Texas Longhorns Shut Out By Georgia As Season Ends in Omaha

No. 3-seed Georgia defeated No. 6 Texas 2-0 on Tuesday night to eliminate the Longhorns from the Men's College World Series.

Texas' season, and its 39th trip to Omaha, comes to an end with a 46-15 record.

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The game - a rematch of the opening round that Georgia won on 7-1 - was a pitching duel from the first inning on.

Just one run came across through the first five innings, a double by the Bulldogs' leadoff hitter, Tre Phelps. Georgia added another in a chaotic seventh inning for the Longhorns' defense, which proved to be enough in the end. Texas was held to four hits in the game one day after hanging 14 runs against Alabama.

The Longhorns' starter Luke Harrison tossed a gem with a season-high 11 strikeouts in 5.2 innings. Harrison struck out eight in the Bulldogs' first 10 at-bats.

However, the Longhorns' hot bats were cooled off by Georgia starter Dylan Vigue, who allowed two hits in four scoreless innings, striking out eight.

Both teams handed off the one-run ballgame to the bullpen in the middle innings, and for Texas, freshman sensation Sam Cozart slammed the door in the sixth inning by freezing a batter with a strikeout to get out of a bases-loaded jam.

The Bulldogs began their seventh inning at the plate with some help from the umpires. A diving catch by Dariyan Pendergrass, where it looked as if the centerfielder dropped the ball on the transfer, was ruled a no-catch. Phelps singled to put runners on the corners with no outs.

Then, after a strikeout, a weak pop-up to left field forced miscommunication from the Texas defenders. A catch was made despite the collision between teammates, and the runner from third tagged up and slid home safely to put the Bulldogs up 2-0.

Rodriguez, who was batting .667 in the NCAA tournament entering Tuesday, came up with two on and one out in the eighth inning. He grounded out to end the inning.

Cozart kept things clean going into the bottom of the ninth, but the heart of the Texas lineup came up short with a pop-up, a flyout, and a strikeout.

Georgia (53-12) advances to the MCWS semifinals, where the Bulldogs will need to beat Oklahoma twice in order to advance to the championship series.

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