Vanderbilt left fielder Bryan Reynolds reaches second base on
a wild pitch as Texas shortstop C.J Hinojosa applies a late tag
in their College World Series game Friday. Texas won 4-0.OMAHA, Neb. – Augie Garrido’s Texas baseball teams always are built on pitching and defense, and the Longhorns sure are showing it at the College World Series.
Nathan Thornhill and John Curtiss combined for Texas’ second straight shutout, and the Longhorns forced a second bracket final against Vanderbilt with a 4-0 victory Friday.
The Longhorns (46-20) and Commodores (48-20) will meet again today or tonight, with the winner advancing to the best-of-three finals against Virginia or Mississippi. Those teams played a bracket final Friday night.
For the second game in a row, Texas pitchers didn’t allow a runner past second base. The Longhorns have held opponents scoreless 19 straight innings and have given up four runs in their four games in Omaha.
Thornhill left after the eighth inning, having thrown 131 pitches on an 88-degree afternoon against a Vanderbilt team that was set on going deep into counts.