Horns Illustrated Week in Review (May 13th-20th)
Baseball
The Texas baseball team finished the 2013 regular season with a three-game series against TCU and lost two out of three games.
On Thursday, in the first game of the series, TCU defeated Texas, 5-1, behind right-handed pitcher Preston Morrison. Morrison recorded his seventh win of the season and pitched eight scoreless innings.
Mark Payton led the Longhorns at the plate going 2 for 3. Brooks Marlow drove in the Longhorns' only run of the game in the ninth inning on a RBI-double.
The Longhorns dropped their second game against TCU on Friday, 9-3. TCU scored six runs in the eighth inning to record their 28th win of the season and 12th conference victory.
Mark Payton went 3 for 5 and drove in two runs. C.J Hinojosa went 3 for 3 from the plate with two doubles and two walks.
The Horn Frogs' Boomer White went 2 for 5 from the plate and drove in three runs.
The Longhorns were able to end their 2013 season on a high note by winning the final game against TCU 3-0.
Nathan Thornhill pitched a complete-game shutout and struck out five batters in the Longhorns' victory. C.J Hinojosa went 3 for 4 at the plate and drove in two runs. Brooks Marlow doubled twice and scored twice.
The Longhorns end the 2013 season with an overall record of 27-24 and 7-17 in conference play.
Softball
The No. 4 seed Texas softball team swept their Regional in Austin with three consecutive victories at the 2013 NCAA Softball Championships. The Longhorns now advance to the Super Regional in Austin this week and play Florida State in a three-game series....
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