Bobcats rally past Longhorns in 10th

— For the first time, Texas lost a baseball game at Texas State’s Bobcat Ballpark. A school-record crowd of 3,017 saw the Bobcats drop Texas 11-10 in extra innings Tuesday night.

Texas State’s Luke Sherley knocked in his fourth run of the night in the 10th, scoring Ryan Newman for the game-winner.

Sherley’s heroics in the bottom of the ninth — he knocked in two runs to make it 10-9 and then scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly — sent the game into extra innings.

Texas’ Nick Kennedy pitched five innings, allowing eight hits, four earned runs and notching five strikeouts. He allowed an earned run for the first time since Feb. 19 in a 7-1 loss to Rice.

The Longhorns had 15 hits, including four from Tate Shaw, who also had four RBIs. Travis Jones, who was 3-5 with two RBIs, also had a big night.

Texas jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning, as Jones scored on an error and Kacy Clemens scored on a sacrifice fly from his brother, Kody. The Bobcats responded with two runs in the bottom of the first — a solo home run from Derek Scheible and an RBI single from Jaylen Hubbard that scored Jonathan Ortega.

Shaw put Texas back on top 3-2 in the fourth with an RBI single that scored Jones. But the Bobcats came right back to tie it in the fifth when Kennedy attempted to pick off Jacob Alamendarez at first base; Kacy Clemens, playing first base, appeared to lose the ball in the setting sun and it sailed past him. Alamendarez rounded the bases and was called safe at a play at the plate.

Shaw’s two-run double in the sixth scored Jones and David Hamilton, giving Texas a 5-3 lead. But again, the Bobcats answered. Texas State loaded the bases, chasing Kennedy in favor of Chase Shuggart. But Shuggart’s first pitch hit Sherley, bringing in Newman from third to cut UT’s lead to 5-4. Travon Benton grounded out into a double play, but Teddy Hoffman was able to score, tying it 5-5.