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TexasTowelie

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Tue Jun 3, 2014, 02:47 AM Jun 2014

UT beats A&M in rubber match

HOUSTON — When roughly half of Reckling Park and the entire Texas dugout erupted in delight, an ecstatic Longhorns starter Chad Hollingsworth turned and fired his glove toward a wave of teammates rushing his way.

Hollingsworth's happy toss of the leather into the grass proved to be his most unbalanced pitch Monday night — because his previous 128 had absolutely kept an old archrival off-balance for nine innings.

UT, behind Hollingsworth's brilliant two-hitter, defeated Texas A&M 4-1 in the Houston Regional title game of the NCAA tournament before a stadium-record 6,825 fans.

The victory advanced the Longhorns into a super regional against fellow No. 2-seed Houston. The Cougars upset top-seeded LSU in the Baton Rouge Regional final. The host of the super regional will be announced Tuesday morning.

“Give Texas credit, they played better than we did,” A&M coach Rob Childress said. “And it all started and ended on the mound with Chad Hollingsworth.”

More at http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/college_sports/aggies/article/UT-beats-A-M-in-rubber-match-5523961.php .

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