Milk may do the body good, but it's bad for buses.
Texas' afternoon got off to a bizarre start when the Longhorns' bus was struck by a milk truck near UFCU Disch-Falk Field Monday. The accident delayed the Longhorns' travel plans approximately an hour while they waited for another bus.
Though it took longer than expected to get there and Texas missed its pre-game batting practice, the Longhorns (13-5) made it to Wolff Stadium in San Antonio in time to pick up a 16-5 win against UTSA (12-6).
"I guess the guys decided to take batting practice during the game," head coach Augie Garrido said. "They just concentrated on what they are supposed to do at the plate and did it."
Missing out on batting practice didn't seem to faze Texas' offense. They produced 14 earned runs on 19 hits for the lopsided victory. Preston Clark was especially dialed in at the plate. The junior, who started the game in right field for the first time this season, went 4-for-5 with two doubles and a triple for a team-high five RBIs. He also scored four times.
"I was just looking for a pitch that I could drive," Clark said of the double that jump-started his night in the first inning. "It was a change up out in the middle of the plate. I had been fouling off a lot of them, trying to see different pitches, and I got off on that change up and it went down the line."
First baseman Brandon Belt was right behind Clark with three RBIs on his 3-for-6 night, while the California kids, shortstop David Hernandez and second baseman Michael Torres, continued their hot-streak at the bottom of the order.
Hernandez went 2-for-3 in the eight hole, and Torres finished 2-for-4 in the nine slot. The middle infielders set the table for the top of the order, and both scored twice.
Texas' pitching staff was not as dominant as its offense but easily good enough to get the win. The Roadrunners plated five runs on 12 hits against five different
Longhorn hurlers.
At the end of the night Garrido was just happy his team made it through a day of adversity.
"It was all about not letting the surrounding things, the bus and the weather [wind gusts 25-30 mph], affect them," Garrido said.
Fortunately for Texas, no one was injured during the collision with the milk truck. The Longhorns moved past an incident that could have wrecked their evening and went on to crash the Road Roadrunners'.
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