May 25, 2002
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Game 12 - Texas 2, Oklahoma 1
Texas scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the third and Longhorn starter Ray Clark and reliever Brantley Jordan made it stand up as the Longhorns defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 2-1, forcing a second game between the two schools Saturday night.
To open the bottom of the first, Texas second baseman Tim Moss extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a single to center.
This game was the first time that any game in the tournament has been scoreless past the second inning. Wednesday's Baylor-Nebraska game was scoreless for 1 innings and the Kansas State-Baylor and Texas-Oklahoma State games on Thursday were scoreless for 1 inning.
Moss later singled to left in the third for his 30th multi-hit game of the season.
Texas broke the scoring drought in the third when Jeff Ontiveros walked to force in Moss and Omar Quintanilla scored on a 5-3 double play by J.D. Reininger for a 2-0 Longhorn lead. The 2 innings was the longest the tournament had went scoreless.
Oklahoma did not scored a run in 10 innings before designated hitter Luke Alexander blasted a solo homer over the left center field wall. The last run by the Sooners before that was with one out in the top of the sixth inning of their 9-1 victory Thursday night against Texas A&M. That came on a two-run homer by Jason Fransz.
Texas designated hitter J.D. Reininger last 15 of 21 hits have been for extra bases.
Clark went the first 8 innings, allowing five hits and striking out 10 without walking a batter in 99 pitches.
Jordan came in to strike out the side in the ninth to pickup his second save of the season - his first since picking up his only other save against Loyola Marymount on Feb. 23.
The time of the game was 2 hours and 2 minutes - the shortest game of tournament. The previous shortest game was 2 hours and 29 minutes when OU defeated Texas A&M on Thursday.
This victory was Texas head coach Augie Garrido's 46th win of the season - tying his all-time best victory mark at the Austin school set in 2000.
Game Attendance - 12,846
Saturday Attendance - 23,556
Tournament Attendance - 126,649 (Through 12 games)
Season Attendance record set in 1999 - + 10,389 (Through 12 games)
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