UT baseball team falls again to Stanford, 6-2

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PALO ALTO, Calif. ? An early Stanford lead held up for the second consecutive day, as the No. 2 Cardinal beat No. 12 Texas 6-2 on Saturday afternoon.

Stanford scored twice in the first inning on a double, a fielding error, another double, and a sacrifice fly. The Cardinal inflated the cushion to 5-0 in the fifth.

Austin Wilson opened with a solo home run and Jake Stewart followed with a double.

Ricky Jacquez came in to relieve starter Hoby Milner for the Longhorns and walked Tyler Gaffney, before inducing a groundout by Steve Piscotty to put two runners in scoring position. After Brian Ragira struck out swinging, Kenny Diekroeger doubled down the right-field line to push two runs across.

In the sixth, Texas scored on a hit batsman, a walk and Jonathan Walsh's two-out single .

In the ninth, Texas loaded the bases on a pair of walks and a hit batsman, before Jordan Etier knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly. Erich Weiss then ended the game with a deep fly out to center field.

Brett Mooneyham (2-0) earned the win for Stanford, striking out seven in eight innings .Milner (1-1) took the loss for Texas.

He allowed four runs - three earned - on five hits and one walk, striking out two over four innings .

The series wraps up today, with Stanford looking for its first-ever series sweep of Texas .

Source: http://www.statesman.com/sports/longhorns/ut-baseball-team-falls-again-to-stanford-6-2200166.html?cxtype=rss_longhorns&source=rss_teams_Texas_Longhorns

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