No. 4 Texas rallies from early deficit for 11-6 win over No. 10 Mississippi State

— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) May 3, 2026 The fastball down and in by Crossland drew the ire of Mississippi State head coach Brian O’Connor, who argued his way into a rare ejection for the former Virginia skipper. After Crossland retired the side in order in the seventh inning, Cozart made his second appearance of the weekend in the wake of his one-inning save on Friday. In most of Cozart’s appearances this season, he’s made it look easy on the mound, but that wasn’t the case on Sunday — the big North Carolina product was having difficulties throwing his fastball for strikes as Mississippi State drew back-to-back walks to start the inning. Cozart also fell behind 3-0 against the next batter, but was able to get back into the zone to work the count full and then induce a huge double play turned by Rodriguez and junior second baseman Ethan Mendoza. The third out was made more adventurous when Rodriguez had to throw over the runner at second base on a routine ground ball, influencing a low throw that junior first baseman Casey Borba managed to scoop, but only narrowly, not realizing the ball nearly came out of his glove’s webbing until looking down at it. like a good neighbor, @CaseyBorba is there 👀#HookEmpic.twitter.com/Fp0Nn0YKil

— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) May 3, 2026 Cozart got some help from his defense and his coaching staff in the ninth when freshman center fielder Maddox Monsour, in just his third start there as Schlossnagle looked for a defensive upgrade over junior Aiden Robbins, got a good jump on a line drive into left center and made a spectacular diving catch. it's a bird, it's a plane, it's @madhacksmonsour 🤘#HookEm | #SCTop10pic.twitter.com/3X9y4cOLuh

— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) May 3, 2026 Texas recorded the second out when Mendoza was in the perfect position playing at the second base bag to make an easy catch on a line drive that would typically be a base hit. After stranding 17 baserunners in Saturday’s 7-4 loss, Texas came up with timely hits on Sunday after putting pressure on Mississippi State starter Charlie Foster, a sophomore left-hander who loaded the bases with three straight walks to open the third inning, then hit junior catcher Carson Tinney with a 3-2 breaking ball. Freshman left fielder Anthony Pack Jr. came through with the first big hit of the game for the Horns, a two-run single pulled to right field. Pack flashed his speed by stealing second, and Mendoza drew a four-pitch walk to load the bases again. Rodriguez delivered a two-run single to right field, Becerra sent an RBI single down the left-field line, and Borba ripped a ball down the third-base line that the Bulldogs infielder couldn’t handle, producing an RBI double. By that point, Texas had scored eight runs and batted around in the inning without recording an out. In the wake of Borba’s double, the pitching change by Mississippi State paid off with two straight outs before Robbins drove in a run on a single to center. Robbins added another insurance run in the seventh on an RBI single. Four Longhorns had multi-hit performance on Sunday with five players recording two RBI as Texas drew nine walks. Texas plays its final midweek game of the season against UTSA on Tuesday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.