Texas Baseball suffered a 6-1 loss at home to Tarleton State on Tuesday, leading to a fiery postgame reaction from head coach Jim Schlossnagle.
Jim Schlossnagle's comments were frank in reaction to the Texas Longhorns' 6-1 loss to the Tarleton State Texans at Disch-Falk Field on Tuesday.
What did the second-year head coach learn about his ball club in its second loss of the season?
"I'm not sure we learned anything," Schlossnagle said postgame. "I mean, in every way, we got our rear ends kicked. [They threw] a few more strikes, they made plays, had competitive at-bats, ... but ... you're not going to win too many games that way."
The Longhorns (18-2) got a solo home run by Carson Tinney in the bottom of the first inning. That proved to be the only hit for Texas until the bottom of the ninth.
Tarleton ended with eight hits and got the scoring started with a four-run fourth inning. The Texans (13-7) added runs in the seventh and ninth to seal one of their best wins in program history ... and one of the worst in recent memory for the Longhorns.
"Tarleton beat us in every phase of the game," Schloss added.
He continued with a passionate reminder that wins are the only determining factor of his team pursuing the championships Texas aims for year in and year out.
"It doesnt' matter who you are - doesn't matter the name on your jersey. The difference in this sport is that you have to go play the game," he said. "You have to throw strikes, you have to make plays, you have to be competitive at the plate, and when you don't do that, you're going to lose. Period."
The Longhorns are now tasked with having a short attention span by shifting focus to No. 5-ranked Auburn as Texas travels for a game at Plainsman Park on Friday.
It marks Texas' first road series in SEC play this season. The Horns are 2-1 in conference action after an earlier matchup against Ole Miss. The Longhorns won the regular-season title last year in their first full season in the league.
Schlossnagle spoke about how the matchup against Tarleton State didn't bring about a change in the team's pregame routine. That routine shouldn't see an adjustment against the Tigers, either, though there's a feeling in the stomach of the Longhorns after what transpired in Austin on Tuesday.
The only way to rid that feeling is by getting back in the win column.
"The lesson to learn is it's easy to say we play to a standard versus a scoreboard when you win. But when you lose, did you play to that standard," Schlossnagle explained.
"[On Tuesday] we did not. They did."
The honesty remains ahead of the series at Auburn.
"Winning an SEC series doesn't make us a good team. Losing tonight doesn't make us a bad team. You have to play the games, so we'll find out.
"So, what better to refocus you than getting back in conference play?
