. Aiden Robbins and Carson Tinney homered on the fourth and sixth pitches thrown tonight by Oregon starter Will Sanford.
In addition to being responsible for UT’s first leadoff homer since Ethan Mendoza accomplished that feat against USC Upstate on March 6, Robbins also recorded the 24th home run of his season with that swing. That is tied for third in the Texas record books with Kody Clemens’ 2018 season.
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Tinney has now gone deep 22 times. That is the fifth-most homers hit by a Longhorn during a single season.
Where: UFCU Disch-Falk Field
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Oregon’s Dominic Hellman, left, chest bumps Naulivou Lauaki Jr., right, after hitting a home run against Northwestern during an NCAA baseball game on Sunday, March 22, 2026, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
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RF Aiden Robbins
C Carson Tinney
LF Anthony Pack Jr.
2B Temo Becerra
SS Adrian Rodriguez
DH Ethan Mendoza
1B Ashton Larson
3B Casey Borba
CF Dariyan Pendergrass
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LF Jax Gimenez
RF Angel Laya
2B Ryan Cooney
3B Drew Smith
1B Brayden Jaksa
C Burke-Lee Mabeus
DH Naulivou Lauaki
SS Maddox Molony
CF Jack Brooks
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RHP Will Sanford (9-2, 3.46 ERA)