Texas baseball loses 5-1 at Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS – Tom Windle struck out a career-high 12 batters and did not allow a walk Friday as the Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Texas Longhorns, 5-1, in the first game of a non-conference series at the Metrodome. Windle did not allow a run until the eighth inning.

Toller Boardman, making his first collegiate start, allowed five runs in 1 2/3 innings for Texas (12-9) while Josh Urban, Travis Duke and Kirby Bellow combined to throw 6 1/3 scoreless innings in relief.

With two outs and runners at first and second in the bottom of the first, Abrahamson hit a two-run double to right center for the 2-0 Minnesota lead. After Tony Skjefte singled in the bottom of the second, Don Motl laid down a sacrifice bunt that Boardman was unable to handle as the error put runners at first and second.

Kurt Schlangen later double down the third base line to make it a 3-0 score and Dan Olinger followed with the two-run single to make it 5-0 for the Golden Gophers.

Matt Moynihan singled in the Texas half of the eighth and scored the Longhorns’ lone run on Weston Hall’s double to left center.

The series continues with a 2:05 p.m. start with a 1:05 p.m. start on Sunday.