Peyton Powell hit a home run and scored in three straight innings, giving No. 22 Texas a come-from-behind 9-7 victory over No. 17 Texas Tech Baseball on Sunday afternoon in the first Big 12 series of the season. He achieved victory.
Texas (9-6, 2-1) took two of three games from Tech (11-4, 1-2).
Powell hit a home run in the fifth inning, hit a game-winning double in the sixth to make it 7-6, and hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Jack O'Dowd scored two runs on a double and a sacrifice fly.
Tech's Cade McGee, Gavin Kash, TJ Pompey and Tracer Lopez hit home runs, while Texas' Max Bellew hit a home run and went 4-for-5 with three RBIs.
The Texas rally began after back-to-back home runs by Pompey and Lopez in the top of the fourth made the score 6-3.
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Texas' Will Gasparino and Texas Tech's Gavin Kasch collide in emotional conflict
At the end of the fourth inning, Will Gasparino of the University of Texas collided with Gavin Kash, causing the Texas Tech first baseman to go down and anger erupting. The contact occurred at the end of a ground ball to second base, but it was not easy to avoid. According to MLB Pipeline, Kash did not clear the basepaths and Gasparino was 6-foot-6 and a 60-class runner on a 20-80 scouting scale.
Players from both teams came out of the dugout, but the situation did not escalate.
The fans booed heartily when Gasparino took his third at-bat.
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The Red Raiders played outfield defense.
Tech center fielder Gage Harrelson went over the right-center field wall for what would have been a game-tying home run from Peyton Powell in the third inning. Harrelson then held a demonstrative celebration. At the end of the inning, fans applauded Harrelson as he approached the dugout and took off his cap.
Texas designated hitter Rylan Galvan hit a liner from No. 4 to right that right fielder Austin Green caught just before it hit the wall.
Not a great day for the bullpen.
Texas erased a 4-2 deficit by scoring in the fourth inning. The Diocese of Trendan bore the brunt of it.
Parrish has a 1.35 ERA, going from scoreless in 4 2/3 home innings this season to four hits and five runs in 1 1/3 innings. One of those runs was an unearned run because the three-run, six-run homer started with an error by shortstop TJ Pompey.
