No. 11 Baseball Stymied by No. 4 Texas in 10-2 Loss

Friday, April 17

Austin, Texas

6:30 p.m. CT

Alabama

27-12, 0

Texas

29-7, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Alabama	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	4	0
Texas	3	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	X	10	16	4

No. 11 Baseball Stymied by No. 4 Texas in 10-2 Loss

4/17/2026 10:29:00 PM | Baseball

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The Crimson Tide struck out a season-high 17 times on Friday

AUSTIN, Texas – No. 11 Alabama baseball (27-12, 8-8 SEC) was defeated 10-2 by No. 4 Texas (29-7, 10-5 SEC) on Friday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The Crimson Tide was held to just four hits and were struck out 17 times, a season high.

Bryce Fowler finished 1-for-3 with a walk, scoring one of the Tide's two runs. Justin Lebron closed 1-for-4 with three stolen bases to go with a run scored. Brady Neal and Eric Hines were both 1-for-4 as well, with Hines collecting a double.

Tyler Fay (6-3) toughed out 5.1 innings on the hill while surrendering 12 hits and seven earned runs, adding two strikeouts. Connor Lehman was responsible for three runs and four hits over 2.0 innings while managing one walk and a strikeout. Owen Sarna retired the only two men he faced in the 8th, including a strikeout.

From Head Coach Rob Vaughn

"(Dylan) Volantis is such a unique look with a high release point and his stuff was just really good tonight. We really struggled taking the ball down, I thought we did a really good job taking some pitches to get that 3-2 count, but he just beat us a lot in that 3-2 count. Whether it was balls in the zone that we just didn't handle, or whether we chased down out of the zone or up out of the zone, but Volantis was just really good and they threw that haymaker early. (Tyler) Fay's fastball was just up a little bit, and then you're down 3-0 before you can even blink. That made Volantis' night a little easier. The story of the game is they just kind of kicked our tail in. They were better at the plate, they were better on the mound. We were clean on defense, but there was some balls in the air where they were some plays we should have made, but at the end of the day we got our tails kicked in tonight and we have a quick turnaround, but that's the beauty of baseball, we have to come back tomorrow ready to go."

How It Happened

B1 | Aiden Robbins led off the Longhorns half of the inning with a double down the right field line, leading to Carson Tinney's two-run homer to right one batter later. Adrian Rodriguez followed the homer with a single, as a groundout moved him to second. With two outs, Ethan Mendoza lined a base-hit to center, scoring Rodriguez. (3-0, Texas)
B3 | Tinney, Rodriguez and Anthony Pack Jr. all singled to open the inning, loading the bases with no one out. Mendoza then grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to score Tinney. (4-0, Texas)
B5 | Pack Jr. blooped a double into left to start the inning and took third after a groundout. Temo Becerra then produced a sacrifice fly to score Pack Jr. (5-0, Texas)
T6 | After a strikeout, Bryce Fowler singled towards shortstop, with a throwing error on the play advancing him to second. Justin Lebron also managed an infield single, placing runners at the corners. With Lebron stealing, Texas threw back to first, as the throw towards second hit Lebron in the back, as the errant throw allowed Fowler to score. Then, with Lebron in motion towards third, a wild pitch opened a lane for Lebron to take an extra base and touch home. (5-2, Texas)
B6 | Dariyan Pendergrass singled up the middle with one out and took second on a passed ball. Robbins then doubled into left-center to drive in Pendergrass. Tinney followed with a double of his own one batter later to score Robbins, with Pack Jr. providing a two-out RBI single to plate Tinney. (8-2, Texas)
B8 | Robbins began the inning with a walk before Tinney was hit by a pitch. After a flyout, Pack Jr. doubled into right-center to score Robbins and move Tinney to third. Mendoza followed Pack Jr. with a sacrifice to deep center, driving in Tinney. (10-2, Texas)

Postgame Notes

Justin Lebron stretched his hitting streak to eight games, managing a .310 average (10-for-33) with two doubles, one home run, five RBI, two walks and eight stolen bases since the streak began
Lebron also advanced his on-base streak to 19 games
Lebron's three stolen bases on Friday mark his third three-steal game this season, tying his career high
Lebron now owns 32 stolen bases in as many attempts, placing him in a tie for eighth-most in a single season in program history (Chris Glass, 1981)
The Tide shortstop now owns 59 career stolen bases, fourth-most in Alabama program history
Eric Hines now owns an eight-game hitting streak dating to March 17, posting a .433 average (13-for-30) with two doubles, two home runs, four RBI, two walks, two hit-by-pitch and eight runs scored in that span
Brady Neal extended his on-base streak to 30 games
Attendance: 7,547

Up Next

Alabama will continue its series with Texas on Saturday, April 18
First pitch between the Crimson Tide and Longhorns is scheduled for 12 p.m. CT, airing on SEC Network+