Of the seven hits by Texas, two apiece came from Schuessler, Rodriguez, and sophomore third baseman Casey Borba while Mendoza, Galvan, and Flores combined to go 1-for-13 with nine strikeouts, including four by Galvan in five at bats.

The leader in the race for the SEC championship, the Texas baseball team stumbled as things headed into the home stretch. Texas gave up six runs in the first inning of an 8-2 loss to Florida at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Friday night.

AUSTIN - The roof hasn't exactly caved in on the Texas baseball team, but that ain't exactly celebratory confetti falling on the Longhorns these days. Red-hot Florida struck for six runs in its first at-bat and cruised to a 8-2 pounding of top-ranked Texas to continue the home team's recent tailspin.